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A much younger and naive self wrote this several years ago. I have the upmost respect for 37signals and the amazing team behind Basecamp. I thought it would be interesting/nostalgi…

I teach a class at Arizona State University and one of my students asked why my laptop screen was pink. I then proceeded to give the class a 10 minute sales pitch on f.lux and how …

I think it's relevant to point out the potent anti-depressant effects many people experience with natural supplements such as sam-e and 5htp. It's unfortunate that these drugs are …

I'm curious of the different impact between normal sleep deprivation and primary insomnia. It's common that insomniacs don't feel sleepy during the day as compared to a normal slee…

> We charge the equivalent of 2 hours from a professional developer. I would say 1 hour, i.e. $99/hr, is a more accurate statement. This would also help make the product appear mor…

I, too, experience this. I believe it is related to cortisol spikes similarly to the increased daytime cortisol levels seen with insomniacs.

Thanks for the tip. After reviewing Ryan's logs, it turns out a software security layer, Sentinel, was detecting the load test as a DoS attack since LoadImpact was sending all traf…

Hi Ryan, my name is Sean. I'm the GoDaddy product manager in charge of WordPress hosting. Thanks for including us and I'm glad we could surprise you with some fast speeds. In the p…

This is a great example of the innovator's dilemma.

I used Laravel for a small project for the past couple months. Although I started web development in PHP, I am strictly a Ruby/Rails developer right now and I have to say working i…

To your latter point, it's certainly possible. You could replace "Ford or GM" with a large 90s computer manufacturer, e.g. HP, but Apple eventually decided they wanted to via Apple…

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I've applied to Y Combinator a few times. I'm curious to see the distribution across HN readers.

Hi! One of the creators here. We're creating an easy way for you to track and get notified of your JavaScript errors in your front-end heavy apps that use Backbone.js, Ember, etc. …

Are you running a Cedar or Bamboo app? Ruby 2.0.0 only works on Cedar.

Having started a job board before (orangeslyce.com), one recommendation I have is to pre-seed the board with jobs to help get over the chicken/egg problem. You can hustle analog an…