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Wave
Company blog · wave.com/en/blogstartupsbusiness
Wave is the company blog at wave.com, writing about startups and business. Since 2017, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 30 times, most often “Some benefits of simple software architectures”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Most-linked posts?
- Some benefits of simple software architectures3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-03-09
- Working at Wave is an effective way to improve the world3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-02-23
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-10-04
- /en/careers/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-07
- Wave – Mobile Money, Reinvented2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-02-20
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-10
- Cryptocurrency doesn't address the hard parts of financial inclusion (2022)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-30
What Hacker News says?
https://www.wave.com/en/blog/simple-architecture/
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on “The Grug Brained Developer”Submitted A case study in early-stage startup execution as a story · 110 points
HN discussionhttps://www.wave.com/en/ Fintech targeting Africa
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on “In Defense of Simple Architectures (2022)”Submitted Cryptocurrency doesn’t address the hard parts of financial inclusion as a story · 64 points
HN discussionBoth Ben and Lincoln work at Wave (as do I), so I suspect they may well have been comparing notes. https://www.wave.com
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on “Someone should probably start a bright home lighting company (2019)”Submitted Some benefits of simple software architectures as a story · 38 points
HN discussionYou can read the same content here: https://www.wave.com/en/blog/simple-architecture/
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on “In defense of simple architectures”Submitted Cryptocurrency doesn't address the hard parts of financial inclusion (2022) as a story · 37 points
HN discussionWave | Multiple Roles | Full-time | between UTC -5 and +4 | 100% Remote | https://wave.com We’re building a way for unbanked people in sub-Saharan Africa to send money instantly and affordably, saving massive fees and heartache. Top reasons you might be interested in working here: 1. We’re on track to have a huge impact—Wave is already used by half of all adults in Senegal (and we’ve saved them hundreds of millions…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)”Submitted Our Android Framework (2019) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://www.wave.com/ is tackling the US/UK/CAN <-> East Africa (and apparently now Ghana?) corridor
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on “TransferWise announces $280M investment”Submitted Working at Wave is an effective way to improve the world as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI wish you luck with this. Stablecoin adoption in the developing world is a potentially large and legitimate use case for cryptocurrency. An essay by Ben Kuhn [0], ex-CTO of Wave, raises the most salient objection here. Of the four problems Wave needs to solve, the hardest is providing "an easy way for users to exchange their balance for cash and vice versa." But "Cryptocurrency actually makes this harder." Say your…
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on “Launch HN: Karsa (YC W25) – Buy and save stablecoins internationally”Submitted Wave – Mobile Money, Reinvented as a story · 1 points
HN discussion> For what purpose? Making our bosses richer? Maybe taking 1/100th of the value created for ourselves? When Wave launched in Senegal, our average transfer would have cost 3-5x more if done via the largest existing mobile money system. Multiplied by our millions of monthly active users, that comes out to a savings of over $200 million every year, directly in our customers’ pockets, for them to spend on school fees, f…
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on “A case study in early-stage startup execution”Submitted Care a Lot and Try Hard as a story · 1 points
HN discussionFor anyone who read that and thought they might want to work there be aware they don’t hire SWEs with less than four years work experience[1]. Seniors only. They pay pretty well too. > For this role, depending on your experience and location, we offer a salary range of 138,400 -200,100 USD (or local equivalent), plus equity targeted to be worth 3-4x your salary. [1] They added a year in the last week. Standards are…
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on “A case study in early-stage startup execution”Submitted Our Design and Coding Guidelines as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWorked at 538, past tense. Moved on a few months ago, though well after the gun investigation she took the data from. I think she's at [Wave]( https://www.wave.com/ ), now.
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on “I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise”Submitted We split our codebase down the middle as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWave | Applied AI Engineer | https://wave.com | Remote (US/UK/Canada/Spain) | Full Time Wave is making Africa the first cashless continent by building affordable, instant financial services for millions of users. We’re the largest financial institution in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire and are growing rapidly across 9 countries. We are looking for a product-minded Applied AI Engineer with 5+ years of experience and deep…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)”Indeed. And there are payment systems that successfully tackle the issue of banking the unbanked (M-Pesa, Wave, ...), but they don't touch crypto with a ten-foot-pole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa https://www.wave.com/en/blog/world/
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on “Blockchain in a Nutshell”You can add Wave Mobile Money ( https://www.wave.com/en/careers/ ) to the list, all engineering job descriptions contain the (real!) salary range. Also, everyone knows everyone’s salary inside the company :)
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on “Ask HN: What companies hire with upfront salary ranges?”Maybe https://www.wave.com ?
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on “Ask HN: Best payments platform for Zambia and other countries in Africa?”Wave | Applied AI Scientist | https://wave.com | Remote (US/UK/Canada/Spain) | Full Time Wave (YC W12) is making Africa the first cashless continent by building affordable, instant financial services for millions of users. We’re the largest financial institution in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire and are growing rapidly across 9 countries. We are looking for an Applied AI Scientist with 5+ years of experience and deep exp…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026)”
