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

SEEKING WORK - Singapore or Remote

Drupal/PHP/Python/HTML/CSS/Sass

I'm a full-stack web developer, strong on the front end, focusing on Drupal and Python. I'm normally based in London but will be in Singapore from 4th Jul 2013 for a month or so. Would like to take on about a month's worth of work, in Singapore or remotely.

About me: Experienced Drupal/PHP lead developer and team manager, with portfolio of high-traffic enterprise-level websites for UK clients. Excellent communicator comfortable in various roles such as mentor and client/project manager. Solid cloud computing (IaaS) and server management skills relating to DNS, AWS EC2/EBS and the LAMP stack. Speaks fluent English and Mandarin, studied French.

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/eugenesia

Email: siaeugene [at] gmail.com

SEEKING WORK - full stack Ruby on Rails development shop from Europe. We work mainly remote.

Since 2010, we have been helping startups transform their ideas into beautiful, expertly engineered web applications.

Services: * 3 weeks MVP -> $7000 * Hourly rate -> $100

Our site including portfolio: http://diacode.com/ Contact: hello@diacode.com

SEEKING WORK -- Toronto or remote

I do data visualization (static/print, d3.js, canvas, etc.)

Portfolio: http://bitaesthetics.com

hn@paulbutler.org

SEEKING WORK - San Francisco Bay Area or Remote

Data Scientist -- Python/Java/SQL/Matlab/Hadoop/etc

Need recommendation engines, traffic predictors, personalization systems? Let's chat.

Other stuff: I was one of four guys at Blueseed, the visa-free startup ship. Created a SV funding map at fundmap.vc

calcsam@alumni.stanford.edu.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/sambhagwat

SEEKING WORK

1. PRIVATE CLOUDS:

- Ten-fold+ cost reduction over services like AWS and Heroku is not uncommon for decent sized clients (spending 10k+ per month), amortized over three years. Plus, since the hardware is yours, you get to keep it after the three years. Sell it, throw it into a Hadoop cluster, Christmas present for the wife, whatever.

- Custom built hardware for your exacting needs (typically SuperMicro core). Setups allow you to grow with your hardware (e.g. blades need not have all nodes filled).

- Work with local datacenters to deploy private cloud(s) near you, via colocation (10RU leases at 2 to 3 DCs works well)

- Failover at all points, including the hardware, server, and datacenter levels

- SmartOS or Xen hypervisor based clouds with Ansible

- Pricing is directly related to how much your costs are reduced. In fact, most is observed on a per month basis the few following months after deployment which will match the cost savings. Minimal disruptions to cash-flows.

2. MACHINE LEARNING, OCR, NLP:

- Leveraging Scala, Clojure, and functional JavaScript

- Multiple 42u racks can be devoted to processing

- Retainer based: ~2k per day, ~8k per week, or ~30k per month.