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But that's just me :\\", "context": "", "use_case": "containers", "switched_from": "", "story": "Toro: Deploy Applications as Unikernels"}, {"id": 733446467, "item_id": 45840404, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840404", "by": "iamartech", "date": "2025-11-06", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "web-based terminal access system for LXD containers running on bare-metal servers", "excerpt": "Location: New Delhi, India Remote: yes Willing to relocate: yes Technologies: Tokio, Rust lang, Golang, python, linux, concurrent programming, systems programming, databases, REST, GRPC, Git R\u00e9sum\u00e9/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cEYCjcbzGXPWnWAxLT1OHqyfeGLkwuu6aBsM1oWFJtU/edit?usp=sharing Email: ar9tech@outlook.com I am a systems software engineer specializing in low-level software design for backend systems", "context": "systems software engineer", "use_case": "container hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)"}]}