<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: shuzchen</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=shuzchen</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:55:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=shuzchen" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (the majority of this past year has been writing zig, and have deployed Java/Golang/C/Dart recently).<p>Commonly found using Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue as well as Flutter. I've been a remote worker for a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision. I live in the UK but can and have worked with US entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:43:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45139177</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45139177</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45139177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (the majority of this past year has been writing zig, and have deployed Java/Golang/C/Dart recently).<p>Commonly found using Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue as well as Flutter. I've been a remote worker for a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision. I live in the UK but can and have worked with US entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:12:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44759556</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44759556</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44759556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (the majority of this past year has been writing zig, and have deployed Java/Golang/C/Dart recently).<p>Commonly found using Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue as well as Flutter. I've been a remote worker for a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision. I live in the UK but can and have worked with US entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:53:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44160133</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44160133</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44160133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (the majority of this past year has been writing zig, and have deployed Java/Golang/C/Dart recently).<p>Commonly found using Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue as well as Flutter. I've been a remote worker for a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision. I live in the UK but can and have worked with US entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 10:35:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43903535</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43903535</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43903535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (the majority of this past year has been writing zig, and have deployed Java/Golang/C/Dart recently).<p>Commonly found using Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue as well as Flutter. I've been a remote worker for a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision. I live in the UK but can and have worked with US entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:50:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43273068</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43273068</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43273068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C/Dart recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, had a long stint at a global non-profit working on combating disinformation. I've recently been a paid contributor on the open-source project Zulip doing Flutter.<p>I've been big on python testing lately. I've implemented testing for large python projects at two companies now, bringing them from 0% coverage to 100% coverage. I'm experienced in mocking tools to isolate components for testing, make tests deterministic, and remove the need for networking (who wants to run tests that rely on third party things).<p>Commonly found using Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue as well as Flutter. I've been a remote worker for a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision, and my remote work means my schedule is flexible for side projects. Set up to easily work with either US or UK entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:36:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40563737</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40563737</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40563737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C/Dart recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, had a long stint at a global non-profit working on combating disinformation. I've recently worked on an open-source Flutter project.<p>I've been big on python testing lately. I've implemented testing for large python projects at two companies now, bringing them from 0% coverage to 100% coverage. I'm experienced in mocking tools to isolate components for testing, make tests deterministic, and remove the need for networking (who wants to run tests that rely on third party things).<p>Big on Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue. My current role is doing Flutter for a cross platform app. I've been a remote worker for a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision, and my remote work means my schedule is flexible for side projects. Set up to easily work with either US or UK entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:39:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39593310</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39593310</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39593310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C/Dart recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, had a long stint at a global non-profit working on combating disinformation. Currently working in an open source project.<p>I've been big on python testing lately. I've implemented testing for large python projects at two companies now, bringing them from 0% coverage to 100% coverage. I'm experienced in mocking tools to isolate components for testing, make tests deterministic, and remove the need for networking (who wants to run tests that rely on third party things).<p>Big on Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue. My current role is doing Flutter for a cross platform app. I've been a remote worker for about half a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision, and my remote work means my schedule is flexible for side projects. Set up to easily work with either US or UK entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 22:44:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39222539</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39222539</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39222539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, currently working on combating disinformation.<p>I've been big on python testing lately. I've implemented testing for large python projects at two companies now, bringing them from 0% coverage to 100% coverage. I'm experienced in mocking tools to isolate components for testing, make tests deterministic, and remove the need for networking (who wants to run tests that rely on third party things).<p>Big on Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue. I've been a remote worker for about half a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision, and my remote work means my schedule is flexible for side projects. Set up to easily work with either US or UK entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:00:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591830</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591830</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Scotland, UK<p>Remote: Yes, I have existing right to work for both US+UK companies with no sponsorship needed<p>Willing to relocate: No<p>Technologies: Everything, but really well versed in Python, Javascript, Vue, React, Django, Flask<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/freelancedreams/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/freelancedreams/</a> (I can email a pdf version as well)<p>Email: shu.chen at freelancedreams.com<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, currently working on combating disinformation. I'm looking for a new role currently as the non-profit I founded lost two big grants.<p>My experience ranges from working on backend APIs to frontend SPAs as well as building ML pipelines, bespoke search engines, mobile apps. My strength is in diving into new areas and getting up and running quickly. I work extremely well in entrepreneurial contexts, balancing long-term goals with short-term deadlines in all technical decisions.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:59:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591822</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591822</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Scotland, UK<p>Remote: Yes, I have existing right to work for both US+UK companies with no sponsorship needed<p>Willing to relocate: No<p>Technologies: Everything, but really well versed in Python, Javascript, Vue, React, Django, Flask<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/freelancedreams/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/freelancedreams/</a> (I can email a pdf version as well)<p>Email: shu.chen at freelancedreams.com<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, currently working on combating disinformation. I'm looking for a new role currently as the non-profit I founded lost two big grants.<p>My experience ranges from working on backend APIs to frontend SPAs as well as building ML pipelines, bespoke search engines, mobile apps. My strength is in diving into new areas and getting up and running quickly. I work extremely well in entrepreneurial contexts, balancing long-term goals with short-term deadlines  in all technical decisions.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 10:12:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36210540</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36210540</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36210540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, currently working on combating disinformation.<p>My experience ranges from working on backend APIs to frontend SPAs as well as building ML pipelines, bespoke search engines, mobile apps. My strength is in diving into new areas and getting up and running quickly. I work extremely well in entrepreneurial contexts, balancing long-term goals with short-term deadlines  in all technical decisions.<p>Big on Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue. I've been a remote worker for about half a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision, and my remote work means my schedule is flexible for side projects. Set up to easily work with either US or UK entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 10:10:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36210531</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36210531</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36210531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, currently working on combating disinformation.<p>I've been big on python testing lately. I've implemented testing for large python projects at two companies now, bringing them from 0% coverage to 100% coverage. I'm experienced in mocking tools to isolate components for testing, make tests deterministic, and remove the need for networking (who wants to run tests that rely on third party things).<p>Big on Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue. I've been a remote worker for about half a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision, and my remote work means my schedule is flexible for side projects. Set up to easily work with either US or UK entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:43:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32681977</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32681977</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32681977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2020)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, currently working on combating disinformation.<p>I've been big on python testing lately. I've implemented testing for large python projects at two companies now, bringing them from 0% coverage to 100% coverage. I'm experienced in mocking tools to isolate components for testing, make tests deterministic, and remove the need for networking (who wants to run tests that rely on third party things).<p>Big on Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue. I've been a remote worker for about half a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision, and my remote work means my schedule is flexible for side projects. Set up to easily work with either US or UK entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com<p>Please do not contact trying to make me sign up for your freelancing marketplace. It's not hustle, it's spam and highly unethical.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:18:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24974988</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24974988</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24974988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2020)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, Scotland | REMOTE<p>Well versed in python and javascript, but capable in other languages as well (have deployed Java/Golang/C recently). I've recently been working in privacy/security, currently working on combating disinformation.<p>I've been big on python testing lately. I've implemented testing for large python projects at two companies now, bringing them from 0% coverage to 100% coverage. I'm experienced in mocking tools to isolate components for testing, make tests deterministic, and remove the need for networking (who wants to run tests that rely on third party things).<p>Big on Django but not restricted to that. Lots of experience with modern react/vue. I've been a remote worker for about half a decade now, so I had a track record of getting things done without direct supervision, and my remote work means my schedule is flexible for side projects. Set up to easily work with either US or UK entities.<p>contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:39:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24652158</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24652158</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24652158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Google’s robots.txt parser is now open source"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would much prefer a library such as this be done in C/C++ so it could be packaged up as a library that could be called from other languages. Pretty much every major language has some form of FFI to call out to C/C++ code. This way, you can get consistent behavior if you need to parse robots.txt in python vs ruby vs java vs etc.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:38:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20326425</link><dc:creator>shuzchen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20326425</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20326425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by shuzchen in "Spilld Email Server"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://pypi.org/project/vellum/" rel="nofollow">https://pypi.org/project/vellum/</a>
<a href="https://launchpad.net/vellum" rel="nofollow">https://launchpad.net/vellum</a></p>
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<p>You might be interested in <a href="https://github.com/zedshaw/lamson" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/zedshaw/lamson</a>
It's super old (died when python 2 was still the king) but probably more suited for making programmatic mail applications</p>
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<p>There is no one-size fits all, you should use the license that best suits the product you have, as well as the ecosystem in which you're releasing it. See the EFF's documentation on this:
<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html</a>
<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html</a></p>
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<p>Any chance there'll be some built-in support to perform collaborative filtering? Seems like a database of relations like this would be awesome for user-based collaborative filtering.</p>
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