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Comment · 3 days ago
What has 1Password become? I haven't seen anything recently; perhaps I missed something?
Comment · 17 days ago
> You are the owner of a recovered alien spacecraft with tech you have no hope of understanding.
I love this phrase, and I think it captures the difference between the "60 years of legacy code" mentioned elsewhere here, and the vibe-coded monstrosity that we all know we're going to be encountering in the next 5 years. The fact that there were human brains with intent making all the little (short-sighted, myopic, ignorant, etc) changes in the legacy code means that you DO have at least some shot of gaining enough context to make safer changes.
There is no real intent in LLMs and particularly in blind vibe coding, so you'll end up reading stuff that works, or appears to work, but there was no human brain behind the change for you to model and thus predict.
Comment · 4 months ago
Link for anyone looking for it
https://somehowmanage.com/2020/09/20/revenue-model-not-cultu...
Comment · 4 months ago
I've learned about several frameworks that are system language + web frontend. The general approach is, ship a small binary compiled for the specific platform, and use the platform's native browser (and whatever html frontend tech you like) for frontend. The whole binary can be 1mb or less.
There's a couple of Rust libraries like this; right now I'm building an app in Tauri+Svelte.
It looks like Wails might be a similar framework in Golang.
Comment · 4 months ago
I also prefer simple web tech, but I'm really glad you brought these points up! Ecosystems matter more than a lot of purist devs think.
Comment · 5 months ago
Brightscript could have been worse!
And much, much better, as well
Comment · 5 months ago
> Do they just get paid out with restrictive NDAs?
Yes, that's a very common part of an exit package for executives. Speaking from some first- and second-hand experience, you can get paid a hefty sum (6-12mo of salary worth of cash) for signing an agreement that has some amount of limits on what you can say, to whom.
There's also some kind of what I think of as a LinkedIn effect - there's a disincentive to talk trash about any organization publicly, since that's now attached to your name and might make future employers/organizations leery of hiring someone who might air their dirty laundry.
Comment · 9 months ago
From TFA:
> Many CTOs, like me, have a strong engineering background, and so I will understand some of the requests you make without needing further explanation.
Comment · 9 years ago
I see relative times (7:00pm, 12:01am, etc), but I notice there are no timezones. Is it implicitly Eastern time in the US?
Comment · 9 years ago
In answer to (1) - I'm a bit rusty, but I believe Java allows objects of the same type to access other objects' private data. I definitely agree that it's gross, but it exists elsewhere.
Comment · 9 years ago
Convoy | Software Engineer | Seattle | Full-time, onsite, https://convoy.com
We're optimizing trucking and logistics, an $800B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us:
http://seattlebusinessmag.com/technology/convoy%E2%80%99s-de...
https://www.geekwire.com/2016/greylock-leads-16m-round-deman...
I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, incredibly high-leverage group of engineers. Even after two years, I still love going to the office each morning. I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met, on software that is going to modernize an industry that's fundamental to the modern world. No team I've ever been on, including at Amazon, has felt like I could have this kind of impact.
We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
If you're interested in hearing more, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. Help us grow an amazing tech team from a very early point in our company's history!
Some, but not necessarily all, of our open jobs: http://jobs.convoy.com
Comment · 9 years ago
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Comment · 9 years ago
Convoy | Software Engineer | Seattle | Full-time, onsite, https://convoy.com
We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $800B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us: https://news.greylock.com/our-investment-in-convoy-changing-...
I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, incredibly high-leverage group of engineers. Even after two years, I still love going to the office each morning. I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met, on software that is going to modernize an industry that's fundamental to the modern world. No team I've ever been on, including at Amazon, has felt like I could have this kind of impact.
We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
If you're in Seattle, in tech, and interested in the business, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. Help us grow an amazing tech team from a very early point in our company's history!
Some, but not necessarily all, of our open jobs: http://jobs.convoy.com
Comment · 9 years ago
Convoy | Software Engineer | Seattle | Full-time, onsite, https://convoy.com
We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $800B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us:
https://news.greylock.com/our-investment-in-convoy-changing-...
I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, incredibly high-leverage engineering team. Even after two years, I still love going to the office each morning. I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met, on software that is going to modernize a fundamental industry. No company I've ever been at, including Amazon, has felt like I could have this kind of impact.
We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. This job’s been a wild ride, and it’s really only beginning!
Some, but not necessarily all, of our open jobs: http://jobs.convoy.com