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by remyp 2y ago
So long, and thanks for all the fish. -85907003
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by remyp 3y ago
Thank you! This is super helpful.
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by remyp 3y ago
This is a big concern for us. Fortunately, we are self-funded and only answer to ourselves. I’d love to hear more about your experience - please feel free to email me (info in profile) if you’re not comfortable sharing publicly.
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by remyp 3y ago
A developer happiness product, https://workdna.com . It sends out employee pulse surveys that are purpose-built for dev teams and don't suck to fill out. Lots of companies just cobble together a Google Form full of irreleva
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by remyp 3y ago
Over my last few programming jobs I've felt that building software these days usually amounts to drudgery in the short term and burnout in the long-term. I'm building a product [0] to fix that. It helps engineering leaders gathe
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by remyp 3y ago
I'm a bootstrapper. I use a merchant of record service to handle this because I need to spend my time building and growing, not doing paperwork. Yes, it sucks that it costs more. Yes, it sucks that I have more platform/vendor ri
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by remyp 3y ago
As a lifelong midwesterner I don’t need sirens, the internet, TV, radio, or low frequency sound to warn me about a tornado. If it’s “green” outside I’m heading down to the basement.
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by remyp 3y ago
I think there are bus services that run between the Algarve and Lisbon, I've had friends use them before.
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by remyp 3y ago
I live in Lisbon. Give a shout if you make it up this way, contact info is in my profile.
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by remyp 3y ago
I regularly text in 3 languages. The increase in autocorrect frustration is exponential, not linear.
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by remyp 3y ago
Thanks for this, I really needed it.
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by remyp 3y ago
Have you considered teaching and/or mentoring? I’m sure you have a lot to offer to students and people who are early in their career.
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by remyp 3y ago
The United States has a homeless population bigger than Malta [0][1]. 11.5% of our population -- 38 million people -- live in poverty [2]. The median household income is $74,580 and health insurance for a family of 4 costs $17,244 ($1,437
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by remyp 3y ago
It's even more fun in Safari on MacOS. Videos don't autoplay, but they also don't play when you DO hit the play button.
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by remyp 3y ago
Lots of reasons, in no particular order: - I've wanted to live in Europe for as long as I can remember. I can apply for a Portuguese passport after 5 years of residency, which unlocks the entire continent. - I'm from Chicago and
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by remyp 3y ago
D7, because I actually want to live in Portugal. That was before the new DN visa, though. I'm told that anyone with active (ie employment) income needs to apply for the nomad visa.
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by remyp 3y ago
Because it's difficult to unlearn a lifetime of habit :)
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by remyp 3y ago
> somewhat confused by the general lack of "can do" attitude I moved from the US to Europe a year ago and this rings so true it hurts. Sometimes requests (for anything from another glass of wine to government bureaucracy with
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by remyp 3y ago
I'm an American and moved from the US to Portugal a year ago, though I still spend a lot of time in the US. Here's what my biggest challenges have been: - Family and friends are now an 8 hour flight and 6 time zones away. Stayin
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by remyp 3y ago
Not as such. The tech is incredibly cool, but I'm rooting against cars whether they're self-driving or not. Cities are for people.
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by remyp 3y ago
I went a private hospital ER in Portugal and it worked exactly this way since I didn't have (Portuguese) health insurance. I was there a couple hours, they gave me an IV, ran a blood panel, and wrote me a prescription. I then paid th
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by remyp 3y ago
I have a small SaaS business and do the vast majority of development myself. I made it just as easy to cancel as it is to sign up, just a couple clicks. Not that anybody does: churn is way below every benchmark and those who cancel for a
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by remyp 3y ago
I spent the first 15 years of my career grinding and saving cash + equity as a SWE. It turns out that some of that "worthless" startup equity eventually CAN turn in to Real Money and now I'm using it to pay my bills while I
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by remyp 3y ago
As an Illinois resident, voter, and taxpayer, I'm pleased by this. I don't think I've never been _happy_ with Illinois politicians, but this current set is meaningfully productive enough for me to consider plausible the idea
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by remyp 3y ago
Don’t believe this, West Lafayette is terrible. Go Illini ;)
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by remyp 3y ago
I’m writing a weekly newsletter called Meaningful Jobs while I’m working on my too-early-to-share-publicly SaaS. The newsletter is focused on engineering jobs at companies working on climate change, healthcare, and education. https:/&
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Meaningful Jobs: eng jobs that help humans, in your inbox weekly(workdna.com)
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by remyp 4y ago
There’s a space for a small text-based ad in the introduction emails people get. I sold a few for small amounts, but lately I’ve used the space to ask people to donate to UNICEF.
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by remyp 4y ago
It didn't flop, but awhile back I created https://findkismet.com to help introduce HN users to each other. We sure could use an influx of new users! It's free and has cost me more to run than it has ever made in reven
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by remyp 4y ago
Yes, and Paddle will ask you to prove it.

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