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There's a lot of talk recently about functional programming languages (Haskell, Erlang, Clojure, Scala) being the next big programming languages in software development. Reasons such as the slowing of the possibility…

Hello everybody. A friend of mine and myself are thinking of starting up a little side project. If this turns out to be successful, we'd like to have a contract in place that assures stuff like we get 50-50, important…

Hello everybody. A friend of mine and myself are thinking of starting up a little side project. If this turns out to be successful, we'd like to have a contract in place that assures stuff like we get 50-50, important…

As I have seen over the last couple of months, there are mixed opinions about the IT scene at the moment. Judging by the amounts of money being traded for start-up companies and the incredible growth they have…

Something I've heard from more than one source. Are companies near San Francisco having a difficult time finding people to fill positions?

I've got somewhat of a background in ios development, and i'd like to break into ios design as well, to make my apps look better. What books, blogs and articles do you recommend?

1. After how much time does a start-up usually break even or become profitable? 2. If they aren't break even for too long, does that mean that their product just isn't adequate for the market? 3. After how much time…

They are offering a good application for free, and are continuously updating their product. How do they make a profit? Also, were they ever a start-up? Did they ever take on investors?

I'm building an application that will be able to register events from companies/bars/theaters etc. that are interested in exposing their events to a larger audience. If a user finds an event interesting, he/she can…

Similar to the "Who's hiring?" question, but this time aimed at part-time, temporary, freelance work. Some people might have some time available on their hands during the summer period, or need a temporary boost to…

Since I've been a user of HN, I've seen numerous posts and stories about (successful) start-ups. However, most of those I have seen are based on some open-source, free or otherwise non-MS based languages, technologies…

I heard a couple of things about elance as a good website where you can find freelance jobs. I would like to get the opinion of the HN community regarding this before actually making an investment in this website. Have…