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How about more control over the software & configuration side of ELB as well? If you could control more things that nginx or haproxy let you control, I think there would be a lot l…

podrivo: did you do everything by hand or did you use some kind of IDE? very cool.

Umm, why is this post #1. this is obviously something related to a dev typo or pushing the wrong key. slow hacker news day maybe? :)

In theory, i like the idea but I can't see paying for an API like a service would generate as much money for them in the long run as their current ads strategy. API Services tend t…

You'd be surprised, "scaling" a database is something that more and more folks are having to do lately, with the onslaught of mobile apps and facebook apps and web apps, it's just …

Although I agree with the Facebook App sucking (and seeming to get worse and worse), I do feel like the article is a bit misguided. I don't give 100% blame to UIWebView and no-Nitr…

nice, i like it! did you do anything with it post-hackathon?

We've seen some issues with FB graph errors. It's probably related to that

If you have an Android device, we even support to take pictures from the browser

I don't think anyone is disputing the fact that guys in coffeeshops can't make successful startups. I don't think that is the point the author is trying to make. The ecosystem, muc…

So the rendering is definitely faster but I think the biggest advantage to non-computer graphics engineers is in the available API's over the actual improvement in rendering time, …

Honestly, it was just a fun project that let me experiment with the new CoreImage API's, but also make something fun, polished and worth a buck. With the new camera in the iPhone4S…

Ughh, the link is broken at the moment, stupid EC2 Elastic IP screwed up my instance and therefore my DNS. Here's a link to the app, http://bit.ly/spookify in the meantime...

The Wufoo guys just created a kick-ass product, they are really talented javascript and css engineers. Now it's common for a site to be streamlined with drag and drop interfaces, d…

ditto.... lol

I guess most of your points make sense. I just feel like Yelp does very little to be open and transparent. I get that its very difficult, nobody ever said its easy to algorithmical…

A quick and dirty solution could be to add something to the page using javascript after the page has loaded and only let the link work if that variable exists (and check the value …

Plus captcha's are just such a stupid user experience anyway, if you want to avoid the robots problem, there are plenty of ways around captchas

Interesting article. I don't understand the filtered review system at all. Beyond the 'he said / she said' complaints that occasionally come out, there are things about their syste…

Fun and sensitive question! Taxes certainly bite big time, especially on on an acquisition where its paid out as a bonus. Longest engineer at the company when the acquisition happe…

Great post. I think one of the undervalued points to make is the value first employees get out of going through the experience of being a 'first employee', not just counting the sa…