Ask HN: Is low-level programming dead?

You need the CIA stamp of approval.

They run the www.osdev.org site and tightly control people.

Nobody cares if there are better ways of doing things. They just want absolute police-state control -- moving all source code into the cloud under scrutiny and control.

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(I found another error in my post, but I can no longer edit it: I don't dislike design. I misread that on proofreading and edited it, silly me.)

at genomicon.com the blogger talks allot about hardware. it's not exactly a 'HW startup' blog, but you might be interested.

edit: blog.makezine.com follows many HW startups also

Why do you prefer a hardware startup to a new hardware project within a large company?

No. Low level isnt dead. There are tons of opportunities out there. I would recommend that you create something great and unique based on the PIC Micro or AVR platform. Then pitch the product to a larger company. Have you ever done any environmental monitoring? All datacenters need that kind of stuff and the existing products out there aren't that good.