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

I'm a front-leaning, full-stack developer based in Brooklyn. I have experience with every aspect of creating an application, from mockups and UX design, to the graphic design, to the implementation, to the deployment.

I've successfully built and sold a past start-up of mine, and have a great deal of insight with product development. Because of this, I'm probably of most value the earlier a project is in its life cycle.

Backend stack: Ruby on Rails or Node.js, with DBs/data stores such as MySQL, Postgres, Mongo, and Redis. I've also worked a bunch with Elastic Search. I also have many years of experience with PHP, and don't mind dipping back into that world for interesting projects.

Frontend stack: my preference is Angular.js, and I've also worked Backbone and Meteor. I am very well-versed in current best practices such as building responsive mobile-friendly websites, and coding pixel perfect CSS and HTML5.

Portfolio: http://eatingthe.com

Email: jeremy@superplussed.com

Creator of xtopdf, a PDF creation toolkit for Python (used by Packt Publishing, the Software Freedom Law Center, ESRI.nl and others.) xtopdf can create both business reports and ebooks, and currently has support for the following input formats: text, DBF, CSV, TSV/TDV, XLS, ODBC, SQLAlchemy, MongoDB, XML. xtopdf links:

http://slid.es/vasudevram/xtopdf https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf http://www.packtpub.com/article/Using_xtopdf http://google.com/search?q=xtopdf

Independent developer for the last several years, with many years of experience in many tech areas. Contracted/consulted to multiple startups based in USA and India. Earlier worked for large well-known US and Indian software companies.

Skills: Good - Python, C, Linux, UNIX, many open source technologies, databases, XML-RPC, PDF programming, file and data format conversion, data munging, command-line utility development. Some: Flask, MongoDB, Bottle, various others.

Worked on Ruby, Rails and Java some time earlier. Server lead / senior engineer for two commercial Rails-based dot-com products earlier, by US companies.

Databases worked on: Oracle, Sybase, Informix, MySQL, SQLite, HSQLDB, MS-Access.

Worked on a best-selling retail banking product (earlier, in C with proprietary DB and UI libs). Was team leader for a database middleware product widely used in client projects by a top software company.

Relevant links:

Biz site: http://www.dancingbison.com (see Home, Products, Services, About pages there)

http://www.binpress.com/profile/vasudev-ram/3425

Posts about Python:

http://jugad2.blogspot.com/search/label/python

Posts about xtopdf:

http://jugad2.blogspot.com/search/label/xtopdf

Blog: http://jugad2.blogspot.com

Article by me about "Developing a Linux command-line utility" (in C) was published on IBM developerWorks and translated by IBM into Chinese and Japanese for those versions of their site. Some organizations have developed production command line tools using that article as a guide.

Contact info: http://dancingbison.com/contact.html (email, Skype). Twitter: @vasudevram

Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business?

I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. Having co-founded of 2 of the largest communities on the internet dedicated to Windows, Windows7Center.com and Windows8Center.com (2008~2011) — I have experience taking projects from conception to a thriving business. This experience allows me to better understand your business and solve your most important problems.

What I can do for you:

* General technical consulting

* Web security consulting

* Frontend/backend Development (PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, etc)

* Wordpress themes and modifications

* Search Engine Optimization

* API development

* Responsive design (RWD)

http://jayhuang.org

Linkedin: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/huangjay

Full-time Contract position approximately 2 months

Responsibilities: Sole full-stack Ruby on Rails developer on a web app overhaul or re-write

Location: remote - U.S., Canada, Western Europe only (HQ in Toronto)

We're a start-up seeking an experienced full-stack Ruby on Rails developer or very small team for a challenging project.

Must: - Have at least 2 years solid Rails experience developing web apps. - Be able to start within 1 or 2 weeks.

Please include your CV, links to past projects you developed that are live on the web and a link to your Linkedin profile if you have one.

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Thank you

Full-time Contract position approximately 2 months

Responsibilities: Sole full-stack Ruby on Rails developer on a web app overhaul or re-write

Location: remote - U.S., Canada, Western Europe only

We're seeking an experienced full-stack Ruby on Rails developer or very small team for a challenging project.

Must: - Have at least 2 years solid Rails experience developing web apps. - Be able to start within 1 or 2 weeks.

Please include your CV, links to past projects you developed that are live on the web and a link to your Linkedin profile if you have one.

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