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If I wrote an article with the same title I would only include one thing to remember when coding and that is to write code with the expectation that others will have to read your c…

Thanks! As a backend dev who did the UI I appreciate that very much!

Nice execution. We had a similar idea called http://www.pinchthelook.com but for women. The feedback was great and people 'loved' the site but ultimately we couldn't get to a scale…

I appreciate the post and I think it's insightful, but I think the real question is how did you get it on the front page of hacker news! I think that would be a very good next post…

We tried to launch pretty much the same concept a few years ago (dating through friends of friends on Facebook) but it didn't work out. It was called 'Trustcircle' and we still own…

Nice. Just signed up and created an application. Excited to see what may come out of this. I'm more interested in pairing with somebody who's better than me rather than working on …

I think it's hard to argue with a lot of the points he raises. Certainly the 'lack of virility' is an issue and it's much harder to get significant gains now without resorting to a…

Perhaps "any publicity is good publicity" - at the end of the day, he's had two posts about Betapunch on the front page of HN as a result of all this, and I doubt people will remem…

I attended the last meet up in Boston whilst visiting and I have to say this Ruby group is pretty special. I will, for sure, be watching via Hangouts when it goes live!

Yes the product worked, but perhaps the product didn't fit the market?

Great post and a lot of useful information. Particularly relevant for me as I'm a noob starting out on my first project, much like described in the post. I've followed a very simil…

I think the conclusion he has is right. It's not appropriate to pair 100% of the time. Having said that if you look at the way Pivotal labs pair up, they have really strict rules a…

Credit to you for sticking with it for 12 weeks and being successful. I had been attempting to learn how to program (Ruby) for the past 6 months (from a ZERO programming background…