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Dragonflydb – A modern replacement for Redis and Memcached
Dragonflydb – A modern replacement for Redis and Memcached
My students cheated... a lot
My students cheated... a lot
Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits
Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits
Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms (2015)
Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms (2015)
Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession
I’ve been job hunting and I was going to get interviewed on Friday for a SWE role at a small startup and today I received an email from the PM canceling the interview and letting me know the company has decided to stop the recruitment process for all roles due to the markets situation. She also attached a tweet about a YC email to all their founders, here’s the link: <a href="https://twitter.com/refsrc/status/1527238287471292417" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/refsrc/status/1527238287471292417</a>. I checked the company webpage and in fact they have closed all the open positions, there were like 6.<p>From all the rejections I’ve got so far this is the first time the reason is markets turmoil / recession threat. To be honest is my first time job hunting since I graduated in 2019.<p>Screen shots: <a href="https://t.co/wSx5IR44nK" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/wSx5IR44nK</a><p>Will be this the situation for most tech companies or just start ups? I know the unprofitable over valuated ones will most likely get rekt first but I wanna know if during recessions recruiting slows down even for big profitable companies.<p>What companies or roles will be more resilient?<p>And how as a SWE / tech industry professional, specially the ones starting their careers like me, can prepare?<p>I hope some experienced people in the industry can give some hope and advice. Is demoralizing to find out I spent 4 years in school just to get into a really harsh job market. First pandemic, then recession? F...
Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession
I’ve been job hunting and I was going to get interviewed on Friday for a SWE role at a small startup and today I received an email from the PM canceling the interview and letting me know the company has decided to stop the recruitment process for all roles due to the markets situation. She also attached a tweet about a YC email to all their founders, here’s the link: <a href="https://twitter.com/refsrc/status/1527238287471292417" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/refsrc/status/1527238287471292417</a>. I checked the company webpage and in fact they have closed all the open positions, there were like 6.<p>From all the rejections I’ve got so far this is the first time the reason is markets turmoil / recession threat. To be honest is my first time job hunting since I graduated in 2019.<p>Screen shots: <a href="https://t.co/wSx5IR44nK" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/wSx5IR44nK</a><p>Will be this the situation for most tech companies or just start ups? I know the unprofitable over valuated ones will most likely get rekt first but I wanna know if during recessions recruiting slows down even for big profitable companies.<p>What companies or roles will be more resilient?<p>And how as a SWE / tech industry professional, specially the ones starting their careers like me, can prepare?<p>I hope some experienced people in the industry can give some hope and advice. Is demoralizing to find out I spent 4 years in school just to get into a really harsh job market. First pandemic, then recession? F...
FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA phone numbers for ad targeting
FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA phone numbers for ad targeting
Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
I have usually kept a short list of games that would be fun if they existed. Long ago one my bullets in the list was a procedurally generated planet-sized planet with a full diaspora to explore. No Man's Sky fulfilled that for me.<p>What are some games that you wish existed?
Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
I have usually kept a short list of games that would be fun if they existed. Long ago one my bullets in the list was a procedurally generated planet-sized planet with a full diaspora to explore. No Man's Sky fulfilled that for me.<p>What are some games that you wish existed?
YouTubeDrive: Store files as YouTube videos
YouTubeDrive: Store files as YouTube videos
Starlink for RVs
Imagen, a text-to-image diffusion model
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