Hacker News: kenjinp

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

kenjinp — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:57:03 +0000

Thanks! How silly of me, I will update the repo with an MIT License~

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

kenjinp — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:37:51 +0000

I'm working on a large open-world terrain-rendering library for threejs's webgpu renderer! https://hello-terrain.kenny.wtf/

At its core, it uses quadtrees, and has affordances for arbitrary topologies. Check out the planet and donut-world demos!!!!

- https://hello-terrain.kenny.wtf/examples/torus - https://hello-terrain.kenny.wtf/examples/cube-sphere - https://hello-terrain.kenny.wtf/examples/raycast-character-c... (a little slow to load~)

New comment by kenjinp in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

kenjinp — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:22:53 +0000

This comment is simply not true from a US national interest perspective. The article explains why this was not done earlier.

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)"

kenjinp — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:43:36 +0000

I'm building geomancer, a google earth for fantasy worlds. https://geomancer.kenny.wtf/

think virtual table top, live sharing for players, map manipulation

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2024)"

kenjinp — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 02:18:05 +0000

Location: USA (citizen)

Remote: Open to any arrangement

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: React, Typescript, WebGL, Threejs, Node, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, PyTorch, Python, GPU

Resume/CV: https://kenny.wtf/about/#looking-to-hire-me-heres-my-r%C3%A9...

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KennyPirman

Site/Portfolio: https://kenny.wtf/

Email: hackernews@kenny.wtf

8+ years Full stack web developer and research software engineer with a specialization in high performance web graphics. I've built and published my own libraries to render huge earth-sized planets for the web using React and @react/three-fiber. I've experience building high quality products in large companies as well as startups, from Beijing, Berlin, Geneva, and recently, NYC.

I've just finished my batch at the Recurse center where I explored methods of applying ML and GIS to generate terrain for procedural generation / game content, now looking for my next team!

New comment by kenjinp in "Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?"

kenjinp — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 13:27:30 +0000

This year I've learned a great deal by experimenting with game development. I've learned elixir, started to learn rust, and acquired a great many skills like distributed computing that I would never have touched in my day job. I hope I can continue spinning that flywheel for my self-inspiration.

Goals: 1. Continue building my web-based MMORPG https://firmament.kenny.wtf/ 2. Get better at French (I'm an expat living in Geneva, CH. My language level is inexcusable.)

New comment by kenjinp in "Skittish: A playful space for online events"

kenjinp — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:02:23 +0000

thanks so much!

New comment by kenjinp in "Skittish: A playful space for online events"

kenjinp — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:36:08 +0000

I've been attempting to create my own virtual multiplayer world using similar technologies now for the last few months: https://firmament.kenny.wtf/

The tooling and communities in typescript/web land are so good now that even a complete game dev noob like me can create pretty amazing experiences (I think, I've yet to create anything amazing...). I can't wait to see how this space evolves and the toolings/communities around them mature even more

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020)"

kenjinp — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 08:15:56 +0000

Location: Geneva, Switzerland (US Citizen) Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenjinp/

Résumé/CV: http://kenny.wtf/ (a touch out of date, I'm afraid, I'll get around to it!)

GitHub: https://github.com/kenjinp

Email: hackernews@kenny.wtf

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KennyPirman

Technologies: Typescript, JavaScript, Serverless, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, ReactJS, Vue, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, Git, AWS, THREE.js & Data Vis, Adobe Suite (I'm dangerous with UI/UX design as well!)

I'm an American software engineer currently building extensible front-end open source products in Geneva, with experience working remotely from Berlin & Beijing as well. I specialize in creating neat modular applications that can scale across teams and deployments.

Please drop a message over email or twitter, would love to chat regardless!

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020)"

kenjinp — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:55:48 +0000

Location: Geneva, Switzerland (US Citizen) Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenjinp/

Résumé/CV: http://kenny.wtf/ (a touch out of date, I'm afraid)

GitHub: https://github.com/kenjinp

Email: hackernews@kenny.wtf

Technologies: Typescript, JavaScript, Serverless, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, ReactJS, Vue, SQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, Git, AWS, THREE.js & Data Vis, Adobe Suite (I'm dangerous with UI/UX design as well!)

Please drop a message, would love to chat regardless!

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2020)"

kenjinp — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:41:31 +0000

Location: Geneva, Switzerland (US Citizen)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenjinp/

Résumé/CV: http://kenny.wtf/ (a touch out of date, I'm afraid)

GitHub: https://github.com/kenjinp

Email: hackernews@kenny.wtf

Technologies: Typescript, JavaScript, Serverless, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, ReactJS, Vue, SQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, Git, AWS, THREE.js & Data Vis

Please drop a message, would love to chat regardless!

New comment by kenjinp in "Apple is removing Alex Jones and InfoWars’ podcasts from iTunes"

kenjinp — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 06:36:41 +0000

Fire in a crowded theatre?

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?"

kenjinp — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 08:08:45 +0000

omg I love your website!

New comment by kenjinp in "Build Boss Daily Development Cycle"

kenjinp — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:33:01 +0000

Yeah, that's exactly the lack of discipline I have.

I really think one of the keys is peer buy-in. One of the ways to increase buy-in from your peers is making it less a chore and more a 'thing you get to do'. That's kind of the main inspiration for this, hence the "Build Boss" title and special slack channel.

That, and making it simple as a post-it. I don't think it's quite there yet, though.

New comment by kenjinp in "Build Boss Daily Development Cycle"

kenjinp — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:01:57 +0000

Thanks! I was trying to make something simple for my team that has no patience for discipline and protocol. I think it's simple enough that even the laziest of devs (often me) and dev teams can give it a try

Build Boss Daily Development Cycle

kenjinp — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:16:47 +0000

Article URL: https://abovetheapi.com/posts/build-boss-daily-development-cycle

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16419479

Points: 43

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New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?"

kenjinp — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:41:16 +0000

I will certainly check it out! Isn't it strange what kinda reaches out and gives you a big impression? I'm interested in your opinion once you've finished.

I am always glad to hear of books that leave this kind of impact on people, and I've heard about the Asia Saga before, but I forgot about it. Very eager to start. Thanks for the recommendation

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?"

kenjinp — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:36:40 +0000

I found this series more rewarding than almost any other book series. I find it to be so.... literarily... satisfying. I have no idea how to explain that. The author's vision of the future is so complex and compelling, and the humanity of it all. I could go on for hours!

New comment by kenjinp in "College Presidents Making $1M Rise with Tuition and Student Debt"

kenjinp — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:28:35 +0000

This is unsurprising, as those of you who have read "Dictators Handbook" will remember, college campuses are organizations governed by leaders with small constituencies and sort of mathematically lead to crony-ism and big payouts for supporters. The system is set up to incentivize this behavior, and the universities need to be reorganized to achieve any other outcome.

New comment by kenjinp in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2017)"

kenjinp — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 10:21:02 +0000

I'm an American Full-Stack engineer currently leading a front-end team in Germany, with experience working remotely from Berlin & Beijing. I've designed, built and deployed many micro-services, game portals and business analytics web-apps and am comfortable all across the stack. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me an email :)

Location: Berlin, Germany Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Javascript, React, Backbone, Node, Express, HTML/CSS, React Native, MongoDB, MySQL, Ruby, etc Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenjinp/ Email: hackernews@kenny.wtf Portfolio: http://kenny.wtf Github: github.com/kenjinp