jessehorne

Can you think of any specific times a candidate stood out due to side projects, past experience, how they handled the interview, the answers they gave, etc, that made you go "yeah they are the one"?

I'm here to raise awareness about something disgusting that I just found. The company Devslopes (https://www.devslopes.com/) made an ad/video which I just saw on Facebook Reels. In the video it portrayed a janitor that…

Hi HN, I’ve been in the industry for some time and unfortunately the reality is because I haven’t worked for companies with millions/billions of active users, I don’t have hands on experience designing those systems. I…

Hi all. I’ve just been denied a junior level role with over 8 years of exp as a swe. Used the last of my savings to pay rent. Next month will likely be on the streets. If anyone has any connections, please give your boy…

I'd like to volunteer my time to something useful. I've got around 8 years of software dev experience, most of it being on the backend. I've also got a ton of free time due to being in between jobs. I'd like to find…

I'm pretty fed up with web development. I've spent actual money on making my resume get past ATS, have 8+ years (+4 if you count hobby before that) of what I consider to be fairly solid experience, and have applied to…

Hello, I have decided to run with an idea and see where it goes. I'm an engineer and this year has been awful for job-seekers. To pay my bills, I'm offering a simple, informal, no-catch service to help other people in…

When my brother passed, I didn’t think twice and got a tattoo on my neck to symbolize my commitment to remember him as often as possible. It was a clear path in doing that and has honestly helped me achieve that goal.…

I started a venture not so long ago and it's progressing in ways that I didn't think were possible this early on. We're bootstrapping it and there's no income yet but we're really close. Closer than I've ever been with…

Hey HN! If you haven't heard, Rhythm was given a cease and desist order. This made me think it would be really fun to learn how it worked, so I made an extremely minimal but viable solution in JS. It's small, it works…

Bad: A bad Lisp dialect written in C I was going to wait a while before I posted this anywhere but I figured I'd release early and see where it goes. This is my first real C application after years of indirectly…

Hey HN, Due to previous support we gained we thought with our current situation it would be best to once again go to this community and ask for help. Here's a little background, first. Ameelio is a tech non-profit…

So this was a weekend project that I started last friday night and figured it could turn into much more. Before this project ends up in my endless bag of procrastination, I'd like to share it with you guys. muchhire.dev…

I run a 2012-ish Macbook Pro which has 8gb of ram. I noticed today that Chrome takes up at least a couple of those gigs throughout the day. I'm looking for suggestions for alternatives, preferably extremely lightweight…