Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2019)

I am looking for full-time or part-time work, either one is fine. If you are looking to get a small project done, or you have an existing project where some maintenance work needs to be done (perhaps on a regular basis), then I would love to hear from you.

I am a very experienced Python developer, having used the language in all kinds of areas and situations, including web development (Flask, Django, Pylons, Google App Engine, etc), desktop GUI development, database access (MS SQL Server, MySQL, and Postgres), ORMs, REST APIs, scripting, backend development, automated testing, web crawling/scraping, data extraction and parsing/ETL, parsing, language implementation, games, etc.

I have a lot of experience with relational databases and SQL as well, especially MS SQL Server and Postgres. In fact, in all of my previous jobs I have used SQL, including designed database schemas, writing queries, measuring performance and optimizing queries, writing views and stored procedures, etc.

I am also available for technical writing (I kept a programming blog for many years, mostly about Python), and for front-end development using React.

(For the record: Although Python is my main programming language, I am also interested in, and have worked with, many other programming languages, including C, D, Delphi, Go, C#/Mono, Ruby, OCaml, Prolog, Lisp, Scheme, etc, on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems. I am also available to work on projects in these languages.)

Website: http://aquila.blue

Open source/personal projects: https://github.com/zephyrfalcon ; https://bitbucket.org/zephyrfalcon ; https://gitlab.com/zephyrfalcon

Email: zephyrfalcon at gmail.com

Full-stack web developer, academic functional programmer, programming language/DSL designer, extreme polyglot programmer.

Preferred languages are Typescript/Node, Scala, Java, Haskell or other ML-likes (OCaml, SML), or anything unusual, new, or obscure. Experience with automated theorem proving and type theory.

Also a lot of basic web dev experience; that's most of what I've done in the industry. SPAs, Angular, Vue. Linux scripting and ops experience: shell scripts, Docker, Ansible.

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Examples of my ideal jobs:

- Working on parsers, compilers, IDE tooling, libraries, API documentation, etc. for new or obscure programming languages

- Developer tools -- new text editors, static analysis for existing languages

- Developing a web application from the ground up (greenfield development, full-stack including choice of languages/platforms and server administration)

- Anything involving functional languages and deep type theory, advanced language features

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Location: Western Massachusetts

Remote work preferred, but local is possible.

adam at nels.onl

(Would also love to chat about your crazy ambitious language/library/theory ideas, even if it has nothing to do with a job.)

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Location: Rhode Island

Willing to relocate: not for the next 6 months

Technologies: Django, Kubernetes Docker, AWS Lambda, Node, GeoDjango Postgresql, PostGIS, Redis, Celery, RabbitMQ, Sentry, SourcePawn

Latest Open Source Project: https://thicc.io

Latest Startup: https://metoo.io

Résumé/CV: https://aldenjenkins.com

Email: please use my serverless contact form on aldenjenkins.com

What's unique about me is my outlook on life: My desire to learn to love, and my love for learning. I try to raise the collective consciousness by understanding and mastering life holistically one day at a time.

I love you... yes you! :)

Spent the last 5 years working remotely for Spotify as a full stack engineer.

Most of the last 3 years I've been working with Go: https://github.com/dave

Currently building up mobile skill-set with Flutter.