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twovion Ask HN: How do you OCR your receipts and bills in 2018?

I don't eliminate the typing, but I use Evernote to grab a picture of the receipt, then tag it with the trip that I am on.

This at least reduces the burden of figuring out what receipt goes with what and I have a copy of it at all times in case of issues.

twovion Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while coding?

I typically listen to podcasts when writing documentation, but when it comes to real development time, I listen to "minimal techno"/edm as in Tycho, deadmau5, marshmello, apex twins, thievery corporation, ODEZA, Emancipator, Tame Impala

twovion Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

hover.com, super simple

twovion Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

hover.com, super simple and easy to use.

twovion Ask HN: What stack would you use to build a CRUD web app in 2018?

Flask and SQLite3

twovion Ask HN: Which stack do you use at your startup?

Python Flask, SQLite, some front-end framework that is available at the time, Linux Digital Ocean

twovion Ask HN: How did you significantly reduce your AWS cost?

We are in the process of converting over to this as well

twovion Ask HN: What alternatives to Powerpoint/Prezi are there?

I use Marp, quick and dirty. But it allows for Markdown to PDF presentations.

twovion Ask HN: Which is the best laptop for programmers under budget?

This was my setup for some time:

Chromebook https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Chromebook-Wi-Fi-11-6-Inch-Mo...

Secure Shell https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhec...

DigitalOcean $5 droplet https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/

Free GitHub account (swapped back and forth between bitbucket)

For editing, I just became really good at vim. Then, if I was feeling froggy:

https://c9.io/, the free tier if needed.

So in the end, there was the initial cost $212 for the lappy (it's really small and lightweight too, great lappy), then a $5 recurring charge for the droplet that I would tunnel and own projects from there.

If you do think this path will be advantages, just be careful, get a simple DNS (hover.com) record too, things change you might want to move to a different provider.

Total Upfront cost: $222 + $5 + $20 doe DNS. Then recurring monthly is $5. The recurring yearly $20 for DNS. The first Year you are looking at $55, not including the upfront cost. Then the second year and going forward you are $60/yr and $20/y

The super nice part of all of this. you can destroy your environment with a vengeance, then start up a new droplet and things will be back to normal

This lappy did its job and is retirement with the significant other doing bills and looking at Facebook. Somedays I still wonder if that lappy misses the days of writing code till late in the morning on the back and only having to run the charger cable once. I would like to think it does.

My personal note, stay out of the cool guy editors at first. Use a minimal setup until you know exactly what you will be working on.

twovion Ask HN: What are the 5 websites you visit almost daily?

I use their DiggReader ever since Google Reader went away

twovion Ask HN: What's the worst thing your code has done?

rsync -avz project_files/ root@192.168.0.1:/

Essentially production was not acceptable for a little bit....

twovion Ask HN: Remote workers, what headphone/mic combo do you use for video calls?

for my mic, I use http://www.bluemic.com/products/snowball/ really good and takes care of the background noise for you.

then for my headphones, I use JBL Bluetooth headphones or mpow wolverine ear buds.

the combination works pretty well

twovion Ask HN: Is there any US bank with a sandbox or API?

https://developer.mastercard.com/apis

twovion Ask HN: New Year's resolution – What projects are you planning to start in 2016?

Turn my sudo movie/book/comic/game review site into something a little more

twovion Ask HN: What is the best recommended domain name registration site?

hover.com is probably the best that I have used.

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015)

Codero Hosting - Overland Park KS and Austin TX

Codero Hosting is a leading provider of Dedicated, Managed, and Cloud Hosting services. We offer a fun, challenging, and rewarding working environment and the opportunity to work with world-class talent to help you build a world-class career.

Codero is looking for highly motivated Full Stack Engineers in Austin TX and Overland Park, KS. Check out our job postings on:

http://www.codero.com/company/careers/

Or feel free to email me your resume, tmartin@codero.com

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)

Codero Hosting - Overland Park KS and Austin TX

Codero is looking for highly motivated Full Stack Engineers in Austin TX and Overland Park, KS.

Check out our job postings on: http://www.codero.com/company/careers/

Or feel free to email me your resume, tmartin@codero.com

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015)

Codero Hosting - Overland Park KS and Austin TX

Codero is looking to hire Software Engineers with Python code in the blood.

And if you know how to handle PHP that would be a huge plus. We want those that are highly motivated and can knock out high profile projects.

Check out our job postings on:

http://www.codero.com/company/careers/

Or feel free to email me your resume, tmartin@codero.com

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

Codero Hosting - Overland Park KS and Austin TX

Codero is looking to hire a Front End Engineer well versed in the art of Javascript. Experience working with Angular, ember, backbone would be desirable.

And if you know how to handle PHP and/or Python that would be a huge plus. We want those that are highly motivated and can knock out high profile projects.

Check out our job postings on: http://www.codero.com/company/careers/

Or feel free to email me your resume, tmartin@codero.com

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)

Codero Hosting (www.codero.com) - Austin, TX/Overland Park KS

We are looking for frontend and backend developers, familiar with PHP, Python, MySQL and everything in between.

http://goo.gl/nanSKL

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2015)

Codero Hosting - Austin, TX and Overland Park, KS

http://www.codero.com/company/careers/

If you love technology and love making customers smile, then come join us! You will be part of a dynamic group working everyday to provide each of our customers a fabulous hosting experience so that we can to turn each one into a raving Codero advocate!

Software Developer-Cloud (ATX, OP)

UI, UX, and Web Designer (ATX)

Support Specialist (ATX, OP)

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2015)

Codero Hosting - http://www.codero.com/company/careers

- Overland Park, KS

- Austin, TX

- Richardson, TX

- Phoenix, AZ

Looking for a new career? Codero offers competitive wages, great benefits, and the opportunity to join an exciting and rapidly growing company. Codero is a leading provider of Dedicated Server Hosting, Managed Server Hosting, and Cloud Hosting services.

- Frontend Developer

- Marketing Communication Specialist/ Copy Writer

- Product Marketing Manager

- SEM Specialist

- Vice President of Marketing

- Technical Support Specialist Level 1

- Data Center Technician/Engineer

twovion Hackathon Weekend Project – VUp

We made this project to allow for development teams to easily build and configure their local environments to easily match what they may have in production.

Eventually we will be using vUp as the base, allow people to download their docker files and move them to production without missing a beat.

Definitely curious to what people think

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2014)

Codero Hosting (http://www.codero.com/) is looking for a DevOps Engineer

The location says Austin, but location is not important.

http://www.jobscore.com/jobs2/codero/devops-engineer/aIuGzys...

twovion Moving away from Puppet: SaltStack or Ansible?

We chose SaltStack. Have not looked back once.

twovion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

Codero Hosting - Austin, TX and Overland Park, KS

Cloud Developers Customer Support Network Engineers Sales

http://www.codero.com/company/careers/