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I caught a couple of mentions in recent threads about people having a hard time finding a programming job in the Bay Area. Is this a growing trend? I don't pay attention that closely but I've understood programmers to…

As the title says. I'm currently shifting my focus from working on my own projects to working on other people's. I don't contract that much (maybe once a year when something interesting comes along) so I don't have an…

I'm not a big HN karma watcher, but I've noticed a pretty strange phenomenon: Every so often I'll get a bump up of 1 or 2 points and, since it seems odd, I'll usually scan my first page of comments and find no…

Background: I'm currently working on iOS projects and have one new app in the app store and three more 'definite' ones at idea/planning stage. I say definite as these are the ideas that I've vetted with my partner as…

Wasn't sure how to word that title. I've been working with MailChimp to handle my app's emails. I recently met someone who I otherwise like (cool guy) who offers the same service specific to my metro area. He agreed to…

As of a couple of hours ago the entire appspot.com domain has been blocked in Thailand by the ICT Ministry. I'm guessing this is because they block proxy servers and there are a number running on App Engine. I'm…

Dear HNers, We just rolled out the latest version of our recommendation startup and would love to get feedback. It's not a 'recommendation engine' or anything of the ilk but more of a whrrl or eat.ly for…

I'm about ready to launch a mobile/social webapp and wanted to get people involved in a closed beta. I was wondering if people could recommend good places to give away beta invites as well as any tips people had for…