Hacker News: rijavecb

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

rijavecb — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:14:20 +0000

Location: Romania & Serbia (Europe)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS

Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/ | https://rijavecb.com/cv.pdf

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

Email: hn@rijavecb.com

Hi, I'm Branko. I am looking for a part-time or contract position in a small team where I can wear multiple hats: building features (Frontend/Laravel), handling support tickets, writing documentation, and improving SEO.

I have an engineering degree in Geodesy/GIS and 5+ years of customer support experience. I've developed products like a text analysis tool, a fishing logbook app, and an app for easing certain customer support tasks (links on website).

If you need someone who is just as comfortable handling support and documentation as they are writing code, I'd love to chat.

New comment by rijavecb in "Is Show HN dead? No, but it's drowning"

rijavecb — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:09:10 +0000

I missed your Show HN, but I got the game now. Looks fun, and the fact that each citizen is simulated reminds me of Banished, which I enjoyed playing! Was happy to spend some wallet money I got from CSGO cases.

Thank you for making it, and don't give up. Passion and vision > vibe coding sloptimists.

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

rijavecb — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:45:28 +0000

Location: Romania & Serbia (Europe)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS

Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/ | https://rijavecb.com/cv.pdf

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

Email: hn@rijavecb.com

If you need someone who is just as comfortable handling support and documentation as they are writing code, I'd love to chat.

New comment by rijavecb in "Tell HN: Happy New Year"

rijavecb — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:19:27 +0000

Happy New Year from Bucharest!

My wrap includes getting married, travelling to Italy, Slovenia and Germany, finally making a few sales of the app I'm working on, and dealing with residence permit. In 2026 I will continue working on my apps and hopefully make more sales, I hope to do some freelancing, fish more with dad and travel a bit.

New comment by rijavecb in "Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?"

rijavecb — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 23:08:52 +0000

I'm planning to read more, mostly technical books recommended by the fine folks on the Book Overflow podcast and a few books on writing. As someone who's mostly self-taught, I know I have many gaps in my knowledge, so I'd like to fill some of those. And learning new things just feels great.

I'm also hoping to improve my Romanian. While I can get by (my wife is Romanian and we live there), I make waay too many mistakes, and considering I've been living there for a few years now, I feel I should do better.

This year has been pretty busy with personal things and working on my own apps, so I hope next year I can get back to learning things I find interesting and useful.

New comment by rijavecb in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)"

rijavecb — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:21:33 +0000

Hi! I'm Branko, a web developer with an engineering background in Geodesy/GIS and 5+ years of customer support experience. I've developed products like a text analysis tool, a fishing logbook app, and an app for easing certain customer support tasks, handling everything from initial concept to deployment.

If you're looking for someone who can wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of your product, I'd love to chat!

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Location: Serbia/Romania (Europe)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS

Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/ | https://rijavecb.com/cv.pdf

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

Email: hn@rijavecb.com

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Projects:

https://gorby.app/ - A privacy-focused text analysis tool (React, Pocketbase, Node.js)

https://buckaros.com/ - A digital fishing logbook for Serbian (and ex-YU) fishermen (Laravel, React, Inertia.js)

New comment by rijavecb in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)"

rijavecb — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:18:00 +0000

If you're looking for someone who can wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of your product, I'd love to chat!

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Location: Serbia/Romania (Europe)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS

Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/ | https://rijavecb.com/cv.pdf

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

Email: hn@rijavecb.com

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Projects:

https://gorby.app/ - A privacy-focused text analysis tool (React, Pocketbase, Node.js)

https://buckaros.com/ - A digital fishing logbook for Serbian (and ex-YU) fishermen (Laravel, React, Inertia.js)

New comment by rijavecb in "GLM-4.6: Advanced Agentic, Reasoning and Coding Capabilies"

rijavecb — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:08:08 +0000

GLM 4.5 is a great budget option for me. After cancelling Claude sub ($20 USD one), I've been trying Gemini 2.5 Pro through Gemini CLI, and it was okay for landing pages and UI. However, I switched to GLM through Claude Code using their cheapest subscription and it's been pretty good so far. It feels more creative than Gemini when it comes to UI, not Claude Sonnet level (can't compare with Opus), but it's 90% there. It also follows instructions better than Gemini, and makes fewer or no syntax errors. Gemini through Gemini CLI would somewhat often completely mess up Astro files, or be a bit lazy. No such problems on AI Studio though.

A few days I got their quarterly promo plan ($9 USD), so I'm excited to try 4.6.

New comment by rijavecb in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025)"

rijavecb — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:43:24 +0000

Hi! I'm Branko, a web developer with an engineering background in Geodesy/GIS and 5+ years of customer support experience. I've developed products like a text analysis tool, fishing logbook app, and app for easing certain customer support tasks, handling everything from initial concept to deployment.

If you're looking for someone who can wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of your product, I'd love to chat!

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Location: Serbia/Romania (Europe)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS

Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/ | https://rijavecb.com/cv.pdf

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

Email: hn@rijavecb.com

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Projects:

https://gorby.app/ - A privacy-focused text analysis tool (React, Pocketbase, Node.js)

https://buckaros.com/ - A digital fishing logbook for Serbian (and ex-YU) fishermen (Laravel, React, Inertia.js)

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

rijavecb — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:45:49 +0000

I recently started working on a fishing journal/log kind of app. I got that idea last year when returning from fishing with dad, that it would be nice if we could track what we caught each time we went fishing, where we went, and to track some details (water and wea details). There apps that already do that, and one could also use Excel or just paper notebook, so I'm making this mainly for us and his friends to use. It's still early, but I'd like to add groups so you can exchange messages or catches with your friends, add stats allowing you to see for example at what time and where you caught most fish, or using which lure or bait. The app is in Serbian though, but here's a link if you want to check it out: https://buckaros.com

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

rijavecb — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:58:03 +0000

Thanks! I built the editor using Tiptap (https://tiptap.dev/) which doesn't support Markdown out of the box. However, since it can detect Markdown shortcuts (#, ##, >, etc.), it should be possible to convert a markdown file into rich text, and then when done writing and editing convert it back into markdown, while limiting formatting options only to ones that are available for both. I think Joplin (https://joplinapp.org/) does something similar.

I'll think about this for sure, especially since I've been thinking of making it possible to save and read local files. If you'd like to try Gorby, send me an email and I'll be happy to give you a free license code :)

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

rijavecb — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:02:05 +0000

I'm working on Gorby [0], a text analyzer app I've been building for almost 2 years now. Think of it as a mix between Hemingway editor, Prowritingaid and Readable, but with focus on features I care about more. Lately I've just been polishing existing features, like adding some subtle animations to the sidebar icons last week. I'm thinking of adding an integration with local LLMs to it too.

I'm also building a customer support app when I'm taking a break from Gorby. The idea is to make it easier to organize and quickly find/copy useful replies, discounts, screenshots etc. It's similar in concept to text expander apps, but those never worked great for me, I either forget the triggers or don't bother storing things I don't use daily. You could probably use Notion for this too, but to me it's too clunky and slow.

[0] https://gorby.app/

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

rijavecb — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:20:07 +0000

Location: Serbia/Romania

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, TailwindCSS, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PHP & Laravel (learning)

Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/ | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TImLOTN6iaGoJd_SyVGc65_DfGK...

GitHub: https://github.com/rijavecb

Email: hn@rijavecb.com

Hi there, I'm Branko! I'm seeking a product or support engineer role in a startup/SaaS company. I'm a generalist who enjoys working across the stack, from front-end to back-end and everything in between - what I think Signal v. Noise would call a "manager of one" [1].

My background includes customer support in a tech startup and front-end development. Last year I launched my own product (https://gorby.app/) where I've experienced the full cycle of building, designing, and deploying. I'm currently working on expanding it with some AI features.

If you're looking for someone who can wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of your product, I'd love to chat!

[1] https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1430-hire-managers-of-one

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

rijavecb — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:17:48 +0000

Location: Serbia/Romania

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, Astro, Pocketbase, Node.js, PHP & Laravel (learning)

Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com

GitHub: https://github.com/rijavecb

Email: hn@rijavecb.com

Hi there, I'm Branko! I'm seeking a part-time role (15-20 hours/week) in a small startup/SaaS, some sort of a product or support engineer position. I'm a generalist who enjoys working across the stack, from front-end to back-end and everything in between.

My background includes customer support and front-end development, and I'm always eager to learn new technologies. Last year I launched my own project (https://gorby.app) so I've experienced the full cycle of building, designing, and deploying a product. I'm currently working on improving it, redoing the landing page, and pivoting to more of a text editor.

If you're looking for someone who can wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of your product, I'd love to chat!

New comment by rijavecb in "Ask HN: What email service(s) do you use for your side projects?"

rijavecb — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:18:30 +0000

Zoho is pretty cheap and not bad. They also own Zeptomail [1] that is meant for transactional emails, also cheap and you can even buy credits in advance. Haven't tried it yet though.

[1] - https://www.zoho.com/zeptomail/pricing.html

New comment by rijavecb in "Show HN: Open Source TailwindCSS UI Components"

rijavecb — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:52:49 +0000

TailwindCSS is indeed free, but their UI components and themes (TailwindUI) are a paid product. They do offer some components for free though!

New comment by rijavecb in "Ask HN: Grammarly Alternatives?"

rijavecb — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:26:58 +0000

There's also Microsoft Editor to which I switched from Grammarly. I'd say it gets in the way a bit less than Grammarly but the suggestions popup/window sometimes gets buggy. It only works in Chromium browsers, so unfortunately no Firefox add-on :/

New comment by rijavecb in "Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site"

rijavecb — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:23:40 +0000

How come a post with so many votes and comments, submitted just 4 hours ago, is already on the 3rd page? Would have missed an interesting discussion haven't I seen a link to it on Reddit

New comment by rijavecb in "Ask HN: Looking for lightweight personal blogging platform"

rijavecb — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:19:40 +0000

Thank you for mentioning Congo! I was thinking to make a personal blog using Astro, but since Congo looks great I might as well go with it and Hugo.

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

rijavecb — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 21:01:29 +0000

Location: Serbia/Romania

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, Astro, Pocketbase

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijavecbranimir/

GitHub: https://github.com/rijavecb

Email: hn@rijavecb.com

Hi there, I'm Branko! I'm in search of a part time position (10-20 hours per week) in a small startup/SaaS where ideally I'd be doing a bit of everything, some kind of support engineer like position. I like interacting with and helping users, finding out what they're struggling with, and using that to help the team improve the product. For the last 4 years, I've been working as customer support specialist at a small productivity/to-do app SaaS. Besides helping users with all kinds of questions and issues, I've been writing guides for our help center, testing new features and as of recently fixing some bugs in the codebase and adding smaller features. I'm not looking to leave this position, but rather for another opportunity to learn more things and also help another team grow their product.

Recently I also launched a small SaaS for text analysis [1] that I wrote in React (used Vite, TailwindCSS, Jotai for state management, compromise and unified.js for NLP, Pocketbase for backend) and deployed via Docker on a VPS. It's far from perfect, and there are many more things to add, but I'm proud I managed to release an MVP.

Looking forward to hearing from you :)

[1] – https://gorby.app