Hacker News: yitchelle

New comment by yitchelle in "OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1"

yitchelle — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:13:17 +0000

While not exactly the same, there is also https://www.freeciv.org/

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

yitchelle — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:14:20 +0000

  Location: Cologne, Germany

  Remote: Yes, Hybrid in NRW and onsite around Cologne

  Willing to relocate:No

  Technologies: embeeded systems, C, assembler, Functional safety, Automotive, Robotics, Avonics, MedTech

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

  Email: tehn.yit.chin@gmail.com

  Roles: Engineering Manager, Team Leader, Head of Department, Project Manager, Product Manager

  About me:

20+ years leading cross-functional teams delivering safety-critical embedded control systems (automotive, industrial automation, advanced embedded). Expert in ASPICE/ISO 26262/Functional Safety with proven ability to translate engineering rigour into regulatory compliance (TÜV, certification audits). Fluent navigating technical complexity, regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations. Track record stabilising complex programmes, building high-performing teams, and embedding quality and safety at source. Targeting leadership roles in robotics and avionics where safety-critical control systems, requirements engineering and regulatory discipline are essential.

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

yitchelle — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:09:32 +0000

  Location: Germany and Europe
  Remote: Yes or Hybrid if near Cologne
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: C, Assembly, Rust, Embedded Systems, Automotive, Functional Safety, ISO26262, IEC61508, ARM, Aurix Tricore, AutoSAR, FreeRTOS, ASPICE, CMMI IPMA Level C project Manager
  Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tehnyitchin/
  Email: tehn.yit.chin@gmail.com

- I am a experienced engineering leader with a deep focus on embedded systems (automotive, robotics, PLC, consumer electronics etc). - Strong track record in project governance and execution: roadmap definition, scope/time/budget trade-offs, risk and stakeholder management, and turning underperforming programs back to schedule and quality targets.

- available on short notice.

- I am seeking roles as technical team leader, a technical project manager, engineering manager.

New comment by yitchelle in "Ask HN: Hacker Houses in Europe"

yitchelle — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:41:38 +0000

Of course, there is https://koeln.ccc.de/ in Cologne.

New comment by yitchelle in "Repairable Flatpack Toaster"

yitchelle — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:45:00 +0000

While not discrediting your observation, what would be an example that could be investigated by a small team?

I was thinking about an electronic toothbrush, or a kettle?

New comment by yitchelle in "European word translator: an interactive map"

yitchelle — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:50:18 +0000

I typed in "nazi". Only UK has the word appear over it.

New comment by yitchelle in "Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corporate"

yitchelle — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:46:13 +0000

Based on previous discussions during a review with higher ups, there need to be some options as to how the week numbers are counted. Can you action that by KW10.3 and report back. I will create a JIRA ticket for tracking. Many thanks for your support.

New comment by yitchelle in "One year of using an Apple Watch Ultra as a phone replacement"

yitchelle — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:08:46 +0000

Does anyone know if there is a Car Play option / workaround available from the Apple Watch? I have not been able to find an alternative.

New comment by yitchelle in "One year of using an Apple Watch Ultra as a phone replacement"

yitchelle — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:07:54 +0000

And you can play game of snake while you are idling... :-)

New comment by yitchelle in "Windows 98 Icons (2015)"

yitchelle — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:14:51 +0000

When I was younger, a senior told me that If all you have is a hammer to solve the problem, all problems will start to look like a nail.

New comment by yitchelle in "A star system 3,000 light-years away is predicted to become visible soon"

yitchelle — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:52:31 +0000

Surely these are occurring very frequently as there are trillions of stars out there. I imagine that space is so vast that the vastness makes these events difficult to observe. Am I wrong with this thought?

After five years I discovered why my network goes down (2020)

yitchelle — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:36:38 +0000

Article URL: https://community.wd.com/t/after-five-years-i-finally-discovered-why-my-network-goes-down/245823

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39744289

Points: 27

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New comment by yitchelle in "Ask HN: What's the best way to exit tech?"

yitchelle — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:36:32 +0000

A trend among my older colleagues was to teach at high schools in science and maths subjects. They seem to enjoy it very much.

New comment by yitchelle in "McDonald's customers unable to order after systems outage"

yitchelle — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:59:12 +0000

I am going to use this as an example for not doing a software release on a Friday.

New comment by yitchelle in "Giant sequoias are a rapidly growing feature of the UK landscape"

yitchelle — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:23:57 +0000

I noticed that redwoodworld.co.uk had saplings for sale. Very intriguing.

New comment by yitchelle in "Xonsh: Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell"

yitchelle — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:27:47 +0000

This bring back memory of my younger self playing with the BASIC Interpreter cartridge in my old Atari 800.

With this setup, you can...

* create a BASIC program right at the command prompt

* execute instructions to read and write to mass storage.

* debug your BASIC program at the command prompt

* direct access to memory addresses via peek and poke commands

New comment by yitchelle in "Show HN: Atopile – Design circuit boards with code"

yitchelle — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:07:35 +0000

Designing circuit boards is not than describing a collection of electronic components and how each component's pins are connected together.

For circuit board design we are missing * PCB layer management

* copper dimensioning

* track management

* Design rules management

* many others....

At best, I would describe this tool as a vim for schematic capture in its current iteration.

One question to the founders, what are the real pain points for you that atopile are relieving?

Ask HN: Tech Conferences for 2024

yitchelle — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 07:06:16 +0000

Happy Friday.

The pandemic has mostly left the mindset of the population and travel is almost back to pre-pandemic days, I want to looking at tech conferences that will be on in 2024 to visit, and maybe, to participate.

Since I am in a team leader role, I am interested in engineering leadership tech conferences.

So far I have come across LeadDev (https://leaddev.com/) which targets engineering leadership. But not much else.

Do you know of the conferences that might be worth considering?

Many thanks for your hints.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39225933

Points: 1

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New comment by yitchelle in "Ask HN: Any good Silicon Valley Photo coffee table books?"

yitchelle — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:30:12 +0000

I got a X-T1 about 6 months ago from eBay for around 250€. It does a wonderful job of films simulation. Still very surprised that a 10year old camera can take such wonderful pictures.

Vehicle Routing Problem

yitchelle — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:31:52 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_routing_problem

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39189341

Points: 4

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