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colebowl

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Cloud Software Architect/Engineer. Passionate about front end and user experience. Focused on climate forward projects.

Originally from Australia, now living in Canada, and currently on a sabbatical, riding my bike around France.

Building: <https://polymon.cloud>

Contact me: <https://tally.so/r/nrK07M>

colebowl.at.hn

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colebowl··on Insulation: First the body, then the home (2011)
Living in the Canadian Rockies, we regularly see temperatures in the -20c (-4f) and colder range. I'd highly recommend looking at:

[1] - Outdoor Research - https://outdoorresearch.com [2] - Patagonia - https://patagonia.com [3] - Arc'teryx - https://arcteryx.com

And as others have mentioned, it's all about layering!

colebowl··on Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommended books?
The best book on leadership I read was Jocko Willink's Extreme Ownership[1]. He was a career US Navy SEAL and bring a lot of great leadership approaches from the SEALS and correlates them to the business world. His principles lead back to the idea of taking extreme ownership of everything related to your team and the "mission". I really liked his no nonsense approach.

The best lesson I learnt on leadership is to listen to and believe in your team. They are the experts, not you anymore. Your job now is to clear the path to their success. Different people need different things to succeed, it's your job to figure that out and try your best to provide it.

What I recommend: Figure out what kind of leader you want to be. Read as much as you can and talk to other leaders inside and outside of your company to see what works and doesn't work for them.

Finally, make sure your team has a crystal clear definition of what success is and the milestones to get there. Ensuring this understanding will help your team move in the same direction.

Good luck!

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848190-extreme-ownersh...

colebowl··on Room 641A
That door has no handle, no sign of a swipe card reader. Any ideas how the people who can would get that door open?

My guess...some kind of reader hidden in the door that triggers a mechanical device that lifts the panic bar (another comment's comment) or otherwise disengages some such other locking mechanism.

colebowl··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
Cross provider sync is on our roadmap but not available yet. If you want, send me an email with some more details and I'll look into the feasibility.
colebowl··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
I'm building TidyCloud. It's a toolset on top of common cloud storage drives to provide cross platform search, duplicate identification, security risk identification and usage statistics/analytics across your files stored in the cloud

https://tidycloud.app

I'm looking for beta users if you dig the idea and want to help out a feel HNer.

colebowl··on SpaceX and Boeing Still Need a Parachute That Always Works
This may just be conjecture but it's always seemed like they are solving the wrong problem. Why aren't they looking for alternatives to parachutes which to me seem like an archaic way of doing things. In saying that, the number of different maneuvers required in landing the space shuttle definitely shows how hard this problem is.
colebowl··on Apollo 11 in Real Time
I have no questions just admiration. This is so awesome!

I can't begin to imagine how long it took you to build this... This is amazing, thank you kind sir.

colebowl··on Ask HN: How to learn to play piano? (kids and adults)
Story time. I have tried many online videos (Youtube etc) and I really never got anyway. I had wanted to learn how to play the piano most of my life but for multiple reasons (primarily fear) I never tried with a teacher. A year ago at age 31 I serendipitously ran into a woman who turned out to be a piano teacher in my town. Long story short, I started taking lessons and now I am finally playing the piano and it feels amazing! In cannot emphasize strongly enough the benefits of having a teacher. There is no way I would have gained the skills I have from taking online courses.

In my opinion, there is nothing more valuable that being able to have someone show you when you are making mistakes and has the experience to explain how to fix them.

colebowl··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2017)
Hi! I'm a Full Stack Web Developer with solid experience working remotely, leading a team of developers to build apps using React.js, Redux in the frontend and Node.js the backend. Looking for a new challenge working with a cool team.

Location: Canmore, Alberta

Remote: Yes (Currently in a remote role)

Willing to relocate: Not right now.

Technologies: Javascript: React.js, Redux, Node.js all using ES6. HTML/CSS, MongoDb, Git, AWS, Heroku, Digital Ocean. Other: PHP, MySQL, ASP.Net, Drupal, Wordpress.

Résumé/CV: https://colebowl.github.io

Email: See resume

colebowl··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2017)
SEEKING WORK | Calgary, Canada | Remote Only

Hi! I'm a Full Stack Web Developer with solid experience building apps using React.js, Redux in the frontend and Node.js the backend, I have also done a lot of devops as well.

Are you...

- Looking for a new feature developed or something finished off?

- Looking for someone to provide some consulting/guidance on how to get a project or feature started?

- Looking for some devops support to automate a task or get a server environment setup?

I can help with all of these thing and lots more!

If you're looking for any of the above or something completely different, I am currently available <=15 hours/week and can start immediately. My full resume as well as my contact details are available here: https://colebowl.github.io. If you like what you see, drop me a note and let's talk!

colebowl··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2017)
SEEKING WORK | Calgary, Canada | Remote Only

Hi! I'm a Full Stack Web Developer with solid experience building apps using React.js, Redux in the frontend and Node.js the backend, I have also done a lot of devops as well.

Are you...

- Looking for a new feature developed or something finished off?

- Looking for someone to provide some consulting/guidance on how to get a project or feature started?

- Looking for some devops support to automate a task or get a server environment setup?

I can help with all of these thing and lots more!

If you're looking for any of the above or something completely different, I am currently available <=15 hours/week and can start immediately. My full resume as well as my contact details are available here: https://colebowl.github.io. If you like what you see, drop me a note and let's talk!

colebowl··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2017)
Hi! I'm a Full Stack Web Developer with solid experience working remotely, leading a team of developers to build apps using React.js, Redux in the frontend and Node.js the backend. Looking for a new challenge working with a cool team.

Location: Canmore, Alberta

Remote: Yes (Currently in a remote role)

Willing to relocate: Not right now.

Technologies: Javascript: React.js, Redux, Node.js all using ES6. HTML/CSS, MongoDb, Git, AWS, Heroku, Digital Ocean. Other: PHP, MySQL, ASP.Net, Drupal, Wordpress.

Résumé/CV: https://colebowl.github.io

Email: See resume

colebowl··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2017)
Hi! I'm a Full Stack Web Developer with solid experience working remotely, leading a team of developers to build apps using React.js, Redux in the frontend and Node.js the backend. Looking for a new challenge working with a cool team.

Location: Canmore, Alberta

Remote: Yes (Currently in a remote role)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Javascript: React.js, Redux, Node.js all using ES6. HTML/CSS, MongoDb, Git, AWS, Heroku, Digital Ocean. Other: PHP, MySQL, ASP.Net, Drupal, Wordpress.

Résumé/CV: https://colebowl.github.io

Email: See resume

colebowl··on Ask HN: Which non-technology book has influenced you the most and why?
That sir, is a thing of beauty!

bookmarked!

colebowl··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)
Tiller Digital | Full Stack Developer | Calgary, Alberta | Onsite

We are looking for a Node.js developer to contribute to the success of our clients by providing quality development solutions for a range of web experiences from marketing websites to complex web applications. If you're a developer who thrives in a collaborative environment; is skilled in pairing the appropriate development solutions with the project goals; and can execute solutions with close attention to detail we are interested in talking with you.

The primary role of this position is to help us build, scale, and maintain Node.js applications for our clients.

Our stack includes Node.js, Koa, React, ES5 & ES6, Mongodb, AWS & Digital Ocean

Apply via Workable: https://tiller-digital-inc.workable.com

colebowl··on Ask HN: Do you send links to yourself?
I used to but now use the Papaly Chrome extension. I like that I can create private categorized boards that automagically sync across all my devices.

https://papaly.com/

colebowl··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2015)
Location: Calgary, Alberta

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: PHP/MySQL, JS/jQuery, HTML/CS, C#/SQL Server, BackboneJS and some Ruby on Rails. and GIT

Résumé/CV: http://colebowl.com/resume

Email: cole at colebowl.com

I'm a full-stack dev with an infrastructure engineering/sysadmin background looking for consulting/contracting work. I am looking to work with people who are smart, keen and understand what they are trying to achieve. I like learning/trying new things so if you have a problem that needs solving and cant figure out how maybe you should send me an email.

colebowl··on Keep Your Sanity with a Work Diary
I use something very similar. I have managed to remove any need for todo list apps (any.do etc) by using checkbox lists in Evernote. It's nice to see a list of check off items at the end of your work day!