<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: fleaflicker</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=fleaflicker</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:16:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=fleaflicker" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "A History of IDEs at Google"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Another real killer feature of web-based IDEs is zero setup for new engineers.<p>You won’t have to spend a day fiddling with your local env. Everything just works immediately.<p>There are commercial alternatives like GH codespaces but not as good as Cider-V.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:39:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129158</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129158</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Job Loss Is Not Real]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://orischwartz.com/posts/ai-job-loss-is-not-real.html">https://orischwartz.com/posts/ai-job-loss-is-not-real.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946867">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946867</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://orischwartz.com/posts/ai-job-loss-is-not-real.html</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946867</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the biggest business you could run alone?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://orischwartz.com/posts/whats-the-biggest-business-you-could-run-alone.html">https://orischwartz.com/posts/whats-the-biggest-business-you-could-run-alone.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532499">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532499</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:26:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://orischwartz.com/posts/whats-the-biggest-business-you-could-run-alone.html</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532499</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Rewrites Applications Every Few Years. Can You?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://orischwartz.com/posts/google-rewrites-applications-every-few-years.html">https://orischwartz.com/posts/google-rewrites-applications-every-few-years.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47239776">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47239776</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:10:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://orischwartz.com/posts/google-rewrites-applications-every-few-years.html</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47239776</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47239776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Oboe | Full Stack Engineer | New York City | ONSITE | $170k-$230k<p>Oboe's goal is simple: teach one billion people one trillion things. We'll do that by building the world's first completely generalized AI-powered learning platform. Today, so much of our focus is spent on making machines smarter. We believe it's time for machines to make humans smarter.<p>We're looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to work across Oboe's stack, from our backend pipelines that leverage AI to generate world-class content, all the way to the interfaces that our users engage with on the web.<p>We're a team of generalists, so this job will have you learning every part of the systems and features that bring Oboe to life. This is a highly hands-on role where you'll have tremendous impact, ship real features to real users, iterate quickly, and learn a ton.<p>Tech Stack: Node, TypeScript, React, AWS, MySQL, LLMs.<p>Apply: <a href="https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/oboe/e795dbd6-6cf2-4177-a363-d298d2c8cbd3" rel="nofollow">https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/oboe/e795dbd6-6cf2-4177-a363-d298d2...</a><p>Or email ori@oboe.fyi</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:25:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47221030</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47221030</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47221030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even with Coding Agents, You Still Can't Recreate StackOverflow in a Weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://orischwartz.com/posts/even-with-fleet-of-coding-agents.html">https://orischwartz.com/posts/even-with-fleet-of-coding-agents.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184869">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184869</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:05:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://orischwartz.com/posts/even-with-fleet-of-coding-agents.html</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184869</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Sam Altman: Long con was "child's play for me""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That comment is clearly sarcastic. And Reddit went from floundering to $10b+ public company.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:20:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41657505</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41657505</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41657505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Is something bugging you?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Business value is a good way to think about it:<p>> As a software developer, fixing bugs is a good thing. Right? Isn’t it always a good thing?<p>> No!<p>> Fixing bugs is only important when the value of having the bug fixed exceeds the cost of the fixing it.<p><a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/07/31/hard-assed-bug-fixin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/07/31/hard-assed-bug-fix...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39359542</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39359542</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39359542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Aardvark'd: The Fog Creek documentary, 18 years later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Don’t forget trello</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:57:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37438616</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37438616</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37438616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Ask HN: Why is Substack so popular?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Publishers can email newsletters at zero cost. Every other newsletter provider charged by volume.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:11:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31084220</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31084220</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31084220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "“I Could Rewrite Curl”"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Really good one in response to claims that stack overflow could be rewritten in a weekend:<p><a href="https://www.bitquabit.com/post/one-which-i-call-out-hacker-news/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bitquabit.com/post/one-which-i-call-out-hacker-n...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 13:41:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27220984</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27220984</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27220984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "PG and Jessica"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No particular words of wisdom.<p>I was 26 and selling to a big company. It’s nice to have somebody experienced in your corner.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:40:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24592834</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24592834</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24592834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "PG and Jessica"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Just adding a data point. I got into YC in 08 but didn’t do it because I sold my company before I had a chance to accept.<p>PG gave me advice during the negotiation with the acquirer anyway.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:36:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24592786</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24592786</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24592786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fleaflicker | Senior Java Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | REMOTE, Full-time<p>We're looking for a senior Java engineer to help build and scale the backend services that support our popular fantasy sports platform.<p>Requirements<p>* Expert-level knowledge of Java and the JVM<p>* At least 7 years software engineering experience<p>* In-depth experience with:<p><pre><code>  - Dependency injection libraries (e.g., Guice)

  - Database access libraries for simple CRUD operations and complex, high-performance queries (e.g., JDBC, JDBI)

  - REST API libraries (e.g., JAX-RS and Jersey)

  - HTTP servers (e.g., Tomcat/Jetty)

  - Server-side templating libraries (e.g., Closure Templates)
</code></pre>
* Write clean, efficient, testable code<p>To apply, email us at jobs+hn@fleaflicker.com, attaching a current resume in HTML, Plain Text, or PDF format. In the body of the email describe how you fit our requirements.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:49:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15385462</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15385462</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15385462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fleaflicker | Senior Java Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | REMOTE, Full-time<p>We're looking for a Senior Java Engineer to help build and scale our backend java applications.<p>Requirements<p>* Expert-level knowledge of Java and the JVM<p>* At least 7 years software engineering experience<p>* In-depth experience with:<p><pre><code>  - Dependency injection libraries (e.g., Guice)

  - Database access libraries for simple CRUD operations and complex, high-performance queries (e.g., JDBC, JDBI)

  - REST API libraries (e.g., JAX-RS and Jersey)

  - HTTP servers (e.g., Tomcat/Jetty)

  - Server-side templating libraries (e.g., Closure Templates)
</code></pre>
* Write clean, efficient, testable code<p>More here <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/147100/senior-java-engineer-fleaflicker" rel="nofollow">https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/147100/senior-java-engineer-f...</a><p>To apply, email us at jobs+hn@fleaflicker.com, attaching a current resume in HTML, Plain Text, or PDF format. In the body of the email describe how you fit our requirements.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:43:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14692636</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14692636</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14692636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fleaflicker | Senior Front-end Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | REMOTE, Full-time
We're looking for a seasoned, professional developer to help build the next-generation of our web and mobile applications.<p>Requirements<p>- At least 6 years of experience delivering production-quality code for a large application<p>- Strong knowledge of, and experience with, modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript:<p>- At least one major JavaScript framework (e.g., Angular, Backbone, React)<p>- CSS Preprocessing (e.g., SCSS, Less)<p>- Templating engines (e.g., Closure Templates, Handlebars)<p>- CSS Frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Bourbon)<p>- A solid grasp of modern front-end build and deployment tools<p>- Excellent telecommuting and time-management skills Excellent command of written and spoken English<p>- Positive attitude<p>More information here: 
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/jobs/138250/senior-front-end-engineer-fleaflicker" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/jobs/138250/senior-front-end-engine...</a><p>To apply, email us at jobs+hn@fleaflicker.com attaching a current resume in HTML, Plain Text, or PDF format. In the body of the email describe how you fit our requirements. Your application will be read by an actual engineer, so please feel free to get as technical as you like.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:13:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14024021</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14024021</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14024021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2017)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fleaflicker | Senior Front-end Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | REMOTE, Full-time<p>We're looking for a seasoned, professional developer to help build the next-generation of our web and mobile applications.<p>Requirements<p>- At least 6 years of experience delivering production-quality code for a large application<p>- Strong knowledge of, and experience with, modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript:<p>- At least one major JavaScript framework (e.g., Angular, Backbone, React)<p>- CSS Preprocessing (e.g., SCSS, Less)<p>- Templating engines (e.g., Closure Templates, Handlebars)<p>- CSS Frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Bourbon)<p>- A solid grasp of modern front-end build and deployment tools<p>- Excellent telecommuting and time-management skills
Excellent command of written and spoken English<p>- Positive attitude<p>To apply, email us at jobs+hn@fleaflicker.com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:18:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13766566</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13766566</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13766566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fleaflicker | Senior Front-end Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | REMOTE, Full-time<p>We are a small, highly-focused team dedicated to delivering a best-in-class fantasy sports application to our customers. We're looking for a seasoned, professional developer to help build the next-generation of our web and mobile applications.<p>* Significant front-end engineering experience<p>* Expertise working on at least one large application<p>* Strong knowledge of, and experience with, modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including<p><pre><code>  - at least one major JavaScript framework (e.g., Angular, Backbone, React),  

  - CSS preprocessing (e.g., SCSS, Less), 

  - templating engines (e.g., Closure Templates) 

  - CSS frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Bourbon)
</code></pre>
* Excellent telecommuting and time-management skills<p>Send resume and cover letter to jobs+hn@fleaflicker.com<p>More details at <a href="https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/4115-senior-front-end-engineer" rel="nofollow">https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/4115-senior-front-end-engine...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 03:57:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13547980</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13547980</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13547980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "Undebt: How We Refactored 3M Lines of Code"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Google has a similar tool called Refaster<p><a href="https://github.com/google/Refaster" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/google/Refaster</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:57:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12351341</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12351341</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12351341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by fleaflicker in "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Lead to Significant Gene Discovery"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="http://www.research.va.gov/mvp/" rel="nofollow">http://www.research.va.gov/mvp/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:11:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12176137</link><dc:creator>fleaflicker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12176137</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12176137</guid></item></channel></rss>