Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2013)

At risk of comparing myself to a fake horse, I'm something of the unicorn - happy working on any aspect of web dev, from the design & HTML to the bloody guts on the back end.

Been in the game for many years now so I've picked up a thing or two. I can also help with SEO-friendliness, things that convert from experience and so on.

Looking for some new and interesting projects to get stuck into. Ideal would some kind of retainer for ongoing work.

* Front end: HTML, CSS, JS. Responsive-ness, Wordpress themes, etc-de-etc

* Backend: PHP (mainly Codeigniter lately but can turn my hand to most things)

* iOS/Android app dev. Mainly use Titanium but have worked with Phonegap

* Git or mercurial is fine with me

* API-a-plenty, AWS, Stripe, Mailgun, MLS etc etc

Just to round me off a bit I've also worked in Perl, C, Delphi, Lua and AMOS(!) in the past, and whilst I'm not looking for work in those, it hopefully shows I can pick up new things and adapt as required (currently getting an AngularJS fix).

My rates aren't exactly comparable with offshore elance devs but are pretty good.

My site for what it's worth: http://pitbot.net

I'm a full-stack engineer (specialising in JavaScript/jQuery/AngularJS, HTML5, LESS/SASS/Bootstrap, PHP/Drupal) with extensive experience in the publishing, content-creation sector. I have a long history of working with public and private sector clients with some pretty complex data (I've worked with UK legislation for the past 3 years). I've helped develop some of the webapps to create and manipulate this data, from front-end to server-side.

I'm qualified in most aspects of the project lifecycle and offer services in:

- System architecture of highly scalable systems

- Team leadership

- Wireframing

- Developing agile proofs-of-concept

- Transforming MVP/PoCs to full systems

- Maintenance, bug-fixing & modernisation of legacy code.

I provide solutions that solve complex content management and creation issues and have the experience with users to create apps and systems that are easy to use! The systems I develop are modular and reusable, often providing opportunities for profitable reuse/repackaging/reselling for the client.

I'm currently available for project consultancy and advice or for upto 25 hours a week development on your site/app.

Please see profile for contact info.

Full-stack software engineer with 7+ years of experience specializing in backend development as well as Android Development.

Previous Startups

Languages: Python,PHP, JavaScript, Java, Scala,HTML5,Less,Sass,ActionScript 3/Flex

Frontend : JavaScript (Vanilla, jQuery, Backbone.js, Handlebars),HTML5,Less,Sass,Bootstrap

Backend : Play!,Django,Kohana,Codeigniter,Node.js,Php,Akka

Environments: LAMP stack, NginX, Linux,Wowza,AWS

http://1lacrosse.com/custom-shafts/design-lab

http://ihaveinternet.com/portfolio/

http://github.com/kclay

Pet project - a Scala driver for RethinkDB - https://github.com/kclay/rethink-scala

Hourly and Contract(short/mid/long term) Jobs welcomed

I'm a web designer & developer with good product skills and business mindset. I create websites which deliver the message. Speed is my biggest asset. I design in the browser and make it work on all devices and browsers.

  * Wordpress, Yii, Jekyll, Ruby on Rails, Drupal

  * HTML5, microdata, CSS3, SASS, Compass, Responsive web design, jQuery

  * E-commerce and Search Engine Optimisation

  * Logo design

Feel free to contact me at bartus.csongor@gmail.com or check my portfolio at http://its-csongor.com

Cooper Press (https://cooperpress.com/) is a UK-based publisher of weekly e-mail newsletters to over 130,000 software developers - titles include JavaScript Weekly, HTML5 Weekly, and Ruby Weekly.

We're seeking new editors and curators of programming and tech links for developers (we are also branching out beyond that over time). You should have experience with content creation or curation at even a minor level (e.g. blogging, long term tweeting, link curating, writing a book) and be confident with terse, to-the-point written English with the ability to edit titles and write summaries of technical articles and open source projects.

We're looking for multiple curators in various (and general) areas and there are no fixed hours (but 2-6 hours per week would be typical). Please note this is not a $100+/hour engineering role - no development work is involved. However, we don't pay peanuts either and endeavor to be flexible and respectful to your requirements and schedule. This sort of role works very well alongside a full time job for some of our existing editors and can be a way to turn aimless Web reading and researching into a profitable hobby(!) :-) We are particularly keen for folks with experience with Node, the Web Platform/HTML5, and popular science right now.

To register an interest, e-mail peter@cooperpress.com with any evidence of your curation or publishing endeavors to date, the topic areas you're best equipped to cover (even if we don't currently cover them - we're expanding our range quickly), and your time or financial requirements, as relevant. I'll personally acknowledge the receipt of every mail.