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

    Location: Maracaibo, Venezuela
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: Yes
    Technologies: AI, Node, Typescript, Express, React, Next, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Solidity, Python, Golang, Swift, Java, PHP
    Résumé/CV: https://kuyawa.net/resume
    Email: kuyawakata@gmail.com

Fullstack, backend, frontend, mobile apps, databases, APIs, AI agents, blockchain, solidity, browser extensions, over 30 years of experience at the best price for your project

My latest creations:

https://megaparley.com

https://decaboy.fit

https://adminix.app/demo

Repos: https://github.com/kuyawa

Portfolio: https://kuyawa.net

    Location: Michigan, US
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: No
    Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Go, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Finance, Banking
    Résumé/CV: https://www.petekeen.net/resume
    Email: hi@petekeen.net

Looking for a place where I can have real impact both on the product as well as helping to level up more junior team members in this brave new AI driven world. I've been at or near fintechs and regtechs for the past 7 of my almost 20 years of experience and would love to continue that or try something new.

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA

Remote: Yes; hybrid/onsite locally

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL, Python, Modal, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, agent workflows and orchestration, Claude Code and other AI coding tools, Stripe, Clerk, Vercel

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ZC7vP2tECxIubIIX5o0KR72...

Email: joshualherron@gmail.com

I build full stack web apps and agent systems. The two I've worked on most personally are Infinite Realms, a live AI RPG with a multi agent backend and a GPU media pipeline on Modal, and NovelHut, a web novel platform with semantic search. I also designed and built an MCP capability server with 102 tools and real safety controls (trust gates, spend caps, a kill switch), ran it for a month in public with an autonomous agent managing real wallets, and built OpenTrust, a trust registry and marketplace for agent tools, for a hackathon. Everything is live, built solo, and linked in my resume.

Why me: I ship features now, I put out fires, and I own a problem until it's actually fixed. I come up to speed fast on whatever language or stack your team already runs. I use AI as leverage but I keep product quality and business cost in view. I built everything above on a $20 a month AI plan and a small salary, so I know how to get a lot out of a small budget. Before and during all this I spent years doing frontline support for college students, the elderly, and the unsheltered, so I can sit with real users, find their pain points, communicate clearly, and design features anyone can use.

I'm mostly self taught, working through an A.S. in CS toward a bachelor's, so I won't win a credentials comparison. I'll win the one where the feature is shipped and the customer is happy. Looking for a full stack or AI/agent engineering role at an early stage company, full time or contract to hire. I like working with people and getting to know the team I'm building for.

Location: Lisbon, Portugal (GMT+0/+1)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Typescript, React, Next.js, TanStack Start, PostgreSQL, pgvector, Redis, Docker, Drizzle ORM, Zod, Zustand, TanStack Query, Tailwind CSS, Plasmo, Vite, Astro, Expo, AI SDK, Python, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Pandas, Deck.gl, AWS, GCP

Résumé/CV: https://tomasmenezes.com/cv

Email: tomas.alexmp+hn@gmail.com

More info: https://tomasmenezes.com

I founded a real estate development+proptech company, exited an 8-figure gdv residential project and recently sold a decision-support saas for new-development underwriting.

Before that, I did ML research (session-based recsys, re-reranking, model selection optimization), product management at an early-stage vc, and built other end-to-end full-stack AI products that helped real estate brokerages and developers automate more than 150 hours per month in manual research and analysis workflows, increasing their project output by more then 50%.

Location: PNW Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No

I have written POS applications (VB to SQL Server), managed large parts of the PCI stuff. Wrote medical applications (VB, Crystal Reports, SQL Server). Managed small dev teams. Acted as the implementation team with those products when new. Provided third level support/final person to call support. Did report writing/SQL optimization as data sets grew. Provided IT support from old RS6000s through to Windows Server/SQL Server. Later moved to IT management and ran a small (me+3) corporate team. Managed things like ERP/MPR upgrades/process improvements, custom factory floor dash boards, etc. Good a big picture stuff, troubleshooting.

Then I blew up my life and am now un-employable with a unsavory criminal history. My software skills are out of date (maybe my SQL skills are still useful) but would be willing to work fairly cheap for any role. My home is paid for and my costs are low. I would love to move out of physical labor and use my mind again, and find someone willing to give me a second chance. But my history will be off putting to most.