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About arohner
Founder, ex-CTO of CircleCI.
email: allen@griffin.com, a at $my-username.com
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Griffin Bank | Engineering | REMOTE (UK) Company: We are Griffin Bank. We are a fully authorized, API-first bank; we bank fintechs and startups. We built our own core banking syste…
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Comment #46328527
The Clojure version is not AOT'd, so it's measuring startup + compiler time. When properly compiled it should be comparable to the Java implementation.
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Comment #46196287
It's fairly strictly enforced. The reason is that in many jurisdictions, you can accidentally create employment tax liability by working remotely for too long in the country.
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Comment #46195084
Griffin Bank UK uses it for our entire system ( https://griffin.com )
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Comment #46110693
Griffin Bank | Engineering | REMOTE (UK) Company: We are Griffin Bank. We are a fully authorized, API-first bank; we bank fintechs and startups. We built our own core banking syste…
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Griffin Bank | Engineering | REMOTE (UK) Company: We are Griffin Bank. We are a fully authorized, API-first bank; we bank fintechs and startups. We built our own core banking syste…
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Comment #40880819
Clojure does have stateful quickcheck library now: https://github.com/griffinbank/test.contract Parallel testing is interesting, but hasn't been a large source of pain yet.
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Comment #37319563
We could in theory bank other banks, but that's not our focus. Our current customers are mostly regulated non-bank financial institutions, E-Money and Client money. As an American …
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Comment #37319427
It is a tall order, but but it's doable. The most important thing is to reduce the surface area of your application. Our business logic is almost entirely pure. The 'procs' have no…
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Comment #34804075
What is the performance problem?
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Comment #33079419
Griffin ( https://www.griffin.sh ) | UK, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Estonia | Full-time | Remote | Engineering We're a new Banking as a Service provider (think AWS for fin…
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Comment #32926137
We're hiring for this role in the UK and parts of the EU: https://boards.greenhouse.io/griffin/jobs/5252742003
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Comment #32836229
Revolut is not a bank in the UK
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Comment #32835487
Griffin ( https://www.griffin.sh ) | UK, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Portugal | Full-time | Remote | Engineering We're a new Banking as a Service provider (think AWS for financial se…
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Comment #26340975
Griffin | Senior Engineers | London | REMOTE (UK, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands) Griffin is building an API-driven online-only UK bank. Think AWS for financial s…
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Comment #24970272
Griffin | Senior Backend and Infrastructure Engineers | London | REMOTE (UK, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands) Griffin is building an API-driven online-only UK bank…
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Comment #24655676
Griffin | Senior Backend and Infrastructure Engineers | London | REMOTE (UK and anywhere supported by boundlesshq.com) Griffin is building an API-driven online-only UK bank. Think …
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Comment #24344349
Griffin | London, UK | Engineering & Product | REMOTE UK/Ireland | Fulltime | https://griffin.sh Griffin is applying for a UK banking license, and we're going to be AWS for financi…
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Comment #24047986
Griffin | Engineering & Product | London | REMOTE UK/Ireland | Fulltime | https://griffin.sh Griffin is applying for a UK banking license, and we're going to be AWS for financial s…
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Comment #22144442
In my experience, STM isn't used because it's very rare to have situations where you need STM but don't need durability. In most production situations, you need to record state cha…
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Comment #21937394
Griffin | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | London, UK REMOTE USA,EEA | Full-Time | https://griffin.sh We are building an API-first white-label bank in the UK to be the partner bank…
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Comment #21360051
To expand on your example: I invest $100 for 20% of your venture, implicitly valuing the company at $500 . You sell for $200. - Standard preference: I get $100 or 20% of the compan…
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Comment #20867722
Griffin | Senior Backend Engineer | London, UK | Full-Time | Onsite or remote UK | https://griffin.sh We are building an API-first "platform" bank in the UK to be the partner bank …
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