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A lot of YC non-profits produce "actual software". I know Watsi does, because I run the product and engineering team there.

Watsi (YCW13) / SF / Full-stack engineers (onsite) Watsi is a global crowdfunding platform that enables anyone to directly fund healthcare for people around the world. “How we spen…

Hey there, Thomas from Watsi here. We actually used to have a "Donate monthly" checkout during the one-time donation flow, but in the several months that the checkbox was live, I t…

No worries - I'll fix that for you right now! Look for an email in your inbox shortly.

Running out of money is the most common way for a startup to die, so successfully living in SF on the cheap certainly mitigates that.

A quick clarification here: joining the Universal Fund doesn't mean that we charge your credit card an amount every month and you have no idea where or who your donation is going t…

Thomas from Watsi here! When we were initially building the recurring donation feature, we experimented with using Stripe's recurring billing functionality, but we ended up buildin…

Where do you draw the line between "creating new software" and a "large scale project"? Every large scale project starts as a small project, so at some point you must decide to sta…

Watsi – http://watsi.org – San Francisco, CA; FULLTIME, possible VISA Watsi is a global crowdfunding platform that enables anyone to directly fund healthcare for people around the …

Mike, I'm curious if you think Sidekiq suffers from a similar issue on Heroku, and what the solutions - ideas or already implemented - look like?

San Francisco, CA Pivotal Labs - FULLTIME, REMOTE, H1B. We're one of the best agile development consultancies around. We're looking for sharp, empathetic software developers, mainl…

The company is doing great, has a solid growth strategy and headed for an IPO. Why wouldn't you invest in a company like that? Not all VCs are early-stage, high-risk investors.

San Francisco, CA Pivotal Labs - FULLTIME, INTERN, REMOTE, H1B. We're one of the best agile development consultancies around. We're looking for sharp, empathetic software developer…

From the author's about page, he says he went to Southern Illinois University.

Just because you pre-install something on my phone doesn't mean I'm going to use it. Think pre-installing AOL on those Dell laptops..

A short list from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_been_ca...

If you're only developing one application, I believe you can just buy the $80 license. That's amazingly inexpensive for such a stellar piece of software.

The challenge for Orbs is to come up with a way to be profitable without make it too expensive for casual use.