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Whoa! Definitely give the commenting engine a try. It is insanely fast. I'm curious how it would work on my old SaaS app that had a ton of data and displayed attached PDFs (that we…

HN is a place that appreciates craftsmanship over mass production. That can apply to apps or canoes!

Maybe. But user is like a consumer. So HN is multiuser, but seems weird to call HN multi-player. Live concurrent interactions feels like something more than multiuser. Just my 2-ce…

Solo, part-time developer adds a feature Evernote announced, AI-enabled search, faster than they could launch it.

Anytime I read about why someone likes some new low-cost locale better than SF, NY, or pick-your-US-city, I just can’t help but read it as “I like being rich.”

Supporting offline users is harder but super important. Will check this out.

This was a big project including code refactoring, increasing test coverage, and bringing better release processes to our product. As the founder, I wasn't involved, but it was gre…

General Motors. Several airlines. You’re describing bankruptcy protection. It means the debt holders will agree to pennies on the dollar or possibly even to forgive the debt but ta…

If you have the opportunity to get help from lpolovets, you should jump at the chance at any minimum. What does $10k or $25k get you in the Valley... not a lot. But if you keep exp…

No price cap or a high cap means the discount is your max return during the period between when you wire your money and the priced round. Compare that to what an Seed VC or A Round…

Founder here. Cool to see the story posted on HN. Happy to answer questions until I hop on my flight. (I'm a "WiFi off and focus on one thing" kind of flier).

Link to the referenced cases: Alice v CLS: https://casetext.com/case/alice-corp-v-cls-bank-intl Inventor Holdings v Bed Bath Beyond (multiple): https://casetext.com/search?q=Invent…

> (and let's be clear: money) First, we all have bills to pay. Don’t knock someone for their chosen profession. Second, I was lucky enough to be invited to a small group event to h…

Currently live in Mountain View. Red Rock is the epicenter. Lesser known (but pointing it out here so it gets more business and stays in business) is Olympus Caffe & Bakery. It’s n…

You’re right to think that 35 is pretty young. But it’s not too young to get into Product Management. Or any other career change for that matter. There are many different types of …

We're hiring Integration Developer and Backend Engineering roles in Mountain View. SimpleLegal is a YC-backed (Summer 2013) team of 55. We're building the next great enterprise pla…

Getting older, getting married, having kids, living in different parts of the country in different types of cities. Basically anything new gives you a broader perspective.

When people talk about startups and equity, they often talk about the “risk” of joining a startup. For me, as a founder, the equity portion of a comp package isn’t about the risk. …

Hi there. That quote was from me. Thanks for finding it interesting. Thanks for asking lpolovets to weigh in. He is incredibly smart and thoughtful. Turns out... he’s one of the in…

First, huge respect for bootstrapping. My co-founder and I ran a bootstrapped company together for over a decade. Skipped our own paychecks three times to ensure we made payroll fo…

The 401k isn’t expensive. Especially with newer startups offering payroll and 401k. Matching. That’s expensive.

I do. So do my cofounder and many of our employees. We made the 401k available around 15 employees (I think). The tax savings of the 401k offsets the cost of providing the 401k, so…

Is that true? Or is that just what people want to see? Avg age at my company (Series A funded, 50-ish people) is >30. Founders started at 35 & 36. Now they’re not-quite-40 and 40. …

Step 1 is usually, reduce your expenses. When people say they can’t do something like that, it’s usually an economic decision. But, plenty of people live on the lesser salary. We a…