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I've been working remotely for a Berlin-based company lately, while trying to get a work VISA and finally live there. Unfortunately, i don't have an undergraduate (or similar) degree and i've been turned down twice by…

My wife is a very talented software engineer. She's also very good when it comes to handling business requirements and communicating that to the whole team, and also sharing her experience with younger developers.…

I'm looking for a few content-driven APIs and RSS feeds for a mashup website i'm building. Like Yahoo! News and Flickr, which allow you to submit a GET request and get a list of items based on a specific keyword. Like…

I'm a web developer and i just arrived in Berlin from the US, with a full-time job, but i'm looking for some ways of increasing my revenue. So, guys, what are the best ways to find freelance gigs here in Germany, or…

I just got a proposal from a German company. I'm a senior Ruby developer and i would like to know HNs opinion. What's the average IT salaries there? How to properly compare my salary here in the US with the one there?

I'm thinking about hosting a few webinars, but i'm looking for an open-source solution, that can be scaled easily. I know BigBlueButton, but it seems hard to setup a proper infrastructure for it. Any ideas?

Recently, i've been looking for a place on the web to publish my articles, but i'm curious about HN opinion. Should i look for something like developerWorks, SitePoint, InfoQ, or publish myself? Which websites do you…

A lot of websites with domains (and brands, as well) are using the .io TLD. I wonder why? What does I/O (input output, am i right) has to do with such businesses?

I remember seeing a jQuery lib for that. Any?

I know datatables, but isn't there something more versatile and less bloated?

I'm looking to build a small server at home. Something physically small, yet powerful, like a Mac Mini. Is there any alternatives, probably cheaper? (depending on configuration, of course)