Hacker News: Aken

New comment by Aken in "Show HN: Typing Tennis"

Aken — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:08:58 +0000

Like the other comments, it took me a lot of losing to figure out that my return word is my choice. I kept trying to type a word I was being given, and wondering why I kept getting hints and stuff.

Fun way to waste 10 minutes, though! :) I like the 8-bit look and sound. Would be nice a little bigger!

New comment by Aken in "Carice TC2 – A non-digital electric car"

Aken — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:30:14 +0000

That would be an interesting startup – manufacturing and supplying core EV components, all the way to rolling chassis.

New comment by Aken in "A simple monthly injection allows mice to live 25% longer and free from diseases"

Aken — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:46:01 +0000

Yes, but can they reproduce?! Nice try, Aschen!

New comment by Aken in "Klong: A Simple Array Language"

Aken — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:52:19 +0000

> If you don't know any array languages, it might explode your brain. Use at your own risk!

I've been around the block, don't think it'll be a problem picking up something new

> Here is a program that checks whether a number x is prime (for x>2): {&/x!:\2+!_x^1%2}

(closes laptop and goes outside)

New comment by Aken in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2025)"

Aken — Fri, 02 May 2025 01:42:05 +0000

Senior software engineer with 20 years of experience across consulting, solo entrepreneurship, startups, and small business engineering teams. Comfortable as team lead or IC.

Looking for full-time, short-term contract, technical founder or founding software engineer, etc. Excited about pragmatic solutions, iteration with users and product, CI/CD, mentorship, APIs, SaaS, e-commerce, and so much more.

Author of an engineering-focused newsletter https://becomeaseniorengineer.com

Location: Milwaukee area, Wisconsin, USA

Remote: Must be remote, willing to travel often

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Frontend – TypeScript, React, Vue.js Backend – Next.js, Node.js, Express, PHP (Laravel, Symfony) Mobile – React Native, Ionic + Capacitor Databases – MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Firebase Firestore Cloud & Infrastructure – AWS (S3, EC2, SES, SQS, RDS, Lambda), Docker, GitHub Actions Testing & Quality – TDD, BDD, Playwright, Cypress, Gherkin Architecture – Event-Driven Systems, State Machines, SOLID Principles, API Design Observability – ELK Stack, OpenTelemetry, New Relic

Résumé/CV: https://akenroberts.com/resume/

Email: hello@akenroberts.com

New comment by Aken in "You might not need a phone case any more"

Aken — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:42:04 +0000

Give me a phone without a camera bump that sits flat on a table top and I'll stop putting a case on it

New comment by Aken in "Show HN: I Made YC Rejection Simulator"

Aken — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:15:44 +0000

I went in expecting this to be a "roast me" style AI wrapper. Pleasantly surprised to see it be more concrete and actionable.

How a Senior engineer effectively onboards at a new job

Aken — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:15:36 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.becomeaseniorengineer.com/p/how-a-senior-engineer-effectively

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43081149

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by Aken in "The South Vietnamese pilot who landed a Cessna on a carrier to save his family (2019)"

Aken — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 02:18:55 +0000

This was really fun to read!

My in-laws are immigrants from Vietnam who left during the war. These stories feel a little closer to home than they would have before meeting them.

New comment by Aken in "Become a Senior Engineer (Free Newsletter)"

Aken — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:26:32 +0000

Hey HN, author Aken Roberts here. I'm having massive imposter syndrome posting my newsletter here, but I can only gain from the experience so let's go!

I'm writing a newsletter for engineers seeking a Senior++ level. Content is framed as how a Senior approaches said topic, ranging from soft skills to specific technologies and problems.

I'm not a FAANG 10x-er, and I think that's a good perspective to showcase. You can be a successful senior engineer without a top tech company, as I have experienced.

Hope to meet some of you along the way. If you have any requests or suggestions for topics to write about, I'm all ears.

Become a Senior Engineer (Free Newsletter)

Aken — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:26:31 +0000

Article URL: https://becomeaseniorengineer.substack.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39854735

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by Aken in "Show HN: Domino Fit – Domino Tiling Puzzle"

Aken — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 23:11:58 +0000

This was fun! Thanks for sharing

New comment by Aken in "YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock"

Aken — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:26:02 +0000

Whoops, blurring different replies together and did not context thread properly.

New comment by Aken in "YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock"

Aken — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:23:54 +0000

Why does your mindset go to being "bullied", though? Aren't you the bully for circumventing their revenue model with the expectation that you should get it for free?

New comment by Aken in "YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock"

Aken — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:19:53 +0000

Yeah, if I start seeing ads on anything while signed into my active Premium account, I'm going to start asking questions or considering other options as well. Hoping it doesn't come down to that.

New comment by Aken in "YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock"

Aken — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:03:43 +0000

I feel like I'm in the minority that has zero problem paying for an ad-free experience. I get tremendous value out of YouTube in both professional and personal ways. I have a daughter who watches it often. Suppressing ads while supporting the service my family enjoys regularly seems like a no-brainer to me. And I never have to worry about them circumventing my ad blocker.

New comment by Aken in "Case study: Algorithmic trading with Go"

Aken — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 22:26:33 +0000

This article is well-timed as I was about to use options monitoring as an excuse to get into some other technologies. Probably not going to make a ton of progress as a side project, but I'm always up for a chat!

New comment by Aken in "US Supreme Court rules website designer can refuse to serve same-sex couples"

Aken — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:00:01 +0000

Especially after two lower courts sided with Colorado already.

New comment by Aken in "US Supreme Court rules website designer can refuse to serve same-sex couples"

Aken — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:58:39 +0000

I generally hold this opinion, also, but I worry about the ramifications. Should we allow restaurants to exclude certain races? What if employees of the business differ on their treatment of customers? It feels like opportunity for much more chaos, even if the free market handles it.

The lines between what individuals can do and what a business can do (with individuals representing it) feel too blurred. In cases like the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses after Obergefell, she _has_ to because of the office she represents. It feels like businesses should have the same obligation, because business !== person.

New comment by Aken in "Launch HN: Okay (YC W20) – Analytics for engineering teams"

Aken — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:10:19 +0000

/me cries in 30+ minute builds