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dmix
Rule of thumb, at least for bootstrapping, wait at least a month before you implement any new idea/feature.

If you still think its worth your time by then, then do it.

mparlane
This rule should not be applied to security related features such as hashing of passwords. Maybe dmix works at IEEE in their spare time.
dmix
Hashing passwords and securing servers shouldn't be an new idea/feature at any point.
mparlane
Agreed, too bad we keep hearing about cases where it'd still count as a feature request...
dmix
I recently worked on a project where the founder was ex "engineering team lead" and CTO at 2 tech startups.

I discovered he was storing passwords plain-text and he seemed pretty indifferent about it.

He definitely hasn't been following recent HN stories.

peterjmag
I see that you already have it on your to-do list to fix browser navigation, so here's a related request: Don't hijack my browser's "open link in new tab" functionality. Right now, your pager buttons' href attributes are "javascript:void(0)", which breaks middle click (or Ctrl+click, etc) behavior.
[dead] natarius
hmm...good point. fixed :)

thanks

svmegatron
I'd add to this: never underestimate the power of making your site faster.
sunwooz
What did the quotes look like before the redesign? robot is blocking waybackmachine.
[dead] natarius
I added a screenshot to the blog. Thanks for pointing this out.

regarding waybackmachine...are u referring to the robots file blocking access?