[alumNY News] Happy Class of 2025
Happy hackNY 2025. Last night I got to meet all of our new fellows. They’re all super cool and I can’t wait for you to meet them at our hackathon.
We’ll be sending weekly newsletters inviting you to all the things that you can attend now that we’re running the summer so keep an eye out for that. If you want to invite fellows to your stuff let me know and we’ll share it with them. They’ll be joining our full slack at the hackathon.
Stupid Hackathon with h`25
We’re hosting our alumNY <-> Fellow reunion hackathon on June 7th at FatCatFabLab. We're going back to our roots by hosting a hackathon. Inspired by our very own h`14 Amelia Winger-Bearskin, hackNY is running a STUPID SHIT NO ONE NEEDS & TERRIBLE IDEAS HACKATHON. Last year we had some amazing projects and I can’t wait to laugh at what y’all make this year.
RSVP at: https://partiful.com/e/wYWhilABt3LutGUSZYY3
Community Updates
hackSF?
Ray Berger h`18 recently moved to SF and is looking to connect. DM them on slack if you want to get a boba.
One Is Not None
Gustavo Medoiri h`17 built a life tracker for Magic the gathering recently! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-is-not-none/id6742521253
New personal site
Alex Akers h`13 is working on a new update to their personal site. Sneak peak at https://a2.netlify.app/
Data investigation
Robert Sunderhaft h`24 is pulling all the data that tech companies record about him (using things Google Takeout, Twitter Ad history, ChatGpt History) and analyzing it as if it were his digital journal. Robert let us know that “I am trying to see if I can uncover an insight about my life that I haven't been able to think about when just journaling with a paper and pen. No results yet, still TBD”
Hire an alumNY
Marley Alford h`17
Dana Fein-Schaffer h`18
Work with an alumNY
From Matt Condon h`14:
i work for a company called NameHash Labs that works within the ENS ecosystem as a service provider for the ENS DAO. Our focus is on ENSNode and its associated tooling—ENSNode indexes on-chain data (and soon off-chain data) across many chains and transforms it into a universal view of the ENS protocol suitable for app developers to query via traditional web apis. NameHash recently secured increased funding from the ENS DAO through May 2026 and is growing the team to match. We're looking for:
1) an all-around-er developer proficient in typescript and general web technologies, to collaborate heavily with me in particular lots of different roles to play, some backend, some devops/infra tooling, some frontend, external documentation, designing new architecture to support ENSv2, etc
past experience with EVM is a plus, past devops dabbling is a plus, past experience with nextjs is a plus
basically everything is open-source
2) a project manager to shepherd the team
taking over this role from the founder as the team grows
ensuring we hit the deliverables attached to the funding stream from the dao
The team is fully remote, currently consisting of myself and 4-6 part-time contractors. The work-life vibe is confirmed sustainable (i'm all about work-life-balance these days). Working on this project in particular is motivating because the product-market-fit is more or less secured (ENSNode is to be more or less the first-party solution to indexing ENSv2, is being integrated into ENS first-party apps, etc), the codebase is fun to work on (modern typescript, modern webdev), and you get to work in the crypto ecosystem on a mature protocol that isn't going anywhere.
From Steve Lu h`board
Have a company that we work next to in Downtown Brooklyn that’s looking for a full-stack product engineer that’s building an AI detection product. They got some traction and a brand new raise recently. 3-5 years experience ideally, typescript is a must. Shoot me a message if you want an intro.
From Mariel h`22
come be my teammate :heart_hands::skin-tone-3:
- https://bubble.io/job?jid=1a36cd6e-0307-476d-85f9-474ff8794d10
We’re only able to keep running the fellowship thanks to amazing alumNY who volunteer or donate to help us make each class happen. Thank y’all for continuing to support us as we go into our 16th year.
Catch y'all on slack soon.
Shy