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confusedalexon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)

Avision GmbH | Full Stack Developer (Java + Angular/React) | Remote (Germany) | Full-time

We're modernizing old business software in relatively small teams.

Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Angular or React, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes. GitLab CI/CD, Gradle and Maven are a plus.

We want: 2+ years with Spring Boot and Angular/React, solid SQL, German at B2 or better.

We offer: fully remote within Germany, 32 vacation days, flexible hours, overtime paid out or taken as time off, Windows or Linux laptop, sabbatical and workation options.

Send me an e-mail and I can give you a referral if I think you deserve it. Otherwise apply through the website.

confusedalexon Project Aardvark

This could be so big! If we could really sync things like Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Documents all without need for a server or DIY solutions like Syncthing, this would be a big advancement. If then, in the long term, Gnome Mobile gets more momentum, these two developments could really play well together

confusedalexon Show HN: Sheets.email – Send personalized emails with AI at scale

Cool, so now you will generate your e-mails with AI, then I will summaries that e-mail with AI and generate a response that you will then again summaries with AI and so on.

We could write shorter e-mails, getting to the point more quickly, but we can just use AI.

confusedalexon Restic: Backups done right

Despite the name Borgbase [0] offers Restic hosting, with actual documentation on how to set it up. Hetzner [1] also offers Restic

[0] https://www.borgbase.com/ [1] https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/

confusedalexon What do people do with thier pictures? (modern life, media and backing up)

I selfhost my photos with immich[1]. The drives are mirrored via zfs and get backuped daily to borgbase[2] with restic[3]

[1] https://immich.app/

[2] https://www.borgbase.com/

[3] https://restic.net/