Hacker News: crackinmalackin

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce"

crackinmalackin — Fri, 08 May 2026 04:51:58 +0000

Absolutely. News like this is so hard to ignore. Nervous as hell to drop big money on things the family needs right now. Grateful to have a job, but life overall was just better in almost every sense before AI became part of our daily vocabulary and layoffs occurring every couple of weeks.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Threlte 8"

crackinmalackin — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:57:12 +0000

Awesome work getting this updated with Svelte 5!

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Is there such a thing as the perfect game?"

crackinmalackin — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:13:06 +0000

Worms Armageddon. Enough randomness to maintain replayability. Deep strategy elements for those players dedicated enough.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "LinkedIn laying off nearly 700, mostly from core engineering teams"

crackinmalackin — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:12:59 +0000

I know it's not a apples to apples comparison, but the same parent company nonetheless. Not a good look after closing the deal on 69 billion for activision blizzard. Couldn't have set aside one of those billions to keep people employed a while longer MSFT?

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Svelte 5: Runes"

crackinmalackin — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:06:27 +0000

I see these changes as net positive in the long run. Especially since it sounds like performance is getting a boost as well. The $props rune isn't something I realized I needed, but it definitely clears up code clarity. The $effect runes makes people think we are going down the React useEffect route... but I didn't see a dependency array attached there waiting to obliterate performance? I'm all for removing a tiny piece of Svelte magic to improve code clarity and performance gains. Seems like a big win to me. Thanks Rich and team!

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Svelte 5 is going to be radical"

crackinmalackin — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:19:37 +0000

I don't see how it can hurt adoption? Svelte/Sveltekit are already stable. This is simply an update from the Svelte team about how performance is getting even better. If anything, this inspires confidence from me about how the team is constantly looking to improve the product. Svelte 3 to Svelte 4 was pretty much a painless transition too.

A lot of panic in here about how people think this is a Angular v1 to v2 transition all over again. Svelte version updates are largely behind the scenes so there's really not much to upgrade if your app is already built in Sveltekit.

People who haven't tried Svelte/Sveltekit yet are seriously missing out. It's a breath of fresh air in today's UI landscape. The constant performance gains are the cherry on top.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Icon Buddy – 100K+ Open Source SVG Icons, Fully Customizable"

crackinmalackin — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:21:53 +0000

Love this! Thanks for sharing

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2023)"

crackinmalackin — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:48:36 +0000

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Remote: Yes, or onsite if in UT

Willing to relocate: No,

Technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML/CSS, React, Svelte, Angular, Node.js, Deno, MongoDB

Resume/CV: Available on request

Website: zbar.dev

Email: zneibaur [at] gmail.com

Hello everyone, hoping to make a few connections here. I'm a software engineer with 6+ years of highly focused work on UI and Front End related projects. React.js is my main UI framework currently, but have used Svelte and would love to more work in that area. I've also dabbled in some Back End technologies and I aspire to do more full stack eventually. Ideally looking for full time roles only, no contracts at this point. Thank you!

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2023)"

crackinmalackin — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 20:51:26 +0000

I'm also looking for a frontend position. I don't see it listed on the hiring page though.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Ask HN: What's your experience with working M1 and M2 Macs?"

crackinmalackin — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 23:28:40 +0000

I've had a M1 mac mini for about a year now. It's been a really great machine, dead silent (never heard the fan), super fast and responsive. No complaints really, software mostly seems to have caught up to the new architecture. I do most of my work in JS/TS, React, etc. Don't know if I'd buy a M1 mac mini right now though, feels like a M2 refresh is due soon.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wondering what to do about it"

crackinmalackin — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:48:16 +0000

People grind leetcode problems for weeks or months ahead of time though.

Most take assignments are throwaway code, but once in a while they are things you can add to a portfolio and expand on. Also if you finish and need to reaapply to another position you’re already done.

Definitely a time consuming practice, but i like knowing what I’m getting into versus the mystery of leetcode. Short and sweet is the key though. Someone else mentioned live pair coding on some revelant feature , I think those are ideal

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wondering what to do about it"

crackinmalackin — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 23:01:43 +0000

100% agree on the 1 hour maximum live challenge. As long as the challenge is relevant to the role being applied for, this is the way to go. This is enough time for the company to see some code and for both parties to ask questions about the tech, role, etc.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wondering what to do about it"

crackinmalackin — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 22:48:42 +0000

That hiring process doesn't sound too bad to me. I know some people are iffy on the take home portion though. I'm looking for work at the moment, 5+ years as a Frontend web dev. React.js, Typescript and lot's of good CSS skills if anyone is in need send me a message.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wondering what to do about it"

crackinmalackin — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 22:44:40 +0000

I'm in between jobs at the moment and a lot of people here are commenting with some very reasonable hiring practices that I actually haven't seen out in the wild yet. From what I'm seeing, the take home assignment process is getting out of control.

The take home assignment process seems to vary wildly between different companies. One place wanted me to complete a take home assignment that was estimated to take between 30 - 40 hours. Another startup had me come in for a 3 hour interview, and then asked me to take home assignment after the onsite interview. Hard pass.

I think I still prefer the take home assignments over the leetcode misery. But, candidates like myself will quickly find themselves having to pick and choose which ones they want to complete because some are just asking way too much.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Show HN: Svelvet – A component library for building interactive flow diagrams"

crackinmalackin — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:14:30 +0000

This is awesome! Great work! I’m so excited to see more things being built with svelte.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?"

crackinmalackin — Wed, 25 May 2022 16:55:52 +0000

A Diablo type ARPG, but set in the Starcraft universe.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "I Quit Shopify After Five Months"

crackinmalackin — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:41:11 +0000

I think the author is justified in his thinking here. It's a large time investment to build skills to a certain level. To just set aside those hard earned skills, and not know when or if you'll be able to utilize them again is demoralizing. Especially if you enjoyed working with said technologies.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "I Quit Shopify After Five Months"

crackinmalackin — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:24:45 +0000

I had this almost exact same experience last year. I left the company only after six months. I definitely saw my front end skills take a big hit in those six months. I think the author here definitely made the right move. No shame in quitting, if it's not a good fit move on to the next thing.

New comment by crackinmalackin in "Udemy S-1 IPO"

crackinmalackin — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:36:00 +0000

Josh Comeaus css course is one of the most amazing courses I’ve ever purchased. I also wouldn’t be a web dev without Wes Bos and his courses. Brad Traversy, Max Depps sorry I know I’m spelling your name wrong, also Stephen Grider. Also can’t forget the amazing Scott Tolinkski and level tuts. These guys are amazing instructors and I’m happy to give them my money, more so if they’re on their own platforms

New comment by crackinmalackin in "The modern trap of turning hobbies into hustles (2019)"

crackinmalackin — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 19:14:45 +0000

The tech industry is brutal in this regard. If programming and working on side projects isn’t your main hobby, then you are falling behind in some regard. Everyone wants freedom to create things their own way, while making bank in the process