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Not really. It tries to measure "impact" and while direct measures like number of CLs can potentially go into that, this is definitely not the rule. Then again, Google is best thou…

It's true that the way to become a software engineering manager starts at being a good engineer. The way to become a senior manager however is usually to be good at management.

They don't need to, because it's already tied to Google's stock performance! Over 90% of top executives' pay is in equity, so as the stock takes massive hits their pay takes a mass…

I've done exactly that in my early 30s. Bootstrapped, then raised a couple of rounds, couldn't raise again so went back to bootstrap mode, but ultimately failed. It was a rough per…

Yes! And the monetization in this case isn’t display ads but rather charging businesses for communicating with their customers.

Costs grew due to a hiring binge (that can be easily stopped, or even reversed - it’s entirely in Google’s hands) and to increased costs for their data centers (hardware, electrici…

GCP is the fastest growing Google product, and its revenue growth rate is much higher than its costs growth. So (1) there’s a clear path to profitability and (2) it’s Google’s best…

Original title: “Eat less, live longer Salk scientists show how caloric restriction prevents negative effects of aging in cells” What it should have been: Are you a lab rat? Eat le…

Another Israeli here. I watched those intercepts taking place over my head. Add to that the numerous YouTube videos of such intercepts and let's call the lot "experimental evidence…

My experience running such a consulting firm in the (distant) past was that the best way to stay profitable is to focus on WOM. Use any connections you have now to get some gigs, d…

I used to use RSSBandig ( http://rssbandit.org/ ) before switching over completely to Google Reader. Of course, it's desktop based, so doesn't fit your requirements. It does have a…

So our newly launched app (demandspot.com) lets users sign-in using twitter OAuth (sign-in with twitter button prominently displayed). However, this isn't well understood and it se…

I looked at it for 30 seconds, didn't figure out why I'd want to switch over from shelfari and left. I think you should make it much easier for people who arrive at your website un…

We also use trac, although it's features are rather basic. We kind of gotten to it by default - because we got it packaged with svn and a wiki. I guess it's just good enough and th…

The easiest way is to use MySQL's own query cache. Increasing its size yields wonderful results. On linux, edit my.cnf and add the following: [mysqld] ... query_cache_type=1 query_…

You have an idea for a start-up? Now work!

I used to suffer from RSI in both my wrists years ago. Switching to ergonomic keyboards solved the problem. I'm using the "Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard". Just to prove that…

Start by building your best thing that works for most users. Most people work in 1024 resolution or higher, and don't bother with disabling cookies or javascript. Trying to support…

Everything from Seth Godin. Permission Marketing, All Marketers are Liers and Purple Cow are my personal favorites.

I've been using ServerBeach for about 8 months now, growing from 1 dedicated server to 4, and am quite happy with them. No downtimes or problems of any kind so far. If you decide t…

For the $10 it costs you to register another domain, I'd say it's worth the price to get the .net, .org, and possibly some European/Asian domains if you can see yourself doing busi…

Our first lump of cash came from angel investors that I got to know working (as an employee, not a founder) in a previous startup. In general, people who know you already, are more…