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Im working on a side project which I hope to turn into a full fledged startup. I need to find a co-founder because the amount of work seems to be growing and I just cant seem to be…

Of course an elegant solution is desirable, however I prefer bloatware that works, over a beautifully architected one that is vaporware.

You sound just like my old pointy haired boss. I'll do with you, what I did with him. I'm going to roll my eyes and call you names when you talk to me, because I know you're too du…

This matrix is a bunch of crap. The ability to "get things done" is the most important factor of programmer competency. Every thing else is incidental.

As an entrepreneur you never want to lose site of the mountaintop you're trying to get to, but you have to remain incredibly flexible about the path that you take to get there, whi…

This is one of the best posts I have ever read on HN. Kudos to the author

Ideally a patent like that should be denied ( or can be challenged in court) based on prior art. Prior art refers to documentation of an idea prior to a patent filing. So for examp…

Portland OR: Do what you can to make the world a better place. The Dalai Lama has more street cred here than Larry or Sergey

In the 90's people were saying the same things about perl that are now saying about arc.

In the 90's people were saying the same things about perl that are now saying about arc.

This article completely misses the point. I want to know how many of the non-H1B workers at Microsoft used to be H1B's. And how about finding out percentage of engineers at all the…

In particular how do a recession, rising oil prices, weak dollar, credit crunch affect the probability of startup success. Is this a good time to quit your "safe" day job and dive …

Commodore 64 (circa 1984) an assembled i386 circa 1994

Robby's Night At the prodding of my friends, I am writing this story. My name is Mildred Hondorf. I am a former elementary school music teacher from Des Moines , Iowa . I've always…

how about allowing me to track more than one project (i.e chain). Nice work.

How about a keyword based search.

ever since 9/11 the green card process has become excruciatingly slow. There are a ton of CS Masters and PhD's who graduated around. that time. Their H1-B visas are going to start …

please include Markus Frind from PlentyOfFish. His story is both fascinating, inspiring and so not the norm. Also.. it may be better if you dont include YC companies, since most of…