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mattsears··on Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models
Ha ha, basically your models couldn't cut it Mark, so might as well open the source and pretend you're the man of the people. What a joke.
mattsears··on I’ve joined Anthropic
Way too late.
mattsears··on Returning to Rails in 2026
What is it about large untyped codebases that make it a nightmare?
mattsears··on A website to destroy all websites
You're bad at guessing.
mattsears··on A website to destroy all websites
This is one of the most difficult articles my eyes could read. The font is so small and my eyes jumped all over the place. The web I want: One that's easy to read.
mattsears··on AI's real superpower: consuming, not creating
Yay, another HN post confidently claiming "everyone’s doing X wrong."

"Everyone’s using AI wrong." Oh, we are? Please, enlightened us thought leader, tell us how we’ve all been doing it wrong this entire time.

"Here’s how most people use AI." No, that’s how you use AI. Can we stop projecting our own habits onto the whole world and calling it insight?

mattsears··on Thoughts on thinking
Peak Hacker News material
mattsears··on My favorite database shirts
If you like Ruby, there's a bunch of nice shirts (and more) at https://popruby.com
mattsears··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)
Littlelines | Dayton, Ohio (USA) | https://littlelines.com

Littlelines is hiring an experienced and passionate Ruby on Rails engineer to join its team. We are a small team, so the ideal team member would be comfortable taking on various tasks and seeing them to completion. Our main stack is Ruby, Rails, Elixir, Phoenix, and Vue.js, but this candidate should love learning and trying new technology.

You’re experienced and proficient with most of the following:

Demonstrates strong knowledge in Ruby and Rails You've built and deployed Rails applications Have a GitHub account with recent contributions Loves Test Driven Development Know your way around HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Bonus Points:

Experience with Elixir and Phoenix You've contributed to open source projects Take interest in scalability and security Experience with DevOps

Apply: jobs [at] littlelines [dot] com

mattsears··on Stripe bans Trump campaign
There's a big difference in wrong opinion and inciting violence. This isn't the government doing this. This is private companies taking action against the spread hate and lies. These are companies I want to do business with.
mattsears··on Show HN: A simple FOSS and self-hosted budgeting app
To be fair, the README says "can be" self hosted.
mattsears··on Ask HN: Was the Y2K crisis real?
Yes, it was real. While in college, I was working as a programmer (Perl mostly) for a book publishing company and several database systems wouldn't boot up after the new year. It turned out they didn't bother upgrading their software. This was common, but by then, most software companies had patches available - probably because of the hype. In this case, I believe the fear provided by the media actually helped avoid a much bigger crisis.
mattsears··on Airbnb’s loss nearly doubles in fourth quarter, before virus
AirBnB didn't fail. It has some work to do with managing fees, but overall, it provides a great service for people wanting a better or different experience than traditional hotels AND it's provide hosts with additional income at the same time. I much rather give my money to people needing extra savings than big business hotel chains.

I always look at Airbnb first when traveling because I value options like a kitchen where I can cook my own meals, a washer and dryer where I can wash my clothes, and a sofa to relax on.

mattsears··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)
Littlelines | REMOTE (USA) | https://littlelines.com

Littlelines is hiring an experienced and passionate Ruby on Rails engineer to join its team. We are a small team, so the ideal team member would be comfortable taking on various tasks and seeing them to completion. Our main stack is Ruby, Rails, Elixir, Phoenix, and Vue.js, but this candidate should love learning and trying new technology.

You’re experienced and proficient with most of the following:

Demonstrates strong knowledge in Ruby and Rails You've built and deployed Rails applications Have a GitHub account with recent contributions Loves Test Driven Development Know your way around HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Bonus Points:

Experience with Elixir and Phoenix You've contributed to open source projects Take interest in scalability and security Experience with DevOps

Apply: https://littlelines.com/apply

mattsears··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
Littlelines | REMOTE | https://littlelines.com

Littlelines is looking for HTML/CSS, Ruby on Rails developers, and project managers. We're a talented team of designers and engineers that love building beautiful software for our clients.

We're a (intentionally) small company so your contributions will be signficant and you'll have the opportunity to learn, hone your skills, and contribute valuable work to a variety of different projects.

Work anywhere, make your own hours, no overtime ever.

https://littlelines.com/apply

mattsears··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)
Littlelines | REMOTE | https://littlelines.com

Littlelines is looking for Front-end (<3 Vue,js), Ruby on Rails, and Elixir team members. We're a talented team of designers and engineers that love building beautiful software.

We're a (intentionally) small company so your contributions will be signficant and you'll have the opportunity to learn, hone your skills, and contribute valuable work to a variety of different projects.

Work anywhere, make your own hours, no overtime ever.

https://littlelines.com/apply

mattsears··on Show HN: BudgetDuo – Easily determine your share of household expenses
Huh? You're in the minority here if you're saying that people would rather use a spreadsheet than web/mobile app. How can more than one person see or update their shared expenses if the Excel spreadsheet resides on your partner's computer? That doesn't sound easy to me.
mattsears··on Show HN: BudgetDuo – Easily determine your share of household expenses
BudgetDuo is a joy to use and that's the key. Sure, you can make Facebook clone on google sheets, but no one will use it. It's not convenient fiction at all, it's much much easier to swipe and tap on a mobile app than to do work on a spreadsheet - who want's to do that?
mattsears··on Show HN: BudgetDuo – Easily determine your share of household expenses
Not everyone is handy with spreadsheets. I'm really good with spreadsheets and a piece of me dies inside with each new one I create.
mattsears··on Show HN: BudgetDuo – Easily determine your share of household expenses
I make way more money than my partner and doing a 50/50 split would be really hard for them to swing each month.
mattsears··on Show HN: BudgetDuo – Easily determine your share of household expenses
Simple, easy to use, and useful. Nice work. It would be very interesting to see stats on how couples choose how their bills are divided.
mattsears··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2014)
Littlelines (DAYTON, OH) http://littlelines.com

Things are getting even bigger and better for us, so we’re looking for talented and passionate developers to join the team (at our headquarters) and support the continued growth of Littlelines.

- Ruby Developer - Ruby is our bread and butter. Littlelines is hiring experienced Ruby on Rails developers to work on-site at our Dayton headquarters.

- Front-end Developer - Having front-end developers who know and appreciate the power of design and can translate designs into seamless webpages.

Get in touch!

http://littlelines.com/careers

mattsears··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2014)
Dayton, Ohio | Littlelines

(http://littlelines.com)

Littlelines is looking for Front-end and Ruby on Rails developers to work with us in our spanking new headquarters or possibly remote.

We're a small and talented team of designers and developers that love making clients happy. You'll have the opportunity to learn, hone your skills, and contribute valuable work to real projects. We work exclusively on Rails web applications, so some familiarity with Rails views and how a Rails project is set up is a plus. Ideal candidates will be able to work with us at our headquarters.

Responsibilities: Directly providing assistance to existing clients with day-to-day technical needs. Collaborating closely with our designers and other developers.

Our Stack: Ruby / Rails Elixir Coffeescript Sass / Haml Angular.js

If you're interested or have questions, email me at matt@littlelines.com.

mattsears··on Get your books more cheaply – possibly
Is there an API that can find books from multiple sellers by say, ISBN? It would be nice to easily find the cheapest book from various sellers.
mattsears··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2013)
Absolutely.
mattsears··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2013)
Littlelines, Ohio

Littlelines is looking for Ruby / Rails developers to work with us at our headquarters in Ohio.

You'll have the opportunity to learn, hone your skills and contribute valuable work to real projects. We're an energetic and talented team of designers and developers that love building successful web apps that people will enjoy.

For more information about this position, see our job post on Authentic Jobs:

http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/15286/ruby-rails-developer

If you are interested, please email us at jobs@littlelines.com.

mattsears··on Ask HN: Movies for Hackers?
Hackers (1995) WarGames (1983)
mattsears··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (June 2012)
Littlelines (Dayton, OH) - Full time, local.

We're looking for rails and front-end developers to work with us in our new headquarters. We're a small and talented team of designers and developers that love making clients happy.

You'll have the opportunity to learn, hone your skills, and contribute valuable work to real projects.

We work exclusively on Rails web applications, so some familiarity with Rails views and how a Rails project is set up is a plus. Ideal candidates will be able to work with us at our headquarters.

Send us an email: jobs@littlelines.com.

http://littlelines.com

mattsears··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (May 2012)
Littlelines (http://littlelines.com) is looking for front-end and Ruby/Rails developers to work with us in our spanking new headquarters in Ohio.

You'll have the opportunity to learn, hone your skills, and contribute valuable work to real projects.

We work exclusively on Rails web applications, so some familiarity with Rails views and how a Rails project is set up is a plus. Ideal candidates will be able to work with us at our headquarters.

If you're interested please send an email to jobs@littlelines.com