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What's your favortie programming langauge? Below are the most popular languages. If your favorite isn't below select other and comment what it is below. Note: By voting for a language you are not up voting this poll.…

An interesting question, that was last asked according to search, 3,4 and respectively 5 years ago. [1,2,3] Please read through the list, to find the choice that describes you the best. I've tried to be more precise…

So many choices, so much discussion. Looking for the "Wisdom of the Crowd" from the HN community. Other options in the comments would be welcome

This is a combination of these two polls: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3746692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3748961 That resulted in this chart: https://i.imgur.com/toGKy21.jpg Since that poll is ~18…

I read a tweet that referred to HN as "Silicon Valley", which struck me as odd because I suspect most HN users, like me, are located elsewhere. This piqued my curiosity about where HN users are located, so if you don't…

So fellow HN readers, where have you set up your residence? (I'm aware of the fact that the majority is located in the US, but it might still be interesting to see if the HN community is getting more international.)…

I think Hacker News should stand with reddit to go dark in support of SOPA. SOPA seems very important for the future of HN and startups associated with ycombinator.

This poll is targeting current full-time software engineers and software developers in San Francisco and the Bay Area. The previous polls seem to have topped out too low. So here we are again. Specifically, base salary…

Upvote please if you think it's an interesting question so that more people will respond Last year I asked this question (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1411937) and I think it was useful to a bunch of people.…

Do you have tests that run every time you push and ensure that the functionality on your site works? There's always a lot of debate around testing and I'm interested to see how much people do and how satisfied they are…

It's now been long enough since I hid comment scores that we know what the site will be like without them. Do you prefer the site now or the way it used to be? I hid comment scores after tptacek suggested it as a way to…

I know that a lot of Hackers frequent Stack Overflow, so I am curious as to how much actual participation there is from Hackers on SO, and what the general reputation of Hackers is. I think it would be particularly…

There has been quite a lot of press about the 'great resignation,' with employees leaving jobs in droves. This is likely hyperbole, but it does seem that there are a large number of people switching jobs. If that is…

Inpsired by the poll of SF & the Bay Area, this poll is targeting current full-time software engineers and software developers in London, UK. Base salary only, pre-tax. No options, shares, bonuses, adjustments for…

Always wondered about this. Real identity means that you have your real name/contact info in your profile even if you username is generic Please upvote the post as well for others to see if you can.

It isn't obvious, but it seems like you can! The link to do so is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

A few months ago there was an intense discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7566069 regarding the appointment of Condoleezza Rice on the Board of Dropbox. The linked page was http://www.drop-dropbox.com/.…

On Reddit, just from this month alone, there have been some great AMAs that I personally think HN would be great participants in: Stevin Levitt from Freakonomics…

Given the amount of recent (and ongoing) controversy about software patents it is interesting to see how the hacker news community, those who are generally doers, feel about them.

One thing that bugs me about HN is the apparently endless repetition of stories. When something is interesting it gets taken up by several "sources" and then each of these is dutifully submitted by multiple people. This…

My goal in not showing points on comments was to prevent the sort of contentious exchanges where people (in this case literally) try to score points off one another. I feel like it has done that to some extent, but at a…

I am surprised at how many people, like me, who select text to highlight what they are reading. Some reasons include tracking your reading position, increasing text contrast, or as an "intra-page" bookmark. If these are…

Assumption: it is available to everyone at the same time. No wait lines. (Edited to add Assumption)