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adenta

374 karma · joined September 17, 2015

email: andrew at denta dot co

https://linkedin.com/in/adenta

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adenta··on Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name
I am totally connected enough within the beer industry to make this happen. Shoot me an email, would love to talk.
adenta··on Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name
We've gotten a lot of flack over our domain name, from everyone except our customers. https://terusama.com.

Has anybody ever experimented with how company names relate to clicks in email campaigns?

adenta··on Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage
Not everyone has a car.
adenta··on Palm Phone for Minimalists
I bought it used on https://swappa.com. Looks like there available on Verizon right now.

https://swappa.com/mobile/buy/palm-companion-phone/verizon

adenta··on Palm Phone for Minimalists
I own one of these, and am a big fan. I bought it a year ago, for $100. Happy to answer any questions.
adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
Haha, that's all thanks to my co-founders impressive SEO.
adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
Might I ask, was your facility using appointments, or was it first come, first serve?
adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
I strongly believe the freight industry is just too big. Like, it's just so big, I don't know if a single system could integrate everything.

But I would love to be proven wrong.

adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
> So suppliers can book a time with your facility, and they can enter details about the delivery, e.g truck type, number of pallets, number of lifts?

Correct!

> Does the software limit them to particular docks that are compatible with their truck, e.g side unload with a forklift vs rear unload with a pallet rider?

This would work. A 'dock' in Terusama has a type. Right now, everyone on our platform fits nice and neatly into 'van', and 'flatbed'. When assigning docks, we take into account what type of dock the appointment needs, and which docks are available to service that appointment.

> Does it take into account resource availability as well as dock availability, e.g a double trailer still takes one dock but can take much longer to unload?

This problem is the worst, and I don't have quite a good solution in mind yet. Right now we have the concept of, 'appointment types', and an appointment type can have a slot count. So, you could have a, 'double-wide' appointment-type, which would take up two slots on your schedule. So if your standard appointment is an hour, double-wide appointments would take two hours.

This gets messy when the warehouse wants longer appointments based on who the customer is, or who scheduled the load. I want to build some sort of rules engine, but can't justify the complexity just yet.

> Also a warehouse might be limited to how much work per hour they can process during certain times of the day, e.g morning vs afternoon and during lunch breaks or shift changes.

We handle this! Will build it more out in the future, but I just allow you to block off docks for certain times of the day. So a lunch break, would just be blocking off every dock at a certain time of day, and setting that block to repeat, daily.

adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
> Are there any plans to handle truck tracking before they reach the warehouse?

Great question! Not at the moment. We feel there are quite a few people trying to solve load availability(tracking trucks while between facilities), and it is a gnarly problem. I don't believe there is any one, silver-bullet solution to tracking. It will require a multi-pronged attack-plan, and at it's core requires truck drivers to be incentivized into sharing this data.

adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
When I was like, 7 or 8, my copy of Pokémon Crystal somehow got corrupted. I ended up with some random item named, 'Teru-sama' in my inventory, that messed up my game. Just a word that has stuck in my memory ever since.

And like, https://terusama.com was available.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Teru-sama

adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
Thanks for the kind words! If you want, we would love to have you test our kiosk product sometime!
adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
We would love to chat! I'll reach out to the email in your profile.
adenta··on Launch HN: Terusama (YC W20) – We help warehouses schedule trucks
> I help run a distribution company and I'm not clear who this is for?

Hello! We sell to you, the person who runs a warehouse/distribution center. We are trying to augment the functionalities of a receiving coordinator. Instead of using the phone or email to schedule appointments at your distribution center, you can use Terusama. What can we say to make this more clear in the future?

> Is this usable without two (or more) of the parties using this software?

Could you clarify your question? We are not a TMS/WMS. We have one customer who still scheduled appointments manually, but uses our kiosks to check truck drivers in & out.

Glad you are as excited as we are!

adenta··on Conclusions from analyzing Y Combinator’s investing history
I think, "Operating Income".
adenta··on Apple Watch Series 5
Check out the Palm companion. I believe we have already started heading in that direction, and couldn't be more excited.
adenta··on Apple Watch Series 5
You can specifically only order an Uber X, so, it wasn't worth it for me. I tried building my own app to do it, bit at the end of the day the cellular reception just wasn't good enough for daily use.

I'm currently using a palm companion, and seeing if I can use it for most of my daily tasks.

adenta··on Living on the wrong side of a time zone can be hazardous to your health
One of the few nice things I can say about living in Indiana is how it sits on the western side of the eastern timezone.

There was light outside when I was outside. It got dark when it was time to go to bed.

Now living in the Bay Area, I feel when the clocks shift in November, it is getting dark at like, 5PM! I am still working at that time. I do not like having to go about my evening when it is pitch black outside, it is super uncomfortable.

adenta··on Season of Docs
Looks like this was rushed to publish. On my phone, some of the text overflows to the right.
adenta··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)
Handshake | iOS Engineer, Senior iOS Engineer, Senior Android Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, SDET, Senior Product Designer | San Francisco, CA | Full-time | ONSITE

Hey, I'm Andrew, a software engineer at Handshake (joinhandshake.com/careers). Handshake is the leading platform helping close the opportunity gap for recent college graduates. Last month we closed 40 Million in Series C funding!

In the past you needed to live close to a big economic hub, or have well connected parents to land a good job after graduating from college. We are changing that to make employment more democratic. Super great culture, everyone here is mission driven, and passionate about making life easier for those in, and graduating from college.

We are really passionate about making sure our stack is mature and battle-tested to best serve the nine million students on Handshake. Our backend is Rails and Postgres, where on the frontend you will find React and TypeScript. Some Elasticsearch thrown in there for search. We also use Spark & Databricks for data stuff. Happy to provide more info/context!

We have _lots_ of open positions right now. Drop me a note (email in profile) or apply online if anything sounds exciting!

adenta··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018)
Handshake | Product Analyst, Senior Android Engineer, Senior Engineering Manager, Software Engineer, Quality Engineer, SDET, Senior Product Designer, Product Manager, Senior Product Manager | San Francisco, CA | Full-time | ONSITE REMOTE

Hey, I'm Andrew, a software engineer at Handshake (joinhandshake.com/careers). Handshake is the leading platform helping close the opportunity gap for recent college graduates. Last month we closed 40 Million in Series C funding!

In the past you needed to live close to a big economic hub, or have well connected parents to land a good job after graduating from college. We are changing that to make employment more democratic. Super great culture, everyone here is mission driven, and passionate about making life easier for those in, and graduating from college.

We are really passionate about making sure our stack is mature and battle-tested to best serve the nine million students on Handshake. Our backend is Rails and Postgres, where on the frontend you will find React and TypeScript. Some Elasticsearch thrown in there for search. We also use Spark & Databricks for data stuff. Happy to provide more info/context!

We have _lots_ of open positions right now. Drop me a note (email in profile) or apply online if anything sounds exciting!

adenta··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2018)
Handshake | Product Analyst, Senior Android Engineer, Senior Engineering Manager- Mobile, Senior Software Engineer, Senior Engineering Manager- Data | San Francisco, CA | Full-time | ONSITE REMOTE

Hey, I'm Andrew, a software engineer at Handshake (joinhandshake.com/careers). Handshake is the leading platform helping close the opportunity gap for recent college graduates. Yesterday we closed 40 Million in Series C funding!

In the past you needed to live close to a big economic hub, or have well connected parents to land a good job after graduating from college. We are changing that to make employment more democratic. Super great culture, everyone here is mission driven, and passionate about making life easier for those in, and graduating from college.

We are really passionate about making sure our stack is mature and battle-tested to best serve the nine million students on Handshake. Our backend is Rails and Postgres, where on the frontend you will find React and TypeScript. Some Elasticsearch thrown in there for search. We also use Spark & Databricks for data stuff. Happy to provide more info/context!

We have _lots_ of open positions right now. Drop me a note (email in profile) or apply online if anything sounds exciting!

adenta··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)
Handshake | Product Analyst, Senior Android Engineer, Senior Engineering Manager- Mobile, Senior Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Full-time | ONSITE Handshake (joinhandshake.com/careers) is the leading platform helping close the opportunity gap for recent college graduates. In the past you needed to live close to a big economic hub, or have well connected parents to land a good job after graduating from college. We are changing that to make employment more democratic. Super great culture, everyone here is mission driven, and passionate about making life easier for those in, and graduating from college.

We are really passionate about making sure our stack is mature and battle-tested to best serve the nine million students on Handshake. Our backend is Rails and Postgres, where on the frontend you will find React and TypeScript. Some Elasticsearch thrown in there for search. We also use Spark & Databricks for data stuff. Happy to provide more info/context!

We have lots of open positions right now. Drop me a note (email in profile) or apply online if anything sounds exciting!

adenta··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
Handshake | Machine Learning Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Android Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Full-time | ONSITE

Handshake (joinhandshake.com/careers) is the leading platform helping close the opportunity gap for recent college graduates. In the past you needed to live close to a big economic hub, or have well connected parents to land a good job after graduating from college. We are changing that to make employment more democratic. Super great culture, everyone here is mission driven, and passionate about making life easier for those in, and graduating from college.

We are really passionate about making sure our stack is mature and battle-tested to best serve the nine million students on Handshake. Our back end is Rails and Postgres, where on the front end you will find React and TypeScript. Some Elasticsearch thrown in there. We also use Spark & Databricks for data stuff. Happy to provide more info/context!

We have lots of open positions right now. Drop me a note (email in profile) or apply online if anything sounds exciting!

adenta··on Computing normals for 3D Bézier curves
I commented on the article because I feel I see this topic come up more frequently than I would expect, and wanted to know if others felt the same way. Do you think that is too far off-topic of a discussion for HN?
adenta··on Computing normals for 3D Bézier curves
I feel like every month I see another article about calculating bezier curves. Are there _that_ many people who are interested in reading about bezier curves?
adenta··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)
Handshake | Machine Learning Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Android Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Full-time | ONSITE

Handshake (joinhandshake.com/careers) is the leading platform helping close the opportunity gap for recent college graduates. In the past you needed to live close to a big economic hub, or have well connected parents to land a good job after graduating from college. We are changing that to make employment more democratic. Super great culture, everyone here is mission driven, and passionate about making life easier for those in, and graduating from college.

We are really passionate about making sure our stack is mature and battle-tested to best serve the nine million students on Handshake. Our back end is Rails and Postgres, where on the front end you will find React and TypeScript. Some Elasticsearch thrown in there. We also use Spark & Databricks for data stuff. Happy to provide more info/context!

We have lots of open positions right now. Drop me a note (email in profile) or apply online if anything sounds exciting!

adenta··on Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely
Source?
adenta··on Using Prettier to format your JavaScript code
Do you have experience doing this? We are worried that one can't feesable click test an entire applications worth of prettier changes in a single PR.
adenta··on Using Prettier to format your JavaScript code
What are everyone's strategies to adopt a tool like this? Do people run prettier over their entire codebase in one PR and call it a day?
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