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  1. Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

    I was at FB/Meta from late 2013 to early 2023, mostly working in the compiler/runtime spaces. I got hit in the spring 2023 layoff wave. I immediately started making games in my newfound free time (a lifelong interest,…

    1581 points 378
  2. Ask HN: Operational Peter Principle?

    Phenomenon I've observed over the years, w/r/t to backend development/devops: If you fix all the bugs that could possibly page you, then, by definition, you will only get paged by things you can't fix ("the network",…

    5 points 4
  3. Sigil Generator (vacuumflowers.com)
    2 points 1
  4. The Game Toilet: 572 Game Ideas (gametoilet.wordpress.com)
    2 points 0
  5. Methylation 101: What it Means for Your Health (info.nihadc.com)
    1 points 0
  6. Ask HN: Best mail hosts?

    I've been trying to ween myself off of Google-hosted products, even opting to pay for things rather than get them for free. Gmail is the last big dependency of mine. Can anyone vouch for a mail hosting provider? The…

    1 points 0
  7. OMGWTF OMGPOP CEO? I'm in hate with you. (t.co)
    1 points -1
  8. Turning down Zynga: Why I opted out of the $210M Omgpop buy (gamasutra.com)
    340 points 117
  9. Ask HN: What's the right way to do forums?

    Open ended question. What's the "right" way to both conceptualize and implement discussion forums for the community around a product or service? Forums stem from a desire to facilitate arbitrary and semi-structured…

    11 points 13
  10. HackerNews exceeds Slashdot in unique visitors (siteanalytics.compete.com)
    27 points 22
  11. Tell HN: I'm in yr clouds, watching your servers.

    If you love the work that Amazon is doing with AWS, you can be a part of it. Our team is building high scale, high availability systems to monitor and automate AWS cloud resources. This is an awesome problem space…

    3 points 1
  12. Const: The Final Chapter (newobj.net)
    2 points 4
  13. Ludum Dare 48 Game Jam, 19th edition, starts tonight (ludumdare.com)
    2 points 0
  14. Ask HN: How to plan the optimal route for a moving van?

    This might be a bit weird for HN, but I thought it posed a good hacker challenge :) I'm moving from Phoenix, AZ to Seattle, WA next week. I'm driving my own 24' moving van (with car in-tow). I'm trying to figure out…

    3 points 1
  15. Ask HN: Most unobtrusive time tracker?

    I want to start seriously measuring my productivity, or time on task. I'm running OSX. I have an iPod Touch and an Android on my desk as well. Between those platforms, what is the most unobtrusive time tracking…

    1 points 2
  16. Ask HN: Best Android dev books or tutorials?

    I'm about to embark on developing an Android application. Are there any books or tutorials that come highly recommended? Preferably something assuming you already know Java and just focusing on Android specific topics.

    2 points 0