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Thanks a lot for the advice everyone, I feel a little less overwhelmed now.

Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to hold off on actually making a service and consider doing something like Kickstarter. I want to see if I can get some funds to put togeth…

I've been working on a library for a while and I've come up with a way to monetize it by making a web frontend for it. With a bit of marketing I think it could make some money (not…

Really cool stuff. My mother's church would benefit from using this kind of software. They are a pretty disorganized. I like seeing labor of love side projects actually turn into s…

Linus Torvalds says something thread on HN. Prediction before clicking: Half of the thread, or more, will not be about what he says, but about his tone and "professionalism." Never…

I have been a professional software developer for four years now and must confess, I have never made a website. Mostly I have done systems engineering (Deployment, security, databa…

If I made known my views on a number of issues to my coworkers, I would quickly be looking for a new job and may even be shunned in the greater tech community. I've made peace with…

My skin color and gender both connote a number of invalid assumptions. This probably applies to most people at some point in their lives. It just doesn't bother me. I'm sorry if it…

In 1st world countries too most likely. Small companies bring their own political challenges certainly, and for some people a large company where they can just blend into the noise…

I'm not the first to mention it but for me the big issue is the wife having access to private company information. That type of thing really does make me start thinking about Bitbu…

I bet that rug really tied together the room too... All joking aside, that rug thing is pretty silly. "Meritocracy" is not code for "Straight White Males only." Nevertheless Horvat…

Wow, I didn't know this. I was so annoyed when the slim got rid of backwards compatibility but it makes more sense now. It's easy to underestimate the complexity of emulating older…

Pretty sensible article. I think political problems in a company become more likely as companies grow and add more people. A dozen close-knit people who trust each other will have …

I will be glad to move out of Jersey (likely next year). I live in Fort Lee and was trapped in "Bridgegate" traffic last fall. My cautious optimism over Christie has faded over the…

Absolutely brilliant. Love the name.

"We are an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community." "PyLadies also aims to pro…

I respect their intentions and I am sure they are doing good work. Regardless as a matter of principle I do not donate to organizations that discriminate on the basis of sex.

Panels should include speakers with the most relevant input in regard to the topic under discussion.

Ok, fair enough. I still don't think it necessitates changing the character's gender. I lived vicariously through a number of fictional heroes of the opposite sex. How this father …

What's interesting is that both of those characters have evolved considerably beyond their beginnings. I think it is oversimplifying to say that they represent men dictating "how w…

I'm not concerned about her not encountering male role models. I wrote "girls can learn leadership and toughness from male protagonists and heroes." That's what I would try to do w…

This is a very cool hack, and I support the intention behind it. Still, it is something I would never do for two reasons: For one, as an author, I disagree with altering a text for…

Single-issue voting is bad for democracy.

I agree with almost all of this save the part about the gender balance eventually evening out. I don't know that there ever will be parity and I don't know that that is a problem. …

I would have prosecuted the little shit.