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NoRedInk | Front-end, Backend, Infrastructure Engineer | San Francisco, CA | REMOTE Pacific Time (PST) to Central European Time (CET)

We’re an ed-tech company on a mission to help all students become strong writers! Our team may be small, but NoRedInk is used by 1 in 3 school districts in the US, and students have answered over 1 billion questions on our platform.

We’re a group of friendly people who listen to and learn from each other. We discuss past mistakes openly so we can adapt our processes to the challenges that come with progress. Puns flow freely across our San Francisco office as well as on Slack, and we have remote engineers spanning six different time zones.

Our engineering team [1] prides itself on code quality and innovation. We use the cutting-edge Elm programming language for all our new front-end code, and have been migrating legacy React code to Elm as well. We started with Ruby on Rails on our backend, and have lately been working to introduce Elixir to our stack. You can read about our experiences with these technologies on our team blog! [2]

In addition to spending work hours open-sourcing useful libraries we develop [3], we also invest financially in open source. We hired the creator of Elm, Evan Czaplicki, to develop Elm full time. [4] Evan discusses his plans for the language with the team every week, periodically pairs with other engineers on Elm, and cracks up members of the sales team with his lunchtime jokes.

We use Amazon AWS for our infrastructure and automate all of our deployments using OpsWorks and Chef. We write a lot of tests, and use Jenkins for continuous integration. Our process for new features begins with our product team and in-house visual designer, continues with a GitHub pull request from a feature branch into master, and ends with our in-house QA specialist trying to break it before it reaches production.

We’re hiring both engineers who have been around the block many times, as well as those who started their careers just a couple years ago. We’re looking for engineers who want to work on a mission that makes a difference and who are the type of collaborators that value kindness and open-mindedness, over convincing the group they’re right.

After having hired 4 junior engineers in the past quarter, we are currently only hiring engineers with professional programming experience in order to better provide mentorship to our current junior engineers. If you'd like to be considered for this position once it reopened please let us know at jr-engineer-job@noredink.com and we'll reach out to you once the position is available again.

You can learn more about what it’s like working here through Hardy’s on-boarding blog post:
http://tech.noredink.com/post/143787279069/on-boarding-as-a-...

You can learn more about our interview process through Dui’s hiring blog post:
http://tech.noredink.com/post/145260396603/our-engineering-h...

If you’re interested, please apply through our jobs page!
https://www.noredink.com/jobs

[1] https://www.noredink.com/about/team
[2] http://tech.noredink.com/
[3] https://github.com/NoRedInk/
[4] http://tech.noredink.com/post/136615783598/welcome-evan
Browser security doesn't work either.

JS offers a huge attack surface by itself and it's difficult to disable it as web developers are lazy and won't want to develop a website which works without it. Every time someone complains here about mandatory-JS websites they're more or less called a luddite. More and more APIs are piled on in the (foolish) quest for native-like web apps.

Plugins such as Flash, Java or various document viewers are notorious for being exploit magnets.

Let's say we manage to disable JS and plugins though. The browser is written in C++ - and please correct me if I'm wrong - not particularly modern and safety-conscious C++. I am familiar with e.g. Firefox updates and most of them contain security fixed in said code.

Underneath we have C libraries for image processing, font management, etc - it's expected that they are vulnerable.

So a browser is basically a set of sieves on top of eachother that during the best of times can go several weeks without leaking.

It doesn't seem that their biggest problem is AV, it's that their code and the code they rely on is riddled with holes.
So what's the point of taking all that time and going through all that fuss to put yourself out in the middle of the desert, when, once you get there, you find out that it's... exactly like home?
Ugh. Of course I read the comments first to see if the article is worth reading and it takes me 10 minutes to realize this is not Amazon's 3D rendering as a service, service..
You are describing a hiring process that very possibly breaks federal law, given the EEOC describes it as "evidence of intent to discriminate". If you experienced this, talk to a lawyer instead of / in addition to HN.

see: https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/practices/inquiries_marital_status...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13081362
Come visit us in NYC.
I have no idea how stock-based acquisitions work, but I think you can do something like

We are worth 200M, you are worth 20M, we issue new stocks worth 20M, we buy you for those 20M, now we are worth 220M. It costs us legal fees.
dude my 5th grade teacher told me this back in 2001/2002? I still remember it today, still avoid nestle products.
Worked a lot with Solaris 9/10 a few years ago, end of Sun days. Amazing systems. Reliant AF. Zones and ZFS were a delight. The SPARC/Solaris/JVM combo worked great in enterprise apps. We had one server running, with some minor upgrades, with zero issues/reboots, for more than 2 years.

Then... it stopped being great, and a x86 Linux machine running the same JVM costed a fraction, and equally performed, if not better. Difficult to justify the licensing and support costs in Oracle days.

Farewell Solaris.
Solaris had some neat integration with Java, containerization way before lxc, and DTrace which still lives on.

The reason I think it didn't rise to ubiquity in the same way that Linux did is the lack of customization.

One can easily customize the Linux kernel for their use case (i.e. Embedded), compile it, add busybox/dropbear, and you have a decent starting point for an embedded OS. You couldn't do the same with Solaris.
It is pretty hard to be moral when soooo much is at stake.
Sometimes, depending on the season (fall when dealers are liquidating inventories to make room for the next model year), dealer inventories, etc., the 0.0%-0.9% 5yr financing on a new car makes for a lower monthly payment than the 5.9%-7.9% 4yr rate on a decent, low mileage, used car.
DAMNIT.

Been working on my own spin on this sort of GUI internally for my company. Are you guys actively taking pull requests? I would much rather contribute to a more finished application
You may have heard its previous name being used - iPython notebook. FWIW it took me a year plus to actually start using the name Jupyter. Wasn't until one of my students asked me why I kept saying "iPython" when the tab says "Jupyter"
Having opposing viewpoints discuss topics gives me faith.
In my experience, every beer adds 1 hour of sleep.
AV was obsolete 15 years ago at least.
True enough, but not everybody actually lives in places where on-site testing is an option, and they'd probably prefer cleaning their room up to not having the ability to apply for a job.

And given that all of this happens voluntarily, and assuming that Amazon isn't going to infect you with malware(which seems very unlikely) this kind of testing is a great opportunity for people who have the resources or time to show up in person.

There's some kind of privacy chauvinism involved in these discussions that ignores the realities of people who don't live next to the Amazon HQ.
This comment is off-topic and extremely uncivil. It's not OK to post on Hacker News like this.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Yes it is very similar to another guest spot writer who wrote about retiring in Manhattan:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/opinion/sunday/for-a-long-...

HN Comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12429693

Specifically my comment on the guest writer being fairly privileged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12433360

...You know cause everyone can easily retire to Manhattan...
I wish Americans would stop assuming their issues are universal to the West. Excessive sugar in recipes is a specifically American problem. I grew up in Europe, and the difference is huge.
Reddit | San Francisco | Full-Time | Onsite | iOS & Android Engineers

tldr: join Reddit's mobile team of 5 engineers and ship apps to millions of people.

You may have heard of a little site called Reddit that's kind of similar to Hacker News. What you may not know is that the team that builds our official apps just turned 1 year old and is still only 5 engineers with backgrounds from big companies like Instagram and Google to startups like Weebly and Sincerely. A couple of us, including me, were actually startup founders ourselves.

Despite Reddit drama (which doesn't really effect engineering), our engineering team is in better shape than ever. Our apps are well loved at 4.5+ stars on both platforms, and used by millions of people every month. We're planning to grow fast on the mobile team over the next year and are hiring for iOS and Android at pretty much all levels of experience.

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As a parent of four kids myself, this seems ridiculously low:

"I spent a mere 9.09 hours weekly on housework and errands"

How is that possible? Housecleaner? Personal shopper? Nanny?

We spend 6-8 hours each week shopping around trying to save money on just groceries, and that's not including clothes or haircuts etc.
People keep saying directories don't work anymore, yet we are now seeing one directory buying another directory. Make your own directory and grow it.
Discover the value of launching on ULA's Atlas V
This is more true of communities built around ideas rather than activities, and there are also moderating tactics you can use to avoid it. For example, online communities based around astronomy, or radio-controlled airplanes, or baking, or other hobbies remain relatively healthy even decades after their founding.

Also there are communities around conventionally caustic topics (eg. Lambda: The Ultimate for programming language design, Penny Arcade for games) that manage to survive for a decade+ with no loss of quality because of moderation policies. For example, L:tU has an "avoiding ungrounded discussion" policy - every thread must be centered around discussion of a published academic paper, which first of all keeps the focus on people who actually do work, and second of all discourages everyone without the background to read and understand academic papers.
Already applied, sent answers to requiters questions, no response already one month ;-)
I have a friend that lives in a rural area. So I asked him and he said it's 110 miles to Costco in Reno. Otherwise all his trips are short, few miles. If he could charge the car at Costco in Reno he could get away with an electric car with ~150 miles range.

One comment of mine, there is one gas station in his town, if that ever closed it'd make owning a gasoline powered car a right PITA because the next gas station is 40 miles away.
Seconded. I've used it for testing various functions in recommendation systems, and it's great at finding boundary conditions you didn't think of, or issues with floating point math. And, as it was the first time I used any testing tools like this, it was a fun emotional experience to have an antagonistic test suite.
Innovation is generally not accelerated by people that are comfortable/have all of their basic needs met.

Really? We could certainly come up with stories of great innovation being done by uncomfortably poor people, but I bet if we came up with a list of 100 innovators, at least 80 of them would be from middle-class-plus homes and could almost surely have gotten any number of comfortable-enough jobs doing something un-innovative.

(Edit: which isn't at all to say that non-poor people are more innovative. Just that people who aren't in poverty are far more likely to have the chance for their innovativeness to have a broad public impact.)
I hate the new dropdown. The old one had brightly-coloured icons that were an easy visual search. The new one is a wall of text you have to parse.
Location: Bay Area, CA

Remote: open

Willing to relocate: yes

Technologies: R, SQL, Python

Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abraham-mathew-21221b29

Blog: mathewanalytics.com

Email: mathewanalytics@gmail.com

Statistician and data scientist with five years of experience in the tech and advertising industries. Looking for new challenges as a statistician or data scientist.
> Which AV do you use on Windows?

Defender because it's pretty much built-in so there's little reason not to. Before defender, none.

> Do you run AV on Linux and Mac in the background

Nooooope.
I loved the sense of humor in the API as well.

int32 is_computer_on(); //Returns 1 if the computer is on. If the computer isn't on, the value returned by this function is undefined.

double is_computer_on_fire(); //Returns the temperature of the motherboard if the computer is currently on fire. If the computer isn't on fire, the function returns some other value.
>Non monopolised capital is still capital. And there are many goods that blur the line.

Owning tools that can make things (capital) does not make one a capitalist anymore than one who owns a firearm does not make one a soldier. I think this has to be the most important point that so many miss when discussing the failures of capitalism in that they conflate so many things with the role of a capitalist (or rentier) with things or roles that aren't in any capacity like it. The mere possession does not constitute the role.
How I used my own Gmail extension to negotiate a car purchase
Sightengine | Junior Developer | Paris France | INTERN, https://sightengine.com

Sightengine is an Artificial Intelligence company that helps developers and businesses Moderate and Understand user-submitted images and videos.

Our powerful technology is built on proprietary state-of-the-art Deep Learning systems and is made available through simple and clean APIs.

We are looking for a Junior Developer to help us build and ship small projects and tools that will help our community of users and customers make the most of their content.

This is a great opportunity to get exposed to multiple challenges - both front-end and back-end - while getting a hands-on experience with popular languages such as Python, Go, Node.JS, PHP.

Apply here: https://sightengine.com/apply?position=2p_a1fkeA
> He gets asked where he "summers" and then walks out confused.

Anyone cares to explain that one?
Opendoor Raises $210M to Buy and Sell Even More Homes
Location: Mountain View, CA

Remote: Available for remote or on-site

Willing to relocate: Within San Francisco Bay Area

Technologies: JavaScript/ES6, CSS3, SVG animations, HTML5; Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana. Looking to learn/work on React + Node.js

Résumé/CV: https://mibake.space/pdf/BakerMichael_JavaScript-Engineer_UX...

Email: cleverbaker@gmail.com

Primarily looking for a Mid-level Front-end Engineering position where I can deliver solutions autonomously while growing with guidance of a Senior Lead Engineer.

I have a strong interest in Data Visualization, i.e. programming dashboards, graphs, and interactive data tables. I'm also interested in Security and joining a team with some camaraderie.

I'm available for hire as a freelance developer to turn design mockups into high-performance production-ready front-end code that is all set to drop into a web app.

I'm looking for a full-time position at a company in Mountain View, Palo Alto, Redwood City, or anywhere on the Peninsula between Los Gatos and San Francisco.

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

Please reach out to me via email, Twitter or LinkedIn.

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Awesome I updated the article with a link to your article!
The wrath of investors...
I imagine you must have seen it and drawn some inspiration, but https://www.hackthissite.org/ was a favorite of mine. Made an account and checking it out. Thanks!
Bosch | Java Developer | Chicago | Visas, https://www.bosch-si.com/home/homepage.php

We're always looking for Java Developers for our Internet of Things Division.
Oracle goes for the jugular - in this case, the cheque-writing vein ...
Doesn't dilute the blood they've on their hands though
They didn't - BEOS was first launched only for their own line of hardware, the BeBox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeBox
Ask HN: Who is hiring sysadmins/devops/SRE?
While working on sysadminsarena.com, i couldn't find a website specialized on sysadmin jobs. let's see how this is going.
sometimes for improved aerodynamics, for example the ugly headlights on the Nissan Leaf break up airflow along the side of the car so that the drag caused by the side mirrors is reduced.
ShopPad | Software Engineer (Full-stack, PHP) | Oakland, CA | ONSITE | http://www.theshoppad.com

ShopPad develops award-winning, SaaS products used by tens of thousands of eCommerce merchants around the globe.

We work with exciting companies like Tesla Automotive, General Electric, Sundance Film Festival, Acer Computers, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Nine West, 5-Hour Energy Drink and many more to deliver eCommerce experiences that perform and delight. Our founders are experienced entrepreneurs and we're backed by some of the best angels in the Bay. Our office is located in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood — just a few blocks from 19th Street BART.

About You: You'll be working with PHP 5.6, JavaScript (Angular & Vue.js), HTML5, CSS3, Git, the Linux command line, MongoDB, with some Node mixed in. Familiarity with eCommerce, Shopify, 3rd-party API's or AWS is a plus, so be sure to mention if you have a background in any of those. Experience comes in many forms and passion goes a long way, so please consider applying even if you aren't intimate with our entire stack.

About The Role: As a full-stack developer on our apps team, you'll work with a small, close-knit team to create beautiful products at scale. You'll be empowered with the authority to make decisions that materially affect the company's future. This is a great place for builders, makers, and hackers who want to create something great. Every day you'll get to work on some of Shopify's most popular apps and help us to create new ones. You will own everything you build, being responsible for architecture decisions and scaling your solution to meet customer demand.
Compensation includes: competitive salary, equity, medical/dental/vision/commuter benefits. PTO with 15 paid holidays (incl. some fun ones like your birthday, Valentine's day, St. Patrick's Day, Halloween, etc). Flexible hours where everyone works from home / remote once a week. Plus a fully-stocked kitchen with snacks & beverages.

If you're excited about having a big influence on software used by millions every day, then we'd love to hear from you! Please send your resume and cover letter to careers-417@theshoppad.com
With regard to https://wiki.freebsd.org/201405DevSummit/NetworkStack
saying they had plenty of innovative things is really misleading. Most of the comments are "linux has this nice thing that works well, let's copy it".
Honest question: why is there so much AWS news up today? I mean, X-Ray is particularly exciting for me, but there are currently 5/30 stories on the front page which are basically just product announcements. I'm pretty new, but is this normal? I thought the basic upvote criteria was meant to be that we should focus on upvoting articles of some depth as well as interest.
Linux Apache Golang Postgres
Sesh | Mobile Software Engineer | Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro | Part-time, REMOTE | http://joinsesh.com

Product:

Global marketplace for virtual life coaching. A beautiful mobile app matching clients with coaches and providing a complete platform for communication and goal tracking.

What you'll do:

• Push the limits of mobile devices and create great user experiences

• Build smooth, stable, and fun products

• Develop features from design through implementation and launch

• Evaluate technical tradeoffs of every decision and work with design on the best UI and infrastructure practices

• Perform code reviews that guarantee code quality

What we're looking for:

• Expertise in Objective-C and iOS and/or Node.JS and/or AngularJS

• Bonus: expertise in MongoDB and/or AWS

• An individual who cares deeply about creating outstanding experiences

• Someone who gets excited by tough technical challenges

• Someone who loves learning and is passionate about helping others

• Someone who's great at collaborating and can work well with others

• 3+ years experience in developing mobile applications

Where you'll work (choose any):

• REMOTELY from anywhere in the world

• Our Los Angeles, CA office

• Our Rio de Janeiro, Brazil office
No, it's not. If you actually do the math, the Nespresso coffee pods are so expensive per cup as compared to buying ground or whole espresso beans in tins, that a Nespresso machine with pods vs a proper Rancilio Silvia with Illy espresso breaks even in a little more than 12 months. Even though the Rancilio is $650+.

Also, the Nespresso pods are pretty bad on the environment, since they're made from aluminium (energy intensive process) but can't be recycled since they're full of spent coffee.
Class Libraries in .NET Core
webroot is quite decent but I definitely don't enable the browser extensions, at best they just slow down browsing, at worst...eh. It also does another "funny" thing, basically whenever it meets a process it does not like, it starts dumping hundreds of MBs of data into its ProgramData folder, and I wonder, how are you gonna upload all that stuff with my 0.5Mbps tx speed ? :)
Other than the examples, what kinds of interesting things could this be used for? What are the advantages over writing code for the coordination?
micropsi industries | Research Engineer Machine Learning | Berlin, Germany

At micropsi industries, we combine well-understood learning algorithms based on gradient descent and reinforcement learning with our own research into neuro-symbolic representations.
As part of a small, smart, and friendly team of AI scientists and engineers, you will develop new ways of learning neuro-symbolic representations. Your daily business will be digesting current deep learning and reinforcement learning research, maturing and extending our Python/Theano code base, and driving development of micropsi industries' core technology towards applications in process industries and robotics.
Ideally, you have a strong background in machine learning and share our vision of bringing together connectionist and symbolic AI. Our long-term goal is to bridge the gap between low-level deep neural learning and semantic representation, reasoning, and planning with a truly integrated architecture.

Contact: http://www.micropsi-industries.com/join_us/
Nanny and husband, per the article. She said she travels a lot for work, so travel weeks will also bring down the average significantly.
Introducing Elastic Cloud Enterprise
You COULD of course just get real coffee. You could buy the highest quality of coffee beans from a local roaster who imports the stuff himself from a farmer in Ethiopia and it would still be cheaper than Nespresso. It would be way tastier but you'd need to grind the coffee and use something like an AeroPress to make it.
Forest – The No Pricing Manifesto
AWS Lambda Dead Letter Queues
Didn't know that. The numbers sold are tiny.
It was arguably "better" from a purely technical view, but cheaper beat out better.

The commodity always wins. Never forget that.
I don't think the person understands that basic income doesn't mean resources are infinite, resource are still finite, miserably finite
That is very interesting. I do have Emacs making some sort of backup, but have never managed to get it to work reliably. I'll follow those instructions.
The person was also exhausted every day, by their own admission. I feel pity, not jealousy.