tialys's comments

tialys | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you have fun?

For me, I had to find some things where you can enjoy it alone, but also find a community and sometimes be social: Roller skating, Pinball tournaments, board games (and board game bars). Pinball especially has been great for me, as it has a near unlimited skill ceiling, but is also fun and interesting even when playing poorly.

To find community, check out Instagram for local people in your hobby, and follow the trail of suggestions to the big local “community” accounts. E.g. my metro has 2-3 big roller skating community-run accounts that announce all of the events.

I personally found that making time for a “hobby” that was also athletic was a huge mood stabilizer and positively impacted the rest of my life as well. Highly recommend!

tialys | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2020)

SEEKING WORK

Technologies: Swift, Obj-C, iOS, React, React Native, Javascript, Gatsby, Ruby, Rails

Location: Arizona / MST

Remote: Yes

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveisonthego/ -- https://iosdev.recipes/

Email: [email protected]

Can help in particular with:

• iOS app architecture, build process/CI, etc.

• Rapid mobile app prototyping (native iOS or React Native)

• Custom internal tooling and web apps

• Helping teams transitioning to/from React Native

tialys | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired right now?

Looking for remote contract work, and can help in particular with:

• iOS app architecture, build process/CI, etc.

• Rapid mobile app prototyping (native iOS or React Native)

• Custom internal tooling and web apps

• Helping teams transitioning to React Native

Location: Arizona / MST

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Swift, Obj-C, iOS, React, React Native, Javascript, Gatsby, Ruby, Rails

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveisonthego/ -- https://iosdev.recipes/

Email: [email protected]

tialys | 6 years ago | on: The State of Apple's Developer Documentation

The state of the docs is what got me to dump all of the links I'd been collecting to useful, but hard to find docs in to a small website -- https://www.iosdev.recipes/

Some things are incredibly useful and well organized, but completely blocked from indexing, like the documentation for xcconfig files: https://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/current/#/dev745c5c974

Apple has been doing a great job in some aspects at documenting more and updating things gradually, but at the same time, has been hiding more and more of the "old" docs and it's a shame since many of them are still correct, relevant and useful.

tialys | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2016)

SEEKING CONTRACT WORK

Location: Phoenix, AZ or REMOTE

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Swift, Objective-C, Ruby, Rails, iPhone/iOS Development, Mobile Apps

Résumé: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveisonthego

Github: https://github.com/davelyon

Email: hire at davelyon.net

Website: davelyon.net

I’m a product-minded iOS and api backend developer looking for interesting teams to work with at any stage of development, from initial prototyping to late-stage maintenance.

Contract work only please.

tialys | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2016)

SEEKING WORK

Location: Phoenix, AZ or REMOTE

Remote: Yes

Technologies: Swift, Objective-C, Ruby, Rails, iPhone/iOS

Development, Mobile Apps

Résumé: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveisonthego

Github: https://github.com/davelyon

Email: hire at davelyon.net

Website: davelyon.net

I’m a product-minded iOS and api backend developer looking for interesting teams to work with at any stage of development, from initial prototyping to late-stage maintenance.

I specialize in identifying and fixing hard-to-find bugs on iOS and have worked at previous companies to raise crash-free rates dramatically.

For iOS especially, I can help with: Core Data, multi-threading issues (GCD, NSOperationQueue), memory pressure and general performance issues.

tialys | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2015)

Cotap | San Francisco, CA |

Cotap is building mobile tools to help people communicate and collaborate at work. Deloitte, Box, Hyatt Hotels, and Philz Coffee are just a few companies that have experienced the benefits of mobile messaging in the workplace. Our passion is building great products and our goal is to reach everyone who works, regardless of what they do.

We're looking for all sorts of talented folks:

• iOS Engineer

• Backend Engineer

• Full-stack Web Engineer

• Android Engineer

• Quantitative Product Analyst

• Mobile UI Designer

More details on our jobs page: https://www.cotap.com/jobs/#job_listing_header

Questions? Get in touch directly https://cotap.me/jessica

tialys | 15 years ago | on: Awesome Posterous Phishing Attempt?

Seems legit... but I don't see anything on the blog so I think I'll wait until I see something there. It does seem very phishy to me.

dig custom.posterous.com

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;custom.posterous.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:

custom.posterous.com. 3600 IN A 184.106.20.102

tialys | 15 years ago | on: Kindle and Nook readers bash high e-book pricing with angry one-star reviews

I made a comment below about price changes and how it hurts the usefulness of such reviews, but I also wanted to add that what you mentioned is another example of where the system fails. A 1/5 or 4/5 review that contradicts itself with a single sentence 'this rocked/sucked' isn't useful. We should be forcing people to provide a real review, or not allowing them to do so at all.

tialys | 15 years ago | on: Kindle and Nook readers bash high e-book pricing with angry one-star reviews

What happens when the price changes then? Suppose it's on sale in a month for $1.99 and still is loaded up with 1-star reviews that say "SO OVERPRICED!" -- not very useful then is it? Ideally, I'd love to see a completely independent review source that has common 'tags' that are easily understood. Rather than complain about the price, just check a box that says you don't believe it was a good value at the price, so when someone looks for reviews, they see "Customers don't think this product is a good value at $14.99" (Which is relevant, and useful even if the price changes).

tialys | 15 years ago | on: Kindle and Nook readers bash high e-book pricing with angry one-star reviews

This is why I hate the 'star' review system. It very often leads to users trying to 'punish' the maker of the product, and creates an incorrect perception that the product itself is flawed. This might be a great book, but someone browsing through titles will only see that it has a 1-star rating and assume it sucks. I really think there'd be a lot of potential in some sort of hybrid review system that could weed out these sorts of garbage reviews.
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