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I've used Godaddy a number of times for LAMP-stack applications (I'm not totally sold on them). I'm looking to downgrade my linode vps to shared hosting on another platform - no need to pay $20/month if I'm hardly using…

I found a startup on Craigslist that I've been doing freelance work for, for about a week now. I just got paid last week but now the startup wont sign my contract listing things like hourly rate, payments, and so on...…

I'm developing an android app to detect spam phone numbers, does anyone know of a curated or crowd-sourced list of spam phone numbers that are available to the public? (I cannot stand receiving spam calls) Thanks

For freelancers... Do you specify your hourly rate upon being asked (early on in process), or do you say you set a fixed budget (based on a proposal) for new clients? I've read that specifying the hourly rate upfront…

I'm trying to decide between these two companies: Linode vs Digital Ocean for a new VPS. My needs are: potentially heavy CPU, and heavy memory usage. I'm using a Amazon EC2 (Micro) instance right now - and paying…

I've been meaning to ask this on here and wondered what your thoughts were on this. I live (currently) on the east coast, but visited the west coast (SF to get to the point). After 25 years of living on the east coast,…

I'm looking to move from the northeast US to San Francisco - I'm totally pumped. My background is primarily in development and application security - what are the best sites to use to find startup jobs? I currently have…

I've talked to 30-40 recruiters over the past few months about various jobs in IT. I wondered why so many companies use 3rd party recruiters as opposed to in-house recruiters? Is it just the money or what is it? Other…

I've been working on an IT-Sec company for some 6 months now, solo founding it. I recently met a guy at a networking event who advises startups - we met 1:1 for coffee, and then he sent me a really lengthy email…

There seems to be an abundant number of vulnerability scanners out there for web applications and I'm wondering of the market potential left for new vulnerability scanners with some differentiation (not so much on the…

I'm new(er) to freelancing. I just had a personal contact (known him about 1.5 years now - met at network event) he reached out to me about a really cool software project he needed done for this recruiting business. So…

I quit my job 6 months back to set out on my own doing my own startup idea. This idea hasn't panned out quite the way I thought it would. How have you or would you convey that your startup failed and you are interested…

HN, I'm a developer of some 8 years now. I'm trying to think long term about a career 5, 10, 20 years+ from now. I keep seeing endless articles about not just outsourcing, but moreso automation of IT jobs - everything…

HN, I don't know what is wrong with me.-Let me give you a brief look into the past few years: -June, 2012 : graduated college - IT major -July, 2012 : got a job 2 weeks after graduation - great pay, good benefits, GREAT…

Fellow hackers, I'm curious as to why you think vulnerable code in applications is still being released today? Why is SQL Injection still #1 (in Owasp T10) ? As a developer myself working for a top-10 us e-retailer I…

I'm thinking of stopping my startup, not because its a bad 'idea' or i went ahead and made a rookie mistake with making tech. that no one wants, or any of that. Plain and simple: I ran out of money . I see a new…

I'm working on my SaaS product now, recently I had a potential, large organization (10k+ employees) come to me with interest in what I was doing. I spoke with them on the phone a bit to understand their needs as an…

For all solo founders: Im wondering how you all cope with all of the stress, doubt, fears, etc. that many startups cope with (with a cofounder), but as solo founders (I'm one myself) - we do not have anyone to share the…

I'm in a bit of a pickle - I'm trying to build a startup, solo, to start - I'm burning the late night oil at nights and weekends. I currently have a well paying job in IT at a top 10 online retailer. I've been trying to…

The title says it all, but, what parts of LinkedIn do you like/dislike? As a developer myself, I have quite a few struggles with LinkedIn like: endorsements recruiter spam etc.

I'm technical and founding my own startup right now - it is vastly technical SaaS startup, but while it is very technical - there is a lot of work on the business end that doesn't meet my background. I do have a little…