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johnisom2001on Cookie Clicker saved my PhD

Don't. You can expect to lose a workday to this ;)

johnisom2001on Prime Trust suspends withdrawals following sale failure

After BitGo terminated the purchase of crypto and fiat custodian Prime Trust, the Nevada Financial Institutions Division issued a Cease and Desist Order, with Prime Trust pausing all deposits and withdrawals.

johnisom2001on Rewriting the Ruby parser

This is big. Ruby syntax errors are some of the most frustrating things to track down. So much worse than C-like languages like JavaScript.

I'm glad to see big steps towards this.

johnisom2001on Rewriting the Ruby parser

This couldn't be further from the truth. There are so many people using Ruby, so many modern companies deciding to use it and so many large companies that continue to use it.

The demand for Ruby developers is higher than the supply.

johnisom2001on Re: I Don't Use Copilot

> because I'd hate for it to cause my skills to rot or for me to become too dependent on it.

You think it's bad now, imagine 5 years from now. This version of Copilot is just the beginning. Will you care about skill rot when everyone else around you knows the skills to effectively use the new generative AI models and is producing 5x?

johnisom2001on Addressing the community about changes to our API

There won't be many redditors fleeing. The vast majority don't care about this. They just log into Reddit's website, or their official mobile app, look at cat pics, and continue on with their day.

I'm guessing the money Reddit will make from monetizing their API will much more than outweigh the losses.

johnisom2001on Crypto Custody Firm BitGo Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Prime Trust

I work at Prime Trust, this news came as a surprise. Everything is still unclear at the moment, hopefully with clarity coming in the next couple weeks.

johnisom2001on Crypto.com to suspend US institutional exchange

Another litmus of the current crypto market. Crypto.com stopping institutional business, but does not affect retail trading.

johnisom2001on Silicon Valley braces for the good times to end

And it was true. Your poin?

johnisom2001on How I learned French in 12 months (2020)

The innerFrench podcast is fantastic for comprehension if you're not yet at a high level.

johnisom2001on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2022)

PART 2/2

Helpful links:

  Github: https://github.com/johnisom/

  Personal site: https://johnisom.dev/

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-isom/

  Maestro writeup: https://maestro-framework.github.io/

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When I learned software engineering, I learned the fundamentals from the ground up. Because of my solid foundation, I can learn any skill very quickly and understand it wholly along the way.

I recently created Maestro, a framework for rapid iteration of serverless orchestration workflows using AWS Lambda and AWS step functions. It enables developers to easily create whole workflows and deploys and tears down the associated AWS resources ~60x faster than the closest competitor, AWS SAM. I highly recommend that you read the writeup at https://maestro-framework.github.io/.

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Most recently, I've worked at a startup that then got acquired by a big tech company, working on critical tasks. Some of these include:

- Creating a new column in a database table with 118+ million rows with minimal downtime & full backward-compatibility.

    Read: experience working with large-scale systems.

- Migrated a massive monolithic rails app from Rails 5 to Rails 6.

    Read: know Ruby & Rails inside and out, as well as the Rails philosiphies.

- Seamlessly migrated 20 million file attachments w/o downtime or perf issues using a 3-step approach along w/ multithreading.

    Read: experience & competence w/ large infrastructure tasks.

- Migrated our monolith to switch from one attachment backend to another (goes with point above).

    Read: experience & competence with ruby/rails internals.

johnisom2001on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2021)

PART 2/2

Helpful links:

  Github: https://github.com/johnisom/

  Personal site: https://johnisom.dev/

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-isom/

  Maestro writeup: https://maestro-framework.github.io/

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When I learned software engineering, I learned the fundamentals from the ground up. Because of my solid foundation, I can learn any skill very quickly and understand it wholly along the way.

I recently created Maestro, a framework for rapid iteration of serverless orchestration workflows using AWS Lambda and AWS step functions. It enables developers to easily create whole workflows and deploys and tears down the associated AWS resources ~60x faster than the closest competitor, AWS SAM. I highly recommend that you read the writeup at https://maestro-framework.github.io/.

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Most recently, I've worked at a startup that then got acquired by a big tech company, working on critical tasks. Some of these include:

- Creating a new column in a database table with 118+ million rows with minimal downtime & full backward-compatibility.

    Read: experience working with large-scale systems.

- Migrated a massive monolithic rails app from Rails 5 to Rails 6.

    Read: know Ruby & Rails inside and out, as well as the Rails philosiphies.

- Seamlessly migrated 20 million file attachments w/o downtime or perf issues using a 3-step approach along w/ multithreading.

    Read: experience & competence w/ large infrastructure tasks.

- Migrated our monolith to switch from one attachment backend to another (goes with point above).

    Read: experience & competence with ruby/rails internals.

johnisom2001on Developers Who Use Spaces Make More Money Than Those Who Use Tabs (2017)

> I started my career with tabs ... but then over time migrated to spaces

Perhaps this anecdote resonates with many developers? If so, then perhaps tabs vs spaces is correlated with years of experience, which is correlated with salary.

johnisom2001on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020)

Just so you're aware, this is posted in the wrong HN thread.

johnisom2001on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020)

Location: New York City, residing in Salt Lake City until I can safely relocate.

Remote: No.

Willing to relocate: See "Location" section above.

Technologies: AWS, Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Linux

Résumé/CV: https://whois.johnisom.dev/assets/resume-2020-09-29.pdf

Email: john <at> johnisom <dot> dev

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Some helpful links

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GitHub: https://github.com/johnisom/

Personal site: https://johnisom.dev/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-isom/

Maestro writeup: https://maestro-framework.github.io/

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When I learned software engineering, I learned the fundamentals from the ground up. Because of my solid foundation, I can learn any skill very quickly and understand it wholly along the way.

I recently created Maestro, a framework for rapid iteration of serverless orchestration workflows using AWS Lambda and AWS step functions. It enables developers to easily create whole workflows and deploys and tears down the associated AWS resources ~60x faster than the closest competitor, AWS SAM. I highly recommend that you read the writeup at https://maestro-framework.github.io/.

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Some perks of hiring me

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I'm a bit younger than most, but only because I worked my ass off (smartly too--I didn't waste time) full time 60+ hours per week for extended periods of time. So I'm smart, have energy, and am an extremely quick learner (as described above).

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I'm looking for software engineering roles, preferably infrastructure or backend, and full stack is also great.