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I run a Reddit Post Automation tool called Delay for Reddit: https://www.delayforreddit.com

The tech stack is:

- Ruby on Rails

- Postgres

- Redis

- Hosted on Heroku

I choose this stack because it was the technologies I was most familiar. Also, I knew it could solve the problems the business faced.

I do not think Tech Stack is the most important component to my success. Its important to choose a Stack which can solve the business's problems first and second having familiarity with the technology can make you more agile.

Spending time on SEO, marketing and advertising is where I can attribute most of my success.

I think part of the problem is that you are not the target audience of the chatbot. For the past year, I've run Intercom on a small saas app (https://www.delayforreddit.com) and I get great feedback from end-users. They love to be able to reach out to me on any page rather than hunting for a support email. A large component of the problem is that many sites overuse Intercom and don't realize how it impacts their end user experience.

I created https://www.pullchecklist.com, a Github tool that surfaces contextually relevant checklists for Pull Requests. I built it to scratch an itch of a common problem at work. Some of the member of my team were tired of manually checking Github checklists because they were not relevant to the PR they were reviewing. This tool layers conditional logic on top of Github's checklist functionality.

Pull Checklist is now on the Github Marketplace too. https://github.com/marketplace/pull-checklist

I felt the way you did a few years ago. There are a couple ways to navigate around this type of block. First, try to connect with the customers/end-users of your code. Receiving positive or negative feedback is a great way to become more engaged with your work. Knowing that you make someone's life better can imbue your work with more meaning. Second, if you are interested in a profitable side business approach your side projects with monetization in mind. Learning something outside programming but tangentially related has helped me stay interested in my day job. Researching the depth and breath of the space (competitors, CPC for popular keywords, payment processing) can be very stimulating. Two years ago I started https://www.delayforreddit.com and its been a great way for me to explore a side business and work towards fulltime self-employment.

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

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Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

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Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

SEEKING FREELANCER | NYC | Android

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

I am looking for a freelancer who can work onsite with our existing Android team in NYC.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.


https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

Https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.
 https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-... https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

Https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.


https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...


https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

Https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.
 https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-... 
https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any question.

Here is some recent news about Handy.


https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any question.

Here is some recent news about Handy.


https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Senior Software Engineer | New York | Full time | https://www.handy.com

Handy is on a mission to change the way the world purchases home services. We operate in all major US cities and several locations in Canada and Europe, but we are just getting started. At the heart of our mission is a resilient platform built on a sound technical foundation. We are always looking for skillful software engineers to join us in our mission.

At Handy, we form small, high-impact teams and empower them to iterate rapidly. You’ll be joining one the teams as a senior software engineer. Senior software engineers are the most skillful individual contributors in our teams. You will be collaborating with your team members (engineering, product, and operations) to build and release features/products to production everyday. Our engineers release Handy’s native apps every week and release web features throughout a day.

For more info and to apply: https://www.handy.com/careers/703807?gh_jid=703807

Handy | Senior Software Engineer | New York | Full time | https://www.handy.com

Handy is on a mission to change the way the world purchases home services. We operate in all major US cities and several locations in Canada and Europe, but we are just getting started. At the heart of our mission is a resilient platform built on a sound technical foundation. We are always looking for skillful software engineers to join us in our mission.

At Handy, we form small, high-impact teams and empower them to iterate rapidly. You’ll be joining one the teams as a senior software engineer. Senior software engineers are the most skillful individual contributors in our teams. You will be collaborating with your team members (engineering, product, and operations) to build and release features/products to production everyday. Our engineers release Handy’s native apps every week and release web features throughout a day.

For more info and to apply: https://www.handy.com/careers/703807?gh_jid=703807