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I know that the best strategy is to launch an as minimalistic as possible 'Minimum Viable Product', but it is sometimes really hard to cut features. Sometimes I think that without feature X and Y the product is totally…

Responding to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3147885 I wanted to put this to a poll. Note that, for those who recently quit their jobs to do a startup, vote based on your compensation from your latest job. I am…

A lot of people make throwaway accounts here and there, so including those, estimate how many accounts you've had since you joined HN.

I noticed that at least 10 of the top stories (and certainly the first 6) on HN today were all about Google's new Chrome browser (http://google.com/chrome). I wanted to get an idea of how many HN users had actually…

When you add Twitter as an authentication provider to your app, which do you prefer for the user flow?

I'm analyzing some of the Ackwire data, and I'm looking for a larger response pool: what's a reasonable startup salary? I'm not including equity stake because while that's important, it's not immediately available to…

I'm really curious about how hackers interact with the opposite sex, it's a stereotype that hackers are bad in social situations.

Which of the following best describes you? If you are spiritual but don't practice any religion, please select "None". (Note that these results will likely be weighted towards the Western Hemisphere because of the…

The better to understand the people populating HN I ask, do you read XKCD? Also, if you're at all interested in the results, consider upvoting the item, otherwise in less than an hour it'll fall off the "new" page and…

I am interested in the sleep health of this group. If you are so inclined, tally up the number of statements that are true about you and submit the corresponding answer. I will follow up according to the results, and…

It's been five months. What's the verdict so far?

On one hand I think anonymous usernames allows some people to be more honest/opinionated/engaged, but on the other hand it also allows some to troll more than they normally might. I relate it to driving. Many people are…

Something I've noticed: Articles are submitted with informative titles, only to be switched to their (sometimes non-informative, sometimes link-bait) original titles. I believe that editorialized or misleading titles…

If you're a developer of an open source package or library, how are you (or plan on) monetizing it?

This is an update on a poll done in 2010 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1486594 Note: Consider that HN might have seen a surge of new members post COVID

I would like to capture the general perception about secure development in startups. Please, also keep in mind that even if your startup doesn't process users' private information (such as financial data or email), your…

I'm curious what other engineers are using for user session state storage/tracking within their web apps. I'm not asking about general cache storage, this is specifically about what you use for user session data (if you…

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HN readers tend to make above average salaries and there are always stories of 20 somethings selling to Facebook for tens of millions. I'd like to find out what percentage of HN readers are actually millionaires.