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We have a software client that is being deployed into different IT environments. This client reads and writes files and thus has to handle a variety of different filesystem/network…

50 minutes each way on the train + 10 minutes by bus, in Singapore. Hence, 50-60 minutes each way is normal to me. I'm guessing that you drive, and have to focus on traffic, but do…

We're a small team of FPGA and software developers applying statistics and machine learning to solve FPGA timing closure and place-n-route problems. After experimenting with synthe…

I work on Tcl, Perl and shell scripting for Windows and Linux environments, to automate semiconductor chip design over networks. It's part electrical engineering (my background), p…

For (1), from a young company's perspective, I've found it much easier to communicate and steer in the same direction when a teammate on a project is in the same room. As another p…

Often I need to create user guides and demo videos for products, and the screen capture features help a lot. To capture: - the entire desktop: Command-Shift-3. (Automatically saved…

For me it was more of seeing an end-user need not being served and slowly mulling over ways to serve that need, progressing to building a prototype on my own time, finding an equal…

Looking for a junior Software Engineer - Java in Singapore. (Sorry, must be located in Singapore) The team at Plunify is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Java developer to help …

Some compiles take a few hours so I have no choice but to jot down whatever state the current project is in and switch context to some other project...

I'm in a similar situation, and am struggling with the same question. From some desktop research and talking to investors/other startups, it seems like "0.1% - 2% of post-Series A …

(Disclaimer: I was born in Singapore, educated in the US and lived in the SF bay area for a while. Among other things, the overseas experience made me question a lot of things abou…

Hmm... I guess I don't see any part of the original sentence that implies what you just wrote.

I'm guessing that the speed, convenience and ease of abstraction that a higher-level language like C++ or Java offers is a pull-factor for CS instructors. Apart from systems-level …

Thank you! I hope my reply was somewhat helpful in terms of answering your questions. Always glad to meet other hardware folks here on HN.

Thank you! We're in beta and are still figuring out the pricing as we go along. Absolutely agree that cost, among other things, stands in the way of many independent developers.

I'm currently working on an FPGA-related startup, not manufacturing hardware but developing an online FPGA development platform ( http://www.plunify.com ). Octopart is a YC-funded …

Always challenge yourself and make little, concrete steps towards achieving bigger goals. I think it also depends on whether your confidence comes from within or without. For examp…

We make a design platform for engineers, and as both founders have technical backgrounds, we talked with around 30-40 engineers (presumably our target customers) about our product …

A good run in the evening and making a point not to think about code/sales/marketing 1-2 hours before sleep seem to work well for me. The cold shower trick and its physiological ef…

Went full-time last August to work on an FPGA test/design tool http://www.plunify.com Probably sounds very focused ;) but there are so many things that can be done in this space. F…

As I was trained in Verilog and know little about VHDL, to be honest, I'm not quite sure why "code" is inappropriate. But thinking about your(blasdel's and gte910h's) comments, I'm…

I haven't had much luck reaching out to developers via cold email either. Face-to-face seems to work best. Even phonecalls result in most people activating their anti-sales shields…

Are there industry seminars or travel tradeshows in your area where the airlines come out to interact? Perhaps small / budget airlines are good targets to start with. If you can re…

Oooo, an intelligent parser of FPGA code would be lovely. The parallel nature of hardware code presents very interesting challenges for such a parser, I think. Recently I came acro…

Would that diminish the value of our service if it only runs on companies' internal servers and not enjoy benefits in parallelism that we can give them? I guess if they are too wor…