Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — dimitri-gnidash

dimitri-gnidash

HN member
Joined
Tue, Dec 18, 2012, 6:03 PM UTC
HN karma
6
Public activity
14 items

About dimitri-gnidash

Software Engineer / Manager / Founder

owner of http://www.lightsonsoftware.com Python Django software development company

Recent public activity

  1. story
    Ask HN: Negotiating a consulting contract with large company

    I am thinking of doing a contract with a largish startup (500) as the project is interesting and they are in the environmental space. I have run into issues during the contract neg…

  2. comment
    Comment #18434815

    This is my approximate proposal and estimation process: 1). This is a new and unproven client, and if so, I go with the gut feel estimate e.g. 3 months, 2 weeks, 6 months to see if…

  3. comment
    Comment #16968988

    SEEKING WORK | Toronto, SF, or Remote | Python/Javascript Lights On Software - https://lightsonsoftware.com We deliver rock solid, beautiful Python and Javascript code. We can help…

  4. comment
    Comment #13774964

    I understand how the personal responsibility plays into the climate change and already follow most of the best practices: biking to the office, driving electric (Ontario electricit…

  5. comment
    Comment #13592362

    As a person who does freelancing and running the agency successfully, I can attest that "remote contractor living in exotic locales" is a recurring developer fantasy. I have had qu…

  6. comment
    Comment #13543310

    SEEKING WORK Location: Toronto, CA; SF I have been a Python/Django developer since 2007, and continue being passionate about the stack and learning to be more effective and product…

  7. comment
    Comment #13451918

    Exercise a lot to the point of pushing your body to its physical limits. It will make you feel great, and improve your ability to learn new things and increase enjoyment of life.

  8. comment
    Comment #13451904

    Too much about 1 or 2 hours. Should be focusing more on my day to day grind of building software, managing team, and looking for clients.

  9. comment
    Comment #13451897

    Is that a personal project? I would be careful using any of the cutting edge technologies on the commercial projects. Imagine the maintenance issues the developers that follow you …

  10. comment
    Comment #13439620

    Python is a wonderful language where the speed of development and maintainability is concerned. Django is a great framework for getting your web application and/or APIs built. The …

  11. comment
    Comment #13439559

    It sucks the way you have been treated, and I am surprised that they did not cave in and offer you the position after you held your line on not coming in for the second day. Having…

  12. story
    News from Mahout by Ted Dunning

    An incredible presentation by Ted Dunning about Bayesian Bandits and Clustering.

  13. comment
    Comment #5294003

    Python API that allows you to use SciPy and NumPy is going to be a game-changer.

  14. story