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Location: Sacramento/SF/Silicon Valley Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, Wagtail/Django, SQL, ChromaDB/RAG Ingest. Previously 5+ ecosystems: PHP, Java, Nod…

Barely longer than a Tweet. Low effort slop. /half sarcasm. I record 20-40 minutes of "uneditied, one take no fake" Podcast/Vlog per day and have been using AI to generate the cove…

Location: Sacramento, CA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: After a year Tech: Python, Wagtail/Django, SQL, ChromaDB + LangChain. Historically 5+ ecosystems: PHP, Java, Node, Clojure…

Interesting. I've been doing similar stuff with my archive on a weak Celeron laptop with 4GB RAM using vanilla ML tech that I'm learning by prompting LLMs (heh). Extract all info f…

Exchange / "chat" requests like with a human contractor feels like the optimal bandwidth. Imagine having a report whose work nobody in the org understands or owns? Can't scale into…

I feel like an opt-in model built on AGPL code should output AGPL code. I'd put my work into that. Not the only option just an example. Every great project takes time to build. It'…

That's how I pictured it, users scan all the bar codes they have access to and it builds similarity profiles. I pictured scanning all my CS books for example, and I'd probably end …

Location: Sacramento, CA (1hr North) / Bay Area Remote: Preferred initially. On-site: Can travel to Sac / Bay Area weekly, fly within US monthly. Willing to relocate: Yes, within N…

Yes, please. I only post in Freelancer but sometimes I'm OPEN TO GOLDEN HANDCUFFS / REALLY REALLY GOOD W-2 :).

Underemployed since 2017, working menial jobs and homeless since mid-'18, not even trying to get a tech job because I can't present myself as middle class. I'm coping by building a…

SEEKING WORK, NorCal, Remote OK Starting an agency and am looking for initial clients. Good pricing, like minimum wage ($16.50/hr) unless you insist upon paying more. No specific n…

Building a tool chest of software for my own needs. IT for Sovereigns. Mostly not open source, contrary to how I have historically operated. I think I'll drop them open source as t…

Building a suite of apps and a piece of hardware for my Sovereign IT stack. CarPuter and Daily Driver App Club (dailydriverapps.com). Think multi-generational family and asset data…

Yes. Simply put, Software Engineering is Programming over time. As Calculus is to Algebra.

Well earned. Best overall movie since Napoleon Dynamite. I happened into the Hacker Dojo (in Mountain View) the other night after traveling in from Central Valley for the weekend a…

"Flow, the animated feature film following the mystical journey of a dark grey cat and his companions, is the manifestation of Blender’s mission, where a small, independent team wi…

Yea, I'm a regular HN reader and I've been stuck on the street for going on 7 years. Used to be commended for persevering against the odds and the like, as a child and young progra…

I'm hearing I need to downgrade the Bootstrap in my suite? (A young addition). Which is great because Bootstrap 2-3, whenever I used it, was pleasant. I wasn't aware of the develop…

Tried Inkscape? I was all paper for a long time but it's taken over as I've gotten used to it an the hot keys. I carry a little Wacom tablet that works good with it too, but seldom…

SEEKING WORK Location: Sacramento Valley, CA + Bay Area frequent Remote: Any Python DevOps, SRE Java, Clojure, Maven SQLite, PostgreSQL Docker, Kubernetes Nginx. Contact: viahn@har…

SEEKING WORK | Northern California, USA | Remote OK I'd like to get back into tech. Half-time would be great, seeking long term relationships / repeat customers. I have a co-workin…

I was unhappy when I was an engineer. Not because of the job but because of my lack of self care. And I was hygienic and pretty social, had a girlfriend usually. Something about be…

I was extended a good opportunity to do entry level web dev but left the interview because I felt the coding puzzle was too hard for the role, even tho I could’ve solved it. Comput…

I became homeless in SF 6 years ago, probably would have been out after like a year if not for pandemic. Same program over and over, feels like I'm about to get off the street agai…