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Yeah, you're right it can be tough. We started our own organization ( https://sdx.community ) centered around hackers/builders because it felt like it was missing, exactly as you d…

Sami is brilliant. He demoed Echo Chess at a recent San Diego engineer event and everyone was blown away and asking tons of questions. A lot of love and intelligence went into buil…

It's hard to get feedback on podcasts! This interview show features CEO/Founders of startups like Zapier (YC S12), WayUp (YC W15), Drift, and RadPad. The title is quite literal, th…

This is episode 6 of the Mission & Values podcast. David Cancel, now CEO and Co-founder of Drift, has tons of experience in building startup teams and he's full of bold, insightful…

"Our mission is to connect college students with awesome opportunities. Our vision is to democratize the hiring process for students and employers alike." Episode 5 of the Mission …

Hello! I recently started a podcast called "Mission & Values" that features CEO/founders of startups that have strong company cultures. The name is very literal - in the 1-on-1 int…

Thanks, Vlad. I hadn't heard of most of them before researching. LA tech boom continues.

Using data from the AngelList API as a starting point, I compiled this list to save founders time in considering startup resources in LA. Let me know if you have suggestions for ad…

I bet the easy-to-remember and apt name helped combat the product's "lack of SEO friendly links". Conversion from someone hearing of a product once in offline media, even if they'r…

Bugs and "known issues" become personal flaws. How well the user accomplishes his or her goals become a personal reflection of the creators. It's a dangerous idea for performers to…

A few ideas: Since there are so few steps, you could show the current and total number of steps to encourage the new user. (UI pattern ideas: http://ui-patterns.com/explore/collect…

Great talk! The search for rewards (tribe, hunt, self) part goes by quickly, so I went looking for the slides: http://www.scribd.com/doc/95259116/Behavior-Engineering-Inno...

No idea. Someone who has experienced that on Heroku should weigh in... We're hosting static media on S3, but this project has no UGC and very limited amount of media assets, so you…

Yes, maintenance (upgrades, security patches, scaling up instances...) if you're going DIY on AWS is also significant. The time needed for setup + maintenance varies greatly depend…

@glenngillen (a Heroku dev) mentioned that it's the add-on providers who set the pricing for add-ons. https://twitter.com/glenngillen/status/218830351307522048

It is quite light. You should have seen the first version (even lighter!) The idea is to let people's cards shine and do all the talking and have the UI be as minimal as possible. …

She's gone. Flickr API didn't think she was inappropriate...go figure. I'll leave the Lady Gaga Youtube video there since every teen in the US has probably seen it already.