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

ironmagma — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:04:00 +0000

Location: West coast (Fairbanks, AK)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Anything TypeScript-related, Go, Rust, Python, PHP, NixOS

Resume/CV: https://philippeterson.com/resume

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-peterson-12b61953/

Email: peterson@sent.com

Over the years I've proven myself adventurous and willing to build pretty much anything. I joined a YC startup out of college and also founded and ran a mid-size video game remake project for over ten years. A self-starter, I am excited to find skilled business partners and create lasting value.

Technologically, I am into servers, frontend, and low-level code. My background spans Go, C, TypeScript/JavaScript (incl. React, Drizzle, Hono, NextJS), Rust, PHP, NixOS / Linux, and recently exploring AI idioms such as Vercel Gateway, LLM-as-a-judge, and OpenAI APIs.

New comment by ironmagma in "Let's make the worst Htmx"

ironmagma — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:26:37 +0000

No it's not. HTMX is a backend tech; it hinges on moving your presentation logic from the frontend into the backend, hence the whole hype about it supposedly obviating React.

New comment by ironmagma in "Let's make the worst Htmx"

ironmagma — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:21:09 +0000

- Why would you pick $backend technology?

- Because someone told me frontend was dead.

New comment by ironmagma in "Let's make the worst Htmx"

ironmagma — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:21:20 +0000

Probably because the news of frontend's death has been overstated.

New comment by ironmagma in "AI Tokenmaxxing and Hypomania"

ironmagma — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:06:16 +0000

The M2 money supply has increased by roughly 48% since 2020. There are probably social consequences to this (as it would be strange if there weren't). Perhaps we are feeling the need to try every possible idea to see if that is the thing that wins the money (which is new, and does not obey the old rules).

New comment by ironmagma in "MicroUI – A tiny, portable, immediate-mode UI library written in ANSI C"

ironmagma — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:42:07 +0000

Not true... this is why they had to add aria- ...

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

ironmagma — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:05:29 +0000

Location: Fairbanks, Alaska

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Preferably not, but will for the right role. Technologies: Golang, C, Typescript, React, Docker / Dagger. [Prior experience: Rust, Flask, Django, C#, PHP (Symfony, Wordpress)]

Resume: https://philippeterson.com/resume.pdf

Email: peterson@sent.com

Full-stack software developer with 10 years of experience in both enterprise and startups (some YCombinator startups).

In keeping with the trends, I have recently proven ability to embrace AI-driven development through production of a desktop app with a large surface area (link in resume) for which I used primarily Claude Code. The app targets 12 distinct binaries, so I have become opinionated on CI practices as well.

My passion lies in solving customer pain through targeted effort and thinking through a business lens. Seeking a company with a similar user focus and culture slanted toward building value over making noise.

Quine revives Hyper Terminal

ironmagma — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:59:54 +0000

Article URL: https://hyper.quineglobal.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327749

Points: 3

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New comment by ironmagma in "Uber president says AI spending is getting 'harder to justify'"

ironmagma — Wed, 27 May 2026 08:57:18 +0000

Yes but that representation can be over-applied and misleading. For example you can roughly estimate the price of the entire earth. What does that number mean though? Well, nothing, really.

Tell HN: I went to Alaska's northernmost town and this was the GeoIP location

ironmagma — Fri, 22 May 2026 03:57:12 +0000

This was from the Tuzzy library in Utqiagvik.

Summary: It placed the pin in Hudson Bay (Baie-d'Hudson) in QC, Canada

( traceroute also available: https://x.com/_PhilipPeterson/status/2057669563089895827 )

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48231786

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by ironmagma in "Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce"

ironmagma — Sat, 09 May 2026 02:52:17 +0000

Who do you think is publishing anti-corporation “propaganda”?

New comment by ironmagma in "Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce"

ironmagma — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:58:14 +0000

Didn’t you just say your landscaper gets fired every year? That would mean they’re not “truly skilled.” So why hire them in the first place if they’re not skilled?

Originally you were assigning zero significance to the act of being fired, now you’re backtracking saying it implies something about value.

New comment by ironmagma in "Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce"

ironmagma — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:05:22 +0000

Your snow plower and landscaper don't get judged for having 5+ different customers in 5 years. They don't show up in ATSes as job hoppers.

New comment by ironmagma in "Programming Still Sucks"

ironmagma — Fri, 08 May 2026 08:13:46 +0000

That’s actually something I agree with; I was making that statement as a challenge to the parent comment because it seems to be what they believe.

New comment by ironmagma in "Programming Still Sucks"

ironmagma — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:24:20 +0000

Obviously fields like oncology and genetics are going to have major disruptions. What sort of event would trigger someone needing to redo their entire 7+ years of medical schooling?

New comment by ironmagma in "Programming Still Sucks"

ironmagma — Thu, 07 May 2026 09:29:39 +0000

Doctors have to undergo minor professional development refreshers — not replace their entire education. There is a reason we educate early in life; it's hard to retrain the old (and expensive or even approaching impossible).

New comment by ironmagma in "Programming Still Sucks"

ironmagma — Thu, 07 May 2026 07:41:29 +0000

Most of modern society is new in history; what is that supposed to say? If you are making the point that it's unproven and fragile, that would be a good point and actually one that supports "woe is me" because all of it could disappear overnight considering the fragility.

New comment by ironmagma in "Programming Still Sucks"

ironmagma — Thu, 07 May 2026 06:26:47 +0000

Society doesn't owe anybody anything. So who's to say when you find something else to do, it will pay enough to live?

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

ironmagma — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:52:41 +0000

Location: Seattle, WA / Portland, OR

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Typescript / Node.JS (Hono/Drizzle), Golang, Unity / Unreal Engine, Python (Django/Flask), C#, React, Wordpress, Drupal, C (certification in C)

Resume/CV: https://philippeterson.com/resume

Email: peterson@sent.com

Savvy ex-YC startup Software Engineer, great at taking a project from 0 to 1 and 1 to 10. My background was initially in React and the frontend world, but I've since transitioned to being a more Go/backend-heavy developer working on high-throughput systems. Clocking in at 10 years of experience, I have worked the full gamut, from early stage startups to Fortune 500 companies — and would love to join a team focused on building a great product for the user. You might want to hire me if you have a need for someone who has both business/finance intuition and also software skills.

New comment by ironmagma in "A couple million lines of Haskell: Production engineering at Mercury"

ironmagma — Sun, 03 May 2026 03:58:30 +0000

That would not run counter to the popular (whether true or not) idea that by using functional programming languages you filter for a higher quality labor pool / applicant pool.