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nelsonfigueroa

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nelsonfigueroa.at.hn

Software Engineer based in Los Angeles. Available for work!

- Personal site: https://nelson.cloud

- GitHub: https://github.com/nelsonfigueroa

- Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@nelson

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonfigueroa1/

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nelsonfigueroa··on Show HN: Hallucinopedia
Yeah...I clicked on the "Stumble" link and it was right in my face.
nelsonfigueroa··on 12k AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit
Well, at least they're not exactly hiding it.
nelsonfigueroa··on 12k AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit
SEO purposes would be my guess
nelsonfigueroa··on Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs
Ooooh I love these indie web aggregators. I wrote about some of my favorite ones here if anyone's curious: https://nelson.cloud/how-i-discover-new-blogs/.

But here are some of my fav ways to discover blogs:

- https://minifeed.net/welcome

- https://indieblog.page/

- https://1mb.club/

- https://512kb.club/

- https://250kb.club/

nelsonfigueroa··on Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989)
> Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming

I'm a big time leetcode interview hater and reading that felt validating. Why the f*ck am I always asked about algorithms.

nelsonfigueroa··on Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise to drove engagement, say whistleblowers
I can't say I'm surprised and I think most people wouldn't be surprised either. But it's always good to have evidence.
nelsonfigueroa··on The death of social media is the renaissance of RSS (2025)
This whole article reeks of AI slop
nelsonfigueroa··on Ask HN: Have top AI research institutions just given up on the idea of safety?
I'm not an insider but over time I've come to realize that safety doesn't matter if it gets in the way of profits.
nelsonfigueroa··on How not to answer the salary question
> "Error establishing a database connection"

RIP, looks like the site got hugged.

nelsonfigueroa··on I’m joining OpenAI
> "What I want is to change the world".

I don't know if you'll achieve that at OpenAI or if it'll even be a good change for the world, but I genuinely wish you the best. Regardless of the news around OpenAI I still think it's great that a personal project got you a position at a company like that.

nelsonfigueroa··on 4chan for Clankers
I mean it has the 4chan aesthetic but that's about it.
nelsonfigueroa··on An Update on Heroku
The corporate speak is crazy. I think the update boils down to this sentence:

> Enterprise Account contracts will no longer be offered to new customers

nelsonfigueroa··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Remote preferred, I'm ok with going into an office a few times a week if it's nearby.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Résumé/CV: Check out LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonfigueroa1/, or my personal site: https://nelson.cloud/about. Happy to send over a PDF via LinkedIn as well.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

I'm looking to get back into a more typical Software Engineering role rather than my current customer-facing position as a "Customer Support Engineer". I would describe myself as a mid-level engineer, but the goal is to reach a senior level title at a company with a high bar.

nelsonfigueroa··on Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?
Some I like:

https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/ - very good software posts, mostly around Ruby on Rails.

https://crankysec.com/ - Cybersecurity rants mostly, fun to read.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/ - Ed Zitron's writings. Good counterpoints to all the AI hype these days.

These come up often on HN but I'll call them out anyway:

https://jvns.ca/ - Julia Evans, good technical content all around.

https://xeiaso.net/ - Xe Iaso, good technical content all around once again

nelsonfigueroa··on Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?
You can actually just paste the link to a youtube channel in your RSS reader and it should work. At least for me it works with NetNewsWire. For example, you should be able to copy and paste this directly into your RSS reader: https://www.youtube.com/@freecodecamp
nelsonfigueroa··on Bye Bye Gmail
That is not what my comment is about.
nelsonfigueroa··on Bye Bye Gmail
Looked up Mimestream. So it's a subscription-based app that basically gives you nicer UI/UX for your google emails. Oof.
nelsonfigueroa··on Microslop: A Web Browser Extension
Lol, I'm going to run this for a while on Firefox. I also had a similar idea to swap out "prediction markets" to "gambling".
nelsonfigueroa··on Ask HN: Share your personal website
I'm over at https://nelson.cloud

I appreciate your efforts! I love stumbling across personal sites. I put together a list of other personal site directories some time ago [0]. I'll be adding this post to that list!

[0] https://nelson.cloud/how-i-discover-new-blogs/

nelsonfigueroa··on I'm a developer for a major food delivery app
Obviously the OP has no hard evidence but I wouldn't be surprised if it was all true. I'm sure every major company dreams of dynamically gouging their workers and users like this.
nelsonfigueroa··on Noclip.website – A digital museum of video game levels
This is so sick. I've been playing OSRS on and off for a while but for some reason never heard of this.
nelsonfigueroa··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Remote preferred, I'm ok with going into an office a few times a week if it's nearby.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Résumé/CV: Check out LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonfigueroa1/, or my personal site: https://nelson.cloud/about. Happy to send over a PDF via LinkedIn as well.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

I'm looking for a more typical Software Engineer role rather than my current customer-facing position as a "Customer Support Engineer".

nelsonfigueroa··on Widespread service disruptions reported as major platforms go down worldwide
Hmm yeah I was getting some 502's from services using Cloudflare earlier. I guess it's more widespread than I thought. As usual, downdetector is the most reliable status page: https://downdetector.com/status/cloudflare/
nelsonfigueroa··on An Homage to 90s –/Public_HTML Hosting
It would be cool if there's was a public "explore" page to see the sites that currently exist, similar to Neocities.
nelsonfigueroa··on Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?
Yeah there could be better ways but I've found a handful of sites that are useful like https://indieblog.page/. I actually wrote up a list of my favorite personal blog discoverability sites here: https://nelson.cloud/how-i-discover-new-blogs/
nelsonfigueroa··on Steam Machine
This is exciting. I can't wait to get rid of Windows altogether. I only put up with it for gaming purposes.
nelsonfigueroa··on How to turn liquid glass into a solid interface
What I dislike the most isn't even the liquid glass itself, it's how much more rounded a lot of UI elements are. And as others have mentioned, the border radius can vary from app to app. If someone can figure out how to modify the border radius of apps and UI elements across the board (at least on macOS) please let me know!
nelsonfigueroa··on Hacker News Live Feed
Love the domain lol
nelsonfigueroa··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Remote preferred, I'm ok with going into an office a few times a week if it's nearby.

Willing to relocate: If I really like your company, yes.

Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Résumé/CV: Check out LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonfigueroa1/, or my personal site: https://nelson.cloud. Happy to send over a PDF via LinkedIn as well.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

nelsonfigueroa··on Good EU regulations
the vercel domain worked for me, thanks!
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