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andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: maybe
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel drivers, ffmpeg, TensorFlow
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2025)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

18 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: "Maybe" within Europe, elsewhere "depends"
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel drivers, ffmpeg, TensorFlow, reverse debugging
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2025)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes within Europe, elsewhere "depends"
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel drivers, ffmpeg, TensorFlow
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2025)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

17 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2024)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes within Europe, elsewhere "depends"
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel drivers, ffmpeg, TensorFlow
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2024)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

17 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2024)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes within Europe, elsewhere "depends"
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel drivers, ffmpeg, TensorFlow
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2024)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

17 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2024)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

16 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2024)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel, TensorFlow, ffmpeg
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2024)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel, TensorFlow, ffmpeg
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2024)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

16 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2024)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel, TensorFlow, ffmpeg
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2024)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

16 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2024)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

16 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2024)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, kernel, TensorFlow, ffmpeg
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2024)

SEEKING WORK | UK, REMOTE

16 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

In the past I got my bits of fame for WHDD https://whdd.github.io/demo/ and the analysis of energy consumption by mobile chat apps: https://decentim.grafana.net/public-dashboards/92602d3a4aa84...

I've worked in many areas, notably back end, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg, GStreamer and Gentoo.

  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Website: https://autkin.net
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2024)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, bash, Linux kernel, Back End, TensorFlow
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

andrey_utkinon The things nobody wants to pay for

You're welcome to "audiobook" of this by Piper TTS (en_US-lessac-high):

https://autkin.net/audiobooks/things-nobody-wants-to-pay-for... (8:13)

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: How can I make local dev with containers hurt less?

My gripe with Docker / Podman is that it's unlike the VM - no init services, no SSH.

Incus (and LXD) make containers work in pretty much the same way as the VM, just without emulation overhead. You have prebuilt images with rich standard toolkit, systemd and services, SSH, networking is configurable from within in familiar ways.

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2024)

  Location: Cambridge, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: C, C++, Python, SQL, bash, Linux kernel, backend, networking, multimedia, XMPP
  Résumé/CV: https://autkin.net/merit
  Github: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/
  Email: hn@autkin.net

16 yoe developing software systems with FOSS and contributing back.

I've worked in many areas, notably backend, multimedia streaming and communication services (IPTV, CCTV, VVoIP), Linux kernel drivers, debugger development. My contributions to FOSS include the kernel, FFmpeg and Gentoo.

andrey_utkinon FOSDEM 2024 Schedule

Hostel Bruegel is affordable and full of FOSDEM crowd.

andrey_utkinon Energy, WiFi and RAM use by Android messaging apps

Hi! I would like to show you my small analysis of Android messaging apps: power draw, bandwidth and RAM use.

andrey_utkinon I don't want to host services but I do

Maybe Nextcloud with its E2EE can do that, but I am not sure if it works to share the files with other people while protecting the files from the host admins.

andrey_utkinon I don't want to host services but I do

What do you want to have hosted for you?

Feel free to contact me for a totally not shady hosting :)

andrey_utkinon The Fall of Stack Overflow

Super interesting charts!

I was surprised to see big humps over early springtimes. As if springtime causes people to feel more willing to open up and communicate, similarly to how we associate springtime with heightened romantic drive.

Another cool thing I've discovered by reading this right after the Usenet thread[0] is that it is typical for large-scale social networks to stop being humanity's darlings after ~15 years of age. Which is also surprisingly similar to how people are supposed to become completely self-sufficient around 16, as if there's no reasonable expectaction of substantial external care for them.

Usenet: born in 1979 [u1], stagnated in 1993, 14 years later. XMPP: born in 1999 [x1], stagnated in 2013 [x2], 14 years later. Stack Overflow: born in 2008 [s1], stagnation reported today here, 15 years later.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36859510 [u1] "Newsgroup experiments first occurred in 1979." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet [u2] "Segan said that some people pointed to the Eternal September in 1993 as the beginning of Usenet's decline" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

[x1] "released the first version of the jabberd server on January 4, 1999." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP#History_and_development [x2] "In May 2013, Google announced XMPP compatibility would be dropped from Google Talk for server-to-server federation" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP#History_and_development

[s1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow

andrey_utkinon Shutting down my legal torrent site after 17 years

I am interested in helping (and seeing that treasure), please contact me too: spry.sock7211@fastmail.com

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: Technology/creative books and games for my daughter (7 years)

GCompris, Tuxpaint, espeak, cowsay

andrey_utkinon Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?

I plan and retrospectively tweak items in visual calendar apps and augment/analyse them structurally using my own tooling, see https://github.com/andrey-utkin/taskdb/wiki/Live-demo