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adithyasrinon Gently down the stream – An introduction to Apache Kakfa

Came across this tonight, found previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27541339

Internet does have a nice, although super narrow corner.

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)

flaconi | Germany / Berlin | Full Time | https://www.flaconi.de | e-commerce

flaconi is an online e-commerce for beauty products, founded in 2011 in Berlin. We are active in 12 countries and expanding to more. We're primarily on AWS, use React, Next.js, Vercel for web, Flutter for our mobile app - you will find more details on the job listings. For exceptional candidates, visa sponsorship is also a possibility.

We do hybrid, but fully remote is also a possibility within Germany.

1. Staff Software Engineer - Frontend - €85.000 - €105.000 EUR - https://grnh.se/kke6q552teu - we will very likely work together. Happy to answer questions.

2. QA Engineer Mobile - €60.000 - €83.000 EUR - https://grnh.se/ad3i2y62teu

3. Full Stack Software Engineer - €60.000 - €83.000 EUR - https://grnh.se/qf3dcpf2teu

adithyasrinon Vercel April 2026 security incident

We run on Vercel and I wonder if / how long before we're alerted about a leak. Quick look online suggests environment variables marked as sensitive are ok, but to which extent I wonder.

adithyasrinon Vercel April 2026 security incident

The original link posted in the post has almost same content: https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-in...

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2026)

flaconi | Germany / Berlin | Full Time | https://www.flaconi.de | e-commerce

flaconi is an online e-commerce for beauty products, founded in 2011 in Berlin. We are active in 12 countries and expanding to more. We're primarily on AWS, use React, Next.js, Vercel for web, Flutter for our mobile app - you will find more details on the job listings.

Note: Visa "sponsorship" takes a while, so ideally you already are in EU / Germany with a work permit.

1. Staff Software Engineer - Frontend - €85.000 - €105.000 EUR - https://grnh.se/kke6q552teu - we will very likely work together. Happy to answer questions.

2. QA Engineer Mobile - €60.000 - €83.000 EUR - https://grnh.se/ad3i2y62teu

adithyasrinon Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)

I run a job board for Germany called Arbeitnow. It runs well without any frequent changes. Recently I've added a couple of new sources for jobs and filtering the kind of jobs that get through (relevant to my audience).

Not planning to do a lot during the promised Berlin summer though

https://www.arbeitnow.com/

adithyasrinon Tailwind CSS v3.3

Hiring an engineer based on a tool they use is a great way to end up hiring no one.

adithyasrinon Writeout.ai – Transcribe and translate any audio files

Btw your imprint and privacy policy requires margins and changes to references of whatthediff.

adithyasrinon Deutschlandticket for regional bus and rail services to be offered for €49/month

I switched to this ticket in Berlin and the process was (surprisingly) straight forward, could do it in online so I wrote about it. They did try to make the digital ticket default instead of a physical card.

https://www.arbeitnow.com/blog/bvg-monthly-ticket-to-deutsch...

You can already apply for your monthly subscription to change to this ticket. That's what I did. So instead of 66 euros for Berlin (VBB area) a month from May, I'll be paying 49 and can access the local networks across the country

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

yep!

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

https://www.arbeitnow.com - a job board for Germany. It's been up for two years this January and it keeps me going! Revenue and traffic fluctuate a lot, does not really matter to me as long as people keep finding jobs through it so I'll keep working on it as long as I can.

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://adithya.dev

I document small issues and set up guides for myself about Laravel.

adithyasrinon Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

Job board focused on Germany. Same procedure as every year.

https://www.arbeitnow.com

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

yeah, it's not restricted to only high-paying jobs or tech jobs :)

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

I'm running a job board in Germany called Arbeitnow - https://www.arbeitnow.com/

I launched it last January and it's been steady. I like working and learning new stuff through it, while it makes some money. Income fluctuates but overall I'm happy!

adithyasrinon Stripe App Marketplace

Great to see a fair bit of apps already built. I also see apps reading a lot of your sensitive data, so I'd wait to see how it works out.

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek?

On my job board, you'll see some postings from Germany / remote. I see more and more every week!

https://www.arbeitnow.com/4-day-work-week-jobs

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://adithya.dev

I write small posts on things I come across on PHP/laravel/elastic. Nothing fancy and a way for me to document things I'd like to remember.

adithyasrinon Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

Been keeping an eye on this for a while now. Will test on Mac soon. Congrats on the launch!

Just a heads up: on Pixel 6 on Firefox, the homepage is not smooth at all and feels sluggish.

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)

Flaconi | Berlin, Germany | Full-time | https://www.flaconi.de/ Python, Node.js, Java and/or PHP, Flutter, AWS, GraphQL, React

flaconi is one of the largest online pure player for beauty products in Germany. The online shop’s extensive portfolio consists of more than 850 international brands and 55.000 products in the categories perfume, skin care, make-up, hair care, natural cosmetics and accessories. The online shop covers, from drugstore over organic cosmetics to premium, all product segments. flaconi was founded in 2011 and today already employs over 450 people at three locations, at its headquarters in Berlin-Charlottenburg and its logistics centre, as well as the flaconi Concept Store in Berlin Mitte. The German online shop has won numerous awards and is also represented in Austria and Poland.

There's visa sponsorship / relocation support if required. Remote possible.

* Product Owner Analytics - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/22f6d4c1-4036-4923-b241-0d7f63...

* QA Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/b28af61b-93aa-4c15-88a9-7169b1...

* (Senior) Frontend Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/0b739ccc-2b26-43db-ad9d-94c60f...

* (Senior) Software Engineer Backend - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/554362ee-59d0-4fb6-b359-3a6131...

* Engineering Manager - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/4dddf911-57db-4fc7-a974-2abcab...

* Mobile Engineer Flutter - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/9b1d830a-9891-4f58-8648-e3ebee...

* Software Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/57fe1fb0-8a7a-429b-9439-aed245...

More open positions across Finance, recruiting, design, UX, marketing, people & culture - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi?lever-via=sl2NUVMHHM

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)

Flaconi | Berlin, Germany | Full-time | https://www.flaconi.de/ Python, Node.js, Java and/or PHP, Flutter, AWS, GraphQL, React

flaconi is one of the largest online pure player for beauty products in Germany. The online shop’s extensive portfolio consists of more than 850 international brands and 55.000 products in the categories perfume, skin care, make-up, hair care, natural cosmetics and accessories. The online shop covers, from drugstore over organic cosmetics to premium, all product segments. flaconi was founded in 2011 and today already employs over 450 people at three locations, at its headquarters in Berlin-Charlottenburg and its logistics centre, as well as the flaconi Concept Store in Berlin Mitte. The German online shop has won numerous awards and is also represented in Austria and Poland.

There's visa sponsorship / relocation support if required. Remote possible.

* Product Owner Analytics - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/22f6d4c1-4036-4923-b241-0d7f63...

* QA Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/b28af61b-93aa-4c15-88a9-7169b1...

* (Senior) Frontend Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/0b739ccc-2b26-43db-ad9d-94c60f...

* (Senior) Software Engineer Backend - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/554362ee-59d0-4fb6-b359-3a6131...

* Engineering Manager - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/4dddf911-57db-4fc7-a974-2abcab...

* Mobile Engineer Flutter - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/9b1d830a-9891-4f58-8648-e3ebee...

* Software Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi/57fe1fb0-8a7a-429b-9439-aed245...

More open positions across Finance, design, UX, marketing, people & culture - https://jobs.lever.co/flaconi?lever-via=sl2NUVMHHM

adithyasrinon Consent, GDPR and Google Analytics

This is going to be a hot topic in Germany once the German courts rule it out. Should it say it's illegal to load, we have got loads of work in front of us. One simpler solution that I have seen Zaraz by Cloudflare, which seems to solve this issue. Has anyone had experiences with this?

https://blog.cloudflare.com/keep-analytics-tracking-data-in-...

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Has anyone here successfully earning side income from an app?

Thanks! I removed the scripts earlier today btw.

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Has anyone here successfully earning side income from an app?

Thanks!

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Has anyone here successfully earning side income from an app?

Nope, almost all of it is directly from companies.

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Has anyone here successfully earning side income from an app?

That's both good shouts. Pretty funny someone spotted this in two days. Introduced it recently and it's scheduled for removal today.

Thanks!

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Has anyone here successfully earning side income from an app?

Interesting, thanks. I'm only focusing on Europe / Remote and will reach out if I come up with something.

adithyasrinon Show HN: TinyResume – Create a shareable online resume

This looks really cool! Well done.

adithyasrinon Ask HN: Has anyone here successfully earning side income from an app?

I have been building a job board for more than a year now. It makes decent money, more than I expected it to. It's somewhere around 1.000€+ on good months.

On the other hand, it's not quite so passive. I constantly work on it, because I really enjoy working on it. Be it sales, marketing, SEO, building it - love it.

This is also my way of putting the work in to progress my career. I'm learning a lot; experimenting with tools and languages that I want - although I keep it to a bare minimum.

https://www.arbeitnow.com/

adithyasrinon Don't make me think, or why I switched to Rails from JavaScript SPAs

I like Laravel for similar reasons. It comes with tools and packages by default so I don't have make decisions.

Also pretty useful when you start a new project and you know what's happening.