MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by ElaineMarley | 2026-02-02 16:02:05+00:00
OpenSanctions | Customer Engineer | REMOTE (EU/Asia/Americas -- no US) or HYBRID Berlin | €~55k-€~75k | https://www.opensanctions.org/

OpenSanctions builds an open source database of sanctioned entities, PEPs, and other risk-relevant subjects used in compliance screening and investigations.

We’re hiring a Customer Engineer to bridge customers and engineering. You’ll help customers integrate our API and bulk data, reproduce and debug issues, write clear technical guidance and examples, and turn recurring customer pain into product and docs improvements.

Required: strong customer-facing communication with technical users, comfortable with APIs and JSON, can write small scripts (Python preferred, JS ok), comfortable with Docker and basic infra troubleshooting (logs, configs, ports), fluent English, overlap with CET working hours (ideally CET ±3).

Nice to have: fuzzy matching or entity resolution experience, interest in sanctions and AML/KYC or OSINT, comfort with support tooling and building clean escalation paths.

Read more: https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/company/jobs/2026-02-cust...

Feel free to send your CV or any questions you may have to me at: brenna@opensanctions.org (mention “HN Who is hiring”!) :)
by godelski | 2026-02-02 16:02:05+00:00
Convenience, mostly.

curl -L "foo.sh" -o foo.sh && bash foo.sh

Is just more characters. But you should do it simply because a poorly written bash script can accidentally mess you up when streaming.

Why sudo though?

I honestly think it's stupidity. Most people really don't know you can build programs to the user and don't need system privileges. I think everyone is just so used to installing from package managers and doing `sudo make install` that they forgot programs only need to be in $PATH and not /usr/bin
by jackmenotti | 2026-02-02 16:02:10+00:00
Location: EU

Remote: Yes, exclusively

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: All web tech, React/React Native/Flutter, JS/TS, Golang, Python, PHP, Lua

Résumé/CV: will share via email

Email: contractorforhire@fastmail.com

You have a Web/Mobile app that's a mess? That needs some love and a responsible maintainer? Or need to migrate an old codebase to something more modern? A web app that's not responsive for a mobile screen and needs some optimizations?

Where other programmers find enjoyment in working with new shiny infra/frameworks/tech stacks I find enjoyment and purpose on maintaning stuff, taking care of software that powers current systems and serve real users. No matter how old the tech stack is, today more than ever it is crucial to make software reliable and stable. I maintained and migrated many systems over the years, doing it gradually over short or longer time periods depending on the task, with an eye to quality and with the help of tests.

I’m an experienced remote worker, based in the EU. I over communicate and willing to build trust. I’m a contractor and I already have some gigs, I’m currently available for ~20hrs/week at 35/40€/hr depending on the project.

A note on AI coding: I know how to best leverage these tools in assisting me BUT I’m the solely responsible for the code I push so you won’t get any slop or vide coded stuff from me. I know when to use these tools, when not and for what.
by kube-system | 2026-02-02 16:02:18+00:00
> either those Tesla's don't really self-drive

All Teslas are level 2 ADAS and require the human behind the the wheel to monitor the vehicle and intervene when necessary.

> or they do, in which case, the human wasn't the one driving and may thus avoid liability.

That is not legally true. Automation does not absolve someone from liability. Owners of a piece of machinery have liability just by being the owner and placing it into operation.

Forget about cars for a second -- we already have many products that are entirely automated already, for example: an elevator. If you own a building with an elevator, and it hurts someone, the building owner is absolutely going to be sued over it, and "oh, it's automated" isn't a get-out-of-court free card.

There are still responsibilities that the owner has: did they properly maintain it? were they aware of an issue but decided to operate it anyway? were they in a position to intervene and avoid the accident, but failed to do so?
by shepherd-eng | 2026-02-02 16:02:30+00:00
Shepherd | ONSITE | San Francisco, CA

Shepherd is an all-in-one commercial insurance platform. We provide savings on insurance premiums for commercial businesses that are leveraging modern technology on their worksites. While we began with commercial construction, we've just expanded into adjacent sectors, like renewable energy & power!

We’ve raised over $20M and we’re looking for product-minded engineers to join us as we continue to scale! We’re looking for someone who thrives on ownership, drives results, and cares deeply about both technical excellence and customer impact.

We’re hiring for Senior & Staff-level Full Stack & Backend Engineers. We’re growing the engineering team from 20 to 40 this year. And we're also looking for two Product Managers!

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Full Stack - Job Posting: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shepherd/c4081c3d-a79b-4ac9-aa19-78...

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Backend - Job Posting:
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shepherd/395f4b75-cf05-4581-8408-8f...

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Product Manager, Pricing - Job Posting:
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shepherd/2c278fc5-82fd-4887-874a-2f...

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Product Manager, Servicing - Job Posting:
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shepherd/041af02a-4d4e-4711-935f-ad...

Our stack includes:
Typescript, React, Next.js, GraphQL w/ Apollo, Node.js, Postgres & Redis

Apply here: https://shepherdinsurance.com/careers

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In the form, be sure to mention that you heard about this opportunity via Hacker News.

If you want to read more about our team and culture, check out our blog: https://shepherdinsurance.com/blog
by powertoolstech | 2026-02-02 16:02:42+00:00
Powertools Technologies | Junior/Senior Engineer | Lisbon, Portugal | Full-time | ONSITE

> Looking for a senior engineer for work on software related to Electronic Design Automation. Candidate should have some experience with EDA software (Cadence Virtuoso, Siemens Calibre, Synopsys Design Compiler, etc), ideally including plugin development. Experienced Software Developers are more than welcome to apply.

> Looking for a junior engineer for work on software related to Electronic Design Automation and/or Software Development. Candidate should at least have (or graduate shortly) a 3 year university degree in engineering. Most suitably Electronic/Computer Engineering or Informatics. Software Developers are more than welcome to apply.

Site: https://www.powertools-tech.com . Growing a small experienced team with international industrial and academic track, willing to train new hire in fairly uncommon skill set. Candidate should be capable of quality detail work, and have good communication abilities, to provide support to international design teams in fabless semiconductor companies.

Email your interest and CV to hr@powertools-tech.com, please. Remote positions are negotiable.
by vunderba | 2026-02-02 16:02:47+00:00
It’s also fun that you can tweak it without the layperson even noticing the change in relative difficulty.

Cascade pattern = easy difficulty
Shower pattern = normal difficulty
Box pattern = hard difficulty

As someone who loves to run their hands up and down in the piano in grand sweeping arpeggios, I'm a huge fan of patterns where the perceived difficulty is higher than the actual difficulty.
by azeqsdxwc | 2026-02-02 16:02:47+00:00
Location: EU

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Rust, Go, TypeScript, AWS/infra

Email: oleksii.tsokurov@gmail.com

Founding engineer at OpenReplay (YC S19) - built the entire session replay platform from scratch, now 9k+ GitHub stars.

Most recently: Bitcoin infrastructure at Impervious (Spaces Protocol ecosystem).

Master's in Theoretical CS, IPhO medalist.

Best at: taking undefined problems from 0 to 1 and shipping. Infrastructure, performance optimization, crypto/privacy - or just hard technical problems worth solving.

Looking for: Part-time long-term engagement OR short-term full-time contracts. Particularly interested in very early-stage startups - happy to work within lean budgets for problems I believe in.
by PTGPSoftware | 2026-02-02 16:03:09+00:00
SEEKING WORK | Laravel / PHP and React / Inertia / Livewire

Remote: Yes

Location: UK (Flexible on your timezone)

Relocation: No

Languages\Tech:

* PHP + Laravel + PHPUnit/Pest + Livewire/Inertia

* Javascript/Typescript, React, Zustand

* Python

Backend: Laravel, Node

Frontend: React , Vue , Livewire

Email: PTGPSoftware@outlook.com

PHP/JS/TS Development, Extremely competitive rates available.

I build new projects and revitalize legacy code. I work mostly with Laravel and React/Inertia or Livewire.

I integrate modern tools pragmatically, adding real-time features via Websockets (Laravel Reverb etc) and AI capabilities like RAG for context-aware search and content generation.

I develop methodically – implementing tests for new features and maintaining clear documentation while keeping sharp focus on shipping tangible results. Through proactive communication, we'll collaboratively define the sweet spot between code quality and delivery pace.
by btrettel | 2026-02-02 16:03:19+00:00
Location: United States (Open to any US location)

Remote: Yes, open to remote, hybrid, or in office

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Fortran, Python (Matplotlib, Numpy, Pandas, Scipy), OpenMP, Git/GitHub, Linux, Bash, others...

Résumé/CV: Available on request

Email: 7b8ci3kl@trettel.us

GitHub: https://github.com/btrettel

Personal website: http://trettel.us/ (out of date, hopefully will be updated soon)

Experienced mechanical engineer with a PhD, specializing in computational fluid dynamics, design optimization, and verification & validation of computer simulations. Knowledgeable about patent law from time spent at the USPTO as a patent examiner.

I am particularly interested in opportunities to build cutting-edge physical products where computational simulation and design optimization are key.

I am open to both long-term and short-term opportunities.
by zhyd1997_ | 2026-02-02 16:03:30+00:00
Location: Shanghai, China (relocating to Spain in April 2026)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Languages & Databases • JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Golang • PostgreSQL, MongoDB Frameworks & Libraries • React.js, Next.js, Express.js, Koa.js • MUI, Tailwind CSS, CSS-in-JS • TanStack Query, Redux, Prisma, Supabase • Highcharts, ECharts, AG Grid • Jest, Cypress DevOps & Tools • Docker, Git, GitHub Actions, CircleCI • Datadog, Sentry Workflow Tools • WebStorm, Figma, CleanShot X • Slack, Jira, Linear, Productive Other • Progressive Web Apps (PWA) • npm, Yarn, pnpm

Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadong-zhang-48a474154/

Website: https://zhyd1997.dev

Email:zhyd007 [at] gmail <dot> com
by dotBen | 2026-02-02 16:03:31+00:00
What I'm talking about is that is still considered an external capital raise for the purpose of the markets and where those assets sit on the balance sheet.

Also, keep in mind the Alphabet doesn't fully own Waymo. I don't know the percentage ownership of hand, but that also feels like it's probably a prorated investment based on ownership so Alphabet doesn't reduce its voting control.

That's what I'm talking about.
by CMay | 2026-02-02 16:03:34+00:00
1. Find out what Co-pilot's reputation is among power users.

2. Realize that Co-pilot is bad and needs to improve up to Microsoft's highest gold standards of trustworthiness.

3. Ditch Co-pilot branding inside the OS.

4. Make AI features private and offline by default unless the local hardware cannot run the specialized tiny model for that task, at which point it goes online for it. It might be slower, but if it does the thing, it's ok.

5. Allow companies and power users to provide their own local models that hook into these tasks, so they can host AI servers within the company and these AI tasks never reach outside of the company.

6. Make AI features more specific, targeted and useful instead of simply integrating it into the various functions and throwing it at users like "here, you figure out what to do with this thing, we don't know."

7. Don't expect people to want to chat with it in every app, just find a task that you know it succeeds at and expose that task rather than letting users figure out what it sucks at.

8. Don't make the AI integration APIs a case of increased surface area privacy and security risk that 3rd party system apps can hook into, to mass extract information out of every app on your system easily. Put limitations on it.

9. Add features to specify where AI can go and cannot go, just like the microphone. Folders, apps, online services. Even if it does use Co-pilot online, let users sculpt it.

10. Make it explicit and obvious when AI features are operating offline or online. If users have decades of understanding that Notepad is a private offline app, preserve that expectation as much as possible. Just because Outlook and OneNote are very online-oriented apps, it doesn't mean they want their local experience to be online in every way. If you force AI to go over all my cloud files, notes and e-mail without my permission, that is sociopathic behavior and I will ditch you, Microsoft.

Some day Co-pilot will probably be good. That isn't today. It's probably not this year or next year, but eventually. Until then, it needs to stay in a lane with freshly painted lines surrounded with sand barrels in case it wrecks.

It's not that I'm entirely opposed to some Microsoft AI feature existing in Windows, but manufacturing a user assumption that it is everywhere all the time is bad not just for Windows, but for society as a whole.

We've already seen how political and activist the public sphere became over the last decade, which reduces trust in the people who make software and services too. What do we do when Microsoft gets ideologically taken over and abuses its information access to people for political ends?

Show you can be trusted. When I put a little food bowl down for you, don't scratch me and we'll go from there.
by mwest1066 | 2026-02-02 16:03:36+00:00
PrairieLearn (Remote US) — Full-Stack Software Engineer — TypeScript / Postgres / React / AI

PrairieLearn (https://www.prairielearn.com) is an open-source assessment platform used by universities across the US (Berkeley, Princeton, Michigan, Illinois, and others). We power mastery-based learning and large-scale exams.

We’re a small, profitable, early-stage company (bootstrapped, no VC) that is growing quickly. Our users love us and we have very high retention and rapid spread through word of mouth. As an early-stage hire, you’ll work across the stack and enjoy meaningful ownership from day one.

Tech we use: Node.js / TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, React. We’re also developing AI tooling, including LLM agents to help instructors create content, and vision-language models to help grade student work. PrairieLearn is open core: https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn

Details:

- Location: Remote (US only)

- Salary: $100k-$140k depending on experience

- Benefits: Stock options (0.5% - 1.5%), unlimited PTO, flexible hours

- Role: Full-time. (We’re not able to sponsor visas at this time.)

Apply at https://www.prairielearn.com/jobs-ashby?ashby_jid=ee6fdbc3-1...
by adrian_b | 2026-02-02 16:03:39+00:00
The current prices for SSDs and DRAM may change the strategies.

In a mini-PC that I have assembled recently, with a medium-priced CPU (an Arrow Lake H Core Ultra 5) the cost of storage has been 60% of the total cost of the computer, and it was only 60% because I have decided to buy much less memory than I would have bought last summer (i.e. I bought 32 GB DRAM + 3 TB SSDs, while I wanted double amounts, but then the price would have become unacceptable).

Moreover, I bought the mini-PC and memories in Europe, but the same exact computer model from ASUS, with the same memories, has in USA, on Newegg, a price about 35% higher than in Europe, and a similar ratio is valid for other products, so US customers are likely to be even more affected by this great increase in the cost of storage.
by lotsofpulp | 2026-02-02 16:03:56+00:00
> and there is no way they could monitor conversations in the car for commercial purposes (at least in Western countries).

Why not? You can consent to having your audio recorded. They can even offer a higher “private” price and a lower “ad supported” price. I write “private” because I assume the microphones will always be listening no matter which price you pay.
by ftonato | 2026-02-02 16:04:06+00:00
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, Express, Next.js, Zod, Supabase/PostgreSQL, Tailwind CSS, LangChain, React, Vue.js, GraphQL, gRPC
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ps9Aj0tS16z499GXEUsqxMZ2trTFblgf/view
Email: ademilsonft@outlook.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ftonato
GitHub: https://github.com/ftonato

Currently working as a Software Engineer at one of the 50 fastest-growing startups in San Francisco. I focus on building and scaling production systems, and I’m open to new freelance or contract-based engagements for upcoming projects.
by inglor_cz | 2026-02-02 16:04:28+00:00
Looking at the Russo-Ukrainian war, battery-powered drones seem to be more important than tanks right now. Russia, famously, had a lot of tanks; now, Oryx has a lot of their metal carcasses. Gone are the days of mass T-34 attacks that decided entire wars.

I will concede your point on heavier aircraft, though.
by SV_BubbleTime | 2026-02-02 16:04:35+00:00
SoftICE was such a gift and pain in the ass.

I did a massive crack that involved a program and it’s inf/dll hardware driver package.

Some of the most rewarding work I’ve done and also just so tedious!

Having to stop the OS like that and accidentally getting to the kernel but then not wanting to lose my position so having to hit step over and step out until just the right place… whew.
by cjcjameson | 2026-02-02 16:04:55+00:00
Parabola Labs (NYC / SF) | Enterprise Account Exec | Full-time | On-site Hybrid

We’re hiring an Enterprise AE to scale Parabola, a product used by finance and ops teams to automate messy, high-stakes workflows without needing engineers.

Parabola sits at the intersection of AI, automation, and real operational pain: unstructured data (PDFs, emails), brittle processes, constantly changing rules, and teams that can’t wait months for IT. Customers get to see live workflows in action immediately.

This is not a traditional enterprise sale... Deals are driven by automations, as they are built live in-app. Customers engage multiple times per week and see value instantly. Expansion is natural because the product is horizontal, the first team is never the last

We’re looking for someone who loves going deep on product and customer problems. You can work comfortably with operators and execs (CFO/COO) as well as with companies in the retail/ ecom/ CPG + freight/ logistics spaces. You care deeply about solving real problems. We're building the Enterprise motion, not just running a playbook.

Parabola had its biggest year ever in 2025. We’re consistently exceeding targets, and there is serious demand that is pulling us upmarket. You’d be working closely with our CRO, COO, CEO and GTM team to shape how Enterprise sales is done here.
If you’re an experienced AE (5+ years in SaaS sales) who wants to sell something genuinely powerful with real customer impact, we’d love to talk.

https://parabola.io/careers and https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/parabola-io/881f7a72-e377-412f-81c6...
by Der_Einzige | 2026-02-02 16:05:00+00:00
Yup, this is SUPER AI generated.

Next time OP that you want to lie about using LLMs, either use the techniques from our paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15061

Or if you're more lazy, there's a "logit_bias" technique which you can use to ban the em-dash in language models.

But you were too lazy to do that, and you lied about not using AI. Shame on you big time.

Also, even if you somehow didn't AI generate this, you sure as shit got infected by the LLM mind-virus and now you write/talk like it. That's basically just as bad. Either square up with proof that you overused EM dashes before late 2022 (like Dang!) or fix your writing style.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01754

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01491

https://aclanthology.org/2025.acl-short.47/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06166

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wzveh_v1

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

https://aclanthology.org/2025.findings-acl.987/

https://aclanthology.org/2025.coling-main.426/

https://aclanthology.org/2025.iwsds-1.37/

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.14.24307373v...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21522715251379...

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21817
by dvvalia | 2026-02-02 16:05:05+00:00
Location: Mumbai, India
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies:
- Python/Pandas
- Java/Spring Boot
- Data Engineering (ETL/ELT, data pipelines)
- Product Development
- AI/LLM based development (MCP, agents, ADK, CrewAI, etc)
- Other (SQL, Redis, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure, DBT)
Résumé/CV: https://dvalia.in/blob/Darshan_Valia_Resume_Technical.pdf
Email: On Resume
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvalia/

Data/Backend/Agentic AI engineer for the past ten years (Java, Python, SQL). Experience building data platforms (from scratch!) and ELT pipelines for financial data. Currently working on agentic AI projects, but happy to work at any level for any problem that needs solving. Open to work on product management, solutions architecture, agentic AI or customer engineering. Remote is preferred for time zones spanning Europe to India; onsite/hybrid in Mumbai is also great. Unfortunately cannot relocate.

Open primarily to freelance/consulting roles, but full-time roles will also be considered if we're a good fit.
by davidbuniat | 2026-02-02 16:05:07+00:00
We let our Software Factory run for 15 hours autonomously. Output was 83 lines of highly optimized C++ code. 714 lines of tests. 8:1 test to code ratio. It fixed the bottleneck in a large codebase. Improved the TPC-H benchmark 2x. Verified memory leak using ASAN. Spent $160 of LLM calls.
by gtomitsuka | 2026-02-02 16:05:10+00:00
TextQL | Senior Software Engineer (FT) | ONSITE | New York City | $200k Salary - $400k Total Compensation

Company: TextQL is working to drive the unit cost of a data-driven decision down to zero. We're building the agentic data lakehouse – finding trustworthy answers to hard questions from messy enterprise data without configuring schemas, moving data, or lengthy implementation roadmaps.

Roles:

* Platform: today, no one stakes their job on AI-generated queries. You'll build the system that changes that—giving agents the context to query enterprise data correctly, and the guardrails to prove it.

* Infrastructure: sandboxes are not enough for agents to work with enterprise data. You will develop reliable infrastructure for the first data platform designed to be operated agent-first – ETL pipelines, Trino clusters, and systems that let agents spin up infrastructure on their own.

Stack: Go, Haskell, TypeScript, DuckDB, Trino, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS

Perks: 21 days PTO, free lunch, 5% 401(k) matching, top-tier health insurance, visa sponsorship

How to Apply: email gabriel@textql.com with the most significant technical challenge you have solved, GitHub if you have one, and LinkedIn and/or resume (PDF).