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  1. Ask HN: What's it like working for typical consulting companies?

    How do they compare to say SaaS/product companies? Are they more likely to have bad environments? Do you actively seek/avoid them? I see some medium and large ones around (like Accenture) and I wonder if they can have…

    7 points 7
  2. Ask HN: Is there server-side software that we are missing in 2018?

    It seems like there are so many choices in each category that there's nothing left to do. I mean things like RDBMS, NoSQL databases, time-series databases, key-value stores, message queue, web servers. I remember many…

    79 points 114
  3. Ask HN: Alternative 2D or non-html non-DOM-based layout engines?

    Are there alternatives out there to the typical HTML/CSS for complex and high performance UI/layout? (Doesn't have to be web based or in the browser) Perhaps something based on 2D painting/canvas. Game and physics…

    8 points 5
  4. Ask HN: Less-saturated platforms for premium plugin development?

    What kind of less-known platforms do you know of for developing interesting little paid plugins? I'm thinking of things like Wix apps (http://www.wix.com/app-market/main) or Slack bots maybe a plugin for another…

    4 points 1
  5. Ask HN: SaaS idea that is simple enough for a one-man-shop?

    I wonder if anyone else is having the same dilemma. I'm wanting to start a SaaS business to run as an independent developer. My problem is a lot of the ideas that come to my mind I can see would eventually require a…

    2 points 4
  6. Ask HN: A bite-sized problem in your company that I could turn into a tiny SaaS?

    I remember reading once from patio11 about how he (paraphrase) "started making money by attaching a random number generator to a web page". As a technical person I often come up with interesting problems to solve that…

    23 points 4
  7. Ask HN: What software do you use that you wish it had a pretty web dashboard?

    I'd like to create a shiny web-based admin/interface/gui for a software that is lacking it as a side project. Is there something that you use or have to use that makes you wish it had a web UI available? I'm thinking…

    14 points 10
  8. Ask HN: What desktop app would you love to see?

    Nowadays it's all about mobile or web apps, but what desktop application do you need? I've become interested in making standalone "independent" applications. As interesting as web and mobile apps are most of them come…

    1 points 0
  9. Ask HN: What are some Chrome extensions that you wish you had?

    I'm looking into developing some Chrome extensions. Share your paint points and I shall relieve.

    6 points 18
  10. Ask HN: What are some non-CRUD/non-UI/UX problems that you'd like to see solved?

    I've been suffering from a problem that I'd like to discuss with you. At the moment I'm not ready to commit to a real full-time business. So I try to build some simple web products that are useful but don't need…

    3 points 1