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It's a job posting, but I think about Dear Future Homejoy Engineer near the end of every year. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8794956
The Dropbox launch post is a great example of why you shouldn’t take (particularly dismissive) comments here too seriously. (This isn’t to dunk on any of the contributors there - but just a reminder that we’re all fallible and have biases) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 On that note, PG coining “middlebrow dismissal” isn’t a very elaborate comment, but is a term that has entered a few people’s lexicon. htt…
I mean I saw a lot of people saying they can use FTP and this and that but people moved on from FTP to hosting files on other sites back then like RapidShare, MegaUpload and so on. I know I used to share code and projects on RapidShare before it disappeared. I do agree there are biases and sometimes people miss that they are commenting not from the perspective of the general population. Its nice you can setup ftp and…
Why Hacker News Thinks PHP Won Something (2009)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438871
Unfortunately the article appears to have been scrubbed from gilesbowkett.blogspot.com and is not on the Wayback machine. Basically, the article trashes PHP and Hacker News, which I thought was interesting.
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The company that has a monopoly on ice cream truck music (2020)
Probably still ranks #1 in ultimate HN comebacks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
I'm a little lost, what makes it a good comeback
His response was, yes, yes he had won the difficult competition they referenced.
Probably still ranks #1 in ultimate HN comebacks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
This is a great comeback. But I don't understand the reference to Ravi Vakil. Is Ravi known for being humble or something?
Now, for the links. A lot of freelancing and consulting advice threads have a good discussion and stories from the trenches:
Starting as a consultant - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21189801
Getting paid - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4817193
Common mistakes - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21728436
Lessons learned from a veteran developer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25658216
Branding and marketing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23282278
Hiring a personal assistant - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29336234
Other pretty cool and fun threads:
Crowdsourced HN book recommendations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28595967
Product recommendations from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29353980
What 4chan thinks of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6747373
The Dropbox launch post is a great example of why you shouldn’t take (particularly dismissive) comments here too seriously. (This isn’t to dunk on any of the contributors there - but just a reminder that we’re all fallible and have biases) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 On that note, PG coining “middlebrow dismissal” isn’t a very elaborate comment, but is a term that has entered a few people’s lexicon. htt…
The comment thread about a developer of a high level of mathematic ability who wrote and maintained a widely used piece of software used for backups. Someone commented something to the effect of “He gave up on solving Millennium problems to write backup software”.