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I think another key to your success: you are writing a book about design and your front page is stunning... congrats! I would happily trust your judgement on design based on your h…

$15k certainly sounds impressive, but how many hours have been spent researching, writing and marketing the book? Only once we have a ratio'd figure to compare can we claim success…

Could someone explain the following terms: Elastic Block Storage unit, IOPS, Striped 1000-IOPS EBS volumes, Memory warmup time.

Unfortunately Apple have adopted a philosophy of rejecting any app that loosely competes with iOS native apps - we for example had an app rejected for allowing users to share apps …

What now is an API call that counts towards your quota? An API call to the Cloud Code from the client, or each call to a Parse method within the Cloud SDK?

Peer-reviewed science is built on anonymous reviewing so that assumptions like this are not an issue. Look at the data, not the publisher.

Can other iOS developers provide additional stats to validate this model. My method is simple: Advertising revenue per day / number of downloads per day

I had an iPhone app that was reviewed and approved by Apple last year. A day after my app was approved, a large multinational got a trademark approved that was the name of my app. …

I have commented on a story (an innocuous comment about Richard Feynman) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4466744). If logged into HN with the account used to make the comment, …

I find Richard Feynmanns accounts of hacking (non-computer) systems at Los Amos to be fascinating - I was hoping once the cheating was revealed we were going to be treated to a sto…

I've found the economic effect 'Price Elasticity of Demand' to be fascinating and to hold true on the App Store. My interpretation is, for paid apps, there is an absolute value ass…

I'm teying to buy apps on iOS but Apple present a confirm payment dialog first. Fine, but when I attmept to enter the card number (which is deinitely valid and ive entered the numb…

Albert Einstein famously stated that insanity is doing the same thing over and over yet expecting a different result. We didn't even get an interview for SYC12. So should I find a …

I've built and launched a v0.1, what now? How do we drive visitors to our site. Based on http://www.majorapps.com , what would you advise doing next? Thanks!

Twitter has just announced the release of Bootstrap 2.1. What apps have HNers created using Boostrap?

Why did you move to San Jose?

From a developer perspective, the problem then is with the App Store pricing model, which doesn't account for varying markets. The price you pay in the US is the price you pay in e…

Have you already got a music collection? If not, Spotify is awesome.

"I could teach myself more in an afternoon than I would learn in a 10-week class." This is a common statement from people who drop out of college - if this is the case, why did you…

It's very dangerous to make generalizations from a sample of 'One'.

Very few startups attempt space travel. This is the evolution of the Web. Only the giants will be able to build scalable, secure Web services. Discuss.

Wait until January?