https://github.com/thecolorblue/coach-loop

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: react, typescript, python, postgresql, AWS, GCP, LLM agents

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pGfDBQkmiCBsoDr0_nInqw6S...

Email: brad.bdavis1@gmail.com

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: react, typescript, python, postgresql, AWS, GCP, LLM agents

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pGfDBQkmiCBsoDr0_nInqw6S...

Email: brad.bdavis1@gmail.com

I have been testing it with my two daughters and they make it very clear when its to painful to be useful.

The other thing that worked for me was talking to experts, in my case reading specialists.

Reading practice and assessments for k-12 students, with reporting and tracking for parents, tutors, and teachers. It uses speech to text and quizzes to assess the students reading ability. It picks up skipped words, substituted words, along with metrics on speed and pauses.

I have been testing it with my 2 daughters and its finally at a spot where I don't have to drag them to test it against their will and they are showing improvement. I am working on the marketing now. I have gotten some interest from private tutors but I have a feeling it will be great for the homeschooling community.

Thanks for any feedback! Please leave first reactions as the marketing page is what I am iterating on right now. Don't hold back!

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JS, typescript, next.js, react.js, python, pandas, SQLAlchemy, Fast API, SQL, AWS, GCP

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uuq8KB2uVcMB0l5zJR-8Nruc...

Email: brad.bdavis1@gmail.com

13 years of experience with javascript, 6 with typescript and python. I'm currently working on launching a react native app. I have experience in e-commerce, SaaS, and biotech.

One of the things I consistently used chatGPT for is creating bedtime stories for my two daughters. They were never very long, but we could customize them and ask for edits. It was a fun activity we could do laying down before bed.

Fast forward to just about a year ago when an administrator at my daughter's school reached out about AI. We had a meeting where we talked about the basics but I really had no idea how AI would work in K-12 education. There were a couple apps that they use, which were fine, but I felt like they did not take advantage of the technology. At the same time, I was not qualified to give them advice.

So I started building little apps here and there. I would test them with my daughters. Usually they would get bored or it would feel to much like homework. Sometime this summer I focused on generating engaging stories and came up with a workflow for generating choose your own adventure stories. After a couple iterations, I got to where the app is now: turn any story into a choose your own adventure.

I have loaded a couple public domain stories to start with. The idea is pretty simple: pick a story, you will see the first page and at the bottom you will see a link to the original story the author wrote and three generated pages. Once you pick a generated page, you will only see generated options (and you will probably see the options take ~10 seconds to load). You can also click the refresh button which will replace that page with a new generated one.

The generated pages are never as good as the originals, but it does make it more fun. Going back and trying different paths creates endless amounts of content. I think the bigger opportunity is to customize the stories to the students reading level and language abilities. I did a couple tests with bi-lingual story generation, and generating from a strict lexile reading level; both showed some promise.

I know it does not technically need a user to log in, but I am a little worried about story generation getting out of hand from bots. If anyone has any ideas for preventing a search engine bot from clicking every link on a page that generates new content, I would be happy to find an alternative. Maybe you have to log in to generate new content but the already generated content is public? Let me know what you think.

Thanks for taking a look.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45759960

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Remote: Open to remote, hybrid, and in-person

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript (13 yrs), TypeScript (6 yrs), Python (6 yrs), React.js, Redux.js, Saga.js, Babylon.js, Webpack, SCSS, AWS (S3, ALB, EC2, Batch, Lambda, RDS), Snowflake, SQL, REST APIs, SVG.js, Git

Résumé/CV: [Resume](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uuq8KB2uVcMB0l5zJR-8Nruc...)

Email: brad.bdavis1@gmail.com

I’m Brad Davis, a senior software engineer and product-focused developer with over a decade of experience building scalable applications, data pipelines, and AI-driven tools. At Ginkgo Bioworks, I led the development of a 5.6 TB genomic and metadata data lake supporting 120+ researchers, integrating AWS and Snowflake to streamline scientific workflows. My work has spanned creating React.js applications for lab teams, implementing machine learning pipelines, and optimizing developer workflows with AI-assisted code generation.

I’ve contributed to open-source AI projects such as RooCode and built my own educational platform, [Snow Day](https://github.com/thecolorblue/snow_day), which generates vocabulary quizzes using LLMs. My career has included both engineering and product management roles, giving me a unique ability to bridge technical and business requirements. I enjoy designing systems that make data more accessible, applications more intuitive, and teams more effective.

  Location: Cleveland, Ohio, US
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Typescript, Python, Postgres, LLMs, computer vision, bioinformatics, ecommerce, SaaS
  Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uuq8KB2uVcMB0l5zJR-8Nruca_OgRQpIkVX1Dv-p9s4/edit?usp=sharing
  Email: brad.bdavis1@gmail.com

If you have 32gb of memory you are not using, it is worth running for small tasks. Otherwise, I would stick with a cloud hosted model.

Ginkgo Bioworks, IPO Date: Sept. 2021, EBITDA: -$325m Rivian, IPO Date: Nov. 2021, EBITDA: -$455m

Beyond Meat has seen less growth than their some of these examples, but my conclusion is still the same: it would have been better for them to find their footing as a private company, then use the IPO money to expand, rather than to pour the IPO money into R&D. Publicly trading stock causes more overhead and restricts the companies ability to pivot. Investors, founders, and employees are able to cash out before the real value has been created. The money generated does not guarantee longer term success or better long term investments as much as they thought it would.

I am still bullish on many of these companies but if I were to get in my time machine back to 2019, I would have avoided investing.

  Location: Cleveland, Ohio
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: React, Typescript, Python, AWS, Postgresql, LLM apps, image segmentation / ML, datalakes
  Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uuq8KB2uVcMB0l5zJR-8Nruca_OgRQpIkVX1Dv-p9s4/edit?usp=sharing
  Email: brad.bdavis1@gmail.com

I am interested in applying LLMs and ML to applications to improve the user experience and integrating them into the software development lifecycle. I also get obsessed with company OKRs/KPIs and metrics for tracking success.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42629850

Points: 11

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