Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2017)

Building software applications is as much about coding as it is about understanding and solving the actual business problems!

I'm a Zend & SensioLabs certified web developer / consultant with a focus on solving business problems and adding value through product optimisation. This can be done in many ways: creating a new application, suggesting an action plan or architecture, optimizing current set-up / architecture / applications, etc.

At the moment my technology focus is on PHP, Symfony, AWS, MongoDB, MySQL, APIs, NodeJS and Docker. I also care a lot about security (InfoSec), performance, quality, best practices & continuous learning. You can contact me for projects at http://ifdattic.com

Few of the problems I solved for my clients:

    * optimize infrastructure to reduce costs by $10000+ per year
    * custom applications for improving work flows (document 
      submission, sports coaching, inventory system, etc.)
    * teaching students how to create web applications
    * set up coding standards, testing practices,
      development environment, fix security vulnerabilities,
      document inner workings of an application
    * implement CAS authentication for Single Sign On (SSO)
    * implement direct file upload to AWS S3
    * implement secure file download from AWS S3
    * profile and optimize performance

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ifdattic

GitHub: https://github.com/ifdattic

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ifdattic

Devops as a Service

Do you want to improve your scaling, resilience and reliability, but don't have a full-time DevOps person on the team? Why not rent one?

I work with startups and online businesses to help them spend less time worrying about technical problems, and more time growing their business.

A few of the things I can do for you:

- Implementation of robust and resilient cloud infrastructure

- AWS cost reduction. I have saved some companies up to 50% on their monthly AWS bills, while maintaining or improving app response times and uptime

- Implementation of Continuous Delivery and Configuration Management processes and training, so you can take advantage of the efficiencies these processes introduce, without taking time away from building your product

About Me

I am the author of AWS System Administration: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920027638.do

Here's an AWS case study for an infrastructure I built: http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/fashiolista/

If you think these services could help your business grow, let's talk. mike@awssystemadministration.com

Location: AL/EU/UTC+1

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Elastic-search/Solr, Postgresql/Mysql, Cassandra, Redis

I do your backend/full-stack. Previously I've done entire SaaS apps, rest-apis, multi-(threaded/processes/green-threads), realtime analytics, adserver, won startup weekend, taught a class in college, built webapp for a MIT research team, worked for big us-franchise and small startups.

Resume: https://www.dropbox.com/s/15x28iwoobfjn7d/Dorian%20Hoxha%20R....

Email: Inside resume or inside the account page.

20 years of experience in Python, 6 in Django and GeoDjango, 20 years in Linux administration, 5 of which doing Devops in Ansible, 5 years as an architect and head eng, 1 year as a CTO. Experience also in Go, Clojure, JS, Puppet, Salt, Terraform. Many years of exp in AWS and GCE, and Docker.

I can help planning and executing complex projects spanning product planning, devops, backend, management. I have done so in high growth startups of small and large size.

I am available for a quick call to talk about what your project needs and how I can help.

More info about past projects on my blog: http://flagzeta.org/

Contact me at flagzeta@gmail.com

* 15 years full stack experience

* JVM/JavaScript -based languages and Python/Julia

* specialisation in scalability and quick starts

* winner of Startup Weekend 2012

* employee #5 at a startup acquired by Google a decade ago

* fully set up for focused remote working, with 100MB fibre: https://opyate.com/2016/10/17/my-new-home-office/

* juan+hn@uys.io