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I have a very specific project in mind that I would like to do on my own. It's high time I learn a little bit of backend. I have an iPhone app (already made) that requests an ad in two parts - an image, and text. We…

I'm trying to get off of shared hosting solutions (BlueHost, GoDaddy). I don't have huge needs, I run 5-10 Wordpress sites with pretty low traffic. But shared hosting has become unbearable. I've looked into various VPS…

I'm 24. I started a company 7 months ago, planning to bootstrap it with $5,000 borrowed from family. We started working hard at creating our brand. Logos, webdesign, website copy, flyers, and SEO. We divided our time…

We have developed a couple of iPhone apps. We want to release an ad supported free version, but want to retain control over what advertisers are allowed in our app. We want to accept payment directly from the…

I've identified an opportunity in creating an ad network for a niche market. I have the connections with both advertisers and content publishers (blogs, mobile apps, etc) to really try and make a go of it. What tools…

I took a basic programming class in high school about 7 years ago (C++). Our great teacher left about 3/4 through, and the new guy didn't know a lick about programming. In fact, he would take my and a friend's code to…

At first I thought it was just my computer (a 2008 MacBook), but I just tried on a brand new i7 iMac and it takes forever to respond to scrolling. I'll try to scroll down the page and it will crawl, sputter, and jump…

There are dozens of stories pointing to a growing bubble in startupland, especially in Silicon Valley. Many of the stories have been on the HN homepage the last couple of days. My question is, what effect will this have…