<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: al_james</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=al_james</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 18:53:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=al_james" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Show HN: Pollen – distributed WASM runtime, no control plane, single binary"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is very interesting! I agree about the operational complexity of many systems, cough Kubernetes.<p>For most systems, state storage is the toughest problem, have you considered adding some form of storage layer over the top or would you recommend another solution that allows all the workloads to share state?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 17:46:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988643</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988643</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cant even login via the AWS access portal.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:44:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45640945</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45640945</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45640945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Goodfit.io | <a href="https://www.goodfit.io/" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodfit.io/</a> | Senior Software Engineer (Typescript) | REMOTE UK - Occasional onsite (<once a month) | Full-Time<p>We work with some of the hottest and highest grown B2B companies in the market, to help them understand their target market and reach potential clients at the right time with the right message. Our platform takes data from hundreds of sources across the internet, and combines it into a real-time and constantly updated view of each opportunity our clients monitor. We process a lot of data to do this, and utilise best-in-class data processing technologies to do this at scale, robustly and efficiently.<p>What we are after: - Experience in resilient data driven applications in a Serverless environment and data engineering using modern tools - Knowledge of Typescript, Node JS, the AWS ecosystem and SQL (Postgres / Redshift) - Ideally experience in DBT + SQL data pipelines - Comfortable in a small remove first team, looking for ownership and wants to work with an exec team with a track record of growing successful startups. Stack: Typescript, Serverless, React, AWS, Redshift, Postgres, SQL, DBT<p>Read more: <a href="https://www.goodfit.io/jobs/senior-software-developer" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodfit.io/jobs/senior-software-developer</a> Ping us to apply: hello <at> goodfit.io</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:49:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42304201</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42304201</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42304201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Caim (www.caim.org) | Python Engineer, Front End Engineer, and Engineering Lead | 100% Remote | Volunteer/Unpaid | Part-time<p>We’re a 501c3 charity whose mission is to help the US become a no-kill nation. Our platform empowers animal rescues to connect with each other, fosters and other rescue advocates in order to move animals from overcrowded, high kill areas to places they're more likely to be adopted. Our organization launched in 2022 and we’re looking for engineers to join the team so we can continue building out our web app. Caim is 100% volunteer run at this time.<p>We are looking for people who can help out 5+ hours per week.<p>Python Engineer – must have knowledge of python and any popular web framework (preference for Django) – <a href="https://www.caim.org/volunteer/full-stack-engineer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.caim.org/volunteer/full-stack-engineer</a><p>Engineering Lead - must have knowledge of python and any popular web framework (preferably Django) + experience helping more junior engineers get started – <a href="https://www.caim.org/volunteer/engineering-lead" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.caim.org/volunteer/engineering-lead</a><p>Front End Engineer - must have experience with raw CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, Django and CSS/DOM - <a href="https://www.caim.org/volunteer/front-end-engineer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.caim.org/volunteer/front-end-engineer</a><p>Please apply to volunteer through the links above.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:21:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36957152</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36957152</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36957152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Caim (www.caim.org) | Python Engineers and Engineering Lead | 100% Remote | Volunteer/Unpaid | Flexible Part-time<p>We’re a 501c3 charity whose mission is to help the US become a no-kill nation. Our platform empowers animal rescues to connect with each other, fosters and other rescue advocates in order to move animals from overcrowded, high kill areas to places they're more likely to be adopted. Our organization launched in 2022 and we’re looking for engineers to join the team so we can continue building out our web app. Caim is 100% volunteer run at this time.<p>We are looking for volunteers who can help out with anything from a few hours a month upwards.<p><i>Python Engineers – must have knowledge of python and any popular web framework (preference for Django) – <a href="https://www.caim.org/volunteer/full-stack-engineer" rel="nofollow">https://www.caim.org/volunteer/full-stack-engineer</a><p></i>Engineering Lead - must have knowledge of python and any popular web framework (preferably Django) + experience helping more junior engineers get started – <a href="https://www.caim.org/volunteer/engineering-lead" rel="nofollow">https://www.caim.org/volunteer/engineering-lead</a><p>Contact: tabitha@caim.org and mention this post on HN.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:48:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35427094</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35427094</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35427094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Goodfit.io  | <a href="https://www.goodfit.io/" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodfit.io/</a> | Senior Software Engineer (Typescript) | REMOTE (UK + EU CET) | Full-Time<p>We work with some of the hottest and highest grown B2B companies in the market, to help them understand their target market and reach potential clients at the right time with the right message. Our platform takes data from hundreds of sources across the internet, and combines it into a real-time and constantly updated view of each opportunity our clients monitor. We process a lot of data to do this, and utilise best-in-class data processing technologies to do this at scale, robustly and efficiently.<p>What we are after: 
- Experience in resilient data driven applications in a Serverless environment and data engineering using modern tools
- Knowledge of Typescript, Node JS, the AWS ecosystem and SQL (Postgres / Redshift)
- Ideally experience in  DBT + SQL data pipelines 
- Comfortable in a small remove first team, looking for ownership and wants to work with an exec team with a track record of growing successful startups. 
Stack: Typescript, Serverless, React, AWS, Redshift, Postgres, SQL, DBT<p>Read more: <a href="https://www.goodfit.io/jobs/senior-software-developer" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodfit.io/jobs/senior-software-developer</a>
Ping me to apply: al <at> goodfit.io</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:58:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34613441</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34613441</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34613441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Is there a site that is just a text scratchpad?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A friend set up <a href="https://textareaplease.com/" rel="nofollow">https://textareaplease.com/</a> which I keep coming back to. Useful to have ability to eval JavaScript on the text too.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2022 09:59:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33751414</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33751414</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33751414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "AlloyDB for PostgreSQL under the hood: Columnar engine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The mixed column and row store HTAP approach is very similar to how single store works (<a href="https://www.singlestore.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.singlestore.com/</a>) which offers a mysql compatible interface with a few small differences.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 08:22:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31527265</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31527265</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31527265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Blueprint.store | London, UK | Senior Node.js Full-stack developer | Remote UK (UK only) | Full time Blueprint is a venture-backed technology start-up backed by some of the best investors in the world - enabling brands and creators to sell inside SMS and WhatsApp. Blueprint is now launched to a global waitlist having been in development for 12 months. We’re looking for an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to join our tight knit development team as we move from launching with our first clients to scaling up our business and platform. Our UI is written in React and the backend built on Serverless using AWS Lambda, Node.js, DynamoDb and MySQL (Aurora). Our roadmap consists of challenging projects, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), payment processing and delivering an exceptional user experience for our clients. You will work directly with our CTO and the company founders. Our engineering team is currently 5 full-stack developers, and we are looking for full-stack developers who can contribute in all areas of the platform.
Salary depending on experience: £60k-£90k<p><a href="https://jobs.blueprint.store/senior-software-engineer-nodejs-64051/" rel="nofollow">https://jobs.blueprint.store/senior-software-engineer-nodejs...</a> . Apply via form or email me at al {at} blueprint.store.<p>Sorry, at this time we are not working with new recruiters and are unable to offer Visa sponsorship.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:35:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30167026</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30167026</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30167026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Blueprint.store | London, UK | Senior Node.js Full-stack developer | Remote UK (UK only) | Full time Blueprint is a venture-backed technology start-up backed by some of the best investors in the world - enabling brands and creators to sell inside SMS and WhatsApp. Blueprint is now launching to a global waitlist having been in development for 12 months. We’re looking for an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to join our tight knit development team as we move from launching with our first clients to scaling up our business and platform. Our UI is written in React and the backend built on Serverless using AWS Lambda, Node.js, DynamoDb and MySQL (Aurora). Our roadmap consists of challenging projects, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), payment processing and delivering an exceptional user experience for our clients.
You will work directly with our CTO and the company founders. Our engineering team is currently 5 full-stack developers, and we are looking for full-stack developers who can contribute in all areas of the platform.<p>Salary depending on experience: £60k-£90k<p><a href="https://jobs.blueprint.store/senior-software-engineer-nodejs-64051/" rel="nofollow">https://jobs.blueprint.store/senior-software-engineer-nodejs...</a> . Apply via form or email me at al {at} blueprint.store.<p>Sorry, at this time we are not working with recruiters and are unable to offer Visa sponsorship.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:33:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29811124</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29811124</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29811124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Error 404 (Not Found)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes confirmed its because netlify's origin servers use Google Load Balancers. According to this blog they claim "We can easily move the entire brains of our service between Google, Amazon, and Rackspace in around 10 minutes with no service interruptions.". Lets see if thats true. <a href="https://www.netlify.com/blog/2018/05/14/how-netlify-migrated-to-a-fully-multi-cloud-infrastructure/" rel="nofollow">https://www.netlify.com/blog/2018/05/14/how-netlify-migrated...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:05:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29244048</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29244048</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29244048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Error 404 (Not Found)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Netlify is also failing for us, and reporting bad TLS certs. Not sure if they use GCP <a href="https://www.netlifystatus.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.netlifystatus.com/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:55:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29243862</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29243862</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29243862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Show HN: Fuzzynote – terminal-based, CRDT-backed, collaborative note-taking"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Looks powerful. You mention the CRDT is a WAL, won't it grow indefinitely?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:20:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27607147</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27607147</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27607147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Blueprint.store | London, UK | Senior Node.js Full-stack developer | Remote UK (UK only) | Full time Blueprint is a venture-backed technology start-up backed by some of the best investors in the world - enabling brands and creators to sell inside SMS and WhatsApp. Blueprint is now launching to a global waitlist having been in development for 12 months. We’re looking for an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to join our tight knit development team as we move from launching with our first clients to scaling up our business and platform.
Our UI is written in React and the backend built on Serverless using AWS Lambda, Node.js, DynamoDb and MySQL (Aurora). Our roadmap consists of challenging projects, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), payment processing and delivering an exceptional user experience for our clients.<p>You will work directly with our CTO and the company founders. Our engineering team is currently 5 full-stack developers, and we are looking for full-stack developers who can contribute in all areas of the platform.<p>Salary depending on experience: £60k-£90k<p><a href="https://apply.workable.com/blueprint-store/j/EE934DE909/" rel="nofollow">https://apply.workable.com/blueprint-store/j/EE934DE909/</a> . Apply via form or email me at al {at} blueprint.store.<p>Sorry, at this time we are not working with recruiters and are unable to offer Visa sponsorship.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 09:08:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26670048</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26670048</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26670048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2021)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Blueprint.store | London, UK | Senior Node.js Full-stack developer | Office or Remote (UK only) | Full time Blueprint is a venture-backed technology start-up backed by some of the best investors in the world - enabling brands and creators to sell inside SMS and WhatsApp. Blueprint is now launching to a global waitlist having been in development for 12 months.
We’re looking for an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to join our tight knit development team as we move from launching with our first clients to scaling up our business and platform.<p>Our UI is written in React and the backend built on Serverless using AWS Lambda, Node.js, DynamoDb and MySQL (Aurora). Our roadmap consists of challenging projects, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), payment processing and delivering an exceptional user experience for our clients.<p>You will work directly with our CTO and the company founders. Our engineering team is currently 5 full-stack developers, and we are looking for full-stack developers who can contribute in all areas of the platform.<p>Salary depending on experience: £60k-£90k<p><a href="https://apply.workable.com/blueprint-store/j/EE934DE909/" rel="nofollow">https://apply.workable.com/blueprint-store/j/EE934DE909/</a> . Apply via form or email me at al {at} blueprint.store.<p>Sorry, at this time we are not working with recruiters and are unable to offer Visa sponsorship.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:49:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26361218</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26361218</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26361218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2021)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Blueprint.store | London, UK | Senior Node.js Full-stack developer | Onsite or Partly-Remote (UK only) | Full time
Blueprint is a venture-backed technology start-up backed by some of the best investors in the world - enabling brands and creators to sell inside SMS and WhatsApp. Blueprint is now launching to a global waitlist having been in development for 12 months.<p>We’re looking for an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to join our tight knit development team as we move from launching with our first clients to scaling up our business and platform.<p>Our UI is written in React and the backend built on Serverless using AWS Lambda, Node.js, DynamoDb and MySQL (Aurora). Our roadmap consists of challenging projects, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), payment processing and delivering an exceptional user experience for our clients.<p>You will work directly with our CTO and the company founders. Our engineering team is currently 5 full-stack developers, and we are looking for full-stack developers who can contribute in all areas of the platform.<p>Salary depending on experience: £60k-£90k<p><a href="https://apply.workable.com/blueprint-store/j/EE934DE909/" rel="nofollow">https://apply.workable.com/blueprint-store/j/EE934DE909/</a> . Apply via form or email me at al {at} blueprint.store.<p>Sorry, at this time we are not working with recruiters and are unable to offer Visa sponsorship.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:22:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25636514</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25636514</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25636514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2020)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Blueprint.store | London, UK | Senior Node.js Full-stack developer | Onsite or Remote (UK only) | Full time<p>Blueprint is a venture-backed technology start-up backed by some of the best investors in the world - enabling brands and creators to sell inside SMS and WhatsApp. Blueprint is now launching to a global waitlist having been in development for 12 months.<p>We’re looking for an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to join our tight knit development team as we move from launching with our first clients to scaling up our business and platform.<p>Our UI is written in React and the backend built on Serverless using AWS Lambda, Node.js, DynamoDb and MySQL (Aurora). Our roadmap consists of challenging projects, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), payment processing and delivering an exceptional user experience for our clients.<p>You will work directly with our CTO and the company founders. Our engineering team is currently 5 full-stack developers, and we are looking for full-stack developers who can contribute in all areas of the platform.<p>Salary depending on experience: £60k-£90k<p><a href="https://apply.workable.com/blueprint-store/j/EE934DE909/" rel="nofollow">https://apply.workable.com/blueprint-store/j/EE934DE909/</a> . Apply via form or email me at al {at} blueprint.store.<p>Sorry, at this time we are not working with recruiters and are unable to offer Visa sponsorship.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:39:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25270307</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25270307</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25270307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Google recommends all North America employees work from home"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A lot of companies in London are waiting for the 100 cases in London mark to trigger the WFH fallback. This will be breached tomorrow so expect London tech companies to be totally remote by end of week.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:00:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22540868</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22540868</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22540868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ometria.com | London UK AND Southampton UK | FULL-TIME ONSITE | Several roles: Backend Python, Frontend Javascript, DevOps<p>Ometria’s mission is to help retailers create marketing experiences their customers will love. We understand the challenges that retailers face, and we offer them a very innovative solution that provides insights on their customers, and tools to reach them more effectively across numerous channels.<p>Backed by top VC funds and successful entrepreneurs, and working alongside over a hundred of the fastest growing retailers, we are now looking for a more developers to join our small but growing engineering team.<p>We are hiring for:<p>- Senior Backend Python developers<p>- Senior Frontend Javascript developers ( React)<p>- DevOps - AWS - configured with Terraform, using Docker & Kubernetes<p><a href="https://www.ometria.com/careers/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ometria.com/careers/</a> (Not all jobs are on that page yet, feel free to contact me personally at “al <at> ometria.com”)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:45:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21979410</link><dc:creator>al_james</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21979410</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21979410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by al_james in "GKE On-Prem Alpha"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So the big question is... Can we point this at aws and get Google to manage our aws kubernetes Installs...<p>Given the massive shambles eks turned out to be, that would be great.</p>
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