I'm looking for work, please boost!

I'm a senior software engineer with 35 years of experience. I've worked across an unusually wide range of domains: mobile game backends, privacy-preserving data platforms, high-throughput COVID testing infrastructure, email and account systems, e-payment processing, job marketplace systems, and bioinformatics. I pick up new domains quickly and have a track record of doing it repeatedly. I understand how to turn business needs into engineering requirements.

I've worked remotely since the 1990s and can operate with minimal supervision. I don't need hand-holding to find the right problem to solve. Several of my most valued projects were self-directed: I identified the need, built the thing, and shipped it.

Some of the technologies I'm familiar with include: Python, Perl, TypeScript/JavaScript, Haskell, Go, C, Java. Postgres, MySQL, SQLite. Flask, SQLAlchemy. AWS (Lambda, S3, RDS, SQS, EC2). Docker, Git. Github and Gitlab.

I've also repeatedly picked up new languages and stacks as needed: Haskell for differential privacy research, TypeScript for a 24/7 AWS Lambda system, Flask for my most recent employer. I've become productive with new systems over and over, and I can do it quickly.

I'm also a published author (Higher-Order Perl, Morgan Kaufmann), longtime blogger, and conference speaker with a reputation for making complex ideas clear.

My résumé is at https://plover.com/~mjd/cv/Mark%20Jason%20Dominus.pdf

[email protected]

Thanks for your attention!

#OpenToWork #remoteWork #softwareEngineering #Python #backend #hiring

#fediHire #getFediHired

Here's a strange situation:

thousands of #Rust developers use #bacon, #broot, #dysk, or #lazy-regex every single day — tools I wrote, maintain, and improve for free.

Their companies, though? None of them want to hire their author.

If you use my tools at work and your company does #Rust, I'd really appreciate a hand landing a job or freelance mission. A boost goes a long way. 🙏🦀

https://dystroy.org

#PatternMatching in #Java looks clean—until legacy switch rules get in the way. Subtle edge cases, null handling, and type quirks can turn elegance into bugs. @cayhorstmann breaks down what to watch out for.

Avoid the traps and write safer code: https://javapro.io/2026/03/24/effective-pattern-matching-2026-edition/

#JVM

D7VK v1.8 Continues Improving Legacy Direct3D Atop The Vulkan API

D7VK as what began as an implementation of the Direct3D 7 API on top of the Vulkan API, based off DXVK as part of Steam Play (Proton) for D3D8 through D3D11 support, continues enhancing its legacy D3D API support that over time has stretched now from D3D7 to D3D3...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.8-Released

Is your company currently hiring for a role that includes using Rust?

Reply with a link to the opening and any relevant context.

If you're not, we'd appreciate a repost for visibility

#rust #rustlang #programming

Dear Cupid,

You kinda suck at HR.

Still a lonely heart looking for work. I know a variety of languages like English, French, #C, #Erlang, #C#, #Java, or #NodeJS. Been looking more at #Go too. We can always talk(1) over #BSD or #Linux. Or write(1) little notes to each other.

Surely there must be a job match for me, some place, some where in the #matrixorg. Valentine's Day three days away - share some love.

http://www.snert.com/resume/
#Ottawa #Canada

#FedHire #GetFediHired #JobSeek

Wine 11.2 Released With More Improvements & 32 Bug Fixes

Wine 11.2 is out as the latest bi-weekly development release in the road toward the Wine 12.0 stable release next January...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.2-Released

Linux 7.0 Should Fix Nouveau For The Large Pages Support For Better NVK Performance

The Linux 6.19 merge window had introduced support for larger pages and compression with the Nouveau kernel driver, which ultimately should help provide a performance win to this open-source NVIDIA driver. The Mesa NVK driver was ready to make use of that new kernel driver functionality but then it ended up being disabled due to bugs. Fortunately, for the Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel those issu…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-To-Fix-Nouveau-Large

I just generated all images for Kenney Game Asset All-in-1's Steam release... using Kenney Game Assets All-in-1! Just press "generate" and drag the files onto Steam, it'll auto select which goes where!

https://kenney.itch.io/kenney-game-assets