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I'm sure you're aware of https://www.sleepio.com (I followed their program a few years back). They use the same (similar?) CBT approach and I do think it helped but was far from a …

I'm working with a small, fast-growing SaaS startup running a Rails app on Heroku. Our dyno usage/spend is accelerating ($3k+ per month) plus we're looking at getting SOC 2 complia…

Feedback: I found a bug. I signed up with email/password, and then accidentally closed the tab (after creating my account). When I tried to sign in, it's asking for a code sent "to…

There's a lot of good advice here around how to approach technical improvements. Just as important is how your approach managing the situation in the organization. One tip — don't …

SEEKING WORK | Remote (Phoenix, AZ) | Fractional CTO / Full-Stack Web Dev (15+ years XP) I have 15+ years experience leading teams (and personally as an IC) building full-stack web…

It seems like Heroku has been dying on a vine. The platform is still incredible and unmatched in Developer Experience, but recent security incidents (along with a severely prolonge…

I'm a fractional CTO consultant and have turned into a major shill for Linear — I always recommend it to teams of the right profile (3-4+ developer teams open to change and eager t…

Moral of the story: no engineer worth their salt wants to work on a "codebase" like this, so as an independent contractor, you can virtually name your price if you're willing to wa…

I just set up Basedash yesterday (think Airtable over real SQL databases) and plan to use it for updating a production database.

Drawbackwards | Remote-First (Phoenix, AZ) | Front-End/UI Developer (React) | Part-Time/Full-Time Contractor Drawbackwards is a UX design & development agency in Tempe, AZ. We're l…

Drawbackwards | Remote-First (Phoenix, AZ) | Front-End/UI Developer (Angular/TypeScript) | Part-Time/Full-Time Contractor Drawbackwards is a UX design & development agency in Tempe…

10 years ago in my mid 20s, I was a product manager at a tech BigCo (not FAANG). Just after starting, I was in a casual in-person meeting with my boss, my boss's boss, and a couple…

I really wish they went with a logo that was a bit more different than that of a literal trash company ( https://www.republicservices.com )

Drawbackwards | Remote-First (Phoenix, AZ) | Front-End/UI Developer (React) | Part-Time/Full-Time Contractor Drawbackwards is a UX design & development agency in Tempe, AZ. We're l…

Hey HN! My name is Sean, and I'm a fractional CTO / full-stack developer. This is a project I joined up with a couple months ago. I figured the HN community would appreciate seeing…

Drawbackwards | Remote-First (Phoenix, AZ) | Front-End/UI Developer (React) | Part-Time/Full-Time Contractor Drawbackwards is a UX design & development agency in Tempe, AZ. We're l…

FlipOS | Full-Stack Product Developer | Phoenix or Remote (US Timezones) | Full-Time | https://flipos.com FlipOS is building an end-to-end platform for Fix & Flip investors to work…

FlipOS | Full-Stack Product Developer | Phoenix or Remote (US Timezones) | Full-Time | https://flipos.com FlipOS is building an end-to-end platform for Fix & Flip investors to work…

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I'm consulting with a small, bootstrapped company, and a security researcher responsibly disclosed an extremely serious issue that leaked root database credentials. Based on the vu…

Compliance is security, or said differently, non-compliance is a security vulnerability. In an isolated instance, it may seem obvious that bcrypt is superior to SHA-2 (it sure is t…