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olegp commented on I visited the happiest country. I wish I could unlearn its secret slate.com/life/2025/08/tr... · Posted by u/prawn

olegp · 10 days ago

If you happen to already be in the capital of the happiest country, you should know that we have a Hacker News meetup here: https://bit.ly/helsinkihn

Hopefully this will make you even happier!

olegp commented on Phrase origin: Why do we "call" functions? quuxplusone.github.io/blo... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

Swiffy0 · 2 months ago

I'm Finnish and in in Finnish we translate "call" in function context as "kutsua", which when translated back into English becomes "invite" or "summon".

So at least in Finnish the word "call" is considered to mean what it means in a context like "a mother called her children back inside from the yard" instead of "call" as in "Joe made a call to his friend" or "what do you call this color?".

Just felt like sharing.

olegp · 2 months ago

Unrelated, but if you happen to be in Helsinki, you should join the local Hacker News meetup: https://bit.ly/helsinkihn

olegp commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025) · Posted by u/david927

kukkeliskuu · 4 months ago

(1) Business process modeling tool where processes are data and not graphs. I am doing it according to the USM method. USM is kind of "open source" service management method, although it works on different level than other frameworks and standards, and is compatible with all of them.

This makes it possible to create a kind of requirement "programming language" where the requirements can be evaluated. With this language it becomes possible to create cross-references from various compliance standards/frameworks, like ISO27K, to USM, and automatically evaluate the compliance.

(2) Dance event calendar in Finland, running in production for over a year. 1-2M page views/month. Django app, but I am now implementing a copy of the unauthenticated user views to S3 bucket and delivering it through Cloudflare.

(3) Django app to handle all the data related to custody trial. Emails, SMS, notes, official records, voice memos, etc. can be attached to a timeline, and tagge and searchable. It has command line interface for adding data, in addition to UI, so I can quickly add notes and attach files.

olegp · 4 months ago

If you're in Helsinki, you should come to the next Hacker News meetup on May 18th: https://bit.ly/helsinkihn

olegp commented on RubyLLM: A delightful Ruby way to work with AI github.com/crmne/ruby_llm... · Posted by u/ksec

mathgeek · 6 months ago

Perhaps something like https://llmjs.themaximalist.com/

olegp · 6 months ago

Great, thank you!

olegp commented on RubyLLM: A delightful Ruby way to work with AI github.com/crmne/ruby_llm... · Posted by u/ksec

jatins · 6 months ago

Such a breath of fresh air compared to poor DX libraries like langchain

olegp · 6 months ago

Would anyone happen to know of a similar library with as good DX but for JavaScript or TypeScript?

olegp commented on Tell HN: Helsinki HN Coffee Morning · Posted by u/calpaterson

olegp · 9 months ago

Looking forward to it! I really enjoyed the HN meetups in London and Cologne, but it's been quite a few years since they had the last ones.

olegp commented on Show HN: I am Building a Producthunt alternative huntlie.com... · Posted by u/heyarviind2

heyarviind2 · 10 months ago

sorry about that, i am fixing it

olegp · 10 months ago

No problem, it's better to launch early.

olegp commented on Show HN: I am Building a Producthunt alternative huntlie.com... · Posted by u/heyarviind2

olegp · 10 months ago

Congrats on launching! I just submitted https://www.freeats.com

I liked the submission flow, it was nice and simple. The only issue is that at the end of the process I got a page that looked like it was broken, so had to manually navigate to the main page.

olegp commented on Optimize Database Performance in Ruby on Rails and ActiveRecord blog.appsignal.com/2024/1... · Posted by u/amalinovic

echelon · 10 months ago

Are people using Rails for new startups?

It feels like I haven't heard anything new about Rails for the past five years, but suddenly in the last few weeks it's been a trending topic on HN.

olegp · 10 months ago

We're using it for https://www.freeats.com/, an open source applicant tracking system we just launched.

You can check out the source here: https://github.com/freeats/freeats

olegp commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024) · Posted by u/david927

olegp · 10 months ago

We at Toughbyte (toughbyte.com) are working on an open source applicant tracking system (ATS), which we'll release within a week.

We've been doing tech recruitment for a while and discovered that few companies are satisfied with their current ATS. Changing systems every year is common despite being costly. The reason for this is that the needs of a company change as it grows and there are no systems that cater well to companies of different sizes.

We're aiming to build an ATS that can grow with your company through the use of a plugin architecture. We plan to charge for hosting as well as custom development.

Any feedback would be really appreciated! You can also email me at oleg@toughbyte.com