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Agreed. It has been consistent enough that I can make a pretty accurate guess each morning based on how I feel. With a consistent scale, I can work on the components (timing, duration, and other factors like alcohol, etc.) and I've made big improvements over the year.

I like my Oura ring and find it one of the least fussy fitness trackers I've used. To me, the battery question is more about time between charging. I can travel for a week on a business trip without taking the charger, no problem. The sizing issue is real and as I dropped weight, the ring became loose and would fall off. I've added a small eva tab on the inside to increase friction and reduce risk until I buy the next version sized down.

The most important metric to me was the sleep score and related components. I've noticed my performance (mentally and physically) is tied to sleep in a huge way. I was skeptical that it would capture sleep metrics accurately, but after about a year of use, I can say without question that the number it presents as my sleep score is a very good proxy of how good I feel throughout the day.

My goal for this past year has been to focus on improving sleep health and for that, the ring has been a very useful tool.

Keychron K2. Absolutely love it. https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k2-wireless-mecha...

So true. I once received an RFP template where our competitor had forgotten to clear their company (and even author) from the document details. I was glad because it helped us avoid a complete waste of time.

> They also vacuum up the trail of crumbs that led to them, making our standards for new ideas impossibly high.

I enjoy this style of writing. Seemingly simple but packs a lot of meaning (like JoelOnSoftware back in the day).

SEEKING WORK | Remote (location Jacksonville, FL; open to travel)

Full stack Ruby/Rails/JavaScript developer with experience as a technical founder, VP of Engineering, software architect, and tech lead. I specialize in backend development and and data structures. I like writing clean, testable code based on SOLID principles. I like building new tech as well as extending and improving legacy code. As a startup founder, I learned to gather enough data to make important decisions, gather feedback, and iterate quickly to find optimal solutions. I’ve migrated infrastructure from fully-hosted environments to AWS and scaled platforms to handle 10x growth/year. I have excellent communication skills and I’m comfortable working with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

Most recently, I was the solo technical founder of a high-volume analytics platform and grew the company to over 40 employees.

Technologies: Ruby/Rails, Angular, React, JavaScript, Postgres, HTML/CSS, AWS, Heroku, Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, ElasticSearch

Email: w2aba@protonmail.com

Founder of successful high-volume analytics startup. 15+ years building new tech and leading product teams.

  Location: Jacksonville, FL
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Tech: Full-stack architect and developer 
  Backend: Java, Ruby, NodeJS, PostgreSQL, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Redis
  Frontend: Angular, Vue, React
  Resume/CV: Email for resume
  Email: w2aba@protonmail.com

Well worth the watch. His quote when the AI pauses the game is gold!

UserIQ | JavaScript Engineer | ATLANTA, GA | FULL-TIME | ONSITE | jobs@useriq.com

UserIQ is looking for a Senior-level JavaScript engineer who is passionate about working with a friendly team to create amazing user experiences.

Our platform is built upon Node.js and native ES6/7 JavaScript. Our systems handle billions of browser & mobile events which allows our clients to target their end users in a more intelligent manner. Interested in big data aggregations and insights? Third-party JS library design and architecture? Or simply building easy to use public facing APIs? These are just a handful of topics we handle on a daily basis.

If you love learning, creating great experiences for customers, and solving tough engineering problems, then we want to talk to you.

Details: https://useriq.com/careers/senior-javascript-developer/

Benefits: In addition to a very competitive startup salary with equity, we offer a full range of benefits including: Medical / Dental / Vision / Life / 401k.

To apply, please email us at jobs@useriq.com. We'd love to hear from you!

UserIQ | Javascript Engineer | Atlanta | Full time | Onsite Preferred, Remote Considered | http://useriq.com

UserIQ is looking for a talented engineer with a deep understanding of Javascript. The ideal candidate reads/follows Resig, Crockford, Eich, etc. not to sound smarter, but because they enjoy mastering their craft. They are well-versed in prototypal inheritance, closures, scoping, and event bubbling because they have learned what works best (based on the strengths and limitations of JS) while improving code that is delivered to customers.

If you love learning, creating great experiences for customers, and solving tough engineering problems, then we want to talk to you. Benefits: In addition to a very competitive startup salary with equity, we offer a full range of benefits including: Medical / Dental / Vision / Life / HSA / 401k.

We normally prefer onsite candidates, but we realize this is a unique role and are willing to consider remote for the right talent and future team member.

Email us at jobs@useriq.com and let us know why you'd make a great fit.

Anyone else experiencing issues with CF more frequently lately? We appreciate the service provided, but we're averaging about 1 customer-impacting issue per week over the last few months. And we are considering alternatives. Today's incident was particularly bad, and you'd have no idea that NA was impacted from the status page.

For some entertaining sci-fi applications of this sort of tech, you should check out Seveneves by Neal Stephenson.

UserIQ | Front End Engineer | Atlanta, GA | Full time | ONSITE | http://useriq.com

UserIQ is looking for a front end engineer who is passionate about good design and creating amazing user experiences. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with Javascript, CSS, and HTML. Angular is a plus.

If you love learning, creating great experiences for customers, and solving tough engineering problems, then we want to talk to you.

Benefits: In addition to a very competitive startup salary with equity, we offer a full range of benefits including: Medical / Dental / Vision / Life / HSA / 401k.

Email us at jobs@useriq.com and let us know why you'd make a great fit.

UserIQ | Front End Engineer | Atlanta | Full time | http://useriq.com

UserIQ is looking for a front end engineer who is passionate about good design and creating amazing user experiences. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with Javascript, CSS, and HTML. Angular is a plus.

If you love learning, creating great experiences for customers, and solving tough engineering problems, then we want to talk to you.

Benefits: In addition to a very competitive startup salary with equity, we offer a full range of benefits including: Medical / Dental / Vision / Life / HSA / 401k.

Email us at jobs@useriq.com and let us know why you'd make a great fit.

First couple of tests from English to Spanish worked great. My first thought: the Babelfish from Hitchhiker's Guide is probably only a few years away. Pair this with WordLens on a mobile device and we start breaking down barriers.

UserIQ - http://www.useriq.com/ - Atlanta, GA

We are looking for a software engineer to help build a company, not just a product. Our stack includes Ruby, Rails, AngularJS, and D3, but your ability to learn quickly is more important to us than your experience.

In addition to a very competitive startup salary with equity, we offer a full range of benefits including: Medical / Dental / Vision / Life / HSA.

We’re eager to meet software engineers of all types and we’d love to hear from you!

Check out the job description at http://useriq.com/careers/ for more details. Email us at jobs@useriq.com and let us know why you’d make a great fit.

Unrelated to this post, I was trying to downgrade my account from premium to free today. It was surprisingly hard to find the path. I had to google it. Btw, it's under "Privacy and Settings", not under "Account" where you'd expect.

I have nothing against LinkedIn and find it helpful. It just struck me as something that was discussed in a design meeting- "how can we make cancellation hard to do?"

So glad you posted this video. I didn't get to see your interview live and had been looking for it. Fantastic job! Imagine the pressure for the next team up :)

I like the clever use of css-based animations on the marketing site. The Invision feature tour (http://www.invisionapp.com/tour) does a great job of this as well. It probably goes unnoticed by the majority of visitors, but I think it communicates great design and attention to detail in a very subtle way. Hats off to the designers and marketing team that built a great site to get the message out.

It's nice to see such a candid talk w/ numbers. Thanks for submitting. This kind of content should get any SaaS entrepreneur excited.

No, we're all volunteers and we raise money for projects. What I mean is that we don't hand out money. We work alongside the community on each project.

Truth in 24 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFwoxM1MiBw) Great engineering, great strategy (underdog must take risks to beat the well-equipped adversary)

Nice. Had to try these too: hex: https://www.google.com/search?q=hexadecimal octal: https://www.google.com/search?q=octal

Many of you may have already done this. But I never got around to it (Win7 isn't my primary dev box). It only took me 3 minutes and it probably ROI'd the first day.

I've been to Kenya (village of Ngaamba) 4 times in the last 5 years on service trips through the 410Bridge organization. Their model relies on a village leadership council to prioritize need and decide how resources should be used. Then we come alongside and help. Our first trip focused on water. The second was infrastructure. The third was education. This past June it was staffing a medical clinic that was recently built. Now a community center has sprouted around the clinic and the trip next year will likely focus on micro-finance and entrepreneurship.

This isn't charity. It is partnering with a talented group of village leaders that understand the needs of the community far better than we could. There is accountability but it's driven locally and it's sustainable. They'll be able to carry the momentum they created long after we're gone.

There are plenty of models that work, and I'm glad there are so many helping out. But I've seen first-hand that allowing a community to pull the help they need works better than a foreign push model.

The Social Network isn't a grandiose documentary. If you just look at it as an entertaining story based loosely on people you know written by a talented guy (Aaron Sorkin), it's pretty enjoyable. You might actually like it. And the tech angle must be somewhat attractive if you're drawn to HN.

Ran across this after reading the (fantastic) GoCardless article here: https://gocardless.com/blog/building-a-large-angular-applica...

See it in action here: http://youtu.be/MVw8N3hTfCI?t=56s

Background on the chargemaster story that broke in Time Magazine. (So glad it was covered by The Daily Show or I would have missed it): http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-inside-tim...

Author here. Let me know if you have any questions about making the leap from day job to full-time startup. I've been preparing for 3 years and made the move in July. Contact info in my profile.