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palerdoton Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why?

> That page is for SLA/billing purposes, it won't show live incidents as they occur.

lol ... That is absolutely hilarious ... I'm not sure if it is /s, but if this is true, enterprise stupidity has reached a new level.

palerdoton Doing nothing at work

Right. Maybe HN should add tags `Classic HN` to posts like this. Or we could flag it as `Classic HN` lol ...

palerdoton The 'Resting' Generation and South Korea's Youth Recession

As entry-level jobs contract and firms prioritize experience, a growing number of young South Koreans have given up on looking for work altogether.

palerdoton Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2025)

My 2 cents. Get a temporary job that is tangentially related to your skill sets. For example, if you are comfortable with python, there are plenty of backend jobs (api, LLM integration etc). Along with recession, people might be just using LLM tools instead of hiring a full-time data scientist, which might be the reason for less data science positions. I'm not familiar with data science domain and this may not be a accurate read of the situation. In any case, I think instead of waiting for the perfect data scientist job, just take a tangential job atleast temporarily. It will relieve some pressure, and you can better focus your energy on searching for your ideal job.

Wishing you luck for your search!

palerdoton Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

So, did you find a company that you are happy with (interviewing or otherwise)? I would be really interested to know how you are dealing with tech landscape changes lately, and your plans for staying in tech ...

Wishing you all the best for your career!

palerdoton Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2024)

SEEKING WORK | Remote | Senior Full Stack/Front-end Product Engineer

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Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Tech: Typescript, React, Svelte, Vue, Node, Elixir, Phoenix

Github: https://github.com/palerdot/

Contact email is in Github profile

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I'm a product engineer, currently working primarily in the Typescript/React/Svelte/Vue/Node/Elixir ecosystem. I have 10+ years of professional programming experience. I currently prefer flexible hourly/part-time contract remote opportunties. I have experience working remotely with people across the globe.

I'm the creator and maintainer of 'react-d3-speedometer'(https://github.com/palerdot/react-d3-speedometer) and their corresponding ‘Vue' (https://github.com/palerdot/vue-speedometer) / 'Svelte' (https://github.com/palerdot/svelte-speedometer) ports. I've been working in the javascript ecosystem for 8+ years. I'm a full stack engineer (Elixir/Phoenix/Node/Postgres) and mostly working in the Typescript/UI ecosystem.

palerdoton Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2024)

You are using development version of React for your production site!?

palerdoton Tell HN: My wife was banned from WhatsApp without reason or recourse

> Is there any way to remove an Instagram account without going through the usual channels?

It is amusing how times have changed that a highly technical person seeks help in a highly technical forum for things as basic as removing an account. We are truly entering interesting times.

palerdoton Dhall: A Gateway Drug to Haskell

Maybe check out Mint - https://mint-lang.com/

This is an effort that takes best ideas from Elm. AFAIK, the creator was one of the high profile community members (or atleast a prolific Elm user).

I'm not sure how this language will pan out. There are too much options for UI development right now. Also, last when I checked, you have to buy in on this framework/lang completely and you had no option of plugging this in an existing project.

Still, I think Elm users may find this interesting.

palerdoton Dhall: A Gateway Drug to Haskell

> I don't recommend it for production only because it has been partially abandoned

Why do you say that?

Sure, there were some dramas around how the language/ecosystem should evolve and almost all external opinions are not considered. But again, you could argue that Elm is consistent because of this heavy handed approach to language design. I'm just wondering why you would consider it as `partially abandoned`.

palerdoton Show HN: To prevent dry eyes and back pain, I created a macOS app

Tangent/Shamless plug

I created a browser extension [0] for myself to deal with this problem. I have been using this for past 6 years and so far I was able to deal with this particular problem.

[0] - https://remindoro.app

palerdoton Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://palerdot.in

PS: Though I'm primarily a React/Typescript developer, my personal site has no JS.

palerdoton Friday.app is shutting down

How ironic ... He interviewed at Failory[0] in successful venture section. In just 2 years, the product will be moved to the mainstream failed startup section of the website.

[0] - https://www.failory.com/interview/friday

palerdoton Ask HN: I got into MIT. Should I go?

I would love to read your take after few years. Maybe you can do a Tell HN after 10 years.

I'm not from the US, so I cannot give any direct practical advice. But, all I can say is, if you choose to go to MIT, just make sure that it is not the only worthy accomplishment in your whole life. Most people from prestigious institutions tend to say they they graduated from XXX/YYY as the only thing worth mentioning about them. While not bad, if that is the only worthy thing to share, then those prestigious schools are not great after all ...

Whatever you decide, all the best.

palerdoton I'm leaving Rails core and I'm not interested in being in the alumni

This thread tries to provide better context - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30600746

palerdoton I'm leaving Rails core and I'm not interested in being in the alumni

This thread tries to provide better context - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30600746

palerdoton I'm leaving Rails core and I'm not interested in being in the alumni

This thread tries to provide better context - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30600746

palerdoton I'm leaving Rails core and I'm not interested in being in the alumni

This thread has better context - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30600746

palerdoton Shane Warne has died

Off topic

> to everyone in the cricket-following world, which is a huge portion of the world

I'm from India. But as much as we like to believe, cricket is not followed worldwide compared to other sports like Football (American soccer).

palerdoton Dmitri Alperovitc: “Putin speech is over. Chilling. War has begun”

> Putin lied to the UN.

This is what politicians do for a living. I don't understand your outrage.

palerdoton Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack

> Because war doesn't really have an upside

Putin thinks there is an upside - It will deter west from integrating Ukraine into NATO. In a way this makes sense. West just don't want to deal with a Russian headache like this.

palerdoton Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack

> What is sad really, is that China doesn’t give a fuck

It is better this way, instead of China openly supporting Putin and following suit with its own territorial expansions.

palerdoton India wants innovation, but arrests grad who develops faster ticket-booking app

Previous discussion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25121465

This article is really old and mods should change the title to reflect that.

palerdoton Safari Ruined My Tuesday

> This is a user experience problem. It is easy to close a tab. It is hard to delete a bookmark, and easy to end up with a giant list of things you will never care about again.

Precisely. Personally, I created a browser extension[0] for myself where I just save the webpage and set a reminder to read, and then just close the tab. This way, I just close the tab immediately, and then I would be able to revisit the page later via reminders. This kind of works fine for me.

[0] - https://palerdot.in/remindoro/

palerdoton BCHS stack – BSD, C, httpd, SQLite

Just insert an `A` (maybe Assembly) after B, so that this becomes BACHS.

Has a nice ring to it. Maybe advertised as BACHS - a truly baroque stack

palerdoton Older job seekers get fewer offers on LinkedIn but a younger profile photo helps

> What about candidate.can_work_in_a_team? Or follows_requirements_instead_of_doing_their_own_thing?

In a way, all these are part of `!candidate.isAsshole`

palerdoton React library for showing speedometer like gauge using D3.js

Hi HN,

Library author here. v1.0 was released recently with React 17 support (and v6 d3.js). I'm trying to get some feedback from people here.

Thanks in Advance.

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