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Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: MCP servers, agents, agent harnesses, LLM evals, javascript, typescript, python, SQL, Docker, AWS, GCP

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pGfDBQkmiCBsoDr0_nInqw6S...

Email: [email protected]

I am a senior software engineer with 13 years of experience with javascript, 6 with typescript, and 5 with python and full stack development. I have worked in Biotech, life sciences, e-commerce, and SaaS. Most recently I have been evaluating LLM output at Micro 1.

I have been working on an AI harness for building desktop applications from SPEC.md files, along with some examples SPEC.md files I have tested, at https://specliotheque.com. The agent harness is available here: https://github.com/thecolorblue/bspec

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I always come back to this quote:

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune

28 วันที่ผ่านมาdiscuss

I have gotten into spec driven development. Plan everything ahead of time. Sometimes I have the LLM help out, sometimes I do it all myself. It can include data models, business logic, or UI design. Sometimes I draw on a whiteboard, or in a notebook, and ask the LLM to convert the drawing into text I can put into a SPEC.md file. The more time I spend planning, the longer the LLM can work autonomously, and the less time I spend debugging issues or asking it to fix things that I didn't ask for.

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Some people put significant time into their blogs. It is not cheap to add value through writing.

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You could either go down the 2d isometric map route (something like animal crossing) or something closer to google maps (maybe with mapbox studio?).

The current map feels more like a menu to me.

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I love it! I signed up to be the groundskeeper.

I really want a 2d world so I can see everything going on in the game. Even a static map would help visualize what the game is about.

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I honestly don't understand this statement. What else besides healthcare could fix that? Are you arguing that Mississippi obesity is due to genetics and cannot be changed?

The only other thing I can think of that would affect state wide obesity is food security and quality. Proper healthcare would be my first pick for fixing obesity.

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Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: MCP servers, agents, AI harnesses, javascript, typescript, python, SQL, Docker, AWS, GCP

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pGfDBQkmiCBsoDr0_nInqw6S...

Email: [email protected]

I am a senior software engineer with 13 years of experience with javascript, 6 with typescript, and 5 with python and full stack development. I have worked in Biotech, life sciences, e-commerce, and SaaS. Most recently I have been building AI agents for evaluating LLM output at Micro 1.

I have been working on a AI harness for building desktop applications from SPEC.md files, along with some examples SPEC.md files I have tested, at https://specliotheque.com .

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PE profits sound like other companies opportunities. Unless there are barriers to entry not covered in this article, I would think other companies could move in, deliver a fire truck faster and at a lower cost, and at least take a portion of the market that is able to switch.

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I am a software engineer with 13 years of experience with javascript, and 3 years at a full stack developer with python. I have experience with SaaS, deploying and maintaining ML models in production, Biotech R&D, and LLM workflows. My latest project is a LLM career coach that guides you through achieving your goals and keeps you focused, based on enneagram and emotional intelligence scores.

https://github.com/thecolorblue/coach-loop

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: react, typescript, python, postgresql, AWS, GCP, LLM agents

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pGfDBQkmiCBsoDr0_nInqw6S...

Email: [email protected]

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I am a software engineer with 13 years of experience with javascript, and 3 years at a full stack developer with python. I have experience with e-commerce, SaaS, deploying and maintaining ML models in production, and Biotech R&D. My latest project was a LLM powered chrome extension that used webMCP and experimental chrome APIs to search amazon for products. https://github.com/thecolorblue/amazon_webmcp_demo

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: react, typescript, python, postgresql, AWS, GCP, LLM agents

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pGfDBQkmiCBsoDr0_nInqw6S...

Email: [email protected]

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I have been working on my own language arts app for k-12 (https://snowdayacademy.com). In my experience, if it's not fun or rewarding, nobody is going to use it. Most of my users are parents that want their kid to get better grades, or the students want a better studying experience. So, for me its a combination of interesting content, UX, and better feedback than doing a worksheet.

I have been testing it with my two daughters and they make it very clear when its to painful to be useful.

The other thing that worked for me was talking to experts, in my case reading specialists.

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https://snowdayacademy.com

Reading practice and assessments for k-12 students, with reporting and tracking for parents, tutors, and teachers. It uses speech to text and quizzes to assess the students reading ability. It picks up skipped words, substituted words, along with metrics on speed and pauses.

I have been testing it with my 2 daughters and its finally at a spot where I don't have to drag them to test it against their will and they are showing improvement. I am working on the marketing now. I have gotten some interest from private tutors but I have a feeling it will be great for the homeschooling community.

Thanks for any feedback! Please leave first reactions as the marketing page is what I am iterating on right now. Don't hold back!

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Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JS, typescript, next.js, react.js, python, pandas, SQLAlchemy, Fast API, SQL, AWS, GCP

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uuq8KB2uVcMB0l5zJR-8Nruc...

Email: [email protected]

13 years of experience with javascript, 6 with typescript and python. I'm currently working on launching a react native app. I have experience in e-commerce, SaaS, and biotech.

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Hi, I'm Brad, software engineer, long time HN lurker. I have been working on this project for a while and I think it is ready for more feedback. I have been calling it Snow Day Adventures, an app for k-12 students home from a school snow day that beats watching YouTube or Instagram.

One of the things I consistently used chatGPT for is creating bedtime stories for my two daughters. They were never very long, but we could customize them and ask for edits. It was a fun activity we could do laying down before bed.

Fast forward to just about a year ago when an administrator at my daughter's school reached out about AI. We had a meeting where we talked about the basics but I really had no idea how AI would work in K-12 education. There were a couple apps that they use, which were fine, but I felt like they did not take advantage of the technology. At the same time, I was not qualified to give them advice.

So I started building little apps here and there. I would test them with my daughters. Usually they would get bored or it would feel to much like homework. Sometime this summer I focused on generating engaging stories and came up with a workflow for generating choose your own adventure stories. After a couple iterations, I got to where the app is now: turn any story into a choose your own adventure.

I have loaded a couple public domain stories to start with. The idea is pretty simple: pick a story, you will see the first page and at the bottom you will see a link to the original story the author wrote and three generated pages. Once you pick a generated page, you will only see generated options (and you will probably see the options take ~10 seconds to load). You can also click the refresh button which will replace that page with a new generated one.

The generated pages are never as good as the originals, but it does make it more fun. Going back and trying different paths creates endless amounts of content. I think the bigger opportunity is to customize the stories to the students reading level and language abilities. I did a couple tests with bi-lingual story generation, and generating from a strict lexile reading level; both showed some promise.

I know it does not technically need a user to log in, but I am a little worried about story generation getting out of hand from bots. If anyone has any ideas for preventing a search engine bot from clicking every link on a page that generates new content, I would be happy to find an alternative. Maybe you have to log in to generate new content but the already generated content is public? Let me know what you think.

Thanks for taking a look.

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Location: Cleveland, OH, United States

Remote: Open to remote, hybrid, and in-person

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript (13 yrs), TypeScript (6 yrs), Python (6 yrs), React.js, Redux.js, Saga.js, Babylon.js, Webpack, SCSS, AWS (S3, ALB, EC2, Batch, Lambda, RDS), Snowflake, SQL, REST APIs, SVG.js, Git

Résumé/CV: [Resume](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uuq8KB2uVcMB0l5zJR-8Nruc...)

Email: [email protected]

I’m Brad Davis, a senior software engineer and product-focused developer with over a decade of experience building scalable applications, data pipelines, and AI-driven tools. At Ginkgo Bioworks, I led the development of a 5.6 TB genomic and metadata data lake supporting 120+ researchers, integrating AWS and Snowflake to streamline scientific workflows. My work has spanned creating React.js applications for lab teams, implementing machine learning pipelines, and optimizing developer workflows with AI-assisted code generation.

I’ve contributed to open-source AI projects such as RooCode and built my own educational platform, [Snow Day](https://github.com/thecolorblue/snow_day), which generates vocabulary quizzes using LLMs. My career has included both engineering and product management roles, giving me a unique ability to bridge technical and business requirements. I enjoy designing systems that make data more accessible, applications more intuitive, and teams more effective.

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  Location: Cleveland, Ohio, US
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Typescript, Python, Postgres, LLMs, computer vision, bioinformatics, ecommerce, SaaS
  Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uuq8KB2uVcMB0l5zJR-8Nruca_OgRQpIkVX1Dv-p9s4/edit?usp=sharing
  Email: [email protected]

Hello! I am software engineer with 13 years of experience with javascript, and 6 with typescript and python. About half of my career has been as a front end developer, and the last 6 have been as a full stack developer. I have done a little bit of everything, from ecommerce, to software as a service, to bioinformatics and genomics R&D.

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I have had trouble with charge backs with Chase. Generally, I think they are pretty good to work with, but I would not suggest them for any large purchases.

You are correct about credit card companies, but for whatever reason, Chase has different incentives.

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Which phones did you have trouble with? I am still using my pixel 3. I was going to upgrade just for more storage (the camera updates are nice too).

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Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: react, angular, tensorflow.js, typescript, canvas API, onnx.js

Résumé/CV: email me

Email: [email protected]

I have 3 years of experience working on machine learning at the edge, IoT, and in the browser. I am open to part time/full time/ freelance work bringing ML into new or existing applications.