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New comment by stirkac in "EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push"

stirkac — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:29:25 +0000

How can you define a tax loophole then? Since there isn't a thing you can do called a "Tax loophole", but rather a collection of otherwise totally legitimate practices, just used as an optimization, they are impossible to define, and as such, be scrutinized. It's a neverending whack-a-mole...

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

stirkac — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:56:01 +0000

Location: Slovenia, Europe

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: yes for onboarding period, offsites, etc., but ultimately I'm staying remote.

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React.js, Postgres, Heroku, Shopify app ecosystem, Sidekiq, with ~10 years of fullstack experience. Last 2 years in a principal role (still very much coding daily)

Résumé/CV: available on request, but Linkedin has all basics covered https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastjanstojnsek

Email: sebastjan[dot]stojnsek[at]gmail[dot]com

I'm a YC-company alumni. Primarily looking for a remote-first senior/lead role in Rails ecosystem, startup or well established. Worked on dozens of apps fully remote even before Covid. Last 2 years experience with running a standalone business unit - major Shopify app - at scale.

New comment by stirkac in "Show HN: Visual debugger for Rails system tests"

stirkac — Tue, 07 May 2024 20:11:41 +0000

wow, this is awesome, thanks for sharing!

New comment by stirkac in "Russian trolls tried to distract voters with music tweets in 2016"

stirkac — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:25:43 +0000

So, how is this different compared to a slap by one famous person that got reposted thousand times?

New comment by stirkac in "'People are dying': how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the US"

stirkac — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:01:19 +0000

I feel bad just reading this, we failed as civilisation so badly. Apart from short term help, I think these people need education - how could both growing up hungry, living in famine and having children at 13 seem like a good idea is beyond me.

New comment by stirkac in "Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019"

stirkac — Fri, 10 May 2019 13:13:47 +0000

This is why I would never invest too much into Smart Home. While my phone may be expected to last for a few years only, I don't want my house deprecated because of a takeover/bankruptcy of a company.

New comment by stirkac in "In Anarchic Corner of Copenhagen, Police and Dealers Play Cat and Mouse"

stirkac — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 06:17:51 +0000

Haha been there while working for Startup based in Copenhagen, that place is bonkers. Go if you have a chance!

New comment by stirkac in "SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compression ignition"

stirkac — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:18:26 +0000

Mazda is one of those companies just don't stop revolutionizing. First they got rotary to be actually usable. Now this.

New comment by stirkac in "Ask HN: Do you have examples of Facebook using your microphone for ads?"

stirkac — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 14:04:42 +0000

I talked to my friend about my tooth pain couple of days ago and I saw an ad for dentist yesterday. Can't have it appear again for the screenshot. Keep in mind I newer saw dentist ads before..

New comment by stirkac in "Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?"

stirkac — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:20:05 +0000

Ruby on Rails for one simple reason - it's still the fastest way to build small and mid-size web apps.