mr_puzzled

Most companies make you sign agreements which say all IP created during employment is owned by the company. A fair number of companies allow employees to retain IP related to side projects as long as they don't directly…

First of all, the el paso shooting is disgusting and I pray that the survivors find strength to heal. I came across this tweet by a guardian journalist : https://twitter.com/juliacarriew/status/1157835371016671232 I'll…

At work, I was asked to learn spring boot and the first task was to build a simple crud app, just end to end functionality for a model with automated tests, builds, static code analysis etc. I hate to admit it, but for…

I have a bunch of whois protected domains on namecheap that I no longer want, so my plan is to just them expire. Is this safe to do or are there some cases where whois info is exposed? Another question : I want to…

As strange as it may sound, I graduated with a CS degree and didn't put in much effort during my time in college so I'd like to go over my undergraduate course material again. I need good resources to learn the…

I will start a job as a software dev and with the job offer comes a bunch of contract clauses that basically lets the company own all IP while employed. I am from a third world country, so I won't be able alter the…

Is there a list of companies that don't restrict their employees from working on side projects like amazon does? Bonus points if the company is remote. Note : I'm not in california.

I have zero knowledge about what it takes to build a linux phone, please help me understand what I need to learn to be able to build one. I can spare maybe $20k to experiment over the course of my learning and can…

How do I go about doing it? Things looked bad the last time this question was posted, how is the situation now? Any other good options? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3691541

If you don't know what's going on, here's a recommended reading : https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/a4rqj2/whats_up_with_patreon/ Obviously all of the people banned have done a lot of shitty things, use…

So let's stay I start a startup, grow and manage to take it public, what happens next? Is the company expected to keep growing indefinitely? What happens if growth is stagnant, but the company is profitable? I also hear…

Without linking comments, I saw comments from more than 6 years ago where regular HNers applied to YC unsuccessfully. There was a lot of the youthful optimism and hustle in those comments that I see in myself now but…

Context : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13921433 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13142327 Working on side projects that could turn into a business (includes potentially applying for YC) while still…

This is at the "is this even possible" stage. So the end goal would be to build a completely FOSS laptop using Risc V with zero proprietary blobs but after briefly exploring Risc V, the ecosystem is still way too early…

I'm starting to question the whole thought process behind VC funded startups : take money -> grow fast -> get to a liquidity event so investors can make returns. VC funded startups are all about growth growth growth. I…