<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: adamjleonard</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=adamjleonard</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:27:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=adamjleonard" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by adamjleonard in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: NA<p>Remote: Only, but I will gladly travel and stay at the office for a couple weeks at a time, multiple times a month<p>Willing to relocate: No<p>Technologies: Python, Rust, LLMs, JavaScript, Typescript, Ruby, Rails, Docker, Mobile development, React, AWS, Postgres, etc. Can learn just about anything pretty fast and get up and running<p>Resume/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjamesleonard" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjamesleonard</a><p>Email: adamjamesleonard@gmail.com<p>Seasoned product engineer (~20 years). Recently helped YC company Attunement launch its first products; last year led and built an AI experience for Beetlejuice that scaled to millions of users. I specialize in turning zero-to-one ideas into profitable, scalable products. I am interested in doing deeper AI work, relative to training models, and or solving hard problems.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:37:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363997</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363997</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by adamjleonard in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: NA
Remote: Only, but I will gladly travel and stay at the office for a couple weeks at a time, multiple times a month<p>Willing to relocate: No<p>Technologies: Python, LLMs, JavaScript, Typescript, Ruby, Rails, Docker, Mobile development, React, AWS, Postgres, etc. 
Can learn just about anything pretty fast and get up and running<p>Resume/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjamesleonard" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjamesleonard</a><p>Email: adamjamesleonard@gmail.com<p>Seasoned product engineer (~20 years). Recently helped YC company Attunement launch its first products; last year led and built an AI experience for Beetlejuice that scaled to millions of users. I specialize in turning zero-to-one ideas into profitable, scalable products. I am interested in doing deeper AI work, relative to training models, and or solving hard problems.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 08:04:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994603</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994603</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by adamjleonard in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Cancun, Mexico (but I am an American citizen)<p>Remote: Only, but I will gladly travel and stay at the office for a couple weeks at a time, multiple times a month<p>Willing to relocate: No<p>Technologies: Python, LLMs, JavaScript, Typescript, Ruby, Rails, Docker, Mobile development, React, Can learn just about anything pretty fast and get up and running<p>Resume/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjamesleonard" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjamesleonard</a><p>Email: adamjamesleonard@gmail.com<p>Seasoned product engineer (~20 years). Recently helped YC company Attunement launch its first products; last year led and built an AI experience for Beetlejuice that scaled to millions of users. I specialize in turning zero-to-one ideas into profitable, scalable products. I am interested in doing deeper AI work, relative to training models, and or solving hard problems.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802218</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802218</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by adamjleonard in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: United States/Mexico (I travel between the two, but a US citizen)<p>Remote: Yes<p>Willing to relocate: If the offer makes sense<p>Technologies: JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Rust, React, Postgres, Mongodb, 
ElasticSearch, AWS, Kubernetes, AI/ML, more<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjamesleonard/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjamesleonard/</a><p>Email: adamjamesleonard@gmail.com<p>I am a Senior Product engineer and I have worked for some large startups/movies such as Beetlejuice, MoviePass (first lead developer), Regal Voice, Attunement (y combinator company), and I have run + sold my own development agency.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:56:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44168202</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44168202</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44168202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building a Brand]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/building-a-brand-2f50a367acc6">https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/building-a-brand-2f50a367acc6</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16744380">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16744380</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 13:26:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/building-a-brand-2f50a367acc6</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16744380</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16744380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going from Hobby to Agency]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/from-hobby-to-agency-the-evolution-of-unicorn-90b8364dc412">https://medium.com/swlh/from-hobby-to-agency-the-evolution-of-unicorn-90b8364dc412</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16627576">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16627576</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:30:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/swlh/from-hobby-to-agency-the-evolution-of-unicorn-90b8364dc412</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16627576</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16627576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hobby to agency: The Evolution of Unicorn]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/from-hobby-to-agency-the-evolution-of-unicorn-90b8364dc412">https://medium.com/swlh/from-hobby-to-agency-the-evolution-of-unicorn-90b8364dc412</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16617888">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16617888</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:42:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/swlh/from-hobby-to-agency-the-evolution-of-unicorn-90b8364dc412</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16617888</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16617888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How automating your business can lead to $6.8 in funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/how-we-helped-bowery-valuation-automate-their-business-and-become-valued-at-more-than-6-8-million-eea7858abf2b">https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/how-we-helped-bowery-valuation-automate-their-business-and-become-valued-at-more-than-6-8-million-eea7858abf2b</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16587833">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16587833</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:06:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/how-we-helped-bowery-valuation-automate-their-business-and-become-valued-at-more-than-6-8-million-eea7858abf2b</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16587833</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16587833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Sketch and TexturePacker to Create 2D Sprites]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/using-sketch-and-texturepacker-to-create-2d-sprites-601da60b5373">https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/using-sketch-and-texturepacker-to-create-2d-sprites-601da60b5373</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16494185">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16494185</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:37:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/using-sketch-and-texturepacker-to-create-2d-sprites-601da60b5373</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16494185</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16494185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JAMstack PWA – Build a Polling App with Gatsby.js, Firebase, and Styled-Component]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/jamstack-pwa-lets-build-a-polling-app-with-gatsby-js-firebase-and-styled-components-pt-1-78a03a633092">https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/jamstack-pwa-lets-build-a-polling-app-with-gatsby-js-firebase-and-styled-components-pt-1-78a03a633092</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16422436">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16422436</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:10:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/jamstack-pwa-lets-build-a-polling-app-with-gatsby-js-firebase-and-styled-components-pt-1-78a03a633092</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16422436</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16422436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majestic Mondays – Feb. 19, 2018 – What Our Unicorns Are Grateful For]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/majestic-mondays-feb-19-2018-what-our-unicorns-are-grateful-for-6b9b8890acd0">https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/majestic-mondays-feb-19-2018-what-our-unicorns-are-grateful-for-6b9b8890acd0</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16414473">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16414473</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:08:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/majestic-mondays-feb-19-2018-what-our-unicorns-are-grateful-for-6b9b8890acd0</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16414473</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16414473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slacking off with Slack bots, creating your first Slack bot]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/technical-tuesday-slacking-off-with-slack-bots-3048a87f41e1">https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/technical-tuesday-slacking-off-with-slack-bots-3048a87f41e1</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16369436">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16369436</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/technical-tuesday-slacking-off-with-slack-bots-3048a87f41e1</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16369436</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16369436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majestic Mondays – Feb. 12, 2018 – What Our Unicorns Are Grateful For]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/majestic-mondays-feb-12-2018-what-our-unicorns-are-grateful-for-a8132834bb42">https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/majestic-mondays-feb-12-2018-what-our-unicorns-are-grateful-for-a8132834bb42</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16363184">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16363184</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:02:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/majestic-mondays-feb-12-2018-what-our-unicorns-are-grateful-for-a8132834bb42</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16363184</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16363184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should be using GraphQL, a Ruby on Rails intro]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/you-should-be-using-graphql-a-ruby-introduction-9b1de3b001dd">https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/you-should-be-using-graphql-a-ruby-introduction-9b1de3b001dd</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16316669">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16316669</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:09:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://medium.com/@UnicornAgency/you-should-be-using-graphql-a-ruby-introduction-9b1de3b001dd</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16316669</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16316669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by adamjleonard in "I’m Not “Black Enough” for Inc. Magazine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I love Brian Brackeen. Very smart guy!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:41:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13986093</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13986093</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13986093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by adamjleonard in "Introducing 'waves': a Common Lisp audio synthesizer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's so magical and lispy it doesn't exist</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2017 21:01:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13739841</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13739841</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13739841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Reasons Why YOU Should Test Your Swift Project with Quick]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://swift.unicorn.tv/articles/5-reasons-why-you-should-test-your-swift-project-with-quick">https://swift.unicorn.tv/articles/5-reasons-why-you-should-test-your-swift-project-with-quick</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13109474">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13109474</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:57:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://swift.unicorn.tv/articles/5-reasons-why-you-should-test-your-swift-project-with-quick</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13109474</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13109474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swift Toolbox – Community-Supported Catalog of Swift Libraries for iOS and OS X]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="http://www.swifttoolbox.io">http://www.swifttoolbox.io</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070151">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070151</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:18:39 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.swifttoolbox.io</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070151</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambulo: Start Your Entrepreneurship Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="http://www.ad2tampabay.org/uncategorized/ambulo-start-your-journey/">http://www.ad2tampabay.org/uncategorized/ambulo-start-your-journey/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9670599">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9670599</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2015 12:52:19 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.ad2tampabay.org/uncategorized/ambulo-start-your-journey/</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9670599</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9670599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swift Podcast: BDD and React Native]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/swiftcasttv/may-13th-adam-clay">https://soundcloud.com/swiftcasttv/may-13th-adam-clay</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9552731">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9552731</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 18:39:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://soundcloud.com/swiftcasttv/may-13th-adam-clay</link><dc:creator>adamjleonard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9552731</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9552731</guid></item></channel></rss>