Ask YC: Your favorite startups lately

Post by cperciva » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 10:18 PM UTC

dfranke wrote: post #38

Tarsnap is unique among the startups that get play here in getting me to open my wallet to the tune of more than the price of a T-shirt.

Post by pg » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 11:13 PM UTC

ivankirigin wrote: post #56

pg wrote: post #36

Picwing ( http://picwing.com ) is probably the one that has improved our life the most lately. It is the perfect thing for people with new babies. Your relatives get a regular stream of new prints with near zero effort.

Do they no longer make hardware?

Post by icey » Sat, Aug 08, 2009, 12:35 AM UTC

cperciva wrote: post #63

icey wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does anyone know if Colin has anyone working with him on Tarsnap yet? Or is he still the only person working on it?

I'm still the only person working on tarsnap, unless you count some (free) help I'm getting from my brother to build a more useful website.

Post by cperciva » Sat, Aug 08, 2009, 2:33 AM UTC

icey wrote: post #66

cperciva wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm still the only person working on tarsnap, unless you count some (free) help I'm getting from my brother to build a more useful website.

I think that's awesome. How long have you been working full-time on Tarsnap?

Post by pjhyett » Sat, Aug 08, 2009, 3:13 AM UTC

icco wrote: post #58

paulgb wrote: post #30

GitHub really impresses me.

I agree. I really like their release cycle and transparency. They produce a solid product, they understand their market, and they are innovative. The only thing I don't know is how profitable they are.