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gidgreen | 11 years ago | on: ASCII art editor designed for the Mac

Hey! A shout out from the developer of Email Effects, a now pretty much defunct ASCII art editor that was all the rage in 1997 :) Good luck with your project.

gidgreen | 11 years ago | on: Comparing Cloud Compute Services

See also the continuously updated benchmarks at cloudlook.com

gidgreen | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: HelloBlock – Focus on building Bitcoin apps, not infrastructure

Those poking around the blockchain might also be interested in coinsecrets.org which shows all OP_RETURN metadata on the main blockchain as well as testnet.

gidgreen | 12 years ago | on: DigitalOcean Raises $37.2M From Andreessen Horowitz to Take on AWS

Digital Ocean does pretty well on price/performance at www.cloudlook.com (disclaimer: my site)

gidgreen | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2013)

Copyscape - http://www.copyscape.com/ - Israel (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem)

Copyscape is the world's leading online plagiarism search engine with millions of users and a strong global brand: http://www.copyscape.com/press.php

We are looking for a senior developer to build new services for online content analysis and management. You will work directly with the founders, who have deep product and technology experience, and will quickly gain a high level of autonomy and responsibility. Competitive pay and flexible working location for the right candidate, including the option to work from home. Full time or part time position.

You must be intelligent and enjoy working independently, teaching yourself what you need to get the job done. Beyond that, we value experience designing scalable database architectures, customer-facing APIs and web-based user interfaces. Knowledge of C, PHP, MySQL and Javascript are also a plus, but we know the best developers can pick up new languages quickly.

Copyscape is provided by Indigo Stream Technologies, a small and rapidly growing company co-founded by Gideon Greenspan (gidgreen.com). The company has been profitable for many years.

To apply, please email [email protected] - thanks!

gidgreen | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (May 2011)

Tel Aviv, Israel - Copyscape, the leading online plagiarism search engine, is seeking a senior software architect/developer.

Copyscape has millions of users worldwide and a strong online brand:

http://www.copyscape.com/about.php http://www.copyscape.com/press.php

The candidate will work directly with the CTO and quickly receive a high level of autonomy and responsibility while working on strategic core development projects.

We value knowledge of web mining algorithms, search engine technology and scalable system architectures.

Experience with PHP, MySQL and assembly-style C also a plus, but we know the best developers can pick up new languages quickly.

Flexible working location and highly competitive pay for the right candidate. Full-time or part-time position to be paid on a consulting basis.

Contact Gideon Greenspan at: [email protected]