Blog Archive 2013 How to go bankrupt Apr 25 2013 Love To Learn Apr 23 2013 The API Paradox Apr 11 2013 AppGratis Apple AppStore Appeal Apr 10 2013 available jobs, March Mar 12 2013 Come and help save posterous from oblivion! Mar 12 2013 Suffering from depression? Don’t do that start-up! Feb 27 2013 Domain Knowledge or a lack thereof Feb 22 2013 how to make a quick buck Feb 21 2013 Disqus bait and switch, now with ads Feb 14 2013 Computers I have known Feb 14 2013 Introducing The Paper Bay Feb 13 2013 When Haskell Is Not faster than C Jan 21 2013 A World Without Power Jan 02 2013 2012 Elon Musk and the Hyperloop Nov 21 2012 Thank HN: Our friend is safe and sound Nov 18 2012 Stick to what you know, a tale of an investment gone wrong Oct 01 2012 This white powder will kill me one day Sep 29 2012 How to build a windmill part 2, parts, nuts, bolts and blades Sep 28 2012 How to build a windmill Sep 27 2012 Life as a Service Sep 25 2012 The Pendulum Swings, Again Sep 24 2012 My brush with a patent troll Sep 21 2012 Things you’ll never see, hear or use Sep 20 2012 Be nice to those that serve you Sep 18 2012 All targets are moving targets Sep 18 2012 The scale of programming complexity Sep 17 2012 Acqui-hire is just another way to spell failure Aug 28 2012 Those that can do, those that can’t blog Aug 27 2012 Deadbook, the long-term Facebook Aug 26 2012 Tim Cook memo line by line Aug 25 2012 You are not the customer you are the product Aug 24 2012 Startup Game Aug 23 2012 First employee or co-founder? Aug 22 2012 fix the bugs and do not forget to fix the class of bug and the process too Aug 21 2012 Evergreen Investor Scams, Kooks & Crooks Jul 15 2012 Prior art for Apple’s ‘interactive search’ patent Jun 30 2012 So you’re making good money. STFU May 24 2012 301 redirects a dangerous one way street! Apr 21 2012 Domains for Sale Apr 20 2012 The rise of the destructive programmer Mar 30 2012 The death throes of an industry Mar 24 2012 Getting to ‘No’ Mar 23 2012 today I wrote some code Mar 22 2012 The Starter, the Architect, the Debugger and the Finisher Mar 20 2012 Your Genetic information is not just yours but it is family property Mar 19 2012 What you could do if you were google and had their databases Mar 15 2012 C Preprocessor Hell Jan 11 2012 2011 Due Diligence survival guide part II, nuts and bolts Nov 27 2011 There is no shame in failure Nov 14 2011 Programmers Salaries at google $250k (and up) Nov 09 2011 So you’re considering a liberal arts degree Nov 06 2011 Electronics for programmers Nov 05 2011 I am a programmer Nov 01 2011 Dropping out is probably not for you Oct 25 2011 I hate cut-and-paste Oct 24 2011 Does it scale? Who cares! Oct 22 2011 My Heroes Oct 20 2011 It takes three years to build a business Oct 18 2011 How much of your privacy are you willing to give up in return for a lollipop? Oct 18 2011 Are you a programmer with chronic headaches? If so please read Oct 03 2011 hey google, I want my cache links back Sep 28 2011 CS Paper writers, please show your code! Sep 28 2011 Your first customer as a co-founder Sep 22 2011 The Google Wallet, a lifetime log of your purchases Sep 19 2011 TechCrunch sets new standard for editorial behavior Sep 17 2011 A good memory, a programmers most important tool Sep 16 2011 The Unofficial Hacker News FAQ Sep 14 2011 Ways to increase the runway for your start-up Sep 14 2011 Have yourself some Raspberry Pi Sep 09 2011 Twitters new and blazingly fast interface Sep 09 2011 The hidden cost of funding Aug 29 2011 Due Diligence survival guide Aug 24 2011 The ghost in the room Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff, an early attempt at Hi-Fi recording Aug 23 2011 How to Improve the quality of your software find an old computer Aug 22 2011 The Clock Frequency of our Universe Aug 20 2011 warning do not do business with SEDO Aug 18 2011 Double your price! (and no, I’m not kidding) Aug 18 2011 How not to handle open source feedback Jul 25 2011 The start-up code of conduct and ethics v 0.1 Jul 17 2011 a C Heisenbug in the wild Jun 12 2011 No User Serviceable Parts Inside Jun 05 2011 augmented reality with mass appeal Jun 02 2011 productivity tips for the easily distracted May 31 2011 it is good to have friends May 10 2011 a really good talk and animation about education Apr 20 2011 I remember IANA Apr 16 2011 Living in the zone Apr 15 2011 crunch time for spotify Apr 14 2011 attitude does not scale Apr 13 2011 Hacker News is for hackers not startup founders Apr 12 2011 The dropbox endgame Apr 12 2011 Free, Public Data Sets Apr 06 2011 A tale of two programmers Apr 06 2011 The best thing since sliced bread? Apr 04 2011 Brian Chesky Apr 02 2011 How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy Apr 01 2011 Auto submission bots on Hacker News Mar 30 2011 the mobile phone superpower you have never heard of Mar 28 2011 Ios, Android, WP7 - who cares? Mar 26 2011 Advertising as a revenue stream Mar 24 2011 41,000,006 reasons why I think we’re in a bubble Mar 24 2011 when crisis hits Mar 23 2011 venture capitalists are not record labels Mar 20 2011 my newest computer Mar 20 2011 How to be a Consultant, a Freelancer, or an Independent Contractor Mar 20 2011 taking stock after 13 years Mar 19 2011 make something people need Mar 18 2011 You can’t do that Mar 17 2011 How to make the Hacker News homepage Mar 17 2011 How to Sell Your Company Mar 16 2011 The worst program I ever worked on Mar 16 2011 Idea Dump, March 2011 Edition Mar 14 2011 Three Roads To The Top Of The Mountain Mar 14 2011 We do get out of bed for less than 10000 dollars per day Mar 11 2011 What a programmer does for a living Mar 11 2011 Salary negotiations for techies Mar 10 2011 Those Gray Beard Hackers And Their Tall Stories Mar 10 2011 Dealing with burn-out Mar 09 2011 The Need to Code Mar 09 2011 Your own company? You can do it! Mar 09 2011 Giants through misfortune and what we can learn from them Mar 09 2011 The belt sander and the battle for privacy. A body hack. Mar 09 2011 Review What You Fork on GitHub Mar 09 2011 Microsoft just bought Nokia for $0 Mar 09 2011 About This Website Mar 09 2011 Bing search results showing up in Google Feb 21 2011 Microsoft’s Bing versus Google, some observations Feb 21 2011 Idea dump, February 2011 edition Feb 21 2011 Tell HN Your Subdomains are safe Feb 01 2011 Startup School 2010 Feb 01 2011 Tell HN So Long and Thanks for all the Bits! Jan 31 2011 Andrew Mason Jan 30 2011 Mark Zuckerberg Jan 28 2011 Programmers think differently than non-programmers Jan 15 2011 Idea dump, January 2011 edition Jan 14 2011 2010 Anonymous attacks the websites of the Dutch police and the public prosecutors office Dec 10 2010 Everybody please calm down regarding WikiLeaks and Julian Assange Dec 10 2010 HackerNews, now with downvotes! Dec 09 2010 The Next WikiLeaks Dec 04 2010 Rejected by some incubator ? Prove them wrong! Dec 03 2010 idea dump, December edition Dec 02 2010 When your userbase gets away from you, make something people want, indeed Nov 27 2010 Paul Graham Nov 13 2010 Dalton Caldwell Nov 13 2010 Ron Conway Nov 13 2010 More Buckets Nov 10 2010 A Larger Bucket Nov 10 2010 Reducing the Size of the Holes Nov 10 2010 Fewer Holes Nov 10 2010 The Funnel Nov 10 2010 Everybody Pays Nov 08 2010 Moving to Freemium Nov 08 2010 Handbook Freemium Nov 08 2010 Mucho Dinero Nov 08 2010 Affiliates Nov 08 2010 Taxes Nov 08 2010 Recurring vs One shot sales, ISPS Nov 08 2010 Grandfathering Nov 07 2010 Communication Nov 07 2010 Life Cycle Nov 07 2010 Respect Nov 07 2010 My list of ideas, if you’re looking for inspiration Oct 31 2010 Pay it forward, HN style Oct 27 2010 PayPal robbed my bank account Oct 18 2010 WW.com subdomains are all active Oct 17 2010 Down with URL shorteners Oct 11 2010 Why you should or should not get a co-founder Oct 11 2010 Autonomous driving cars one big step closer to reality Oct 08 2010 AB Testing make sure you are optimizing for the right variable profit Sep 29 2010 Welcome to the Pit of Despair… Sep 23 2010 Beware of being too open about your company on Hacker News Sep 22 2010 How we improved the SEO performance of WW.com, a mini how-to Sep 22 2010 Turning around the Titanic, part 1, triple the signup rate Sep 20 2010 Good System Administrators are Blind Sep 16 2010 Selling really does start at ‘no’ Sep 10 2010 Adventures of an imperative programmer in the land of fp Aug 27 2010 Facebook to overtake Google in the next 18 months Aug 23 2010 The Start-up from Hell Aug 21 2010 So you were thinking of using adsense to generate income? Think again! Aug 16 2010 Polll vs Epoll (2), measuring the ATR on a very high volume site Aug 06 2010 Poll vs Epoll, once again. Aug 04 2010 Who will get us out of this mess? Aug 02 2010 In defense of wikileaks Jul 30 2010 Assume Absolutely Nothing Jul 27 2010 Are you suffering from burn-out? Jul 26 2010 I’m a tool freak Jul 15 2010 The pros and cons of ‘fuck you’ money. Jul 13 2010 Those niggling last little bits of a project Jul 05 2010 How David can beat Goliath, smaller companies competing with larger companies Jun 02 2010 You are NOT the CEO May 27 2010 How to get better at estimating software projects for freelancers and teams May 24 2010 running a start-up is great, growing a business is boring May 22 2010 Burn-out visible in the brains of patients May 21 2010 Hacker, Painter, Bricklayer and Watchmaker May 18 2010 Dutch Judge rules mentioning filenames in usenet postings on website is illegal May 14 2010 In Memoriam René Sommer May 12 2010 The ideal mobile computer interface May 11 2010 Wholesale Privacy violations in the European Union May 07 2010 Mistakes I’ve made, and what you might be able to learn from them. May 03 2010 A chair needs at least three legs, so does your business Mar 31 2010 You will die. Get used to it. Mar 25 2010 A challenge, identify this HN user, I tried twice and failed Mar 17 2010 Cheap bandwidth and server capacity, HN special. Mar 11 2010 The Page Space Wars, a cyber war for territory in Googles index Feb 09 2010 readwriteweb.com Canvassing HN’ers for their ‘HN Love’ Feb 05 2010 Asynchronous Life Jan 24 2010 Define ‘Correct’. Conways ‘life’ and the central clock Jan 23 2010 installing squeak Jan 20 2010 Is HN Changing - Growth Jan 19 2010 I’m a terrorist (and so are you!) Jan 18 2010 Decoding Clojure Jan 18 2010 Is HN changing ? Part 2 Jan 14 2010 Is HN changing ? Jan 13 2010 Can we stop the language bashing please ? Jan 11 2010 baby steps in clojure Jan 11 2010 2009 cuda for the absolute beginner Dec 17 2009 The Lambda Calculus Oct 12 2009 Small really is good, the case for micro clouds Oct 08 2009 The Agony Of Choice Oct 03 2009 Third parties Sep 30 2009 Estimating Sep 30 2009 Insurance Sep 29 2009 Pricing Sep 29 2009 Contracting Sep 29 2009 Invoices Sep 29 2009 Finding and keeping customers Sep 28 2009 Skills Sep 28 2009 Intellectual Property (IP) Sep 28 2009 Politics Sep 28 2009 Tools Sep 21 2009 Taxes Sep 21 2009 Self Discipline Sep 21 2009 Presentation Sep 21 2009 Incorporation Sep 21 2009 Ethics Sep 21 2009 Dependencies Sep 21 2009 Customers Sep 21 2009 Conflict Sep 21 2009 Bookkeeper Sep 21 2009 Banks Sep 21 2009 A simple way to store and retrieve tree based information in the Django object relational model (ORM) Sep 10 2009 installing django on debian etch based server Aug 13 2009 CUDA for beginners Jul 29 2009 The story behind ww.com / camarades.com. Jul 07 2009 the Twitter hype Feb 18 2009 The Value of Typing Feb 04 2009 2008 Italian comedienne prosecuted for insulting the pope Sep 12 2008 Junk DNA ? No Way! Sep 08 2008 manufacturing in Asia Sep 05 2008 Music Aug 30 2008 adhd, ritalin and evolution Aug 27 2008 the cost and value of bits, and their content, signals and noise Aug 25 2008 mushrooms and couriers Aug 24 2008
The ghost in the room Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff, an early attempt at Hi-Fi recording Aug 23 2011
A simple way to store and retrieve tree based information in the Django object relational model (ORM) Sep 10 2009