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Aaaannnd we’ve come full circle.

pndpoon Show HN: We built a personality test on AWS amplify

It’s entirely serverless, leverages a ton of services and pretty much every feature of amplify for web. It has its warts, and I may write a tech write up if anyone is interested.

pndpoon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)

NEAR Protocol (blockchain) | DevRel/Frontend/Rust/Product/Design | REMOTE ; SF, ; Zug, Switzerland | Competitive pay by position and geo

near.org is a new, fast (PoS) blockchain that focuses on usability for developers and end users. We are scaling really quickly and are working on some super cool tech. If you're interested, you can apply through near.org/careers OR email careers@near.org. Make sure to put hacker news in the subject somewhere.

Tech:

- Rust

- WASM

- AssemblyScript

- TypeScript

- Whatever you want for example projects. Folks have used Vue, Angular, and React.

pndpoon Nightshade: Near Protocol Sharding Design [pdf]

I agree.

pndpoon A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking space for ten bicycles

That's a good idea. Especially since the solution that scooter companies seem to be going with is putting pretty useless locks on the scooters and calling it good.

pndpoon Ask HN: What’s it like working at Facebook as a Software Engineer?

I like the cut of your jib

pndpoon Ask HN: How do I stop comparing myself to others?

Going through a similar struggle as OP and this really helped me out. Thanks.

pndpoon Rockefeller Brothers Fund Divesting from Fossil Fuels

I feel like this could be the seed for a large market shift towards sustainable energy, which could mean that renewable energy would have a flood of unprecedented new competition.

Do you think this divestment and re-investment in renewables is sufficient to catalyze a sweeping change in the market?