Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026)

I help founders turn rough prototypes, AI-generated codebases, and ambitious product ideas into stable, shippable software.

I’m a software developer and systems administrator with experience owning technical problems end-to-end: product architecture, implementation, debugging, automation, security, deployment, documentation, and user support.

Recent work:

* Built and commercially launched WorldFrame, a local-first desktop application for writers and worldbuilders * Built developer tooling and agent infrastructure in Rust * Developed security tooling for detecting unsafe AI-agent behavior * Created production automation for Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, SharePoint, and internal business workflows * Use AI-assisted development workflows to reduce repetitive implementation time, accelerate research and debugging, and deliver more within a client’s budget—while personally owning architecture, code review, testing, security, and maintainability

Good fit:

* Recovering a stalled or unstable AI-assisted project * Building an MVP from an existing prototype or specification * Adding practical AI workflows and internal automation * Improving desktop or web application architecture * Technical product work that crosses software, infrastructure, and operations

Technologies include TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Rust, React, desktop applications, APIs, GitHub Actions, Microsoft 365, Azure/Entra, automation, and AI-assisted development.

Available for fixed-scope projects and fractional engineering support. Pricing is based on project scope and complexity.

Portfolio: https://nlj.dev GitHub: https://github.com/nlj3 Email: [noel@nlj.dev](mailto:noel@nlj.dev)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Portfolio: https://nickvanurk.com

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on web games like Mechacraft.io. Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ a native game engine (C++, to be released).

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on or any other interesting project please reach out by Discord, LinkedIn or email!

  Location: Bay Area, CA, USA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: C, C++, Linux, drivers, embedded, HPC, networking, video, radio, yocto
  Résumé/CV: https://github.com/jcalvinowens/misc/blob/main/resume/resume.pdf
  Email: calvin@wbinvd.org

I currently have 20 hours/week available. I'm not considering full time roles at this time, only contract work. Thanks.

Timezone: GMT+1

Willing to relocate: No

Email: moekhair96@gmail.com

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z8x5JKLYizOTNrdGd7jObwVcZWZ...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-khair-b07088245/

Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, React Native, Expo, Node.js, Fastify, Express, MongoDB, Stripe, Redis, Python, FastAPI, Postgres

Hi, I’m Mohammed Khair, a Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience.

I worked with companies like Lionsgate Films, Superfile, and Swaggystocks, where I helped build scalable platforms that worked flawlessly for thousands of concurrent users.

I’m currently open to new opportunities and ready to step into a new challenge where I can contribute from day one where I can make an impact.

Remote: Yes (also open to onsite in Boulder County)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, SQL, applied ML, RAG/LLM systems, embeddings, signal processing, data pipelines, instrumentation, optics/photonics, C++, MATLAB, AWS

Résumé/CV: heffern.net/rob

Email: Robert.Heffern@gmail.com

Applied physicist and engineer, 15+ years. Put me on a messy, physical, high-consequence problem that crosses disciplines and has to ship — not demo.

Recent: 6 years at Agilent building production ML over instrument telemetry — fleet-wide failure prediction, and a RAG/LLM system for 300+ field engineers taken from prototype to production (including the confidence logic for when it answers vs. hands off to a human). Cut data-prep time 8x.

Before that I built scientific instruments from scratch — a fiber-based STED nanoscope and an OCT microscope — so I know data from the sensor up, not just after it lands in a warehouse. Earlier: DoD hardware reliability (former TS/SCI), precision timing, published detector-physics work.

Strongest where software meets the physical world: instrumentation, sensor data, ML that has to be right because being wrong has consequences. I own problems end to end, and I'll tell you when the result isn't trustworthy yet.

Open to full-time or contract. Health/medical-device mission a strong plus.