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Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)

#531
SEEKING WORK | REMOTE | WORLDWIDE

Hi, I am a UI/UX designer and CSS developer seeking freelance work.

∙ typography, simple design ∙ apps for researchers, chat interfaces, etc. ∙ timeliness, or other similar visualisations ∙ precision, diligence, care ∙ tailwind css, elixir, rails

## Some of My Projects (ping me for more)

alphaXiv concept: https://www.figma.com/proto/LpD6tCVSCwtSKWDsOsFvFb/alphaXiv-...

I have been assisting Matt with Emergent Mind for the past few years. (It's not fully implemented on the live website.) One example: https://x.com/webpraktikos/status/1762561638228475965

Prior to that, I worked with Matt on Preceden for several years. (It's not fully implemented on the live website.) One example of a timeline design: https://x.com/mhmazur/status/1983250479087001719

Universal Resume Template — minimal and formal résumé (CV) website template for print, mobile, and desktop: https://github.com/WebPraktikos/universal-resume

Website Demo 12 (it's not optimized): https://eff739.netlify.app/

## Contact

You can contact me at hi [at] webpraktikos [dot] com.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)

#536

  Location: Nashville, TN
  Remote: true
  Willing to relocate: boston || nashville
  Technologies: Python, Django, IaC, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Azure/AWS, {ba,z}sh, Lua, Springboot, 
                Redis, K8s, Open Service Broker, {,non}relational & vector dbs, shared services, SOA 
  Email: mvdoster@gmail.com
resume: http://linkedin.vdoster.com

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  Develop and maintain a zsh plugin manager on Github with  4k stars. Implemented unit tests, 
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  Contributed hundreds of documentation corrections and enhancements to various open source projects.
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