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barrald··on I built a (basic) Substack clone in a month
I admire the discipline to have built all of this and then not actually use it.
barrald··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020)
Hex | (Senior) Software Engineer | Remote or SF | Full-time | https://hex.tech/jobs/software-engineer

Hex is building a next-generation data analysis platform, combining the best of code notebooks, BI, and collaboration tools. Our product lets users connect to data, build analyses, collaborate with their team, and turn their work into interactive data apps anyone can use.

We're looking for another Software Engineer (open level) to join our core team of engineers and designers. You will be part of laying our technical foundations, and have a lot of ownership and impact as we grow.

Our tech stack is mostly TypeScript, React, Node, GraphQL, and Kubernetes. Interesting things we're working on include real-time collaboration, distributed backend compute, security for user-executed code, data visualization, and frontend performance.

Efficient, fast interview process: intro phone call, interview with CTO, 2-3 technical interviews. Can do whole thing in a few days.

We are well-funded by great VCs and angels, so we have years of runway and can offer competitive salary. We also offer unlimited PTO, full benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Hex is a tight-knit, high-output team with experience from Palantir, Remix, TrialSpark, and other places. We value ownership, autonomy, clear communication, honest feedback, and high-quality work.

We're early, but already have a well-built out product and paying customers, and are moving fast toward expanding our user base through a public launch later this year.

Apply by sending us an email at hello [at] hex.tech. We will get back to you within a day if you're a potential fit!

barrald··on Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective
Would love to know YC's real matriculation rate. I know of several teams that got accepted in and opted not to go, in part because of ballooning batch size and dilutive terms.
barrald··on Ask HN: How can I quickly trim my AWS bill?
Lots of people in here mentioning Reserved Instances, so it's worth mentioning Reserved AI (https://www.reserved.ai/).

We're customers and have been very happy with them, it was super quick to get set up and saves us a big chunk.

barrald··on Variolation
For anyone else watching The Great, Catherine's interest in variolation is apparently a true story: https://smarthistoryblog.com/2016/10/05/catherine-the-great-...