Hacker News: maxgaudin

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

maxgaudin — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:16:09 +0000

Follow the money at the local and state level. Every since followthemoney.org was absorbed by Open Secrets in 2024 we don't have a state level "follow the money" tool. BackerBase brings campaign finance data, public filings, donor networks, races, officials, and entity relationships into one source-backed workspace. Starting with Louisiana and adding more states now :)

https://backerbase.ai

New comment by maxgaudin in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016)"

maxgaudin — Mon, 02 May 2016 20:56:32 +0000

Operation Spark (https://operationspark.org) | Full-Time | Onsite (New Orleans, La, US)

Position: Instructor

Operation Spark a non-profit code school on a mission to help people get great jobs in software development. Through immersive programming bootcamps, we train people who lack well-paying job skills to enter into the high wage, high demand tech industry.

The Instructor works closely with a classroom of students across the length of the program, and is charged with both with the students' educational outcomes as well as the strength of the classroom community. When a student gets a job after the program, the instructor is the person they thank with the deepest emotion.

Duties

* Facilitate Lecture Q&A Sessions

* Individual instruction and tutoring

* Facilitate mock interviews

* Grading of self-assessments

* Review student progress across several indicators

Qualifications

* Deeply passionate about our mission

* Expert-level software engineer, especially in JavaScript

* Ability to model student progress and remove educational roadblocks

* Empathy and charisma

* Experience with Backbone, Angular, and/or Node

Job perks

* Competitive salary

* Great benefits

* Awesome, open-office location in downtown New Orleans

https://worknola.com/operation-spark/instructor

Help at-risk youth get careers in tech

maxgaudin — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:25:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/prepare-low-income-youth-for-careers-in-tech

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9382080

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

New comment by maxgaudin in "Show HN: Pinnin – A simple Pinboard client for iPhone"

maxgaudin — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:48:24 +0000

Personally I'm a big fan of Pinswift. I've tried several of these Pinboard apps and like it the most. http://pinswiftapp.com/

New comment by maxgaudin in "Ask HN: How do you get and stay in the "zone"?"

maxgaudin — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:31:06 +0000

Focus at Will helps me a lot https://www.focusatwill.com/

New comment by maxgaudin in "The inexplicable rise of open floor plans in tech companies"

maxgaudin — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:08:58 +0000

I like the cube idea better than just an open desk layout. Seems to work well for SpaceX.

New comment by maxgaudin in "Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk's industrial empire [video]"

maxgaudin — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:00:34 +0000

Elon is actually in Iron Man 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuG2AVFB-g0

Three weeks in at Airpnp

maxgaudin — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:14:32 +0000

Article URL: https://airpnp.co/?q=blog

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7392322

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by maxgaudin in "Airpnp: Like Airbnb, but for toilets"

maxgaudin — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:06:15 +0000

Hi there. I'm a cofounder at Airpnp. If you're really interested I'd like to talk to you about getting your bathroom going for Queen's Day. Email me at max@airpnp.co

New comment by maxgaudin in "Berlin Startup Map"

maxgaudin — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:04:18 +0000

Here's the source from a similar project to make your own map https://github.com/abenzer/represent-map

New comment by maxgaudin in "Kids Were Terrified of Getting MRIs. Then One Man Figured Out a Better Way"

maxgaudin — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:40:30 +0000

The machine from the story is using a decal.

New comment by maxgaudin in "Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/heard?"

maxgaudin — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:27:11 +0000

Square for homeless people. You can never again say "No, I don't have any change."

New comment by maxgaudin in "Instacart: Crowdsourcing Your Grocery Shopping"

maxgaudin — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:33:55 +0000

That's a good point but I personally hate spending 45 mins plus in the grocery store and would love to have someone bring it to my door. I find it to be a huge waste of time. If the ripeness of your avocado is that important to you then you'll still be one of those taking the trip to the store.

One important advantage instacart has over the in-store experience is the filtering and sorting of goods. The amount of toilet paper or cereal to choose from is absurd.

EDIT: After looking at the web app there appears to be no sorting/filtering capabilities but only search. Bummer.

New comment by maxgaudin in "Show HN: 7min Workout with Rdio"

maxgaudin — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 16:16:47 +0000

This is great. love the concept.

New comment by maxgaudin in "Kuler without Flash"

maxgaudin — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:17:40 +0000

Yes this has been a long time coming

New comment by maxgaudin in "Ask HN: any restaurant tech startup people want to meetup in SF?"

maxgaudin — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:11:10 +0000

I leave Saturday morning

Ask HN: any restaurant tech startup people want to meetup in SF?

maxgaudin — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:53:03 +0000

My startup, Sidework, provides online training for restaurant employees. I came out to SF from New Orleans to meet with investors and checkout your city. Please ping me at max@gosidework.com if you work in the restaurant tech space and want to grab a drink. Also down to meet people in general.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5829193

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

NASA Planetary Protection Policy

maxgaudin — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:40:19 +0000

Article URL: http://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/about

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4392189

Points: 54

# Comments: 54

New comment by maxgaudin in "Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars"

maxgaudin — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:42:04 +0000

Not sure. I was going to post this same quote to comment on it. I can only imagine what it must feel like to want to be the first man on Mars and actually have the ability to do it.

New comment by maxgaudin in "GoToMeeting uses competitor’s name in search ads to trick people "

maxgaudin — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:59:08 +0000

Definitely evil and unethical but probably not illegal. This post shows some insight into the issue but not an answer http://www.sportsandentertainmentlawplaybook.com/intellectua...