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Apologies for my terrible title... I have edited it now. I appreciate the feedback!
I was originally going to call it something about being named as a finalist for the TIGA Games Industry Awards, but I didn't feel that did justice to all of the other things that happened in the six months since launch.
I've been following this game's development for several months now, and it is truly a labour of love. It was released last weekend after 7+ years of development (a quarter of the developer's life) and it is INCREDIBLE. I've always enjoyed bug fixing and the way that he has taken that process and turned it into gameplay is fantastic. It is also stunningly beautiful, mixing pixel art with modern graphics in a wonderful way.
Utterly unique.
Oops! No idea what happened there... Was meant to link to this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWGaj6E08ks) but have resubmitted now (I can't see how to delete a submission?)
I work in a fully remote team and our daily standups are one of the highlights of the day as we get some actual "face to face" time rather than just the usual Slack chat. I think it's probably a bit reductionist to use a headline like "Standups are pointless" rather than just "I've personally not found them helpful".
Personally, this has not been my experience of the Firebase team actually - for me they have always gone out of their way to help find solutions and give all kinds of advice.
Good work Jonny :-) I'm proud of you!
Hubbub.co.uk | London (Old Street) | Full-Time Onsite
Hubbub.co.uk lets people do their online grocery shopping with London's best small food shops, providing an aggregated basket from amazing butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers, coffee roasters and more.
We're looking for a full-stack developer who is comfortable running a Ruby on Rails system deployed on AWS (ELB, EC2 etc) as a key part of a passionate but small team.
We can offer amazing food (including a year's supply of free bacon!), bundles of charm and a huge variety of challenges (customer site, shop packing tools, driver apps, route planning systems, to name but a few).
For instructions on how to apply, go to https://www.hubbub.co.uk/developer-applications
Hubbub.co.uk | London | Full stack developer | Full time, on site or remote
Hubbub.co.uk lets you shop online with local independent shops - the best butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers, cheesemongers - all with the convenience of a supermarket such as one-hour delivery slots.
We're looking for somebody who enjoys doing a bit of everything to take over responsibility for our tech platform (largely Ruby on Rails deployed on AWS) with potential for hiring a few more devs down the line.
For instructions on how to apply go to http://developers.hubbub.co.uk
Hubbub.co.uk | London | full-time
Hubbub.co.uk is a delivery service on a mission to save the high street. We use our custom-built tech platform plus plenty of elbow grease and charm to help brilliant local independent shops compete with the supermarkets by letting consumers shop online and doing an aggregated basket.
The co-CEO is William Reeve, one of the co-founders of LOVEFiLM, and we're backed by all sorts of experienced investors including Octopus Ventures.
You can see our Senior Developer role at https://www.hubbub.co.uk/about_us/jobs/senior-developer-core... but we are also hiring at all levels.
Hubbub.co.uk | Backend developer | London, UK (ONSITE)
Hubbub lets people do their online grocery shopping with small independent shops with all the convenience of the supermarket. You can get amazing meat from the best London butchers alongside fish fresh from Billingsgate that morning, veg from your greengrocer and freshly baked bread from places like E5 Bakehouse.
We're growing our team and looking to hire another backend developer. Apply at http://developers.hubbub.co.uk/
Hubbub.co.uk - London, on site
Front-end and backend developers in a super foodie environment. Particularly looking for a front end dev who really understands client side performance.
Hubbub.co.uk - London - Full time / on site We're looking for an additional front end and back end developer to join our growing team, delivering the best local independent shops to people's doors. Hubbub is backed by various investors including Octopus Ventures, and the co-CEO is William Reeve, an incredibly experienced UK tech entrepreneur (LOVEFiLM, Graze, Secret Escapes, etc). Check out our new website https://beta.hubbub.co.uk or details of how to apply can be found at http://developers.hubbub.co.uk
Hubbub.co.uk, London
Hubbub is looking for front-end developers to help save the high street by letting independent food shops compete with the supermarkets.
We're giving a year's supply of free bacon to successful candidates. If you love food, we're right up your street.
Full details at http://developers.hubbub.co.uk/
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Hubbub.co.uk - London
Hubbub is on a mission to save independent food shops, letting people buy from their local high street shops with the same convenience as an online supermarket. We're just in the midst of closing a round of investment from a leading London VC and numerous angels, including people behind Graze, LOVEFiLM, Secret Escapes and Zoopla, and hiring some talented developers is one of our first priorities.
Hubbub is hiring for UX and core platform developers, and offering a year's supply of free bacon (or equivalent) to successful candidates. We use Ruby on Rails for our main platform but also have mobile apps and use all sorts of different technologies.
For more details and how to apply: http://developers.hubbub.co.uk/
I love that Google Translate converts this to "Do It For Ireland"
I'm still not sure I'm entirely clear what about this story is "amazingly unlikely"?
What about "soft skills" like being able to manage their time well and relate to clients / customers in a productive manner?
In a small startup there's not always room for middle-management - we report directly to the CEO
Hubbub - London or surroundings - Full time
Hubbub is saving independent food shops by letting people order online when they can't get to the shops themselves. We mask the complexity of ordering from lots of separate shops and allow customers to place a single order online and receive all their weekly shopping in one go. It's good for the shops because it lets them reach a wider audience, and it's good for our busy customers because it allows them to support their local community.
We're looking for two developers, who will double the size of our current team, to work on our Rails based website and supporting applications. Ruby experience is a plus, but we're very happy to take on people without direct experience if they know how to learn - our second developer hadn't written any Ruby before starting with us. More details, including how to apply, are at http://developers.hubbub.co.uk/
Maybe. In my experience they tend to know where they want to work and apply directly.
Hubbub - London or surroundings - Full time
Hubbub is saving independent food shops by letting people order online when they can't get to the shops themselves. We mask the complexity of ordering from lots of separate shops and allow customers to place a single order online and receive all their weekly shopping in one go. It's good for the shops because it lets them reach a wider audience, and it's good for our busy customers because it allows them to support their local community.
We're looking for two developers, who will double the size of our current team, to work on our Rails based website and supporting applications. Ruby experience is a plus, but we're very happy to take on people without direct experience if they know how to learn - our second developer hadn't written any Ruby before starting with us. More details, including how to apply, are at http://developers.hubbub.co.uk/
I should probably offer a little clarification on the "London or Remote" comment at the top: while we can accommodate a degree of remote and flexi working, the nature of the job and the company would require regular face to face contact
The http://hnhiring.me/ site makes the whole thing a lot more useful
Hubbub - London or Remote - Full time
Hubbub is saving independent food shops by letting people order online when they can't get to the shops themselves. We mask the complexity of ordering from lots of separate shops and allow customers to place a single order online and receive all their weekly shopping in one go. It's good for the shops because it lets them reach a wider audience, and it's good for our busy customers because it allows them to support their local community.
We're looking for two developers, who will double the size of our current team, to work on our Rails based website and supporting applications. Ruby experience is a plus, but we're very happy to take on people without direct experience if they know how to learn - our second developer hadn't written any Ruby before starting with us.
More details, including how to apply, are at http://developers.hubbub.co.uk/
I don't think they're suggesting that the internet will shut off, just that the overhead of them having to respond to takedown demands etc will be more than their 11 employees are able to deal with in a standard working week on top of their existing workload, meaning it will cease to be financially viable.
I don't believe in Zeus because Zeus doesn't have a falsifiable historical event like the resurrection of Jesus to back up his existence.
It might be enough to make you go on searching for the proof
Out of interest, what would be wrong with God doing that, other than the fact that it would be really annoying?
I probably wasn't as clear as I could have been that I was meaning "organised" religion there as opposed to general belief in God. So it was more a point about embracing somebody else's entire set of beliefs ("becoming a Christian"?), rather than arriving at my own personal set of beliefs in God that I've worked out for myself based on my observation of the world.