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nelsonfigueroaon Leaving Neovim for Zed

I like Zed too and use it on a daily basis. I've always wanted to take the opposite journey where I leave Zed/Sublime for Vim. While I have always to become a Vim expert, I never put in the time. There just hasn't been a situation in my career where I wish I could type faster than my thoughts. But maybe I'm just a scrub in this field.

nelsonfigueroaon GitHub Profile Roast

I've tried several of these but this one actually felt like a roast

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2024)

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Remote preferred

Willing to relocate: Potentially

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

Résumé/CV: Refer to LinkedIn or my personal site. I am happy to send over a PDF of my resume if we connect via LinkedIn.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

I would describe myself as a mid-level engineer with Infrastructure/Cloud and Backend experience. I left my previous role at Robinhood purely for health reasons (I'm doing much better now!) and I'm ready for my next role.

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

- Personal site with tech stuff, rants, and more about me: https://nelson.cloud/

nelsonfigueroaon $105B Electronics Giant Sony to Launch New Bitcoin Exchange

...why? I mean I guess the primary reason is to make money but still...why now?

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2024)

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Remote preferred

Willing to relocate: Potentially

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

Résumé/CV: Refer to LinkedIn or my personal site. I am happy to send over a PDF of my resume if we connect via LinkedIn.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

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

- Personal site: https://nelson.cloud/

nelsonfigueroaon Spotify is increasing US prices again

Spotify is the only subscription I pay for and it's getting harder to justify. I listen to smaller artists that don't get much income from Spotify anyway. Perhaps I should continue buying their music on Bandcamp and get rid of Spotify altogether.

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2024)

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Potentially

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

Résumé/CV: Refer to LinkedIn or my personal site. I am happy to send over a PDF of my resume if we connect via LinkedIn.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

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

- Personal site: https://nelson.cloud/

nelsonfigueroaon Coding interviews are stupid (ish)

I'm currently going through these leetcode-style interviews and it's demoralizing studying for quizzes I know I'll never use on the job. I think knowing this makes it harder to motivate myself to study, which in turn means I fail more interviews. I think I'm just trying to get lucky at this point.

I know I can write code. I know I can work with the cloud. I know I can talk to stakeholders and gather requirements. But yet I am treated like a new grad in the interview process.

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2024)

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No, but negotiable

Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS.

Résumé/CV: Refer to LinkedIn or my personal site. I am happy to send over a PDF of my resume if we connect via LinkedIn. Overall I mainly have experience on the cloud/infrastructure side of things.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

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

- Personal site: https://nelson.cloud/about/

nelsonfigueroaon Data collection should always be opt in

Totally agree with the sentiment and the project linked at the bottom of the article is pretty neat. It does feel a bit hopeless to rely on robots.txt to deter AI bots but I guess it's better than nothing. Appreciate the effort.

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2024)

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No, but negotiable

Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS.

Résumé/CV: Refer to LinkedIn or my personal site. I am happy to send over a PDF of my resume if we connect via LinkedIn.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

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

- Personal site: https://nelson.cloud/about/

nelsonfigueroaon Lifelong Disadvantage: How Socioeconomics Affect Brain Function

Wow, what a read. Thanks for sharing.

nelsonfigueroaon Monolith – CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file

I just found myself archiving fewer things over time and it’s been a while since I’ve saved anything. There’s nothing wrong with it though. In fact, I still have it on my machine.

nelsonfigueroaon Monolith – CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file

I've used ArchiveBox in the past and it's been great for this purpose: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2024)

  Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No, although this is negotiable
  Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS.
  Résumé/CV: Refer to LinkedIn or my personal site. I am happy to send over a PDF of my resume if we connect via LinkedIn.
  Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

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

- Personal site: https://nelson.cloud/about/

I'm looking for primarily remote roles although I don't mind meeting up in the office every now and then. Specially if the office is near me in Los Angeles. Thanks!

nelsonfigueroaon Everyone Wants Your Email Address. Think Twice Before Sharing It

It seems like some backend code could easily strip the “+” and everything after it before saving an email to a database. Not sure how viable this is but I’ve also never tried it.

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2024)

  Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No, although this is negotiable
  Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS.
  Résumé/CV: Refer to LinkedIn or my personal site. I am happy to send over a PDF of my resume if we connect via LinkedIn.
  Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

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

- Personal site: https://nelson.cloud/about/

I prefer remote roles but I am open to on-site roles as well.

nelsonfigueroaon GameStop Ends NFT Marketplace, Is This Beginning of the End?

I was just about to post this too. Highly recommend this video.

nelsonfigueroaon Super Mario 64 on the Web

This is amazing but I'm guessing it won't be long before Nintendo takes it down.

nelsonfigueroaon Freetar – an alternative front end for ultimate-guitar.com

Ultimate Guitar has gotten worse over the years. I noticed they're featuring TikTok-like videos on their home page now which gave me a laugh. I switched to Songsterr a while back and it's amazing. I highly recommend it for anyone looking for tabs.

nelsonfigueroaon macOS Sonoma is available today

Good to know! I was debating whether or not I should wait for a *.1 update.

nelsonfigueroaon A beginner's guide to Git version control

Wow this is great. Wish I came across something like this back when I was learning git.

nelsonfigueroaon ‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, SF to investigate permit violation

Wow they’re strobing lights too. Must be awful for people at night.

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

Are you on LinkedIn? I am not currently looking for a job but I still get a lot of recruiters on LinkedIn reaching out to me. I get the impression that there are still a lot of opportunities out there. But then again this may not be the case in your location.

nelsonfigueroaon Show HN: Hacker News user blogroll

If you ever want to try a new static site generator, I use Hugo[0] to generate my site. There's a lot of pre-built themes[1] you can use. Most (if not all) have blogging functionality built in, all you need to do is drop in a Markdown file with your content. You may need to learn a little bit if Golang if you want to customize themes. Just throwing it out there as an option.

[0]: https://gohugo.io/

[1]: https://themes.gohugo.io/

nelsonfigueroaon Show HN: Hacker News user blogroll

I took at look at your website and it seems like you could easily add blog posts to it!

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

https://nelson.cloud I mainly write about things I learn about in the field. I am slowly putting up more opinions/thoughts.

Some of my fav blogs are:

- https://xeiaso.net/

- https://jvns.ca/

nelsonfigueroaon Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you?

My blog over at https://nelson.cloud has helped me get new jobs. When I was interviewing for my current job, one of the interviewers mentioned that he was happy to see I was running a blog. Blogging has also helped me become a better writer and reinforce my own knowledge (which is the primary reason why I started it).

I keep my blog technical but maybe I'll write about different topics in the future. It seems like you can make new connections when being more vulnerable on your blog, just based on what I've seen from others that are more open online.

nelsonfigueroaon California announces DMV-run blockchain through partnership with Tezos

This was my first thought as well. I don't see what a blockchain will provide that a database can't.