<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: deckeraa</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=deckeraa</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:41:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=deckeraa" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Madison, WI<p>Remote: Yes<p>Willing to relocate: No<p>Technologies: Clojure, Javascript, Firebase, Stripe etc.<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a><p>Email: aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Availability: Fractional / contract / fixed-scope, not seeking FTE<p>I'm looking for a small project to complete over the summer.
I'm available full time through August 10th. (After that my availability is more limited since I teach Latin at a small Classical school).
Standard Rate: $100/hour<p>Some work experience:<p>- Built a tool (non-AI) to read Latin texts and generate fully-parsed glossaries. I used this tool in a few Latin readers I've published recently.(Tech: Clojure, SQLite, Ada)<p>- Built a billing system, using Stripe integration, for a B2B SAAS app.<p>- Fractional team lead for Learnics. Wrote a bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, and Chicago style. (Tech: Vue, Firebase)<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers at Epic Systems Corporation.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359048</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359048</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK<p>Location: Madison, WI<p>Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No<p>Technologies: Clojure, Javascript, Firebase, Stripe etc.<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a><p>Email: aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Do you need the expertise of a seasoned software engineer for a project but don't have the budget for someone full-time?
Need to get a project done quickly & well?
I'm available 40+ hours/week through August 10th. (After that my availability is more limited since I teach Latin at a small Classical school).
Standard Rate: $100/hour<p>Work experience:<p>- Built a tool (non-AI) to read Latin texts and generate fully-parsed glossaries. I used this tool in a few Latin readers I've published recently.(Tech: Clojure, SQLite, Ada)<p>- Built a billing system, using Stripe integration, for a B2B SAAS app.<p>- Fractional team lead for Learnics. Wrote a bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, and Chicago style. (Tech: Vue, Firebase)<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Built a video-hosting and sharing site for family videos. (Tech: Reagent, Clojure/Script, S3, CouchDB, Stripe)<p>- Created the <a href="https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/</a> open-source library that enables you to use CouchDB as an authentication back-end for Ring apps.<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers for the business intelligence module of a large healthcare IT company.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:15:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358866</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358866</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Madison, WI<p>Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No<p>Technologies: Clojure, js, Firebase, Stripe etc.<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a><p>Email: aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Do you need the expertise of a seasoned software engineer for a project but don't have the budget for someone full-time? Are you willing to have the project completed asynchronously, on an hourly basis, in around 1-15 hours per week? If so, we should talk (the introductory call is free). I have around a decade of experience (see below) and am available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays as well as some times on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (MWF I teach math & Latin at a small classical school). My standard rate is $100/hour for async work, $150/hour if there's tighter deadlines. Discounts available for special circumstances :)<p>Work experience:<p>- Built a tool (non-AI) to read Latin texts and generate fully-parsed glossaries. I used this tool in a few Latin readers I've published recently.(Tech: Clojure, Ada)<p>- Built a billing system, using Stripe integration, for a B2B SAAS app.<p>- Fractional team lead for Learnics. Wrote a bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, and Chicago style. (Tech: Vue, Firebase)<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Created a fuzz-testing tool that takes in a language grammar (EBNF) and uses that to generate syntactically correct random text in that language.<p>- Built a video-hosting and sharing site for family videos. (Tech: Reagent, Clojure/Script, S3, CouchDB, Stripe)<p>- Created the <a href="https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/</a> open-source library that enables you to use CouchDB as an authentication back-end for Ring apps.<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers for the business intelligence module of a large healthcare IT company.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:50:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466643</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466643</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Madison, WI
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Clojure, js, Firebase, etc.
Résumé/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a>
Email: aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Do you need the expertise of a seasoned software engineer for a project but don't have the budget for someone full-time? Are you willing to have the project completed asynchronously, on an hourly basis, in around 1-15 hours per week? If so, we should talk (the introductory call is free). I have around a decade of experience (see below) and am available on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as some times on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (MWF I teach math & Latin at a small classical school). My standard rate is $100/hour for async work, $150/hour if there's tighter deadlines. Discounts available for special circumstances :)<p>Work experience:<p>- Built a tool (non-AI) to read Latin texts and generate fully-parsed glossaries. I used this tool in a few Latin readers I've published recently.(Tech: Clojure, Ada)<p>- Built a billing system, using Stripe integration, for a B2B SAAS app.<p>- Fractional team lead for Learnics. Wrote a bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, and Chicago style. (Tech: Vue, Firebase)<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Created a fuzz-testing tool that takes in a language grammar (EBNF) and uses that to generate syntactically correct random text in that language.<p>- Built a video-hosting and sharing site for family videos. (Tech: Reagent, Clojure/Script, S3, CouchDB, Stripe)<p>- Created the <a href="https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/</a> open-source library that enables you to use CouchDB as an authentication back-end for Ring apps.<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers for the business intelligence module of a large healthcare IT company.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 01:04:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46142545</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46142545</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46142545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Madison, WI | Remote or local<p>Do you need the expertise of a seasoned software engineer for a small project but don't have the budget for someone full-time? Are you willing to have the project completed asynchronously, on an hourly basis, in around 1-15 hours per week? If so, we should talk (the introductory call is free). I have around a decade of experience (see below) and am available on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as some times on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (MWF I teach math & Latin at a small classical school). My standard rate is $100/hour for async work, $150/hour if there's tighter deadlines or if you're funded by VC. Discounts available for special circumstances :)<p>Recent work:<p>- Fractional team lead for Learnics. Wrote a bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, and Chicago style. (Tech: Vue, Firebase)<p>- Created an app for playwrights to use for creating and rehearsing plays. (Tech: React, Typescript, Flask, Postgres)<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Created a fuzz-testing tool that takes in a language grammar (EBNF) and uses that to generate syntactically correct random text in that language. During text generation it can also take in external information (such as table and column metadata for use in generated SQL queries) to create random text that is contextually correct as well. Currently used for testing SQL databases.<p>- Built a video-hosting and sharing site for family videos. (Tech: Reagent, Clojure/Script, S3, CouchDB, Stripe)<p>- Created the <a href="https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/">https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/</a> open-source library that enables you to use CouchDB as an authentication back-end for Ring apps.<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers for the business intelligence module of a large healthcare IT company.<p>Buzzwords: Clojure, Clojurescript, Javascript, C#, Java, MUMPS, Bash, SQL, CouchDB, GraphQL, S3, Python, Firebase, Cloud Firestore, TailwindCSS, Vue<p>Email aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Website: <a href="https://stronganchortech.com" rel="nofollow">https://stronganchortech.com</a><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:23:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42578421</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42578421</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42578421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Madison, WI | Remote or local<p>Do you need the expertise of a seasoned software engineer for a small project but don't have the budget for someone full-time? Are you willing to have the project completed asynchronously, on an hourly basis, in around 5-10 hours per week?
If so, we should talk (the introductory call is free). I have around a decade of experience (see below) and am available on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I teach math & Latin at a small classical school). My standard rate is $100/hour for async work, $150/hour if there's tighter deadlines or if you're funded by VC.<p>Recent work:
- Fractional team lead for Learnics. Wrote a bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, and Chicago style. (Tech: Vue, Firebase)<p>- Created an app for playwrights to use for creating and rehearsing plays. (Tech: React, Typescript, Flask, Postgres)<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Created a fuzz-testing tool that takes in a language grammar (EBNF) and uses that to generate syntactically correct random text in that language. During text generation it can also take in external information (such as table and column metadata for use in generated SQL queries) to create random text that is contextually correct as well. Currently used for testing SQL databases.<p>- Built a video-hosting and sharing site for family videos. (Tech: Reagent, Clojure/Script, S3, CouchDB, Stripe)<p>- Created the <a href="https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/">https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/</a> open-source library that enables you to use CouchDB as an authentication back-end for Ring apps.<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers for the business intelligence module of a large healthcare IT company.<p>Buzzwords: Clojure, Clojurescript, Javascript, C#, Java, MUMPS, Bash, SQL, CouchDB, GraphQL, S3, Python, Firebase, Cloud Firestore, TailwindCSS<p>Email aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Website: <a href="https://stronganchortech.com" rel="nofollow">https://stronganchortech.com</a><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a></p>
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<p>Simple & fun. Well done.<p>Note for others asking how it works: this generates simple puns based off of rhymes. Many potential puns won't make sense. But if you were, say, writing an article about finding a bread recipe for the fall, the tool's suggestion of "Hunt for the Bread October" would be a good pun.</p>
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<p>x to jump<p>c to attack<p>q/w/a/s/d adjust camera angle</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 02:09:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38946528</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38946528</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38946528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The more TOS I read through, the more it seems we need a "common law" solution.
(I use the term "common law" loosely here)
Something like a couple of pre-defined categories for software services (e.g. info provider, social network, real-world interface) with pre-set rules (e.g. the client cannot attempt to break the social network; the owner of the social network cannot re-sell data to a third party).<p>We have something like this for brick'n'mortar retail already -- each store can't just make up their own rules but rather has to operate within a societal framework.<p>The system we have right now leads to every corporation being incentivized to claim as much legal ground as possible in the TOS, leading to a de-facto corpo-state. It also undermines the rule of law in a cultural sense since many things in the TOS may be deemed unenforceable when actually challenged in court. The users will always be is a several disadvantageous bargaining position.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 02:22:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38552057</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38552057</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38552057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Misunderstanding Greek and Latin in eighteenth-century Britain"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think that the comic books worked well because they provided extra context with the illustrations. And, as you point out, the text is directly tied to the illustration in each panel. With that extra context, the texts became more comprehensible, so you were able to learn more advanced and interesting sentences earlier.<p>Some other examples of high-context sources:
- TV shows in the target language (subtitles may be helpful)
- stories that one is already familiar with (in my case, I was already really familiar with the plot of the Vulgate).
- stories that aren't familiar, but where you can read the same plot repeated in several sources. For Latin, John Piazza's Narratioines Faciles de Historia Romanorum does this well <a href="https://archive.org/details/piazza-john-narrationes-faciles-de-historia-romanorum" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://archive.org/details/piazza-john-narrationes-faciles-...</a> . For living languages, probably looking in a kid's library section for books all on a similar topic would be good.
- Talking with someone in the language, since they'll give you real-time context.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:11:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37715611</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37715611</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37715611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Misunderstanding Greek and Latin in eighteenth-century Britain"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Primarily Familia Romana by Hans Oerburg, and then a lot of public-domain Latin readers.<p>There's a guy named Justin Armstrong who maintains a pretty good list here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TugURNkc0461IQoToKIlE4hnnbRykRYYxvrfl2X90No/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TugURNkc0461IQoToKIl...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 04:15:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37712730</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37712730</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37712730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Misunderstanding Greek and Latin in eighteenth-century Britain"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> To commit the very Accidence and Grammar to memory, requires three or four years, sometimes more, (as many can witness by woful experience) and when all is done, besides declining Nouns, and forming Verbs, and getting a few words, there is very little advantage to the Child.<p>[I know the article is about understanding the cultural level of Latin and Greek understanding in 18 century Britain, but as a Latin teacher I feel obligated to comment about Latin teaching methodologies]<p>This is a common complaint and is encountered many times in modern contexts.
I contend that this is due to the method of teaching; namely in language courses that lack sufficient amounts of comprehensible input (i.e. simple text that one can read quickly without needing to pause to consult a glossary).<p>Using a Comprehensible Input method, one can acquire a language much better and faster. For example I was able to read books in the Vulgate comfortably after only 200-300 hours of language learning. There are also people who have learned to speak Latin fluently, for example SaturaLanx or ScorpioMartianus on Youtube.</p>
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<p>I did that by moving from a full-time tech job to teaching at a local classical-model high school part time and doing tech consulting work part time.<p>If you're feeling burnt out or bored by tech, you may want to try something similar -- tech was becoming non-fun for me at 55 hours/week, but is fun again at 10-15 hours/week. Plus you get to try out new things without waiting for retirement.<p>From a financial side, just make sure you've adjusted your expenses to be in line with what you're likely to make doing less tech (since most fields pay less), and implement those expense adjustments before you make a career change.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:20:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35009196</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35009196</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35009196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Madison, WI | Remote or local<p>I'm a full stack developer who specializes in Clojure/Script development. Standard rate is $150/hour, discounts may be available for open-source projects or upon other circumstances. My current availability is 5 hours/week.<p>Recent work:<p>- Created an app for playwrights to use for creating and rehearsing plays. (Tech: React, Typescript, Flask, Postgres)<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Created a fuzz-testing tool that takes in a language grammar (EBNF) and uses that to generate syntactically correct random text in that language. During text generation it can also take in external information (such as table and column metadata for use in generated SQL queries) to create random text that is contextually correct as well. Currently used for testing SQL databases.<p>- Built <a href="https://familymemorystream.com" rel="nofollow">https://familymemorystream.com</a>, a video-hosting and sharing site for family videos. (Tech: Reagent, Clojure/Script, S3, CouchDB, Stripe)<p>- Created the <a href="https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/</a> open-source library that enables you to use CouchDB as an authentication back-end for Ring apps.<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers for the business intelligence module of a large healthcare IT company.<p>Buzzwords: Clojure, Clojurescript, Javascript, C#, Java, MUMPS, Bash, SQL, CouchDB, GraphQL, S3, Python, Firebase, Cloud Firestore, TailwindCSS<p>Email aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Website: <a href="https://stronganchortech.com" rel="nofollow">https://stronganchortech.com</a><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:15:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33422373</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33422373</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33422373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Madison, WI | Remote or local<p>I'm a full stack developer who specializes in Clojure/Script development. Standard rate is $150/hour, discounts may be available for open-source projects or upon other circumstances. My current availability is 5 hours/week.<p>Recent work:<p>- Created an app for playwrights to use for creating and rehearsing plays. (Tech: React, Typescript, Flask, Postgres)<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Created a fuzz-testing tool that takes in a language grammar (EBNF) and uses that to generate syntactically correct random text in that language. During text generation it can also take in external information (such as table and column metadata for use in generated SQL queries) to create random text that is contextually correct as well. Currently used for testing SQL databases.<p>- Built <a href="https://familymemorystream.com" rel="nofollow">https://familymemorystream.com</a>, a video-hosting and sharing site for family videos. (Tech: Reagent, Clojure/Script, S3, CouchDB, Stripe)<p>- Created the <a href="https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/</a> open-source library that enables you to use CouchDB as an authentication back-end for Ring apps.<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers for the business intelligence module of a large healthcare IT company.<p>Buzzwords: Clojure, Clojurescript, Javascript, C#, Java, MUMPS, Bash, SQL, CouchDB, GraphQL, S3, Python, Firebase, Cloud Firestore, TailwindCSS<p>Email aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Website: <a href="https://stronganchortech.com" rel="nofollow">https://stronganchortech.com</a><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:21:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33070676</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33070676</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33070676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Show HN: Get conversational practice in over 20 languages by talking to an AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Very cool. I think a tool like this could be useful for learning "dead" languages like Latin where it can be hard to find speakers. (Assuming of course that you're still able to train a language model in the language).</p>
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<p>Very nice to see this available for hardware I own.<p>Now I can achieve my dream of a Corporate Memphis + Hieronymus Bosch mashup.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 18:44:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32681096</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32681096</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32681096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Madison, WI | REMOTE or LOCAL<p>I'm a full stack developer who specializes in Clojure/Script development.
Standard rate is $150/hour, discounts may be available for open-source projects or upon other circumstances.
My current availability is 5-15 hours/week.<p>Recent work:<p>- Built the front-end for <a href="https://app.composer.trade" rel="nofollow">https://app.composer.trade</a>, a systematic trading app. Took the company from designs all the way through launch. (Tech: Clojure/Script, Firebase)<p>- Created a fuzz-testing tool that takes in a language grammar (EBNF) and uses that to generate syntactically correct random text in that language. During text generation it can also take in external information (such as table and column metadata for use in generated SQL queries) to create random text that is contextually correct as well. Currently used for testing SQL databases.<p>- Built <a href="https://familymemorystream.com" rel="nofollow">https://familymemorystream.com</a>, a video-hosting and sharing site for family videos. (Tech: Reagent, Clojure/Script, S3, CouchDB, Stripe)<p>- Created the <a href="https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/deckeraa/couchdb-auth-for-ring/</a> open-source library that enables you to use CouchDB as an authentication back-end for Ring apps.<p>- Led a team of ~17 software developers for the business intelligence module of a large healthcare IT company.<p>Buzzwords: Clojure, Clojurescript, Javascript, C#, Java, MUMPS, Bash, SQL, CouchDB, GraphQL, S3, Python, Firebase, Cloud Firestore, TailwindCSS<p>Email aaron AT stronganchortech.com<p>Website: <a href="https://stronganchortech.com" rel="nofollow">https://stronganchortech.com</a><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-decker-3420a77b/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:48:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32680216</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32680216</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32680216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "We don't have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Agreed.<p>Prior to Newton's conception of gravity as objects attracting one another, the primary model used was the Aristotelian one, in which things tended to go to the "zone" where they belong. Things composed of earth (like a rock) tended to sink towards the center of the earth, while things composed of fire or air tended to rise towards the sky.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:02:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32183419</link><dc:creator>deckeraa</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32183419</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32183419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by deckeraa in "FTC action against Harley-Davidson and Westinghouse for limiting right to repair"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In that case Kuerig's legal argument would be straightforward:<p>- The injury due to the coffee burn was due entirely to the elevated temperature.<p>- The machine would not have served at the scalding temperature had McDonald's not made the modification.<p>- The modification was specifically made to raise the temperature to a level that turned out to be unsafe.<p>The question of whether a modification was made would almost certainly come out in court because a McDonald's employee would be unlikely to perjure themselves over it.<p>Therefore, all the liability would be on McDonald's.<p>Though I do see your point about legal costs being incurred even if the case of Kuering being completely innocent. It seems that having a culture instilled with a nebulous concept of "liability" encourages people to limit other's ability to take their own risks.<p>(Edit: formatting)</p>
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