MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by velomash | 2026-02-02 18:09:02+00:00
alias (GOAT Group) | Los Angeles, CA | Remote | Full-Time | alias.org

alias helps people sell their footwear and apparel. We're owned by GOAT Group which also owns GOAT, FlightClub, and Grailed. We did over 1B in GMV last year. IYKYK. We work to make seller's lives easier, help them accomplish their goals, and provide top-tier market insights.

We're looking for Backend Engineers who:
- Have a bias towards action
- Are incredibly curious with a drive to learn new technologies
- Are data driven and can reason about large systems

Tech stack: Go microservices, DynamoDB, redis, some exposure to rails + postgres

Apply at https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/goatgroup/jobs/4623586005. Mention in the application that you saw our post on HN.
Show HN: Fractal SVG – Generate Mathematical Fractals as SVG with React
by cbnsndwch | 2026-02-02 18:09:04+00:00
I built a small TypeScript library with a React component for rendering classic fractals (Koch, Hilbert, Sierpinski, Dragon, Mandelbrot, etc.) as clean SVG.

It can be used directly in React apps or from a CLI for generative art and visual experiments. Feedback welcome.
by Joel_Mckay | 2026-02-02 18:09:22+00:00
"A Specialist knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

A Generalist knows less and less about more and more until he knows absolutely nothing about everything"

Getting paid well doing something you actually enjoy doing is key =3

https://stevelegler.com/2019/02/16/ikigai-a-four-circle-mode...
by theflyinghorse | 2026-02-02 18:09:31+00:00
Workflow is this:
- I have emacs open for code editing/reviews/git.
- Separate terminal emulator with 1-3 claudes
- I work on a story by splitting it into small steps ("Let's move this email logic to the email.service.ts", "here's the fields I'd need to add to the request, create a schema validation in a separate file, and update the router and controller")
- I mostly watch claude, and occasionally walk through the code in emacs whenever I feel like I want to review code.
- I handle external tools like git or db migrations myself not letting LLMs near them.

In essence, this is pretty much how you'd run a group of juniors - you'd sit on slack and jira diving up work and doing code reviews.
by ranicic | 2026-02-02 18:09:51+00:00
BMO Capital Markets | Software Engineer (Associate) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Full-time

We’re building and maintaining a quantitative investment strategy (QIS) calculation engine used across Global Markets. You will work closely with sales, trading and the structuring teams to implement the infrastructure required to calculate quantitative indices in an efficient and scalable manner.

We are looking for an experienced engineer with strong C#/.NET skills and solid Python experience (including C#/Python interop such as Pythonnet, gRPC, or similar). Work involves integrating with data providers (Bloomberg, various index providers, internal kdb, etc..), implementing QIS indices in C# and Python, developing APIs for internal teams.

Tech: C#/.NET 8, SQL Server, kdb, C#/Python interop, distributed systems, CI/CD, containers/cloud.

To apply: https://bmo.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Toronto-ON-CA...
by tayzer | 2026-02-02 18:11:21+00:00
Seeking work | Data Analyst / Product Data Analyst / Energy Data Analyst / Associate Data Product Manager

Location: Portugal/Brazil

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, SQL, Tableau, GCP, Google sheets

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayzer-damasceno-bb140198/

Portfolio: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/tayzer/vizzes

Email: tayzerdamasceno@gmail.com
by cyberax | 2026-02-02 18:11:25+00:00
Duranta | Staff Backend Engineer | On-site, Seattle or NYC | Full-Time

Duranta | Staff Frontend Engineer | On-site, Seattle or NYC | Full-Time

Duranta is making a "business-in-a-box" SaaS for landscaping companies. We have a rather neat offline-first mobile application and a webapp. We also have a custom AI visual model to do estimations based on the satellite imagery (we're not shelling out to OpenAI/Gemini/...). Our stack is Go+Postgres on the backend, a bit of Python, and React/React.Native on the frontend.

Website: https://getduranta.com/ Jobs: https://jobs.lever.co/getduranta/c416cd42-3709-4de0-91ae-385... and https://jobs.lever.co/getduranta/50af551a-9a5c-498c-9729-6f2... You can apply there or by emailing me at alex@getduranta.com (add HN in the topic).
by kube-system | 2026-02-02 18:11:40+00:00
>If a literal interpretation of what you wrote allows for something, even though it's clear that you hadn't intended to do so, then it is going to be allowed.

No, the US legal system generally applies objective theory to contracts. Courts generally recognize what a reasonable person would intend a contract to mean.

Furthermore, courts also generally reject interpretations made in bad faith, which means if one party is "looking for a creative interpretation" to their own benefit, their interpretation is invalid.

And thirdly, ambiguity in a contract is not fair game for one party to interpret something however they want. Courts would evaluate the ambiguity based on whatever the shared purpose of the language being in the contract is.
by omidaziz | 2026-02-02 18:11:53+00:00
Unit | San Francisco, CA | On-site | Full-time | Multiple Roles | https://www.unit.inc/

Unit is building GTV, a new video platform that can autonomously produce high-quality, personalized content.

Our team is from Instagram, TikTok, and NVIDIA. We're backed by Khosla Ventures, Air Street Capital, and angels from top AI labs. We have strong traction, paying customers, and an exciting year ahead.

We're hiring for multiple roles:

- Backend Software Engineer: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gtv/d17dd0c3-cb91-4dcb-8543-3752807...

- Fullstack Software Engineer: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gtv/7ef9e46c-7b8c-49c3-b138-b055af7...

- ML Infra Software Engineer: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gtv/954d9a64-90f1-4e38-85c9-9873a60...

- Product Designer: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gtv/9b36a9a2-a865-4cc8-8b88-0892189...

If you're interested, please reach out directly to us at careers[at]unit.inc
by chasd00 | 2026-02-02 18:11:55+00:00
> I definitely think a lot of junior tasks are being replaced with AI

I think team expansion is being reduced as well. If you took a dev team of 5, armed them all with Claude Code + training on where to use it and where not to I think you could get the same productivity as hiring 2 additional FTE software devs. I'm assuming your existing 5 devs fully adopt the tool and not reject it like a bad organ transplant. Maybe an analogy could be the invention of email reducing the need for corporate typing pools and therefore fewer jr. secretaries ( typists) are hired.

/i'm just guessing that being a secretary is in the career progression path of someone in the typing pool but you get the idea.

edit: one thing i missed in my email analogy is that when email was invented it was free and available to anyone that could set up sendmail/*.MTA
by Sohcahtoa82 | 2026-02-02 18:12:11+00:00
> a little kid is inevitably going to get killed by a waymo.

And it will be 100% the kids fault, but the headlines will look terrible.

Kids can be naive and reckless, and the result makes them look downright suicidal with the things they do. They will dart into traffic, and even if the Waymo has single-digit millisecond reaction times, people will still blame the Waymo.
by embedding-shape | 2026-02-02 18:12:20+00:00
> I've wondered what my county's response would be if I borrowed one of our SCBAs (self-contained breathing apparatus) to wear to an anti-ICE demo or ICE observation incident

Give it a try and see what happens? Get your friends and colleagues with you too! In Europe (at least France and Spain) we have firefighters participating in protests, some of them not so non-violent, and there been clashes between firefighters and police (so unexpected) in the past, most recently just ~a week ago: https://www.albawaba.com/news/firefighter-protest-lille-esca....

I guess there is many reasons AFAB isn't an acronym people usually spread, can't think of any time firefighters generally been against the people.
by mobasi-jobs | 2026-02-02 18:12:35+00:00
Mobasi | Founding Engineer | Austin, TX / Remote | $240k + Profit Sharing | https://mobasi.ai

Mobasi builds autonomous AI agents for digital forensics. Our software orchestrates 150+ forensic tools to help law enforcement turn days of manual evidence analysis into minutes, aiding in cases involving child exploitation, trafficking, and homicide. We are bootstrapped, profitable, and shipping fast.

We are looking for our first hire outside the three co-founders to own infrastructure, DevOps, and compliance. You will transition our build pipeline from manual updates to an automated delivery system scaling to thousands of agencies. You will manage infrastructure across AWS, GCP, Azure, and AI providers, while owning CJIS and SOC2 compliance.

Tech Stack: Rust, TypeScript, Python, Tauri, Next.js, Docker, Pulumi, Terraform.

We work as a small SWAT team. We are AI-native and expect you to use tools like Cursor and Claude to ship significantly faster. We do not have sprints or daily standups. Instead of lottery-ticket equity, we offer a high base salary and direct profit sharing.

Apply here: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mobasi/b385d2bb-d338-44cc-8728-f0eb...
by tantalor | 2026-02-02 18:12:37+00:00
Rough figures:

As a plasma donor you can earn $30-$70 per session for 800 ml. Let's call it $50. A session takes about 90 minutes, or 533 ml/hour, and you make $33/hour

Waymo charges $0.50 - $1.00 per mile. Let's use the high end.

To break even, your Waymo will need to consume < $33/hour, or < 33 mph. That's not bad!

If you go any faster, you won't be able to extract enough plasma in the same amount of time.
by datsci_est_2015 | 2026-02-02 18:13:27+00:00
I don’t think this is unique to software. Across the US over the past decades there’s been a massive contraction in companies being willing to “train-up” employees. It’s greedy, and it works for their bottom lines. But it’s a tragedy of the commons and a race to the bottom. It also explains the dearth of opportunities for getting into the trades, despite sky-high demand.

If anything, the expectations for an individual developer have never been higher, and now you’re not getting any 22-26 year olds with enough software experience to be anything but a drain on resources when the demand for profitability is yesterday.

Maybe we need to go back to ZIRP if only to get some juniors back on to the training schedule, across all industries.

For other insanely toxic and maladaptive training situations, also see: medicine in the US.
by phkahler | 2026-02-02 18:13:30+00:00
>> Is "Copilot" not getting enough clicks? Make every button say "copilot", problem solved. Marketing doesn't know or care what was there before, someone needs numbers up to get their promotion.

So Microsoft isn't bringing copilot to all these applications? It's just bringing a copilot label to them? So glad I don't use this garbage at home.
by strongpigeon | 2026-02-02 18:13:45+00:00
I use it like having a bunch of L3/L4 engineers. I give them a description of the changes I want to be made, sometimes chat a bit with it to help them design the features and then tell them to have a go at it. Then I create PRs and review them and have them clean up/improve the code and merge it. I try to balance giving it enough stuff to build so I can switch to another agent, and not giving them too much so that they make a weird assumption and run really far with it.

I got really good at reviewing code efficiently from my time at Google and others, which helps a lot. I'm sure my personal career experience influences a lot how I'm using it.

FWIW, I use Codex CLI, but I assume my flow would be the same with Claude Code.
Show HN: JobTrackerPro – open-source job tracker that updates via AI and email
by thughari | 2026-02-02 18:13:49+00:00
Hi HN,

I built an open-source job tracker that removes manual updates by ingesting job-related emails.

Instead of asking users to log applications or update statuses, the system listens to forwarded emails, extracts structured data using an LLM, and updates the application pipeline automatically.

The interesting parts from an engineering perspective:

- Event-driven email ingestion via webhooks

- LLM-based extraction with deterministic backend decisions
- Fuzzy matching to upsert applications instead of creating duplicates
- Server-side aggregation and caching instead of heavy DB queries
- Fully sandboxed local mode (mock AI, local storage, email trap)

Stack: Java 21, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Angular, D3.js.

Demo: https://thughari.github.io/JobTrackerPro

Source: https://github.com/thughari/JobTrackerPro

I’d appreciate feedback on the ingestion design and matching strategy.

Thanks.
by vladdoster | 2026-02-02 18:13:54+00:00
Location: Nashville, TN
Remote: true
Willing to relocate: boston || nashville
Technologies: Python, Django, IaC, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Azure/AWS, {ba,z}sh, Lua, Springboot,
Redis, Docker, Open Service Broker, {,non}relational & vector dbs, shared services, SOA
Email: mvdoster@gmail.com

resume: https://linkedin.vdoster.com && http://github.com/vladdoster

sr. cloud software engineer @ Mastercard (5 years)

Designed and built Platform-as-a-Service for microservice workloads running on Azure and AWS
to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud. The platform operates globally, allowing teams to
deploy to several Azure-backed regions worldwide. Helped plan and create regional landing zones
in Azure for application teams wanting to perform globally. Designed platform components using
Terraform, Go, and Node; developed support tooling using Bash, Python, and Azure CLI. De-risk the
platform by addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring the platform is PCI compliant.

api/devops software engineer @ Harvard Medical School (2 years)

Worked as part of the DevOps team to manage a 15k core CentOS HPC cluster. Designed and implemented
Python-based security scanning pipeline to securely deploy & run Apptainer images via SLURM.
Coordinated cross-team emergency patching eﬀorts. Collaborated with researchers and engineers across
3-letter institutions to deliver secure research infrastructure. Built CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub, Jenkins,
to automate code builds, testing, and deployments. Wrote Puppet modules to manage configuration of HPC fleet.
Wrote custom Puppet module & Python scripts to automatically remediate Tenable findings.

full-stack software engineer @ Global Prior Art (3 years)

Used Django, Celery, Selenium grid, and AWS API Gateway for IP rotation to scrape USPTO patent PDFs,
apply CV for data extraction, and generate reports with relevant claims, saving employees 4-5 hours daily.
Wrote E2E black-box/fuzzing unit tests. Automated on-premise deployment via Github Actions and Ansible.

maintainer @ Zinit (5 years)

Develop and maintain a zsh plugin manager on Github with 4k stars. Implemented unit tests,
containerization, bug fixes, and new features.
See: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit

contributor @ Open-source documentation (5 years)

Contributed hundreds of documentation corrections and enhancements to 400+ open source projects.
by lukaslevert | 2026-02-02 18:14:22+00:00
Parallel Web Systems | San Francisco/Palo Alto | ONSITE | Full-time

Parallel builds web infrastructure for AI: think low level primitives for retrieval and automation but also high-level structured products for performing repetitive tasks using AI + web data: enrichment, deep research, web monitoring, etc. - our founder is Parag Agrawal, ex-CEO of Twitter. We raised $130M.

We're hiring for 12 roles:

- GTM
- Forward-deployed engineers
- AI Researchers
- Front end dev
+ More

If you don't see a role that suits you, get in touch. Same user on X/LI.

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/parallel
by antgoldbloom | 2026-02-02 18:14:37+00:00
Sumble is the newco from the founders of Kaggle. We are hiring full stack engineers, ai/ml engineers and growth/marketing.
Can view our roles and apply here: https://sumble-inc.workable.com/

We are building a knowledge graph from web data with a first focus on data for go-to-market teams.

We use web data to identify things like org structure, tech stack, and key projects (e.g., GenAI initiatives, cloud migrations). Our product already has strong product-market fit, early revenue, and happy customers — and now we’re ready to accelerate.

Our long-term vision is to become the world's best data vendor. Try the product at sumble.com.

We are a team of 25 with experience at companies such as Google, Meta, Stack Overflow, Rippling, Snowflake, Confluent and Kaggle.

We recently announced a $38.5MM financing:
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/sumble-emerges-from-stealt...
by SoftTalker | 2026-02-02 18:14:39+00:00
Why should something like sudo not be "done" after 30 years?

Sudo is one of the poster children for creeping featuritis, to the point that the sudoers man page is a meme ("Don't despair if you are unfamiliar with EBNF ...")

Even OpenBSD gave up and implmented their own simplified replacement (doas).
by zerotolerance | 2026-02-02 18:14:46+00:00
But today people can just vibe code their own sudo "with blackjack and hookers!"

/s

Really though, it is remarkable just how high we've built this towering house of cards on the selfless works of individuals. The geek in me immediately begins meditating on OSS funding mechanisms I've seen in the past, and what might work today. Then I remember that I don't believe it can work, but hope desperately that people like Todd can keep paying rent and continue getting some satisfaction from the efforts.
by twerka-stonk | 2026-02-02 18:15:13+00:00
Location: Connecticut, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, SQL, AWS, Linux, Docker, Statistics

Email: 66_disco.scenery@icloud.com

Resume: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PDweThDyDtRe5sU2h7bxVIhp...

About: I work as a Data Engineer and am highly skilled in Statistical Analysis, Data Science, and DevOps. I have 10 years of professional experience, and have shipped lots of quality code to Production (that scales) in that time. I mainly use Python, SQL, Bash, AWS, but have worked with lower-level programming languages as well, and have deep dived on many of these tools/platforms. I am a strong problem solver and a responsible team member with a KISS and deliver-first mindset, to which others can attest. I am open to full or part-time work, hybrid or remote.
by joseferben | 2026-02-02 18:15:20+00:00
Location: Switzerland
Remote: Yes (hybrid or on-site for a good fit)
Willing to relocate: If it's a a good fit
Technologies: LLMs, TypeScript, Bun, React, Remix, Next, Node, Django, Python, Tailwind, SQLite, OCaml, Nix
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josef-erben-90a002b1/
Email: josef@erben.systems
Blog: https://www.joseferben.com/
Github: https://github.com/joseferben

I am currently bootstrapping a product but I am open for employment if it's a great fit. I have over 10 years of experience as engineer and founder. As an engineer I've worked in finance, research (economics & health care), education, real estate, marketing and dev infra.

Recently, I’ve been using Typescript, React, Bun/Node, Django and Python to build web apps and agentic workflows on top of foundation models. I have some experience with fine-tuning and with reinforcement learning, so I’m also interested in work that is closer to research.

I have my own LLC and I am also open to contract work.
by aw1621107 | 2026-02-02 18:15:40+00:00
> Also, many Rust projects and libraries have been abandoned, or are in so-so shapes.

This seems like a bit of a non-sequitur; the state of non-sudo-rs projects/libraries says nothing about the state of sudo-rs itself.

Not to mention that I'd imagine a similar statement would probably be true for projects and libraries written in any reasonably popular language.
by citelao | 2026-02-02 18:15:45+00:00
Perhaps this is a bit OT, since the article focuses more on self-development ("When training a muscle, you only get stronger with resistance"), but I wonder about the subtitle:

> Every week there seems to be a new tool that promises to let anyone build applications 10x faster. The promise is always the same and so is the outcome.

Is the second sentence true? Regardless of AI, I think that programming (game development, web development, maybe app development) is easier than ever? Compare modern languages like Go & Rust to C & C++, simply for their ease-of-compilation and execution. Compare modern C# to early C#, or modern Java to early Java, even.

I'd like to think that our tools have made things easier, even if our software has gotten commensurately more complicated. If they haven't, what's missing? How can we build better tools for ourselves?
by vikingerik | 2026-02-02 18:15:47+00:00
Right, cubing scales up much more readily than juggling. Although I've found the bigger cubes aren't quite so impressive because you can't do them as fast. I take 10-15 minutes for the 5x5x5, and by then any observer has lost interest.

But yeah, some people will be impressed just because it's bigger. They always say that it must be super hard. My stock reply: "It's like a jigsaw puzzle. Is 1000 piece harder than 500? Not really harder, it's just more of the same thing." Sometimes that gets a blank look, sometimes that induces enlightenment.

My favorite cuboid variant is a 3x3x4. That blows people's minds when they see it's not symmetric, and they handle it and realize that it can't do certain turns (the long axes have to be 180° not 90°), but in fact that limitation makes it easier and I can solve it almost as fast as a 3x3x3.
by joshstrange | 2026-02-02 18:15:50+00:00
If they provided the packets I could sort of understand but no, they are just shifting the cost to the students to the tune of $20-$150/packet, insane.

And the line

> Regarding the printing cost, Newton and Shirkhani both emphasized that Yale has programs to help students who need financial assistance paying for printing.

Does not solve the issue. Not every school has programs like that, they aren't always easy to take advantage of, and often have extra hoops to jump through.

It's really hard to not see this through the same lense as the scam of textbooks and other required (paid) readings for classes. Even more so when the professor wrote the book and/or gets a kickback. See also: new editions every year that are required so you can buy used or an online key that is one-time-use and costs as much as the book.
by themanmaran | 2026-02-02 18:16:42+00:00
OmniAI (YC W24) | https://getomni.ai | Full Stack Engineers | SF In-Person | Full Time | $125k–$175k • 0.50%–1.50%

Tech stack: TypeScript | Node | React/Next.js | Postgres | Docker | K8s | LLMs

We’re building the AI-powered infrastructure layer for small-business lending. Banks and fintechs use Omni to automate document collection, financial modeling, public-record research, and ongoing borrower communication.

You’ll work on:

1. Wrangling messy PDFs into usable data (we built a major open-source extraction library: https://github.com/getomni-ai/zerox)

2. Aggregating millions of datapoints from 50+ public sources (UCCs, liens, licenses, tax records) + credit/KYC/AML data

3. Building real-time financial models that combine OCR, LLMs, and rule-based systems into predictable outputs

We’re early, you’ll have a huge impact.
Email me (my name at the URL) or apply here: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/omniai/jobs/Dr0GIaE-fu...
by pjmlp | 2026-02-02 18:17:07+00:00
You have the great Windows ML experience. :)

Guess why Microsoft hired Guido and other Python devs, who gets the whole Python experience on VSCode, or introduced Python as better option to Excel, in detriment of .NET addins.

People forget that nowadays .NET is only yet another language on DevDiv, check the developer blogs for all languages.

That was F# failure as well, trying to cater to data science for its relevance, while other Microsoft departments double down on Python.