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Thanks for the feedback! Our Virtual Accounts are the first step towards exactly that – we were thinking that virtual debit numbers tied to virtual accounts might make the most sen…

Gotcha. IMHO, cash provides a number of functions where f(x) = security, privacy, or physical partitioning. And those are valuable! For functions where f(x) is something one would …

Curious, what's the reason? Security? Do you have all of your accounts at one bank?

Hi Hackernews, Gil here, co-founder at Astra. Would love to hear what you think about this new technical architecture for your bank accounts! With Virtual Sub Accounts, you can par…

Thanks for sharing my article here! Over and over in conversations with other startup founders and VCs, we kept hearing the analogy of AWS for Fintech. I think it's a really intere…

Thanks for posting my article! Happy to answer any questions you all might have on our take for fintech and what's next.

Hi HN My team just went through Bell Curve’s growth training program and I wrote an article describing our experience (and the results we achieved). We thought it might be a useful…

Thanks for the feedback. What would you expect to see? We are probably doing it but could do better at sharing that info.

I'm excited to share Automated "Sweep" Transfers are now available in the Astra app. "Sweeps" are typically only available via private banking – they automatically move any funds o…

Style Wars "The Original Hip-hop Documentary" http://www.stylewars.com/site/ Amazing, gritty portrait of NYC in the 80s.

I agree that their API is great, but there's so much more to building a business - most of all perseverance. Many people can make a good or great API but very few can execute on th…

You can set reminders for emails to come back to your inbox both at send and separately when reviewing email. It also has read receipts. And the hotkeys and shortcuts are super pow…

Hi Hacker News, Gil and Sam here, co-founders of Astra ( https://astra.finance ). Astra is mission control for your money and our new iOS app helps you achieve your personal saving…

Really cool project! Loaded up Gauntlet and was able to start the game but saw a lot of artifacts after my warrior moved across the screen. Did the ROM have some dust on it like my…

It's awesome that the curriculum is newly created for this term AND that the old curriculum is logged in the library page.

Hi HN! I recently came across what seems like a pair of really cool tools for founders created by NfX. Wondering if anyone here has had success getting intros or funding through th…

Awesome! Submitting our info.

Hi Adora, we audited the course last year and thought it was great. How similar will the content itself be?

Roger that. Thanks for the info!

Pros/Cons in comparison to similar websites like hunter.io?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick - plus, after you can re-watch Blade Runner with a new perspective.

Fair point. Can you share some more detailed examples? Disclaimer: I posted this article originally because of the humor component, but I also think it's a legitimate conversation …

So good. 2 pies = 2 Taus though. Ha!