Aken
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Seasoned full-stack engineer, new entrepreneur, author of https://becomeaseniorengineer.com
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Comment · 3 months ago
This is a fun exercise, one I've considered regularly over the course of raising my 10-year-old daughter.
Reading the post's World English section, the hardest part for me is the use of "be" instead of "is". That would take some getting used to.
Comment · 9 months ago
Like the other comments, it took me a lot of losing to figure out that my return word is my choice. I kept trying to type a word I was being given, and wondering why I kept getting hints and stuff.
Fun way to waste 10 minutes, though! :) I like the 8-bit look and sound. Would be nice a little bigger!
Comment · 1 year ago
That would be an interesting startup – manufacturing and supplying core EV components, all the way to rolling chassis.
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes, but can they reproduce?! Nice try, Aschen!
Comment · 1 year ago
> If you don't know any array languages, it might explode your brain. Use at your own risk!
I've been around the block, don't think it'll be a problem picking up something new
> Here is a program that checks whether a number x is prime (for x>2): {&/x!:\2+!_x^1%2}
(closes laptop and goes outside)
Comment · 1 year ago
Senior software engineer with 20 years of experience across consulting, solo entrepreneurship, startups, and small business engineering teams. Comfortable as team lead or IC.
Looking for full-time, short-term contract, technical founder or founding software engineer, etc. Excited about pragmatic solutions, iteration with users and product, CI/CD, mentorship, APIs, SaaS, e-commerce, and so much more.
Author of an engineering-focused newsletter https://becomeaseniorengineer.com
Location: Milwaukee area, Wisconsin, USA
Remote: Must be remote, willing to travel often
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Frontend – TypeScript, React, Vue.js Backend – Next.js, Node.js, Express, PHP (Laravel, Symfony) Mobile – React Native, Ionic + Capacitor Databases – MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Firebase Firestore Cloud & Infrastructure – AWS (S3, EC2, SES, SQS, RDS, Lambda), Docker, GitHub Actions Testing & Quality – TDD, BDD, Playwright, Cypress, Gherkin Architecture – Event-Driven Systems, State Machines, SOLID Principles, API Design Observability – ELK Stack, OpenTelemetry, New Relic
Résumé/CV: https://akenroberts.com/resume/
Email: [email protected]
Comment · 1 year ago
Give me a phone without a camera bump that sits flat on a table top and I'll stop putting a case on it
Comment · 1 year ago
I went in expecting this to be a "roast me" style AI wrapper. Pleasantly surprised to see it be more concrete and actionable.
Comment · 1 year ago
This was really fun to read!
My in-laws are immigrants from Vietnam who left during the war. These stories feel a little closer to home than they would have before meeting them.
Comment · 2 years ago
Hey HN, author Aken Roberts here. I'm having massive imposter syndrome posting my newsletter here, but I can only gain from the experience so let's go!
I'm writing a newsletter for engineers seeking a Senior++ level. Content is framed as how a Senior approaches said topic, ranging from soft skills to specific technologies and problems.
I'm not a FAANG 10x-er, and I think that's a good perspective to showcase. You can be a successful senior engineer without a top tech company, as I have experienced.
Hope to meet some of you along the way. If you have any requests or suggestions for topics to write about, I'm all ears.
Comment · 2 years ago
This was fun! Thanks for sharing
Comment · 3 years ago
Whoops, blurring different replies together and did not context thread properly.