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Pinemelon.com | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Full-time | Onsite | Senior Backend Engineer

We’re Pinemelon.com, online grocery delivery company with our own 30,000 SF fulfillment centers and a car fleet with full-time drivers. Wide selection of 20,000 SKUs. Laser focus on high-quality natural organic products. 1-2 hour delivery with timeslots. 450+ employees. 5x YoY growth since the founding in 2018. We fulfill 1500+ big-bulk (20-30+ items) orders per day in 2 cities. We’re in early phase of our journey to become Starbucks/Apple of online groceries in 30+ mid-size cities in the US. Launching in Denver this year. Key principles: vertical integration, highest quality products at the best price, focus on product design, customer obsession, farmers market meets online grocery.

We build all the software in house: customer facing apps, warehouse & inventory management system, routing system, recommendation systems, etc. Tech stack: PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, JS, Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, git, nginx, redis, RabbitMQ, Phalcon, VueJS, CI/CD.

We’re experiencing hyper growth and have a long pipeline of exciting features to build next. Email me (arman [at] pinemelon [dot] com) if you want to chat.

"There is one though that I regret rejecting because it was an idea I'd always wanted to fund. I'd been looking for this company for years, and finally it showed up".

Out of curiosity: any guesses what this company might be?

HORA.AI | Gurgaon, India | Head of Engineering | Salary + equity | Full-time | Onsite | http://hora.ai/

We're building an Android application to provide credit & personal cash loans to 100M skilled blue collar workers in India. The massive problem we are solving: 79% of Indians do not have credit scores. Our founding team consists of 3 Princeton-educated successful serial entrepreneurs and ACM ICPC World Finalist. Our investors include Amit Singhal (former Global Head of Search at Google) and Yuvraj Singh (co-founder of DMI Finance, 850M AUM NBFC). Our main innovations lie in credit underwriting, shaping intent, and novel ways to do collections and distribution.

Head of Engineering is a hands-on role which involves writing backend code, leading the backend and Android teams, and work closely with founders as well as Head of Collections, Head of Credit and Head of Data Science. We have been working on the product for a year now and are ready to launch. Our tech stack is node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, Postgres, Python for data processing, AWS.

Say hi: arman@hora.ai

HORA.AI | Gurgaon, India | Data Scientist, Android Engineer | Salary + equity | Full-time | Onsite | http://hora.ai/

We're building an Android application to provide credit & personal cash loans to 100M skilled blue collar workers in India. Our founding team consists of 3 Princeton-educated serial entrepreneurs and ACM ICPC World Finalist. Our investors include Amit Singhal (former Global Head of Search at Google) and Yuvraj Singh (co-founder of DMI Finance, 850M AUM NBFC). Our main innovations lie in credit underwriting, shaping intent, and novel ways to do collections and distribution.

We're a team of 12 and are looking for high IQ generalists who want to be a part of unapologetically elite team and most importantly - make a massive impact with technology.

Say hi: arman@hora.ai

Hora | Gurgaon, India | Data Scientist, Android Engineer, Backend Engineer | Salary + equity | Full-time | Onsite | http://horafin.com/

Our founding team consists of 3 Princeton-educated serial entrepreneurs, ACM ICPC World Finalist and advised by legendary Amit Singhal, former Head of Search and Vice-President of Google. Hora is building the India's largest credit engine. The first iteration of our vision is to provide credit/loans to skilled blue collar workers in India. The problem we're solving is credit supply-demand gap as 79% of India has no access to credit. Our tech stack for API development is TypeScript / Node.js / GraphQL, and Python for data processing.

We're looking for high IQ generalists who want to be a part of unapologetically elite team and most importantly - make a massive impact with technology.

Say hi: arman@horafin.com

Hora | Gurgaon, India | Data Scientist, Android engineer, Full-stack Developer | Salary + equity | Full-time | Onsite | http://challenge.horafin.com/join-us/

Become employee #7 at India's next unicorn!

Hora is building the India's largest credit engine. The first iteration of our vision is to provide credit/loans to Indians without a credit score - that is 79% of India’s population. Lots of exciting massive technical opportunities in Machine Learning, Scalable Systems, Android OS, etc. Our tech stack for web development is TypeScript / Node.js / React / GraphQL, and Python / NumPy / Pandas for data processing. We're a funded startup with an office in Gurgaon.

The founding team consists of 3 Princeton University grads and advised by legends in worlds of technology and finance. The CEO graduated from Princeton University in Economics and Finance, where he was Co-President of Princeton Entrepreneurship Club. Before Hora, he founded one of the top education consulting companies in India. The CTO studied Computer Science at Princeton University, was a 2x ACM ICPC World Finalist, worked at a Y Combinator funded company in Silicon Valley, and before Hora started a successful product studio and a coding bootcamp.

Say hi: arman@horafin.com

Рождество құтты болсын! Merry Christmas from HN'ers of Kazakhstan!

Hora | Gurgaon, India | Android engineer, Full-stack engineer | Salary + equity | Full-time | Onsite | http://challenge.horafin.com/join-us/

Become employee #6 at India's next unicorn!

Hora is building the India's largest credit engine. The first iteration of our vision is to provide credit/loans to Indians without a credit score - that is 79% of India’s population. Lots of exciting massive technical opportunities in Machine Learning, Scalable Systems, Android OS, etc. Our tech stack for web development is TypeScript / Node.js / React / GraphQL, and Python / NumPy / Pandas for data processing. We're a funded startup with an office in Gurgaon.

The founding team consists of 3 Princeton University grads and advised by legends in worlds of technology and finance. The CEO graduated from Princeton University in Economics and Finance, where he was Co-President of Princeton Entrepreneurship Club. Before Hora, he founded one of the top education consulting companies in India. The CTO studied Computer Science at Princeton University, was a 2x ACM ICPC World Finalist, worked at a Y Combinator funded company in Silicon Valley, and before Hora started a successful product studio and a coding bootcamp.

Say hi: arman@horafin.com

HORA | Gurgaon, India | Android engineer, Full-stack engineer | Salary + equity | Full-time | Onsite | http://challenge.horafin.com/

Become employee #4 at India's next unicorn!

Hora is building the India's largest credit engine. The first iteration of our vision is to provide credit/loans to Indians without a credit score - that is 79% of India’s population. Lots of exciting massive technical opportunities in Machine Learning, Scalable Systems, Android OS, etc. Our tech stack for web development is TypeScript / Node.js / React / GraphQL, and Python / NumPy / Pandas for data processing. We're a funded startup with an office in Gurgaon.

The founding team consists of 3 Princeton University grads and advised by legends in worlds of technology and finance. The CEO graduated from Princeton University in Economics and Finance, where he was Co-President of Princeton Entrepreneurship Club. Before Hora, he founded one of the top education consulting companies in India. The CTO studied Computer Science at Princeton University, was a 2x ACM ICPC World Finalist, worked at a Y Combinator funded company in Silicon Valley, and before Hora started a successful product studio and a coding bootcamp.

Say hi: arman@horafin.com

HORA | Gurgaon, India | Android engineer, Full-stack engineer | Salary + equity | Full-time | Onsite | http://challenge.horafin.com/

Hora is building the India's largest credit engine. The first iteration of our vision is to provide credit/loans to Indians without a credit score - that is 79% of India’s population. Lots of exciting massive technical opportunities in Machine Learning, Scalable Systems, Android OS, etc. Our tech stack for web development is TypeScript / Node.js / React / GraphQL, and Python / NumPy / Pandas for data processing. We're a funded startup with an office in Gurgaon.

The founding team consists of 3 Princeton University grads and advised by legends in worlds of technology and finance. The CEO graduated from Princeton University in Economics and Finance, where he was Co-President of Princeton Entrepreneurship Club. Before Hora, he founded one of the top education consulting companies in India. The CTO studied Computer Science at Princeton University, was a 2x ACM ICPC World Finalist, worked at a Y Combinator funded company in Silicon Valley, and before Hora started a successful product studio and a coding bootcamp.

Say hi: arman@horafin.com

Was it commissioned by Facebook :D?

Remembering John Nash

It was an afternoon of Monday, May 9 2011 (the so-called ‘Victory Day’ in post-Soviet Union countries - that’s how I remember). For the previous 2 weeks, I was busy working on my final project for the Information Retrieval course - Natural Language Processing project which aimed to teach Japanese grammar with example sentences. The Spring semester was about to end, and I was struggling with my New Jersey pollen allergies while having a lunch with a friend at the Frist Campus Center.

We were sitting at the table right next to the tray return conveyors, so when I spotted a familiar figure returning his tray, I decided to approach him. That was indeed Prof. Nash. The topic for the conversation was not hard to find, as just a couple of days before on the Kazakh news sites, I saw that he was one of 6 Nobel Laureates who attended the annual Astana Economic Forum in my hometown. Apparently, he just got back from the forum past Friday. We talked about his meeting with the Prime Minister, the fact that the meeting with the President was cancelled on the last minute. He said it was his first time in Kazakhstan and his second time in the former Soviet Union country (he's been to Saint Petersburg a couple of times) and one thing that surprised him was the fact that all the signs in the Central Asian country were in Cyrillic (not Chinese). We chatted for about 5-10 minutes. I guess, that’s how you blow an opportunity to talk mathematics with the legendary mathematician.

Next year in May 2012 he attended the Astana Economic Forum once again. It just so happened that he flew back on the same Lufthansa Astana -> Frankfurt flight with my family who were traveling to the US for my graduation. My mom told me how over the course of the flight a few times on his way back from the restroom he stopped by my younger brother Nurym and in complete silence watched him time his 4x4x4 Rubik’s cube solves.

One year later in May 2013 while browsing the shelves of The Labyrinth Bookstore in downtown Princeton I stumbled upon the book “The Essential John Nash” which with plain and informal style attempts to explain the Nash’s diverse contributions to game theory as well as pure mathematics. It was so good that I finished one chapter right at the store and took the book home.

The world lost a beautiful mind. Rest in peace, Prof. Nash. The Phantom of Fine Hall.

The quote I'm adding to my Evernote:

"It seems to me that beliefs about the future are so rarely correct that they usually aren't worth the extra rigidity they impose, and that the best strategy is simply to be aggressively open-minded. Instead of trying to point yourself in the right direction, admit you have no idea what the right direction is, and try instead to be super sensitive to the winds of change".

Made me think (as most of the lessons coincide) about the book I'm reading at the moment - 'Money: Master the Game' by Tony Robbins: http://moneymasterthegame.com/

Having worked with both ADM and CLRS, I still find 'Algorithms' by Robert Sedgewick & Kevin Wayne superior to both of them. Especially for beginners.

Thanks to motivated examples, actual implementations of the algorithms presented, detailed illustrations, cool experiments and intuitive mathematical analysis I felt I was growing after every page. I think, a human being is inductive - it’s easier to comprehend new material if first presented with examples and the practical side, with the theory and generalizations developed afterwards. Unfortunately, many books and courses teach things the other way around.

Being Beethoven [0] is another habit building iOS app. The idea is that you adopt daily habits and rituals from the most effective and creative people in the world. At the moment they have Richard Feynman, Lev Landau, Elon Musk, Bruce Lee, Bill Gates, etc.

[0] https://itunes.apple.com/app/being-beethoven-adopt-daily/id9....

Chamath Palihapitiya (who led the user growth at Facebook and currently the VC at The Social+Capital Partnership) at ThisWeekIn Startups. Very insightful! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHslS0QPMSc

I'm posting an inspiring quote from the masters who changed the world at Instagram.com/BeTheCrazyOnes and doing that daily following the Seinfeld's 'don't break the chain' method: one rare black & white picture + quote first thing in the morning, one picture + quote last thing at night.

http://imgur.com/TqTCMmh

I have this hard-to-break habit of watching at least one startup/entrepreneurship/creativity video before going to bed at night, so I hope I'm somewhat qualified to answer this question. My personal favorites from the channels I'm currently subscribed to are (sorted by preference; in descending order):

- https://www.youtube.com/user/EverySteveJobsVideo - All the Steve Jobs videos in one channel

- https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium - Veritasium: an element of truth

- https://www.youtube.com/user/webofstories - Stories from Donald Knuth, Benoit Mandelbrot, Marvin Minsky

- https://www.youtube.com/user/PandoDaily - the fireside chats with Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Fred Wilson, Brian Chesky, John Doerr, Tony Hsieh are especially recommended

- http://www.youtube.com/user/ThisWeekIn - my favorite episodes are those with Naval Ravikant, Phil Libin, David H. Hansson, Chris Sacca, Chamath Palihapitiya and Eric Ries

- http://www.youtube.com/user/ecorner - Look for the talk by Phil Libin

- https://www.youtube.com/user/bigthink - Larry Wall and DHH

- http://www.youtube.com/user/kevinrose - Ignoring the raccoon toss video :D

- http://www.youtube.com/user/AtGoogleTalks - Look for a converstaion with Garry Kasparov

- http://www.youtube.com/user/KasparovCom - Into the night with Garry Kasparov and Peter Thiel

- https://www.youtube.com/user/techcrunch - Don’t laugh, but I love watching TC Cribs.

- http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeleyHaas - Look for Guy Kawasaki!

- http://www.youtube.com/user/masterlock77 - Trial by Fire: Yabusame

- http://www.youtube.com/user/leweb - Look for Gary Vee!

- http://www.youtube.com/user/StartupGrind - Check out the fireside chat with Vinod Khosla.

- http://www.youtube.com/user/atotaldisruption - Justin Kan!

- http://www.youtube.com/user/500startups/ - Marc Andreessen & Dave McClure!

- https://www.youtube.com/user/building43 - ‘small teams BIG IMPACT' by Robert Scoble

- https://www.youtube.com/user/stanfordbusiness - Look for the fireside chats with Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen

- https://www.youtube.com/user/princetonstartuptv - Princeton Startup TV

Truly the next chapter of Andreessen's “Why Software Is Eating the World"!

"If you're not embarrassed by your first version, you launched too late". "Worse is better".

I actually submitted this as 'Ask HN' and provided link only for a reference (and motivation for my decision to seek feedback), not sure why the 'Ask HN' part wasn't published. Never had any intentions to promote bloomberg.com.

Is the 'awesomeness' control across all the drivers the top operational challenge?

What are other obstacles for smartphone powered peer-to-peer ridesharing in the former Soviet Union republic?

Flipboard doesn't work for me as it shows links from twitter.com/hnycombinator and doesn't keep the original order (sorted by <# of points/exp^time since submission>).

That's awesome. Thank you! Will strive to be more sleep-hygienic.

By the way, here is my response to this post. 'Work like heaven': http://nowaternomoon.com/post/60922903254/work-like-heaven

Don't you think the world's best distance runners from Kenya and Ethiopia do deserve a special intro at public meetings? Aren't genetic endowments and natural advantages an equivalent of 'throwing eight heads in a row': http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2013/09/09/130...?

It's reasonable for Elon to say things like that as he truly found his life's work. As Steve Jobs once said, "You have to have a lot of passion for what you do because if you don't, any rational person would give up". Those of us who were not hard-working <strike>less fortunate</strike> enough to find IT, have to resort to more reasonable '4-hour workweeks'.

It's a team effort, no doubt. But how do they introduce Linus Torvalds, Kevin Systrom or David H. Hansson? 'The man who created Linux', 'the creator of Instagram', DHH introduces himself as 'the creator of Ruby on Rails'. Obviously, singlehandedly they haven't created what we understand by those products, they started them and were principal forces, but haven't CREATED them. This simplification (the proxy of the reality) is the accepted norm in respectful introductions. My statement about Chamath was merely that.