Hacker News: bofia

New comment by bofia in "Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day"

bofia — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:06:19 +0000

Are other people using your phone?

New comment by bofia in "Laws of Software Engineering"

bofia — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:45:43 +0000

It would be nice to see what overlaps

New comment by bofia in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

bofia — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:21:57 +0000

This would not be on The Successor

New comment by bofia in "Claude Code Routines"

bofia — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:43:45 +0000

Could be a start

New comment by bofia in "The C3 Programming Language"

bofia — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:38:33 +0000

Does this compile to Rust with an LLVM?

New comment by bofia in "Puppeteer: Headless Chrome Node API"

bofia — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:52:31 +0000

Are there any new python drivers for headless chrome? Selenium seems to still be lacking several features exposed by the DevTools protocol (e.g. print PDF)

New comment by bofia in "Solar Roof"

bofia — Wed, 10 May 2017 21:42:06 +0000

A lot of the cost and inefficiency of electricity is the storage and transmission over long distances.

New comment by bofia in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)"

bofia — Mon, 01 May 2017 15:54:54 +0000

EquityZen | Engineering Lead | New York City | Full-Time | https://equityzen.com/careers/?englead

Tim Draper & Dave McClure backed, EquityZen is an early-mid stage FinTech firm, bringing private markets to the public. Our platform enables large, private companies to helps their shareholders get cash, while providing investors access to invest in these pre-IPO companies. EquityZen has served 60+ premier tech and digital health companies, and is proud to be considered a liquidity provider by 1 out of 3 of the largest unicorns. https://equityzen.com/press/

We're looking for an Engineering Lead eager to help us as we redefine private markets. Join us if you're looking to work alongside extremely brilliant engineers while rolling up your sleeves, diving into code, and driving our product vision.

Some of the things you'll do: Architect and implement the most secure private placement platform that can scale to trading $1B+ Work closely with experienced developers who love discussing software & security Collaborate with non-engineering teammates to solve difficult practical problems Partner with Founders and Product Lead to set and manage expectations in delivering high quality technology at a fast pace Demonstrable experience building robust infrastructure with our developers and data-driven business tools for other teams Prototype and implement new product ideas with engineers, with initiatives such relying on NLP and ML based prediction Gain exposure to all parts of the venture capital, private equity, and startup ecosystems

Also hiring for: https://equityzen.com/careers/?frontend https://equityzen.com/careers/?frontend-intern https://equityzen.com/careers/?fullstack-intern

New comment by bofia in "Why I will not exercise my GitLab stock options"

bofia — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 22:23:53 +0000

Disclosure: I work at EquityZen, a marketplace for pre-IPO shares

Every company has different transfer restrictions on their shares/options. Yes they could legally block the sale if their by-laws or the share grant agreement allows it. We have somewhat standardized agreements for transferring shares at EquityZen, and we get company approval for all deals.

New comment by bofia in "Why I will not exercise my GitLab stock options"

bofia — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 22:21:26 +0000

No, they would buy it back at the price that the buyer had offered. In your example, $10000 for the 15000 units.

New comment by bofia in "Flickr – A Year Without a Byte"

bofia — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:00:45 +0000

They use lossless compression

New comment by bofia in "Ask HN: How to buy stocks at IPO price?"

bofia — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:41:00 +0000

Loyal3(https://www.loyal3.com/) periodically gets some shares allocated during an IPO, that the general public can buy via their platform. GoPro and Square are a couple of their notable offerings.

Another option is the pre-IPO market. EquityZen(https://equityzen.com/) is one of the secondary market where you can buy shares pre-IPO from other shareholders. (Disclosure: I am an engineer at EquityZen)

Nutanix IPO: Distribution of Investor Returns

bofia — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:15:21 +0000

Article URL: https://equityzen.com/path-to-ipo/nutanix/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12612944

Points: 6

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New comment by bofia in "House Passes Employee Stock Options Bill Aimed at Startups"

bofia — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:55:16 +0000

The liquidity of startup shares has gotten better in recent times. I'm an engineer at http://www.equityzen.com, a marketplace for pre-IPO shares, and I believe more shareholders are starting to see that selling before an exit is a viable option for faster liquidity.

We helped lobby and push for this bill and I'm glad to see it making progress in providing better options for startup employees.

New comment by bofia in "No Exit"

bofia — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:42:59 +0000

I'm an engineer at startup http://www.equityzen.com, which is a private secondary market that provides the alternative option of selling startup shares before an IPO or exit, rather than waiting or letting the shares go unexercised.

I believe that the secondary market is becoming a much more popular option to startup employees as companies start to take notice of the current issues with liquidity.