Hacker News: darvid

New comment by darvid in "[dead]"

darvid — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:15:19 +0000

good

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)"

darvid — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:19:58 +0000

    Location: Baltimore, MD
    Remote: yes
    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: Python, AWS, serverless (particularly AWS Lambda), Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, SPAs, Flask, Javascript/Typescript, IaC (e.g. Terraform, Cloudformation, Helm, CDK, etc.), Postgres, various devops and monitoring stacks and platforms (including ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
    Email: david@d10i.dev
    Résumé/CV: please ask

hi! I'm David, a software/devops engineer with a passion for grit and going from 0 to 1. I've been building software and infrastructure for over 10 years, and most recently have built enterprise B2B SaaS products for organizations in the cybersecurity space.

I run a consulting company (atomweight.io), and have provided infosec, devops, and software engineering services to a variety of clients. I am open to both full-time and contract engagements.

I don't particularly enjoy coasting or clocking out at 5pm (mostly since I'm a night owl), so I'm looking for opportunities where I can move fast, build, ship fast, contribute the most value, and grow. If my skills and experience seem like a good fit for your needs, please reach out!

New comment by darvid in "Under Secretary of Defense Emil Michael Response to Dario Amodei"

darvid — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:31:59 +0000

for a second there I thought he was talking about DUI hire kegseth, almost fooled me

New comment by darvid in "Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War"

darvid — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:18:22 +0000

I'm 33 years old, would you mind telling me which year you thought this was, force of good stuff? might be before my time

genuinely curious, I got nothing

Show HN: Mklogo – Generate a full branding package from a single prompt

darvid — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:00:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mklogo.sh/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941426

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

darvid — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:31:57 +0000

building a few things currently

https://ultrasync.dev/ - this was built a few months ago but expanding to support team based features like centralized sharing and management of ADRs to enrich my coding agent's context, the ability to broadcast prompts to team members running the MCP server, and more. the core is open source and provides (i think) a novel approach to improving planning/exploration speed in coding agents, by building an LMDB and using Hyperscan (accelerated pattern matching) to build a lightweight lexical and semantic index for RRF search, all in a single MCP server that runs and indexes chat transcripts in the background, requiring zero prompting or "nudging" or additional setup.

https://mklogo.sh/?utm_source=hackernews - wanted to scratch a personal itch of having to repeat the same process to produce vectorized logos for my personal projects; generate decent quality logo in raster with various LLMs, attempt to vectorize via claude code and vtracer or other tooling, continue to iterate and tweak until various edge cases that result in corrupted or artifact ridden vector images are gone, or give up and try a new design, and then manually try to scale and apply transformations based on the use case (mobile icon, favicon, app icon, header logo, github org logo, etc.). this does that, vectorizes, gives you a branding package as a zip file, and lets you preview the assets in shadcn components so you get a real feel for how they'll look in prod.

New comment by darvid in "Coding agents have replaced every framework I used"

darvid — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:34:44 +0000

"Software engineers are scared of designing things themselves."

what?

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)"

darvid — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:27:08 +0000

Location: Baltimore, MD

Remote: remote/hybrid

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: Backend (primarily Python, also Go, Typescript), frontend (React, Typescript, etc.), full stack, and DevOps/infra/DevSecOps (Terraform, K8s, the etc.)

Email: david.gidwani@atomweight.io

Github: https://github.com/darvid

hi there, I'm David; I'm an experienced backend + devops engineer, passionate about building 0-1; specifically end-to-end (backend, frontend, and infra) enterprise grade applications for organizations of all sizes, from startups to scale-ups.

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Anyone tried Spotify's AI DJ feature?"

darvid — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:13:12 +0000

I'm probably more of an active listener most of the time, where I'll alt-tab or hotkey or whatever to skip or change playlist if I'm not vibing. I'd want super high quality playlist curation in terms of taste and variety if I were to listen to an AI DJ/generated playlist. I like Spotify's new mix feature, been using that with my own playlists and have been enjoying that so far.

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Anyone tried Spotify's AI DJ feature?"

darvid — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:10:46 +0000

I like it, I listen to it frequently. it often surfaces music that I forgot about that I had on repeat a while ago, kind of like a discover weekly but with a higher density of... certified bangers, and fewer skips.

the voice and "personality" of DJ X is annoying but it's infrequent enough that I can live with it. my only gripe is that in longer sessions, he tends to play music I have no interest in, e.g. "what's hot right now" - my library is 10k+, I would have hoped he wouldn't run out of material and resort to current top 10 country or something.

New comment by darvid in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

darvid — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:52:54 +0000

after being prescribed Mirtazapine, then Trazadone I realized I don't think I've had restful sleep as long as I can remember. I need a sleep study done probably but until that the quality of life from taking something that has virtually no negative side effects for me is insane.

meanwhile people are like "just take magnesium or melatonin lol"

New comment by darvid in "Dockerhub for Skill.md"

darvid — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:57:17 +0000

the skill finder meta skill, if it works, seems like a fantastic way to get untrusted prompts blindly injected into your agent

New comment by darvid in "US Places Arctic Airborne Troops on Standby as Greenland Dispute Escalates"

darvid — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:25:22 +0000

what is ICE in this trained dog analogy?

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)"

darvid — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:40:53 +0000

Location: Baltimore, MD Remote: remote/hybrid

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: AWS, Serverless (Lambda), Kubernetes, Python, Flask, FastAPI, RESTful APIs, React, Next.js, Astro, TypeScript, Langchain, LlamaIndex, Airflow, Dagster, PostgreSQL, Docker, CI/CD, Terraform, OpenTelemetry

Email: david.gidwani@atomweight.io

Github: https://github.com/darvid

Show HN: Ultrasync – faster indexing, search, memory, and more for coding agents

darvid — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:56:24 +0000

Article URL: https://ultrasync.dev

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46465334

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)"

darvid — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:36:29 +0000

Location: Baltimore, MD

Remote: remote/hybrid

Willing to relocate: no

Email: david.gidwani@atomweight.io

Github: https://github.com/darvid

hi there, I'm David; I'm an experienced backend + devops engineer, passionate about building in general; specifically end-to-end (backend, frontend, and infra) enterprise grade applications for organizations of all sizes, from startups to scale-ups. I'm looking for both FTE and contract opportunities.

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)"

darvid — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:56:17 +0000

Location: Baltimore, MD

Remote: remote/hybrid

Willing to relocate: no

Email: david.gidwani@atomweight.io

Github: https://github.com/darvid

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025)"

darvid — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:33:49 +0000

    Location: Baltimore, MD
    Remote: yes
    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: Python, AWS, serverless (particularly AWS Lambda), Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, SPAs, Flask, Javascript/Typescript, IaC (e.g. Terraform, Cloudformation, Helm, CDK, etc.), Postgres, various devops/devsecops and monitoring stacks and platforms (including ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.), LLM/AI agent integration
    Email: david.gidwani@atomweight.io
    Résumé/CV: please ask

I am open to both full-time and contract engagements.

New comment by darvid in "I Don't Want to Code with LLM's"

darvid — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:53:45 +0000

you're absolutely correct!

New comment by darvid in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)"

darvid — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 21:33:47 +0000

    Location: Baltimore, MD
    Remote: yes
    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: Python, AWS, serverless (particularly AWS Lambda), Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, SPAs, Flask, Javascript/Typescript, IaC (e.g. Terraform, Cloudformation, Helm, CDK, etc.), Postgres, various devops/devsecops and monitoring stacks and platforms (including ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.), LLM/AI agent integration
    Email: david.gidwani@atomweight.io
    Résumé/CV: please ask

I am open to both full-time and contract engagements.