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New comment by lwilld in "CSS: Unavoidable Bad Parts"

lwilld — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:45:33 +0000

> An ersatz CSS tutorial for people who need to style a web page, but aren’t web developers. I am a wrong person to write this kind of thing, as I have neither the time, nor experience.

I'd say this disclaimer at the top speaks for itself!

New comment by lwilld in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)"

lwilld — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 04:02:15 +0000

Buoy | #2 Software Engineer | Full-time | Remote (**GMT+2 and GMT+9:30)**

[Buoy](https://www.buoy.money/) is an early-stage fintech startup focused on solving liquidity problems in emerging markets, where banking systems aren’t often built for modern enterprises. Capital is seldom where it needs to be, in the currency it needs to be in, at the time it’s needed. We're building a tech-enabled platform to fix that.

To start, we’re helping remittance and payment companies stay on top of their liquidity needs by offering a float facility, helping them access working capital while waiting on incoming bank transfers.

We’re a well funded team of 3, looking to bring on a second engineer to work alongside the CTO. Full JD here: https://buoy.notion.site/2-Software-Developer-Backend-9fe066...

I’m the Co-founder and CTO, feel free to reach out to me directly: lewis [at] buoy [dot] money.

The Life and Death of Mummy Brown

lwilld — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:08:54 +0000

Article URL: http://www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and-death-of-mummy-brown.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20459642

Points: 1

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Ask HN: Deep work while waiting for builds?

lwilld — Mon, 20 May 2019 04:37:31 +0000

I've been greatly inspired and influenced by the Deep Work [0] approach to my workday, and find myself able to really get into a flow and work effectively when I follow a Deep Work approach. I was also reminded of this when I saw this checklist [1] on HN recently.

I'm lucky enough to be work remotely with most of my colleagues in the US (I'm based in the Philippines), so I have a lot of control over my interruptions and can get a lot of work done in the morning while everyone else sleeps.

However, every time I get back into a deep work routine, I get distracted while waiting for builds to build, tests to run, etc. Sometimes it can just be 1 - 10 minutes, and in that time I can find myself on HN, instincively checking twitter or my email, and getting completely out of the flow.

For example, right now I'm waiting for a rather large Dockerfile to build and decided to write this post. I normally struggle the most when I have to do DevOps tasks (e.g. setting up CI pipelines, waiting for terraform to deploy only to tear down a deployment again).

Does anyone have advice for how to maintain a deep work "flow state" while waiting for random amounts of time? What do you do to maintain your focus?

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692

[1] https://doist.com/blog/complete-guide-to-deep-work/#Choose_Your_Deep_Work_Strategy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19957553

Points: 2

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