Hacker News: gherlein

New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

gherlein — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:31:27 +0000

https://blog.herlein.com/

New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: Advice for creating a USB device linking 2 computers"

gherlein — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 20:41:28 +0000

Two USB to serial converters and a null modem. Why make it hard?

Source for unlocked Pixel 8/9 phones?

gherlein — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:59:44 +0000

I've bought two supposedly unlocked phones recently and returned them for being locked. Anyone have a known good supplier?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45211054

Points: 1

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New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?"

gherlein — Mon, 12 May 2025 18:50:46 +0000

Absolutely

New comment by gherlein in "Tiny Ten DSP-Based HF Transceiver"

gherlein — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:16:47 +0000

Here's another: https://www.4sqrp.com/T41main.php - I just bought one that someone else had assembled. It's 100% open so you can buy boards and make your own, but the kits themselves are no longer available. I am thinking of ordering a set to take the design further, as a learning exercise.

Bay Area Electronic Flea Market to Resume Next March

gherlein — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:31:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/schedule

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37553347

Points: 1

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New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?"

gherlein — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:21:13 +0000

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II https://www.amazon.com/Game-Birds-Wolves-Ingenious-Secret/dp...

New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

gherlein — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:28:15 +0000

https://blog.herlein.com/

New comment by gherlein in "Unemployable and Uninvestable"

gherlein — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:55:05 +0000

Send me a resume. Gherlein at BrightSign.biz

New comment by gherlein in "I am done. I give up"

gherlein — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:53:06 +0000

19 of 20 startups "fail." Meaning they don't exit for huge valuations. Go look at many of the "successes" and the founders had a deep safety net. Meaning they could afford it. Access to affordable capital and luck. Seriously. Don't be down on yourself. Did you learn? Probably. Did you make deep friendships along the way? Probably. Those count too. Don't let hyper-capitalism define "success" for you.

New comment by gherlein in "Anyone like the idea to use AWS SDK to build deployment automation?"

gherlein — Sun, 22 May 2022 03:28:50 +0000

Before designing something new, you might consider going to look at the AWS CDK - https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/ - which is exactly what you are describing.

Bay Area Electronics Flea Market cancelled for want of a new location location

gherlein — Mon, 09 May 2022 14:18:55 +0000

https://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/ is cancelled. I was so hoping to go this Saturday. Anyone at a BigCo have a parking lot that can be used to preserve this incredible event? Write them not me. I just want it to happen again.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31314305

Points: 1

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New comment by gherlein in "Fonoster: The open-source alternative to Twilio"

gherlein — Mon, 02 May 2022 00:35:44 +0000

Or, you can just use the Amazon Chime SDK to get all of this same capability and pay as you go. All the driving code is open source - full examples, tutorials and such on github at https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-chime-sdk-pstn-audio-w....

New comment by gherlein in "Nukes, nubs and coners: The unique social hierarchy aboard a nuclear submarine"

gherlein — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:42:03 +0000

I was a Reactor Operator (RO) on SSN-687, the last boat before the LA class. Back when dinosaurs still lived and all. Our EOs were super smart too, but the ROs had an astounding amount of ability to troubleshoot and fix things. In those days you had to be able to repair at the component level - underway. But our MMs were amazing including being able to weld while hanging upside down in a bilge - Dave Blackshear I'm talking about you. Since then I've done startups, co-founded startups, done development and management, including VP Eng at both startups and large companies. I've never found the camaraderie and level of trust I had on the boat. It's come close a few times. Submariners are a special breed, and most of the joking stereotyping in the article are true (enough). Flat out, if you earned your dolphins (qualified in submarines) then you are my brother or sister.

Anyone else get their DeepRacer order cancelled?

gherlein — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 18:39:43 +0000

From Amazon: "Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item from your order. We've canceled the item and apologize for the inconvenience. If you see a charge for the canceled item, we will refund you within 1-2 business days. If you are still interested in purchasing this item, it may be available from other sellers. Please visit the detail page for this item below."

That page just says it's cancelled. Anyone else?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20462693

Points: 2

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New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)"

gherlein — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 02:14:11 +0000

Cisco is hiring SRE's for REMOTE or ONSITE work. Especially looking for folks in the EU and Tokyo. Contact me directly at greherle cisco.com or look here: https://jobs.cisco.com/jobs/SearchJobs/SRE - but we have roles that are SRE and don't list as that too. If you want to build some cutting edge networking software - think self driving cars, only for networks - ping me.

New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: What do recruiters look for in a GitHub profile?"

gherlein — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 02:12:24 +0000

To heck with the recruiter. As a hiring manager I look for passion for coding and learning - and that your profile isn't brand new. If it has periods of no contribution I don't care - people get busy, have lives, etc. I don't hold the lack of a profile against someone, but an active profile that shows someone playing, learning, testing, and especially contributing is someone that jumps to the top of my list. A passion for doing and learning is something that cannot be taught. Faked maybe. But that shows up pretty quick too.

New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: What do recruiters look for in a GitHub profile?"

gherlein — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 02:07:09 +0000

That's lame, sorry. As a long-time hiring manager I do value a good readme if the project is meant for others to consume, otherwise if it's a scratch pad for learning who cares? And I could care less about how pretty their code is. I'm more interested to see if they are PASSIONATE about tech. While it's true that some folks don't have time outside of work my experience is that really good Engineers still play around a bit. They fork stuff. They try it. They may submit a PR that fixes something. They have some experimental repos where they put stuff when learning a new language. And yes, the rare one will have a fork of a project where they regularly contribute. I don't think you are looking for the things I look for in a candidate at all.

New comment by gherlein in "Why I Don't Like Golang (2016)"

gherlein — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:58:56 +0000

Two years old. Could have been titled "I reject the goals of golang" - many of the things he hates were actual design objectives of the language. Some are so minor it's silly. Bottom line is if you don't like it then don't code in it.

New comment by gherlein in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2016)"

gherlein — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 00:06:33 +0000

Cisco Cloud Foundation is hiring. I am the hiring manager. Seeking golang and python skills, strong linux and networking, kubernetes/containers... Bay Area ideal but open to work from anywhere. All levels. Drop me a note at greherle cisco.com