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www.linguabase.org 4mo ago

Half million 'Words with Spaces' missing from dictionaries

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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) 5 months ago

  Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)

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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreML, Vision Framework, Firebase, Python, cloud architecture, voice interfaces, AudioKit, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment

  Experience: 21 years software development, 15+ years iOS, 1+ year Python/cloud

  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hello. Please get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead/senior iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, appealing user experience, and AI integration. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, computer vision, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game using Metal shaders at 60fps, plus shipped computer vision features and cloud-based agent architectures.

Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

Half million 'Words with Spaces' missing from dictionaries 5 months ago

I removed that sentence/claim, I see the point that "boiling" and "raging" was a bad example.

Half million 'Words with Spaces' missing from dictionaries 5 months ago

Some are better than others. Many semi-transparents could get legit coverage. And many are good fodder for word game content.

Half million 'Words with Spaces' missing from dictionaries 5 months ago

They don't get into enough learning lists, and from my perspective, they are great additions to word games because the more transparent compounds are unique and legit words that can more than double the accessible vocabulary.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) 6 months ago

Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)

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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreML, Vision Framework, Firebase, Python, cloud architecture, voice interfaces, AudioKit, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment

  Experience: 21 years software development, 15+ years iOS, 1+ year Python/cloud

  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi there! Get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead/senior iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, appealing user experience, and AI integration. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, computer vision, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game using Metal shaders at 60fps, plus shipped computer vision features and cloud-based agent architectures.

Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) 8 months ago

Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)

  Remote: Yes

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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreML, Vision Framework, Firebase, Python, cloud architecture, voice interfaces, AudioKit, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment

  Experience: 21 years software development, 15+ years iOS, 1+ year Python/cloud

  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi there! Get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead/senior iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, appealing user experience, and AI integration. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector search, computer vision, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game system navigating 1.5M+ words with 110M+ relationships using Metal shaders at 60fps, plus shipped computer vision features and cloud-based agent architectures.

Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025) 9 months ago

Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)

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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreML, Vision Framework, Firebase, Python, cloud architecture, voice interfaces, AudioKit, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment

  Experience: 21 years software development, 15+ years iOS, 1+ year Python/cloud

  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi there! Get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead/senior iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, appealing user experience, and AI integration. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector search, computer vision, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game system navigating 1.5M+ words with 110M+ relationships using Metal shaders at 60fps, plus shipped computer vision features and cloud-based agent architectures.

Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025) 10 months ago

Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)

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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreData, CoreML, AppleVision, AudioKit, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment, git

  Experience: 19 years software development, 14+ years iOS

  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi there! Get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead/senior iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, appealing user experience, and some kind of AI. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector search, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game system navigating 1.5M+ words with 110M+ relationships using Metal shaders at 60fps.

Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025) 11 months ago

Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)

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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreData, CoreML, AppleVision, AudioKit, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment, git

  Experience: 19 years software development, 14+ years iOS

  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi there! Get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, slick user experience, and some kind of AI. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector search, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game system navigating 1.5M+ words with 110M+ relationships using Metal shaders at 60fps.

Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2025) 12 months ago

Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)

  Remote: Yes

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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreData, CoreML, AppleVision, AudioKit, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment, git

  Experience: 19 years software development, 14+ years iOS

  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi there! Get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, slick user experience, and some kind of AI. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector search, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game system navigating 1.5M+ words with 110M+ relationships using Metal shaders at 60fps.

Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

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

Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)

  Remote: Yes

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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreData, CoreML, AppleVision, AudioKit, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment, git

  Experience: 19 years software development, 14+ years iOS

  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi there! Get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, slick user experience, and some kind of AI. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector search, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game system navigating 1.5M+ words with 110M+ relationships using Metal shaders at 60fps.

Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

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

  Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)
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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreData, CoreML, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment
  Experience: 19 years software development, 14+ years iOS
  Email: g5@pgligierko.com
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi there! Get in touch if you need an easy to work with and versatile lead iOS developer for your app or platform that needs good performance, slick user experience, and maybe some kind of AI. I'm a developer and cofounder (indie game) specializing in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector search, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of an App Store-featured app WikiNodes, and games with multiple awards. Recently built a word game system navigating 1.5M+ words with 110M+ relationships using Metal shaders at 60fps. Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

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

  Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)
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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C), Metal, OpenGL, CoreData, CoreML, LLM fine-tuning, on-device AI deployment
  Experience: 19 years software development, 14+ years iOS
  Email: g5@pgligierko.com
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Senior iOS developer and technical co-founder specializing in high-performance applications with AI integration. Expert in graphics optimization (Metal/OpenGL), real-time visualizations, and embedding ML models for on-device inference. Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector search optimization, and converting large models to compact on-device implementations. Led development of multiple App Store-featured apps including WikiNodes. Currently built a system navigating 1.5M+ words with 110M+ relationships using Metal shaders at 60fps. Seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A pathmaking wordplay game: https://www.inotherwords.app

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

  Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)
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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, Objective-C), Metal, CoreData
  Experience: 19 years software development, 14 years iOS
  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Senior iOS developer specializing in native development and high-performance applications. Experience integrating on-device ML and cloud AI services. Strong background in graphics programming and responsive UIs. Led development of multiple App Store-featured apps including WikiNodes. Currently seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A unique idea-linking game: https://www.inotherwords.app

Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025) 1 year ago

I’m working on In Other Words, a daily word puzzle where players connect seemingly unrelated words through conceptual stepping stones. The game showcases how any two words can be connected through surprisingly few steps — we’ve crafted each puzzle to need at least 3 hops, with around 50 elegant 3-hop solutions hidden among thousands of possibilities. When players explore longer paths (up to 9 hops), they can discover millions of valid solutions among billions of potential routes. It’s fascinating to see how words like “ground” can bridge entirely different concepts, or how homographs create unexpected connections between semantic domains. The game advances the “idea-linking” category of word puzzles — focusing on meaning rather than spelling or anagrams — and turns our linguistic network into a daily brain teaser where finding your own creative path is as rewarding as discovering the most elegant solution.

It’s for iPhone only (yes, sorry!), and you can play for free once. Apologies in advance for the large download. Get it from here: https://www.inotherwords.app/

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

  Location: Szczecin, Poland (EU)
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  Technologies: iOS (Swift, Objective-C), Metal, CoreData
  Experience: 19 years software development, 14 years iOS
  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Senior iOS developer specializing in native development and high-performance applications. Experience integrating on-device ML and cloud AI services. Strong background in graphics programming and responsive UIs. Led development of multiple App Store-featured apps including WikiNodes. Currently seeking remote senior/lead role.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Recent project: A unique idea-linking game: https://www.inotherwords.app

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

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  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

I’m a senior iOS app and game developer with a strong focus on graphics programming, performance optimization, and AI integration (on-device and cloud). I specialize in creating smart, visually polished, and engaging iOS-first apps, leveraging low-level frameworks like Metal for superior graphics and performance.

If you’re looking for a developer to go beyond cross-platform limitations and deliver exceptional user experiences, I’d be a great fit for your startup or small-to-mid-sized company. I’m available for remote work with occasional travel as needed.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/ Recent project: A unique idea-linking game: https://www.inotherwords.app

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

  Location: Szczecin, Poland (2 hours from Berlin)
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  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi! I’m a senior iOS app and game developer (both Swift and Objective-C), and I would love to help build your game or interactive app projects. I'm strong with graphics programming, performance, and AI integration (on-device + cloud). I implement smooth user experiences, with high performance. I'm a great fit for your startup or small/mid-sized company. Available for remote work with rare travel.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/ Recent idea-linking game project PREVIEW: https://www.inotherwords.app

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

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi! I’m a rockstarunicornguruwizardcowboy iOS app and game developer, strong in both Swift and Objective-C. I would love to directly support your game or interactive app projects. I'm a whiz with graphics programming, performance, and AI integration (both on-device and cloud). I’m passionate about intuitive user experiences, high performance, inclusivity and accessibility. Currently seeking senior level iOS positions at startups or mid-sized companies. Available for remote work with rare travel.

Recent idea-linking game project PREVIEW: https://www.inotherwords.app Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

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

  Location: Szczecin, Poland
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  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Hi! I’m a senior iOS app and game developer specializing in Swift, Objective-C, and SwiftUI. My game experience can directly support both game and app projects. I'm a whiz with graphics programming, performance, and AI integration (both on-device and cloud). I’m passionate about intuitive user experiences, high performance, inclusivity and accessibility. Currently seeking senior level iOS positions at startups and mid-sized companies, interested in leadership roles while continuing to program and architect, and available for remote work with rare travel.

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

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

  Location: Szczecin, Poland
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  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/

Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/

Hi! I’m a senior iOS game developer specializing in Swift, Objective-C, and SwiftUI. I've worked on mobile word puzzle games the last few years, and I'm a whiz with graphics programming, performance, and AI integration. I’ve developed App Store-featured apps like WikiNodes. I’m passionate about intuitive user experiences and have worked on projects focusing on inclusivity and accessibility. Currently open to senior-level iOS positions at startups and mid-sized companies, interested in leadership roles while continuing to program and architect, and available for remote work with rare travel.

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

  Location: Szczecin, Poland
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Willing to occasionally commute to Berlin or any city within 3 hours of Szczecin
  Technologies: Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI, Metal, Cocoa Touch, Core Data, AI/ML, Server Driven UI, CI/CD, Actionscript, C, C++
  CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ligierko/
  Personal site: https://www.pgligierko.com/
  Email: g5@pgligierko.com

I’m an iOS game developer with nearly two decades of experience, specializing in Swift, Objective-C, and SwiftUI. I have a strong background in graphics programming, performance, AI integration, and project management. I’ve led projects like Linguabase and developed App Store-featured apps like WikiNodes. I’m passionate about intuitive user experiences and have worked on projects focusing on inclusivity and accessibility. Currently open to senior-level iOS positions at startups and mid-sized companies, interested in leadership roles while continuing to program and architect, and available for remote work with occasional travel.