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paulborza··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022)
Microsoft | Principal Software Engineer | Full-time | Remote or Redmond, WA

If you'd like to work with cutting edge web tech, such as WebComponents, WebAssembly, and PWAs, then this is an opportunity you won't want to miss...

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/1221711/Principal-So...

Please feel free to reach out to me personally at paborza@microsoft.com to learn more, or you can apply directly at the above Microsoft Careers website.

paulborza··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)
Microsoft | Principal Software Engineer | Full-time | Remote during pandemic (position is based in Redmond, WA)

If you'd like to work with cutting edge web tech, such as WebComponents, WebAssembly, and PWAs, then this is an opportunity you won't want to miss... https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/1221711/Principal-So...

Please feel free to reach out to me personally at paborza@microsoft.com to learn more, or you can apply directly at the above Microsoft Careers website.

paulborza··on Mighty Makes Google Chrome Faster
Just use the new Chromium-based Edge. It comes with Sleeping Tabs feature https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/12/09/sleeping-tabs...
paulborza··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2021)
Microsoft | Senior Software Engineer, Bing | ONSITE | Bellevue, WA | Full-Time

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about contributing to the new Chromium-based Edge and Bing AutoSuggest to deliver innovative & compelling search experiences. We have released quite a few distinct search experiences in collaboration with Bing and MSN, and we are looking to continue this streak of success. If you are interested in working on features that catch the eye of news outlets, to the likes of The Verge and others, please go ahead and apply now. Our team is looking forward to getting to know you.

Apply here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/974701/Senior-Softwa...

paulborza··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)
Microsoft | Senior Software Engineer, Bing | ONSITE | Bellevue, WA | Full-Time

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about contributing to the new Chromium-based Edge and Bing AutoSuggest to deliver innovative & compelling search experiences. We have released quite a few distinct search experiences in collaboration with Bing and MSN, and we are looking to continue this streak of success. If you are interested in working on features that catch the eye of news outlets, to the likes of The Verge and others, please go ahead and apply now. Our team is looking forward to getting to know you.

Apply here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/974701/Senior-Softwa...

paulborza··on Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
If you go to https://www.fitbit.com/settings/profile and click Delete Account, the data seems to be deleted after 7 days.

"By requesting your account to be deleted, you will no longer be able to login. Your data will be permanently deleted after a 7 day grace period. Coach Premium plans will also get deleted."

paulborza··on Cloudflare S-1/Amendment
Groupon for example had quite a few amendments.
paulborza··on NULL license plate not such a bright idea
Thanks for letting me know. Here's the proper link: https://fortress.wa.gov/dol/extdriveses/NoLogon?Link=Persona...
paulborza··on NULL license plate not such a bright idea
Looks like you can't have the character '&' on a personalized license plate in WA: https://fortress.wa.gov/dol/extdriveses/NoLogon/_/
paulborza··on Ask HN: How to navigate large code bases?
Thanks. I'm looking at doxygen right now. Looks like it has support for generating dependency graphs.
paulborza··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2019)
Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Ansible, AWS, big data, C#, ClojureScript, CSS, D3, Docker, Elasticsearch, Express, git, Grafana, HTML, Java, JavaScript, machine learning, MongoDB, nginx, Node, OpenCV, performance optimizations, PostgreSQL, PowerShell, Prometheus, Python, PySpark, RabbitMQ, rapid prototyping, React, React Native, Redis, Scrapy, SQL, Swift, TypeScript; Vim.

Résumé/CV: https://www.paulborza.com/docs/paulborza-resume.pdf

Email: paul@borza.ro

paulborza··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2019)
Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ansible, AWS, big data, C#, ClojureScript, CSS, D3, Docker, Elasticsearch, Express, git, Grafana, HTML, Java, JavaScript, machine learning, MongoDB, nginx, Node, OpenCV, performance optimizations, PostgreSQL, PowerShell, Prometheus, Python, PySpark, RabbitMQ, rapid prototyping, React, React Native, Redis, Scrapy, SQL, Swift, TypeScript; Vim.

Résumé/CV: https://www.paulborza.com/docs/paulborza-resume.pdf

Email: borza@uw.edu

paulborza··on Bing.com now runs on .NET Core
Most of the stack is custom.
paulborza··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
Oracle · Senior/Principal Full-Stack Software Engineer · ONSITE in Seattle, WA · Relocation Assistance · Full-Time

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team builds and operates a suite of massive scale, integrated cloud services in a broadly distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. We offer unique opportunities for smart, hands-on engineers with the expertise and passion for solving challenging problems.

We're looking for talented frontend and full-stack developers, with a minimum of 2 years experience, who are proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript, React and Redux; some of our legacy code is in ClojureScript.

If you'd like to have a quick chat about what it's like to build a cloud, please reach out to me at paul.borza@oracle.com, and I'll be happy to talk to you. Thanks!

paulborza··on Papers for software architecture / design
The Architecture of Open Source Applications

http://aosabook.org/en/index.html

paulborza··on Ask HN: What should the technical design for a front end feature include?
To the list above, also include unit testing with preferably at least 80% code coverage. I'm always amazed how easy it is to break things on the frontend without even realizing it. You make one little change here and it breaks somewhere else.
paulborza··on Ask HN: What are some great books that are relatively unknown in the US?
I personally enjoyed Pif et Hercule when I was a kid. The comics were fun and each magazine came with a toy.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pif+and+hercule

paulborza··on Ask HN: What are the best hacks to fight depression?
For me, it's following the 5x5 workout routine: https://stronglifts.com/

It's 6am in Seattle right now. I woke up and I'm about to go to the gym and do my 5x5 workout. I do this 3 times a week and it changed my life ever since I started doing it two years ago.

paulborza··on OpenMoko: 10 Years After
I was one of the Google Summer of Code "interns" for OpenMoko back in 2008. I was so excited to get the free OpenMoko device and actually implemented gesture recognition and screen orientation for the device part of the GSoC project. Here's a video of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2S2rQUETwc

But let me tell you about the device:

1. You couldn't even make a phone call with it. There was a hardware bug that stopped it from making phone calls. It was basically a PDA...

2. If the battery ever ran out, you couldn't start the phone anymore. You had to have a spare Nokia phone that you'd use to charge that battery. Thank god they were using Nokia-compatible batteries. The gist was, never ever to let the phone's battery reach 0%.

3. The development of any UX components was cumbersome. They always insisted in supporting GTK and another platform which I forgot its name. They were such a small team and yet they were building two projects which essentially were doing the same thing. Why?!

Those three were just a few problems. The Freerunner was definitely not a user-friendly phone.

paulborza··on Ask HN: How do you backup your linux system?
BackupPC has helped me restore my RabbitMQ queues several times. Love BackupPC.

It has an ugly looking interface, but the core of the product is super reliable.

paulborza··on Exercise as a Preventive or Disease-Modifying Treatment for Dementia Brain Aging
I've started exercising seriously last September. I've been waking up at 5am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday since then and never felt better. I'm 31. I was always super skinny, but that's no longer the case now.

I've gained 25lbs since then by following the 5x5 workout routine. I highly recommend it. There are good apps for the 5x5 workout routine in the app stores too. https://stronglifts.com/5x5/

Go to the gym three times a week for 1 hour and follow the 5x5 routine. You're always sore, but after a while you get used to it. Now I enjoy it a lot. Find a buddy to go to the gym with; that helps a lot.

paulborza··on Why We Chose Typescript
TypeScript is an excellent language.
paulborza··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2016)
Location: Redmond, WA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AngularJS, AWS, big data, C#, Cosmos, CSS, data analysis, D3.js, Docker, Elasticsearch, git, HTML, JavaScript, machine learning, Mathematica, MongoDB, nginx, Node.js, performance optimizations, PowerShell, Python, rapid prototyping, regular expressions, SCOPE, Scrapy, SQL; Vim.

Résumé/CV: http://go.borza.ro/resume

Email: paul@borza.ro

paulborza··on Show HN: Random Git – Refresh to discover another open source library or tool
Thanks :) I built it because it helps me discover open source frameworks/libraries/tools that I can use to build other stuff faster.
paulborza··on Show HN: Random Git – Refresh to discover another open source library or tool
I've built this as a sister project of RandomStartup.org
paulborza··on Show HN: RandomStartup.org – Refresh the page to discover another startup
I've fixed the security problem on the submission form. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please try again.
paulborza··on Show HN: RandomStartup.org – Refresh the page to discover another startup
It's fixed now!
paulborza··on Show HN: RandomStartup.org – Refresh the page to discover another startup
You're right, it's restricted :| I'll fix it soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.
paulborza··on Show HN: RandomStartup.org – Refresh the page to discover another startup
I've built this over the weekend so that I get a chance to play around with Node.js