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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025) 1 year ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA | Michigan (USA)
  Remote: Yes (remote, hybrid, or on-site)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: python, django, postgres, react, typescript, javascript, vue, kubernetes/k8s, ruby, rails, php, laravel, gis
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Senior Software Engineer w/ 8+ years at startups. Generalist fullstack in web, backend/devops > frontend.

Roles held: product, growth, security, QA, mentor, tech lead. Also a hobbyist game dev w/ associated skill sets.

Soft skills: gregarious, business-oriented, technical liaison

Open to all work.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025) 1 year ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA | Michigan (USA)
  Remote: Yes (remote, hybrid, or on-site)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: python, django, postgres, react, typescript, javascript, vue, kubernetes/k8s, ruby, rails, php, laravel, gis
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: hn@desmondw.com

Senior Software Engineer w/ 8+ years at startups. Generalist fullstack in web, backend/devops > frontend.

Roles held: product, growth, security, QA, mentor, tech lead. Also a hobbyist game dev w/ associated skill sets.

Soft skills: gregarious, business-oriented, technical liaison

Open to all work.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025) 1 year ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (remote, hybrid, or on-site)
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: python, django, react, typescript, ...many startup web stacks
  Résumé/CV: see below
  Email: see below
  Cell: 0xA0B028E5

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025) 1 year ago

Does fractal here imply complex or simple? (they're visually complex but mathematically simple)

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025) 1 year ago

It's definitely inferable contact info

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2025) 2 years ago

  Location: San Francisco
  Remote: Hybrid or in-person
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: brainfuck
  Résumé/CV: see domain below
  Email: --[----->+<]>--.+.[--->+<]>----.------.++.-.----------.+[--->+<]>.---[++>---<]>.--[--->+<]>-.++++++++++++.--.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2024) 2 years ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA | Michigan (USA)
  Remote: Yes (remote, hybrid, or on-site)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: python, django, postgres, react, typescript, javascript, vue, kubernetes/k8s, ruby, rails, php, laravel, gis
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: hn@desmondw.com

Senior Software Engineer w/ 8+ years at startups. Generalist fullstack in web, backend/devops > frontend.

Roles held: product, growth, security, QA, mentor, tech lead. Also, hobbyist game dev w/ associated skill sets.

Soft skills: gregarious, business-oriented, technical liaison

Open to all work.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2023) 3 years ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes - remote, hybrid, or on-site
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Python, Django, Rust, Kubernetes/k8s, Vue, Ruby, Rails, PHP, Laravel, Symfony etc.
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Web engineer w/ 8 years at startup companies. Generalist, frontend, backend, full-stack, growth, security, QA, mentor, technical communicator are all roles I've had and I'm open to those and more.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmondweindorf/

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2023) 3 years ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (or in SF)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Javacript/JS, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP, Kubernetes/k8s, React, Vue, Django, Rails, and more
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Web engineer w/ 8 years at startup companies. Open to Backend, Full-stack, Frontend, and similar roles.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023) 3 years ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (or in SF)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Javacript/JS, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP, Kubernetes/k8s, React, Vue, Django, Rails, and more
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Web engineer w/ 8 years at startup companies. Open to Backend, Full-stack, Frontend, etc

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2023) 3 years ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Javacript/JS, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP, Kubernetes/k8s, React, Vue, Django, Rails
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Full-stack engineer w/ 8 years at startup companies. Frontend/backend roles OK.

BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4 3 years ago

Companies can't stay afloat by just buying from each other.

After an initial injection of capital, yes they can.

BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4 3 years ago

if you stay on the cutting edge and get good at using all kinds of tools with max productivity

For people with eternal youthful energy, good health, no family, and a single-mindedness toward work in life.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2023) 3 years ago

  Location: San Francisco
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Javascript, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP, and more
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Backend / full-stack engineer w/ 8 years of experience at startups. Open to work in SF or remote.

Ask HN: Boring but important tech no one is working on? 4 years ago

FYI if your doors make other noises when they open it could be the paint on the inside edge sticking against the frame. In that case, apply paraffin wax to prevent a seal.

Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? 4 years ago

There's a lot of 4x games that factor in unrest / rebellion uprisings as something you have to manage.

I want a 4x game where you play from the side of the unrest / rebellions.

Patrick's Parabox 4 years ago

Is there a mechanic I'm missing here? It just looks like sokoban with recursive visuals.

EDIT: Apparently when you exit the side of the level with your character, they appear on that side of the "level" block you are pushing around.

Tradle 4 years ago

I was also excited to add this, but unlike Worldle it doesn't support imperial units and is pretty unusable on mobile.

“I just got a copyright claim for *TYPING ON MY KEYBOARD*” 5 years ago

Realistically it'll be like this until they get some good competition (if ever) or some laws change

Cats N Wires 5 years ago

Pretty fun and great for a jam.

I'd prefer holding down to repeat keys, plus a button that basically zips the wire back to the other base as I quit around level 11 due to the monotony of backtracing.

Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD 5 years ago

I love the idea of this and echo the comments on good UI, but would need to see more convenience for it to be worth switching from my existing system.

I currently use Workflowy for this, which has web/native desktop apps for easily typing out lists that can be completed on the phone like this, crossing them off in the same way. Workflowy don't have an apple watch app yet though so you have an advantage there.

Also I would change the "crossing out" action to work on clicking anywhere on the row, whereas now it only works on the radio button or label. That's a big pain for right handed people with one-word items.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2021) 5 years ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (or SF)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP (+ React, Vue, Django, Rails, Actix, Laravel, Symfony)
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

  I have full-stack experience working at several SF-based startups. I'm interested in working at a 50+ person company with a startup culture.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2021) 5 years ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (or SF)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP (+ React, Vue, Django, Rails, Actix, Laravel, Symfony)
  Résumé/CV: https://github.com/desmondw/resume
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2021) 5 years ago

  Location: San Francisco
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Javascript, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP and associated frameworks
  Résumé/CV: desmondw.com
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2021) 5 years ago

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (or SF)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP (+ React, Vue, Django, Rails, Actix, Laravel, Symfony)
  Résumé/CV: https://github.com/desmondw/resume
  Email: resume@desmondw.com

Have full-stack experience working at several SF-based startups. Interested in working at a 20+ person company with a startup culture.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020) 6 years ago

Location: San Francisco, CA

Remote: Yes, or in SF

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

* Languages — Javascript, Python, Ruby, Rust, PHP

* Frameworks — React, Vue, Django, Rails, Actix, Laravel, Symfony

Résumé/CV: https://desmondw.com

Email: resume@desmondw.com

Note: 7 years in web, mostly at startups

An even worse anti-encryption bill than EARN IT 6 years ago

I think ironically a bill like this passing would lead to more decentralization of services -- making their goals of monitoring information even harder.

Japanese rules for writing your ABCs are surprisingly strict 6 years ago

I was also taught in a similarly pedantic manner in the Midwest. Although if I was ever marked off for it I'm sure it wasn't to the extent of Japanese perfectionism.

Show HN: TitleRun – The game that only exists in your title bar 6 years ago

Inspired by this and Defender of the Favicon, I created a hangman game that uses the favicon and title bar: https://desmondw.github.io/tab-hangman/index.html