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pashabitz··on MiniMax M3.1 Flash
https://x.com/pashabitz/status/2105486786382406087?s=20
pashabitz··on OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005
Am I the only one frustrated the actual message isn't in the article????
pashabitz··on AI uses less water than the public thinks
This is a hilariously misleading "study" and I would bet "beer" wasn't chosen arbitrarily for comparison:

The important difference WRT beer is that the water used in the process likely in a larger part goes towards... the beer itself. This in turn is going into the person who drinks it. So, the water here is actually hydrating human beings.

This can be argued as one of the 2-3 absolutely necessary uses of water. Hydrating people.

So, spending less than the beer industry is not that great of an achievement.

However, a casual reader may see comparison to "beer" and think "oh yeah, beer, just a random thing out of a million, so yeah AI is totally ordinary".

Which is a very incorrect conclusion to reach.

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)
Just got off a call with recruiter. Completely dishonest in the job posting. Stay away!

This role is advertising comp range of $200,000-$320,000 https://tbkbank.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/tfin/details/Sta...

Actual range delivered to me on a phone call with their recruiter is $200,000-$240,000

I have no idea why you would do this but they do.

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)
Your comp philosophy: principle #1 - transparency. Specifically mentioning not revealing details long into a hiring process as a bad practice.

Your job req - no comp range provided.

Why?

pashabitz··on Tether is now the 17th largest holder of US debt
17th if comparing to sovereign states. There is way more debt held by private domestic investors as well as government agencies.
pashabitz··on AWS Icon Quiz
I hope this is made by an obsessive graphic designer at AWS who's lost one too many arguments.
pashabitz··on Show HN: I wrote a free eBook about many lesser-known/secret database tricks
A person gives you a whole book they wrote for free and you're complaining about asking for an email? WTF
pashabitz··on Human Chess is a chess variant where playing the top engine move is forbidden
LOL I read this title as a "Showerthoughts", just stating a funny fact about "normal" chess.
pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)
Step Mobile | Software Engineer, Data | Full Time | Palo Alto or Remote (US timezones) | https://step.com

We are building the best bank for the next generation. Still a small team, strong traction. Lots of stuff to build and an outsized impact for individuals.

I'm the hiring manager. Looking for someone who's versatile and a strong end-to-end owner.

email me: pasha at step dot com

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
Step | All Engineering Roles | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite OR Remote in the US | https://step.com

Our mission is to improve the financial future of the next generation.

To do so we're building the best bank for young people.

We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and growing our team fast.

Very well funded and it's still very early. Make a huge impact and learn a lot.

I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com

Some recent news about us

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/teen-banking-service-step-...

Open roles:

https://step.com/careers

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)
Step | All Engineering roles | Palo Alto, CA and REMOTE | Full-time | https://step.com

Step is building the best bank for the next generation.

We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and accelerating growing our eng team.

Very well funded and it's still very early on, make a huge impact and learn a lot.

I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com

Some recent news about us

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/teen-banking-service-step-...

https://step.com/press/step-announces-plans-for-a-new-crypto...

Open roles:

https://step.com/careers

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)
Step | All Engineering Roles | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite OR Remote in the US | https://step.com

Our mission is to improve the financial future of the next generation.

To do so we're building the best bank for young people.

We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and growing our team fast.

Very well funded and it's still very early. Make a huge impact and learn a lot.

I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com

Some recent news about us

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/teen-banking-service-step-...

Open roles:

https://step.com/careers

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)
Step | All Engineering Roles | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite OR Remote in the US | https://step.com

Step is building the best bank for the next generation.

We've reached 1.5 million users (!) in less than six months from launch.

We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and accelerating growing our eng team.

Very well funded and it's still very early on, make a huge impact and learn a lot.

I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com

Some recent news about us

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/teen-banking-service-step-...

Open roles:

https://step.com/careers

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)
Step | All Engineering Roles | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite OR Remote in the US | https://step.com

Step is building the best bank for the next generation.

We've reached 1.5 million users (!) in less than six months from launch.

We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and accelerating growing our eng team.

Very well funded and it's still very early on, make a huge impact and learn a lot.

I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com

Some recent news about us

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/teen-banking-service-step-...

Open roles:

https://step.com/careers

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021)
Step | All Engineering Roles | SF Bay Area and Remote (US) | Full-time | https://step.com

Our mission is to improve the financial future of the next generation. To do so, we're building the best bank for the next generation.

We've launched in October 2020 and in April 2021 surpassed 1.5 million users on the platform and raised $100M. https://step.com/press/step-raises-100-million-in-series-c-f...

The engineering team is still small. Join if you want to work on a variety of interesting problems, take ownership, learn a ton and grow very fast.

I'm one of the hiring managers, feel free to reach out pasha at step dot com , or apply online https://step.com/careers

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
Step | All Engineering roles | SF Bay | Full-time | https://step.com

Step is building the best bank for the next generation.

We've reached 1.5 million users (!) in less than six months from launch.

We're at the most interesting point in time in a startup: strong traction and PMF, a ton of stuff to build nearly from scratch and accelerating growing our eng team.

Very well funded and it's still very early on, make a huge impact and learn a lot.

I'm one of the hiring managers in eng - feel free to reach out: pasha at step com

Some recent news about us

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/teen-banking-service-step-...

Open roles:

https://step.com/careers

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?
great idea!
pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?
great idea!
pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?
Looking for a co-founder to do growth, sales and bizdev for a new project:

https://less-dev.com - a tool for software engineering teams to accelerate development of cloud software components (e.g. databases, APIs, batch processes).

The differentiator vs. no-code and low-code tools: enterprise-grade features built-in and no loss of control: it's open-source, can be run on your own cloud, can always export everything, data and code.

I am Pasha, previously technical co-founder at a startup and many other roles in software engineering co's. I'm in the Bay Area.

bio: pashabitz on LinkedIn

ping me: pavelbitz at gmail

pashabitz··on School or Prison
Are we slave labor for ML data?
pashabitz··on Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack
$2,679 in cash
pashabitz··on Full text search on 400M US court cases
I wasn't trying to be an asshole, just honestly searched for "javascript". Was disappointed :)
pashabitz··on Show HN: Watch me make a Roam Research Clone in 90 Minutes
Good morning HN!

Pasha, creator of Less (https://less-dev.com) here. Less is a tool to rapidly build databases and data-driven APIs.

I made a (very partial) clone of Roam Research to demo Less. The final result is here: https://supernotes.net

Phew, videos take way more time than I thought :)

pashabitz··on Show HN: Quickly Build Databases and Data-Driven APIs
Hey HN, Pasha here, creator of “less”. This is a tool to speed up all the common, boring, non-differentiated work most software eng. teams still spend time on.

Many existing no-code/low-code tools don’t fit well into a “real” software development process. I am making something that solves that.

A lot of the vision is not there yet, but I am very eager to get some early feedback.

Please let me know what you think!

pashabitz··on Tiny websites are great
Everything on this website is mine! ... Uses Google Firebase to host.
pashabitz··on Launch HN: Savvy (YC W20) – Give employees tax-free cash for health insurance
Mad respect. Keep at it!
pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2020)
Q Bio | San Carlos, CA | Full-time | ONSITE | https://q.bio

Looking for: front-end, back-end and full-stack software engineers for our service engineering team.

At Q Bio, our mission is to bring preventive healthcare to everyone. We believe the future of healthcare will be orders of magnitude more effective as it becomes truly data driven, preventive, and personalized. If we succeed, we see a future where treatable diseases will no longer take lives and every generation will be healthier than the last.

Our first service, The Q Exam, is based on landmark systems biology research done at Stanford University. In about an hour, we take blood, saliva, urine and a non-invasive whole-body scan from which we extract 1000’s of genetic, chemical, and anatomical biomarkers to build the world’s most comprehensive quantitative snapshot of an individual’s health at a point in time.

To apply - shoot me a note at pasha at q dot bio

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2020)
Q Bio | San Carlos, CA | Full-time | ONSITE | https://q.bio

Looking for: front-end, back-end and full-stack software engineers for our service engineering team.

At Q Bio, our mission is to bring preventive healthcare to everyone. We believe the future of healthcare will be orders of magnitude more effective as it becomes truly data driven, preventive, and personalized. If we succeed, we see a future where treatable diseases will no longer take lives and every generation will be healthier than the last.

Our first service, The Q Exam, is based on landmark systems biology research done at Stanford University. In about an hour, we take blood, saliva, urine and a non-invasive whole-body scan from which we extract 1000’s of genetic, chemical, and anatomical biomarkers to build the world’s most comprehensive quantitative snapshot of an individual’s health at a point in time.

To apply - shoot me a note at pasha at q dot bio

pashabitz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)
Q Bio | San Carlos, CA | Full-time | ONSITE | https://q.bio

Looking for: front-end, back-end and full-stack software engineers for our service engineering team.

At Q Bio, our mission is to bring preventive healthcare to everyone. We believe the future of healthcare will be orders of magnitude more effective as it becomes truly data driven, preventive, and personalized. If we succeed, we see a future where treatable diseases will no longer take lives and every generation will be healthier than the last.

Our first service, The Q Exam, is based on landmark systems biology research done at Stanford University. In about an hour, we take blood, saliva, urine and a non-invasive whole-body scan from which we extract 1000’s of genetic, chemical, and anatomical biomarkers to build the world’s most comprehensive quantitative snapshot of an individual’s health at a point in time.

To apply - shoot me a note at pasha at q dot bio

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