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Happy new year HN!

Impeccable timing. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39612443

My top three would have to be Empire, Conversations with Tyler, and Fresh Air (if the guest is interesting).

Location: Boston, MA, USA (US citizen) Remote: Yes, open to hybrid Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, FastAPI, Postgres, AWS, TypeScript, backend development, serverless…

Flaky for me.

Great question! We do use huddles sometimes, especially when a Slack thread starts to get too deep. They're wonderful for pairing on problems. I'm sure we could migrate to huddles …

What has worked for my (mostly) remote team is a mix of different tools for different communication needs: - Daily standups on Zoom. Each person's standup should be short and to th…

YMMV but I think it all boils down to incentives, institutional maturity, and leadership. Here's what I look for: 1) What industry it is. A banking or security company typically ha…

Just checked my (old, not-used-anymore) Fios network name and there was the original password! Keeping the default password is never a good idea.

I always thought spending more than $500 for a chair was for suckers. Then I did some house sitting for a friend. They had a Herman Miller Aeron Chair. At the time I was doing my C…

Same here

me too

Hey I know this guy! Nice work, John. YITBOS

Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA (US citizen) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, Java, test automation, CI/CD, serverless development, backend development, Flu…

Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA (US citizen) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, Java, test automation, CI/CD, serverless development, backend development, Flu…