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New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)"

xando — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:26:48 +0000

We are seeking both a Senior Backend Engineer and a Senior FrontEnd Engineer. (Fullstack developers also welcome.)

About Eventplicity Eventplicity provides planning and logistics software that helps restaurants book private parties and special events. We're a startup with an exciting growth trajectory. This isn't restaurant reservations. We book private events that involve the planning and execution of many intricate details. We provide a modern web application that tackles the surprising number of complexities involved in planning private parties from start to finish. Every venue is different, every event is different, and every booking is different. Join our team and help us build the right set of abstractions and the modern interface that will wrangle these complexities into a smooth, easy-to-understand online booking experience.

Our Stack:

Front-End: Modern Javascript stack (ES 2015+ syntax, babel, webpack, jest, React, Redux, Socket.io, Bootstrap)

Back-End: Python, Flask, Small amount of Node.js & Go, Redis, PostgreSQL

DevOps: AWS, Docker, CircleCI, Git / Github

Development Culture

* We greatly value high quality code and strong technical acumen.

* Since we're a startup, we understand there are tradeoffs and there will be technical debt. We can't make everything perfect. While we greatly value high quality code, we know it's equally important to move fast and learn from our users in order to succeed.

* We prefer stable technologies, but we also want to use modern tools.

* We do not make artificial deadlines. We work hard to be productive, but it's never a push for an arbitrary date.

* There is no bureaucracy (our software team is small).

Got questions? Sounds interesting? Feel free to contact us at devjobs@eventplicity.com

New comment by xando in "Show HN: Hacker News job trends"

xando — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 13:32:25 +0000

HN's "Who is Hiring" jobs only filter https://whoishiring.io/search/36.6845/-92.8938/4?source=hn

New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2018)"

xando — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:10:14 +0000

SEEKING WORK | Software Developer | Poland Kraków remote/travel possible Remote: Yes

Technologies: Python (Django, Flask, Celery), Lua, JavaScript (React + MobX)

Email: in HN profile.

I'm a full-stack developer. I build things from the scratch to actually working. Sometimes I get those things to the front page of HN.

I'm a creator of http://whoishiring.io. I used to work on Google Art Project (https://googleartproject.com/) and HippyVM (RPython based PHP interpreter) while I write code I'm very oriented on a product side of things. I feel pretty comfortable with Python (Django, Flask, Celery) Javascript (React), Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL. Full CV available on o email.

Also if you are looking to build a search feature on the map or scrape tones of data from the Internet I'm probably the guy.

Rates: 60usd/h

New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2018)"

xando — Wed, 09 May 2018 18:03:41 +0000

SEEKING WORK | Software Developer | Poland Kraków remote/travel possible

Remote: Yes

Technologies: Python (Django, Flask, Celery), Lua, JavaScript (React + MobX)

Email: in HN profile.

I'm a full-stack developer. I build things from the scratch to actually working. Sometimes I get those things to the front page of HN.

I'm a creator of http://whoishiring.io, https://isdrop.com, I used to work Google Art Project and HippyVM (RPython based PHP interpreter) while I write code I'm very oriented on a product side of things. I feel pretty comfortable with Python (Django, Flask, Celery) Javascript (React), Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL. Full CV available on o email.

And if you are looking to build a search feature on the map or scrape tones of data from the Internet I'm probably the guy.

New comment by xando in "How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google's Mapping Dominance"

xando — Tue, 08 May 2018 16:24:02 +0000

Speaking from the perspective of someone who did some amount of web stuff with maps.

Mapbox feels really good. API, docs and rendering performance all of this is really good. Although it's not an obvious choice if you are starting fresh. I personally find the pricing impossible to digest. Probably sounds reasonable for well-founded startups from developed countries. If your doing a bootstrapped product and can't pay 500$ it's not for you.

Google Maps. the v3 it's here for a while. The API feels good, but not great, Stack Overflow is your documentation. Rendering performance is bad, rendering performance with (many) markers without some hacks is terrible, rendering performance on mobile is even worse. I'm trying to figure out what new the pricing means for me.

Leaflet and OpenStreetMap look like a better choice for all hobby projects and small product from now on.

New comment by xando in "Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?"

xando — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 13:40:52 +0000

I wasn't planning to go that broad, extending this outside IT would need serious research in HR mechanism for each of those categories. I'm not calming that that I know HR in IT but this project kind of evolved from my needs.

New comment by xando in "Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?"

xando — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 21:00:44 +0000

You can filter using the category filter. Link bellow is for design jobs.

https://whoishiring.io/search/39.4871/-110.8740/3?category=d...

Disclaimer: I wrote whoishiring.io, and I'm not doing too good job to present that other categories ar available (the filter is missing on the index page). But yes my main focus in the beginning were dev jobs.

New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)"

xando — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:57:44 +0000

Hey, a friendly reminder. I’m parsing the thread, all job offers added here are also available on the map on

https://whoishiring.io/

https://whoishiring.io/hn (just HN items)

There is a report button if I've mismatched something.

If you post here (and want to have your post on the map) please check this format (https://gist.github.com/xando/5c2ba312184ad0356335a87ec3a750...) it helps with parsing. If you won’t, no worries, I will do my best to get all the things right.

New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017)"

xando — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:30:39 +0000

Hey, a friendly reminder. I’m parsing the thread, all job offers added here are also available on the map on

https://whoishiring.io

https://whoishiring.io/search/36.0440/-90.8984/4?source=hn (just HN items)

If you post here, please use the below format to help me with parsing. If you won’t, no worries, I will do my best to get all the things right.

  1) {company} | {job title} | {location} | {attrs: ONSITE, REMOTE, INTERNS, VISA, SALARY, company-url}
  Google | Software Developer | SF | VISA https://google.com
  DuckDuckGo | Software Developer | Paoli PA | REMOTE, VISA, SALARY:100k-120k
  Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich | SALARY:120k CHF 
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | London | SALARY:120k GBP, VISA, REMOTE

  2) {company} | {job title} | {location}
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | Sydney
  Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich

I’m using this regex to test the first line, you can test it here https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3

  \s*(?P[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<locations>[^|]+?)\s*(?:\|\s*(?P<attrs>.+))?$
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Check bellow for the SALARY regex.<p><pre><code>  SALARY:(?P<salary_min>\d+(?:k|K)?)(?:\s*\-\s*(?P<salary_max>\d+(?:k|K)?)?)?(?:\s?(?P<currency>[A-Z]{3}))?
</code></pre>
you can test it as well <a href="https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/" rel="nofollow">https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/</a><p>Also there is a report button if I've mismatched something.</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:39:30 +0000</p>

<p>Despite the best efforts, sometimes jobs items might have wrong matches.<p>There is a report button though, I usually fix them in few moments if my keyboard is around.<p>Thanks!</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:00:30 +0000</p>

<p>Hey, a friendly reminder. I’m parsing the thread, all job offers added here are also available on the map on<p><a href="https://whoishiring.io" rel="nofollow">https://whoishiring.io</a><p><a href="https://whoishiring.io/search/36.0440/-90.8984/4?source=hn" rel="nofollow">https://whoishiring.io/search/36.0440/-90.8984/4?source=hn</a> (just HN items)<p>If you post here, please use the below format to help me with parsing. If you won’t, no worries, I will do my best to get all the things right.<p><pre><code>  1) {company} | {job title} | {location} | {attrs: ONSITE, REMOTE, INTERNS, VISA, SALARY, company-url}
  Google | Software Developer | SF | VISA https://google.com
  DuckDuckGo | Software Developer | Paoli PA | REMOTE, VISA, SALARY:100k-120k
  Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich | SALARY:120k CHF 
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | London | SALARY:120k GBP, VISA, REMOTE</code></pre>
or<p><pre><code>  2) {company} | {job title} | {location}
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | Sydney
  Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich</code></pre>
I’m using this regex to test the first line, you can test it here <a href="https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3" rel="nofollow">https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3</a><p><pre><code>  \s*(?P<company>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<title>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<locations>[^|]+?)\s*(?:\|\s*(?P<attrs>.+))?$</code></pre>
Check bellow for the SALARY regex.<p><pre><code>  SALARY:(?P<salary_min>\d+(?:k|K)?)(?:\s*\-\s*(?P<salary_max>\d+(?:k|K)?)?)?(?:\s?(?P<currency>[A-Z]{3}))?</code></pre>
and you can test it as well <a href="https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/" rel="nofollow">https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/</a></p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next"</h1>
<p>xando — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:43:15 +0000</p>

<p>Great idea go for it!<p>lanyrd.com is long dead without any good replacement. I'm not too sure why they keep the website up. What it does it only confuses people. I know that this probably out of their control right now. Eventbrite killed the really good website.<p>The service they had was solving real problem. Now you are solving real problem. Good luck!</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: What are some of the best job boards you have seen (any industry)?"</h1>
<p>xando — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:23:34 +0000</p>

<p>I'm surprised that no one here actually mentioned HN's "Who is Hiring" thread. I'm my personal option this one is most valuable place and good staring point if you are looking for a job.<p>Also it's happening right now go and check it 
-> Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14688684" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14688684</a></p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:01:30 +0000</p>

<p>Hey, a friendly reminder. I’m parsing the thread, all job offers added here are also available on the map on<p>- <a href="https://whoishiring.io" rel="nofollow">https://whoishiring.io</a>,<p>- or just HN items <a href="https://whoishiring.io/search/36.0440/-90.8984/4?source=hn" rel="nofollow">https://whoishiring.io/search/36.0440/-90.8984/4?source=hn</a><p>If you post here, please use the below format to help me with parsing. If you won’t, no worries, I will do my best to get all the things right.<p><pre><code>  1) {company} | {job title} | {locations} | {attrs: ONSITE, REMOTE, INTERNS, VISA, SALARY, company-url}
  Google | Software Developer | SF | VISA https://google.com
  DuckDuckGo | Software Developer | Paoli PA | REMOTE, VISA, SALARY:100k-120k
  Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich | SALARY:120k CHF 
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | London | SALARY:120k GBP, VISA, REMOTE
</code></pre>
or<p><pre><code>  2) {company} | {job title} | {location}
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | Sydney
  Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich
</code></pre>
I’m using this regex to test the first line, you can test it here <a href="https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3" rel="nofollow">https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3</a><p><pre><code>  \s*(?P<company>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<title>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<locations>[^|]+?)\s*(?:\|\s*(?P<attrs>.+))?$
</code></pre>
Check bellow for the SALARY regex.<p><pre><code>  SALARY:(?P<salary_min>\d+(?:k|K)?)(?:\s*\-\s*(?P<salary_max>\d+(?:k|K)?)?)?(?:\s?(?P<currency>[A-Z]{3}))?
</code></pre>
and you can test it as well <a href="https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/" rel="nofollow">https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/</a><p>---<p>There is a "REPORT" button in footer of job offers, please complain if I did something wrong.</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:36:13 +0000</p>

<p>I'm sorry, I can't right now, the script finished after first match. I also know that creating multiple entries for this scenario would be just ridiculous, and you shouldn't do it.<p>I will spend some time think about multiple location, but this probably will be limited only to those placed in the first line.<p>Thanks for the feedback.</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:28:54 +0000</p>

<p>Thanks. Every 20 minutes.</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:03:46 +0000</p>

<p>Hey, a friendly reminder. I’m parsing the thread, all job offers added here are also available on the map on
<a href="https://whoishiring.io" rel="nofollow">https://whoishiring.io</a> or just HN items <a href="https://whoishiring.io/search/36.0440/-90.8984/4?source=hn" rel="nofollow">https://whoishiring.io/search/36.0440/-90.8984/4?source=hn</a>
If you post here, please use the below format to help me with parsing. If you won’t, no worries, I will do my best to get all the things right.<p><pre><code>  1) {company} | {job title} | {locations} | {attrs: ONSITE, REMOTE, INTERNS, VISA, SALARY, company-url}
  Google | Software Developer | SF | VISA https://google.com
  DuckDuckGo | Software Developer | Paoli PA | REMOTE, VISA, SALARY:100k-120k
  Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich | SALARY:120k CHF 
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | London | SALARY:120k GBP, VISA, REMOTE</code></pre>
or<p><pre><code>  2) {company} | {job title} | {location}
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | Sydney
  Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich</code></pre>
I’m using this regex to test the first line, you can test it here <a href="https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3" rel="nofollow">https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3</a><p><pre><code>  \s*(?P<company>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<title>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<locations>[^|]+?)\s*(?:\|\s*(?P<attrs>.+))?$</code></pre>
Check bellow for the SALARY regex.<p><pre><code>  SALARY:(?P<salary_min>\d+(?:k|K)?)(?:\s*\-\s*(?P<salary_max>\d+(?:k|K)?)?)?(?:\s?(?P<currency>[A-Z]{3}))?</code></pre>
and you can test it as well <a href="https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/" rel="nofollow">https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/</a><p>There is the "report" button in footer of job offers, please complain if I did something wrong.</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Tue, 02 May 2017 13:12:28 +0000</p>

<p>Please send me console logs / screenshot. sebastian@whoishiring.io</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Tue, 02 May 2017 10:51:59 +0000</p>

<p>This sounds like a really good feature to have. I will try to build something to flag "broken" jobs.</p>

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<h1>New comment by xando in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)"</h1>
<p>xando — Tue, 02 May 2017 10:50:20 +0000</p>

<p>I think I get it. I didn't want to stretch HN formatting too much, but since this was raised before, looks like a real issue. My thoughs:<p>- We could extend the locations format to comma separated values. Although some people will use "London, UK" or "Philadelphia, PA" so comma doesn't look like a good idea.<p>- use ";" instead of ",' to separate values eg. " ... Lead Engineer | London, UK; Philadelphia, PA | ... "<p>Other ideas welcome.</p>

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