Hacker News: bigsassy

Deploy Your Fork

bigsassy — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:05:31 +0000

Article URL: https://buttondown.com/carlton/archive/deploy-your-fork/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577254

Points: 1

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New comment by bigsassy in "Geocoding APIs compared: Pricing, free tiers and terms of use"

bigsassy — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:04:45 +0000

I've found Geocodio to be a good option too, especially if you need to do batch processing: https://www.geocod.io/

An Overdue Apology (on Requests III)

bigsassy — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:40:12 +0000

Article URL: https://kennethreitz.org/essays/why-im-not-collaborating-with-kenneth-reitz

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38231274

Points: 3

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New comment by bigsassy in "I accidentally saved my company half a million dollars"

bigsassy — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:03:01 +0000

You'd want to start with the United States Digital Service (USDS). They're basically a consultancy inside the executive branch to build tech solutions for the various 3 letter agencies. You basically do a "tour of duty" for a year or so (however long you want), tackling one of these solutions. And they go out of their way to hire folks like you, from FAANG and other tech companies, so you work with good people.

https://www.usds.gov/

New comment by bigsassy in "Ask HN: PG's 'Do Things That Don't Scale' manual examples?"

bigsassy — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 20:50:40 +0000

I had a product to help political campaigns canvas neighborhoods door to door. In the early days there was a "smart walk sheet" feature, which would magically pick the optimal doors to knock given how much time you had (e.g. 2 hours after work).

While I was building out this feature, I'd stay up late in the night manually selecting clusters of houses and setting them for the customer, so the next morning they'd be greeted with what looked like our backend systems auto-magically picking the perfect cluster of houses.

The bonus of doing it manually for a while is that I found a lot of edge cases I would have missed otherwise. The initial release of the finished feature was rock solid thanks to what I learned.

Five Advanced Pytest Fixture Patterns

bigsassy — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:19:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.inspiredpython.com/article/five-advanced-pytest-fixture-patterns

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29594246

Points: 2

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AI Playing Perfect Tetris

bigsassy — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:01:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_KY_EwZEVA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28906114

Points: 2

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Tips for saving memory with Pandas

bigsassy — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:09:30 +0000

Article URL: https://marcobonzanini.com/2021/09/15/tips-for-saving-memory-with-pandas/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28565674

Points: 30

# Comments: 2

New comment by bigsassy in "Ask HN: Looking for examples of companies claiming ownership of employee IP"

bigsassy — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 19:07:39 +0000

Here's an example:

I agree that all right, title, interest in and to any and all copyrightable material, notes, ... discoveries, and trade secrets conceived, discovered, ... or reduced to practice by me, solely or in collaboration with others, during the period of time I am in the employ of (including during my off-duty hours), or with the use of Company's equipment, ... or Company Confidential Information, and any copyrights, ... or other intellectual property rights relating to the foregoing ... are the sole property of

Ask HN: Looking for examples of companies claiming ownership of employee IP

bigsassy — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 18:31:44 +0000

My wife is a state legislator in Maryland, and she's working on a bill to protect the intellectual property of workers. California and other states have enacted such protections, but Maryland hasn't.

She is looking for example language from real employment contracts of where the employer claims to own all of the IP of the employee, even for projects created and developed outside of work hours and that aren't related to the company. This language might appear in an employee contract in a section title "Ownership," "Inventions," "Employee Creations," or "Intellectual Property" and the section likely addresses copyrights, inventions, discoveries, and trade secrets.

Examples from Marylanders or for companies operating in Maryland are especially helpful, but examples from other places are welcome too.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28091153

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Microsoft disrupts botnet it fears could sow confusion in presidential election

bigsassy — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:38:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/12/microsoft-trickbot-ransomware/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24754199

Points: 1

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Discrimination at Pinterest reveal Silicon Valley hiring problem

bigsassy — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 02:31:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/90523292/discrimination-charges-at-pinterest-reveal-a-hidden-silicon-valley-hiring-problem

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23720524

Points: 1

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New comment by bigsassy in "The state of the restaurant industry"

bigsassy — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:57:35 +0000

Same here in Maryland (since yesterday).

The Breathtaking Scale of Santa Claus’s Task on Christmas Eve

bigsassy — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:58:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/12/20/breathtaking-scale-santa-clauss-task-christmas-eve/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21845514

Points: 1

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New comment by bigsassy in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2019)"

bigsassy — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:07:15 +0000

Location: Rockville, MD, USA (Washington DC metro region)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Javascript (ES6+), Django, Celery, Node, React, React Native, PostgreSQL, AWS, PostGIS, Docker, many more.

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericpalakovichcarr/

Email: carreric@gmail.com

Co-founder of a funded startup that's winding down due to lack of traction. Looking for a new home in the DC area or remote. I've previously written software for The Washington Post, Truth Initiative (anti-smoking campaign), and ADP (among others). Happy doing full-stack, or working exclusively in the front-end or back-end.

New comment by bigsassy in "New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling"

bigsassy — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:12:44 +0000

An app I worked on had a similar feature to Snapstreaks, but it was used to help people quit smoking. This bill would have killed this feature that helped many people lead healthier lives.