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benfrancomon Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no interest in progressing?

Perhaps if you negotiated, you could have gotten substantially more?

benfrancomon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)

O.C. Tanner | Senior Cloud Engineer | Full-Time | REMOTE (~36 States) US | VISA

Hello. We’re O.C. Tanner, a technology and services company focused on employee recognition and workplace culture. We've been named one of the 2021 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: https://fortune.com/best-companies/2021/

We run a modern platform stack including Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, NodeJS, & Go. I'm looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer that has DevOps experience. You'd also get to work on our Open source PaaS called Akkeris (running k8s under the hood): https://beta.akkeris.io/ and https://github.com/akkeris

Senior Cloud Engineer: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/nghome.guid?c=11161...

Other teams are also hiring for multiple engineering positions, see a full list here: https://www.octanner.com/company/careers.html

benfrancomon Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?

I've found that most places offer the same content in an RSS feed as their newsletter. I prefer the terminal newsboat RSS reader running in Docker. : https://newsboat.org/ https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat ...and lynx is also in the container for browsing.

benfrancomon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)

O.C. Tanner | Senior Cloud Engineer | Full-Time | REMOTE US (~36 States) | VISA

Senior Cloud Engineer: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/nghome.guid?c=11161...

Other teams are also hiring for multiple engineering positions, see a full list here: https://www.octanner.com/company/careers.html

benfrancomon Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?

A window sill-desk/laptop stand. I could place my laptop on this and look out the window at the same time whilst working. At the place I used to work we had some awesome views of the mountains, especially on the upper floors. I couldn’t stand staring at cubicle walls, so I would take breaks to walk around and see the amazing views. Eventually, I made the sweet desk. I could have my laptop on top with a wireless keyboard, or put the laptop below. I cut it to the dimensions of my height and where I like to rest my hands. There were some silicone strips/bumpers underneath to keep it from slipping or sliding or scratching the wall. Pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VJLQqUhzHjPt4uCB8

benfrancomon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021)

O.C. Tanner | Cloud DevOps Engineers | Full-Time | ONSITE (Hybrid) | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Hello. We’re O.C. Tanner, a technology and services company focused on employee recognition and workplace culture. We think this is a pretty great place to work.

I'm hiring Cloud DevOps Engineer's both mid-level and senior. We run a modern platform stack including Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, NodeJS, & Go.

Cloud DevOps Engineer: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/nghome.guid?c=11161...

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/nghome.guid?c=11161...

Other teams are also hiring for multiple engineering (SRE, Data, Test, Principal) positions, see a full list here: https://www.octanner.com/company/careers.html

benfrancomon Ask HN: What diagrams do you use in software development?

Architecture and Data flow diagrams. Usually I sketch it out on paper and transcribe it to Lucidchart. Recently, I had to troubleshoot connectivity issues in Amazon RDS in a private subnet with AWS Data Migration Service. This was a regulated environment with heightened isolation. I was only able to figure out the problem once it was on paper and could see it visually with the various Security Groups described.

benfrancomon Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4

Fat tire bikes work great in the snow.

benfrancomon Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies

If you bought Apple's MP3's when they had DRM, you can't get them without it. (Maybe if you re-purchase it?). At least I can't access DRM free music that I purchased initially with DRM.

benfrancomon I hope work from home continues

Interesting...I'm not a fan of read receipts and typing indicators for messaging applications for reasons like this. If I need to craft a lengthy reply, it could take a day depending on the schedule. If someone never replies though when it is the de-facto-company messaging platform, that is highly problematic. A coworker even mentioned how anxiety-inducing typing a lengthy reply is that involves some lengthier research.

benfrancomon Show HN: Principal Mapper v1.1.0 – AWS IAM Security Analysis

Thanks for the tool! Will it be integrated into ScoutSuite or remain a stand-alone tool?

benfrancomon I, Backpack

I had a similar issue with Kelty. My old one from the late 90s lasted 20 years and had amazing craftsmanship. I use my backpack every day for commuting on bike in all sorts of weather. The old one was amazing, with thick nylon and robust zippers and straps.

The same model from 2016 only lasted me a few years before it failed. It was super thin with these weenie zippers, and obnoxious doodads.

https://imgur.com/a/wmIggaz

I bought a new Vertx backpack a few months ago, and the craftsmanship looks great and is working well so far.

https://vertx.com/gamut-2-0-backpack

benfrancomon E-bikes could be the electric revolution cities need

Agree...I've been regular-biking year round in SLC for about 9 years. Rain isn't a problem with good gear, and fenders. Snow gets removed or melts quickly. It's the air quality on days with inversions that are the issue for me. I've biked in single digits, and you are quite warm when you push it.

benfrancomon E-bikes could be the electric revolution cities need

You could also use a regular bike by moving closer to work. I've been biking for nearly 9 years to work, church, dentist, and the dr's office. They are all within a 3 mile radius. It's highly addictive, and a great form of exercise.

It's my understanding that the toxins produced from mining the minerals for batteries, and recycling them isn't great for the environment.

I'm still interested in an e-bike though, or adding a motor to a bike for the days where everyone else's pollution causes an inversion, and I can't breathe too well.

benfrancomon Undocumented Catalina file access change

Title should be updated to include MacOS. I was thinking Tomcat Catalina file....

benfrancomon Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

I had rsi as well, so bad I couldn't shake anyone's hand. I thought my wrist was broken. What fixed it for me was to drop the keyboard down onto my lap using a lapdesk. It took me forever to find this out, and there is research behind the ergonomics:

http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ergoguide.html

http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/AHTutorials/typingposture.html

In my opionion, it's worth a good read-through. I also switched to an Evoluent vertical mouse and a Goldtouch split/angled keyboard w/o the numeric pad to minimize back-and-forth. Now I use lapdesk+apple magic keyboard+Evoluent vertical mouse, and don't really have any problems.