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YC application has this question. Is there a trend here out of successful YC alumni ? How long have you known your co-founder for and how did you meet?

I've been a web programmer most of the time but have basic experience with C++, C# for non web stuffs (desktop, basic unity 2d etc). I always wanted to get into video game development and I think the time has arrived to…

I recently joined an agency in Bay Area and I'm getting paid roughly 50K/yr. Work load is heavy and I got quickly assigned a lot of responsibilities and even have to deal with managing and training new hires. I'm fairly…

Are there any known PHP based startups gone open source and doing well ?

I recently had discussion with my colleague about securing own's web server. According to him, a server is secure when you "show" what you want to show to public and what you do not want to be public is always…

When you release more than one product does is become a company ? What is the actual difference between a company and a startup ?

I work in small web development firm. Since we are just starting out with our product / service aside for bootstraping, I have to take care of all the responsibility of business aspects (searching clients, communicating…

I am usually more inclined to thoughts shared here in HN than in the article under discussion. Sometimes, i completely ignore articles and satisfy myself with HN discussion on that topic. How do you do it ?

Once in a while I hear in internet that there are two ways to stay in software market - one, build something cheaper and sell it to thousands of customers. Or, build a high end product and sell to a niche customer at…

I would like to know how much does it cost to hire a lawyer ? Is it case dependent or they have a fixed pay scale ? Heard that, lawyer cost increases over time. Is it like the cost per extra feature request by a web…

I've just seen minus (-) in-front of my comments, not who did it. Is is true with more karma we can see who down voted us ?

When the word hack is used, despite other elite explanations available in Oxford or Cambridge dictionaries people[1] will take it wrong - Hacker is a person who will make harm to your machine or the person who will…

I personally do not favor Apple's way of making cash. (When most of your users won't pay for your service you are dead. I don't want to charge users for the service or may be my users are not in such a sophistication to…

I have been using an Open Source project professionally since last 6 months. The original contributors are heading towards quiet opposite to what I liked most in that project. They are adding "new features" which are…

When I land at web apps or sites upvoted here in HN, most of the time I wonder - how these sites were developed. Figuring out all architectural, technical and UI aspects of an app or a site would be inspiring to a…