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ruairidhwm

337 karma · joined January 25, 2015

Eng Manager. Founder of https://winlog.dev

Contact - ruairidhwm[AT]gmail[DOT]com

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ruairidhwm··on Delete your Code
Hey, author here!

Totally agree, which is why I didn't feel so bad about deleting it from my system. It was more of a psychological barrier to do so I think, as it represented starting over :)

ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: What annoys you about law firms?
Hey Kepler, afraid not. Could always do a Skype though!
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Self-taught developers, what repo helped land your first job?
Aside from looking really nice, that's a seriously impressive CV. Well done!

Hola de Madrid ;)

ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: What's the best book on leadership you know of?
Serve to Lead
ruairidhwm··on How the Collison brothers turned ‘seven lines of code’ into Stripe
I interviewed with Stripe early this year, and whilst sadly we couldn't go forward due to the fact that I'm British and was too late for an H1B - it was one of the most pleasant interviews I have ever had.
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: What problems does blockchain solve?
Good question. I'm not an expert by any means, but would expect that the immutability of the record prevents a party passing the buck on who is responsible for the loss of luggage.

But I suppose a DB could do that too. Maybe it's all hype ^^

ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: What problems does blockchain solve?
It'd be handy for tracking baggage in the travel industry. Your bags are handled by numerous different companies/parties at different points and through a ton of locations.

Blockchain would be excellent for verifying that a bag has been received and processed at a certain place.

Lots of the large GDSs such as Sabre/Amadeus/Travelport are actively looking into this.

ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: How can I start a web development side-business?
There are hundreds of thousands of other web development businesses out there, so you need something to differentiate yourself.

Whether that's a great social media presence, better branding, or working in a niche then you need to focus on that.

Most of your business will initially be through your network so start talking to friends/family/contacts about the fact that you're looking to do some freelance development work. Chances are that you'll be able to get a job or two out of that.

As you get bigger and more experienced, you'll likely find that clients come back to you and refer you to others. That's your network providing organic growth.

I'm now working on freelance web dev amongst some other side projects so feel free to ping me an email to discuss if you want. My portfolio is https://codefox.io and email contact is there :)

ruairidhwm··on Developers Are Already Making Great AR Experiences Using Apple's ARKit
This is awesome! I can't wait to start playing around with this :)
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Can you recommend new bank-in-an-app for UK
I really like Tide :)
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Madrid, Spain - REMOTE OK

Experienced Laravel engineer with React experience. Lots of experience with the Stripe API Have built SaaS products too :)

Portfolio: https://codefox.io

ruairidhwm··on Show HN: Artpip – 4k fine art for your desktop
Love it! Great idea having the different periods available, it'll help for recognition next time I'm in a museum :)
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Non-developers: What brings you to HN?
Lawyer and developer. I like the fact that discussions here tend to be intelligent and I always learn something new :)
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: What to do when an offer is pulled?
Hey

Thanks for the kind message, that's a good point! Guess I'll just get back on the applications!

ruairidhwm··on Show HN: Apple ARKit Getting Started Tutorial Series
So excited to start playing around with this!
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Anyone from Edinburgh?
Oh right, sorry! Yeah I imagine it exists but couldn't point at any tangible examples.
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: What are the Madrid and Barcelona tech scenes like?
You may like to check out the Slack group: https://madrid-devs.slack.com/

Generally good opportunities but expect pay to be a lot lower than London etc. Cost of living is pretty cheap though so it evens out :)

ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Anyone from Edinburgh?
Yes
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Anyone from Edinburgh?
Sounds good - will look out for your email :)
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Anyone from Edinburgh?
I'm from there and it's an amazing city. Loads of tech meetups etc. Feel free to ping me an email and I'd happily intro you to some people.

I'm in Madrid atm but will be back in Edinburgh one day :)

ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Freelance Management Services/Apps
I'm currently building a small weekend project that will automatically chase invoices for freelancers. Would people be interested in that?
ruairidhwm··on Show HN: Wander – Travel by budget
Interesting - how do you intend to monetise this?

Also, your terms seem to cut off at the 'contact' section on my desktop.

Happy to chat anything re TravelTech. I previously worked at Skyscanner and am now at Amadeus. Email in bio!

ruairidhwm··on Show HN: Facebook Recipes
This looks really handy!
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Freelancing? How's Work?
No slow down in Madrid or Edinburgh :)
ruairidhwm··on Can developers read/interpret law clauses?
As a lawyer and a dev this is pretty interesting. There's less distance between law and coding than a lot of people think. Both are expressing logic.

I agree with the comments below that you should read any contract that applies to you. Chances are that you'll understand it and this is extremely important before signing.

With that said, lawyers spend years learning how to draft and interpret contracts and I thin it's simplistic to say that it's similar to a BDD spec. There's a lot more going on under the hood.

Either way, never accept blindly and you're within your rights to seek a plain-English clarification.

ruairidhwm··on Canada is North America’s up-and-coming startup center
Yeah, I'm definitely thinking about it. I speak English and French plus am legally qualified and can program so I think I should have a good shot!
ruairidhwm··on Canada is North America’s up-and-coming startup center
Which is extraordinarily frustrating given how close our cultures our and the amount of talented developers who'd like to take a role in the US.

I just had an interview fall through because I'm a Brit and it would be difficult to get me over to SF due to the visa system. Maybe I should look for a dev job in Canada? :P

ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: What are the most important problems in your industry?
Currently a lawyer who is also a programmer and does a lot of legal tech stuff. Some of us are tackling the automation side of things and many lawyers really do want to solve problems. A big issue is the billable hour but I see that disappearing :)

Email is in my bio so feel free to ping me if you want to chat about it!

ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Best VPN for personal use / privacy?
I find Private Internet Access to be pretty good. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/
ruairidhwm··on Ask HN: Tell us about your S2017 startup
https://brandfox.io

A way for Instagram users to sell their photos to brands who want authentic stock photos. We're also building an influencer search/compare/booking engine.

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