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denvercoder904··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
I am building a foundational layer for building C++ apps using Bazel.

I am working on creating a standardized set of paths and third party libraries that work seamlessly across multiple developer teams. Allowing library upgrades to happen transparently in the background. This will enable developers to focus on business specific logic and not have to worry about the intricacies of the build system and allowing to "magically" work in the background. This is allow foray into Bazel and using it as a learning exercise to master it.

denvercoder904··on Rust: The wrong people are resigning
It's not JeanHeyd Meneide's (PhD) first time rage quitting. He has a history of this. He previously rage quitted from the C++ community and moved to the C community. I wonder where he's moving to next. https://youtu.be/vaLKm9FE8oo
denvercoder904··on Google stores billions of lines of code in a single repository (2016) [pdf]
Is the code for the Search project in the mono repo as well? How does Google handle access control for their mono repos? Where's the secret sauce stored?
denvercoder904··on The case against CS master’s degrees
The author of the article should replace software engineer with software developer. Not being a gatekeeper but this is the proper term for the role described in the article.
denvercoder904··on The Depegging of UST
I find the concept of Curve pools (liquidity pools) like UST/3CRV, dual token systems, algorithmic pegged stablecoins, and services like Achor very complicated to follow. Is there any good literature that I can read the help understand the relationship between these components. Do they map existing components in traditional finance?
denvercoder904··on What I'm Up to Now
Does he have a public github repo? I would love to see some of the code that he writes or projects that he has worked on.
denvercoder904··on Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno
Until today :)
denvercoder904··on What Shell Am I Using?
I use 'echo $0' to see what shell I'm using.
denvercoder904··on Ask HN: What is the best way to get started with D3?
I have recently taken up a project to build out a dashboard for realtime data analytics. I did some exploratory research of the available data analytics frameworks mainly in Python. I found Plotly to be very popular. How much extra work would it be to just use D3 on the frontend with a standard python web server on the backend versus using just the Plotly library?
denvercoder904··on Show HN: Whiteboardfree – Developer Jobs at Companies That Don't Whiteboard
That's the first thing I noticed about the list. I interviewed with Lyft last year and they did whiteboard style interviews. Since when did this change?
denvercoder904··on Wells Fargo double charged everyone on their bill pays today
This happened to my girlfriend's checking account last week. She was charged an overdraft fee because auto pay decided to charge two days earlier. Then all traces of the transaction magically disappeared from her transaction history. Luckily, she took some screenshots of it. We just shrugged it off but I'm going to investigate it now.
denvercoder904··on Show HN: Airmash – Multiplayer Missile Warfare HTML5 Game
How does one turn into a helicopter or a large drone?
denvercoder904··on Ask HN: Who's responsible for cyber security in your company?
We have a well decorated military general as our Director of IT Security. The general's background is purely in business administration and not background in IT security.
denvercoder904··on Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older
What about sitting for eight hours straight and then doing a hard workout afterwards? Is that still bad?
denvercoder904··on Does the world need polymaths?
Yes. The industry calls them system engineers.
denvercoder904··on Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for employees in SF
I was open to all those things.
denvercoder904··on Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for employees in SF
Hi,

I applied on the website. I have a solid background in embedded systems and C++ but I immediately received a rejection email. I wish I could have chatted with an engineer first :-(

denvercoder904··on Gedit is unmaintained, some thoughts
What are the qualifications for becoming a maintainer? Is the bar set high? Is there a vetting process? I am interested but I'm not sure they will accept just anyone as a maintainer.
denvercoder904··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)
Do you have an email address? I have a few questions that I want to ask.
denvercoder904··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)
I just applied to the "Sr. Software Engineer, New Products, Roku TV". Do work with recruiting? Can my application be sped up? Thanks.
denvercoder904··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2017)
What's the salary ballpark range? I'm an experienced SW developer in Tucson and I find this position very interesting.
denvercoder904··on Ask HN: What’s it like working at Facebook as a Software Engineer?
I wouldn't know. I applied online but never heard back from them :-(
denvercoder904··on Do Developers Need College Degrees?
The key here is "developer". A web developer can learn to write code for a pretty website. This only requires very basic knowledge and essentially no math is involved.

In contrast, an engineer or computer scientist capable of working as an applied mathematician definitely requires an advance degree. I laugh when webdevs call themselves engineers.