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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 6,087 posts.
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OS X Isn't for Developers
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
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Life at a startup
As a child, I had read about the Homebrew Computer Club, where Osborne and Apple were born - and I wanted to be part of a big movement like that ever since. When I first heard about Y Combinator I thought here was something happening right now that might be looked back on in the same way. I worked my way through the…
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How Thomas Jefferson prepared for meetings
Here's an interesting historical anecdote from Karl Fogel's Producing Open Source Software on the value of preparing for meetings. In his multi-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson and His Time, Dumas Malone tells the story of how Jefferson handled the first meeting held to decide the organization of the…
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Everyone thinks they're hiring the top 1% (2005)
Everyone thinks they’re hiring the top 1%. Martin Fowler: “We are still working hard to hire only the very top fraction of software developers (the target is around the top 0.5 to …
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When Smart People are Bad Employees
Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The
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The Benefits of Being a Female Software Engineer
Jean Hsu - Fractional VP Engineering | Engineering Leadership for Startups
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When you want to quit because it's just not worth it
Are you crying in the shower because you can't handle it anymore? Beyond Impostor Syndrome: Complete melt-down? Well, at least you're in good company.
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The joys of maintenance programming
Introducing new web service to determine if a number is odd or not. No new code dependency in your npm modules. Can use with almost any programming language, not just Javascript under node.js. No license. Easy to test in a web browser
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What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Startups 4 Years Ago
The year is 2007, and I had just left Microsoft to dive into the startup world. Like many first time entrepreneurs, I was very excited about the adventure. And like many first time entrepreneurs, I didn’t know where to start.
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Wanted: Software Engineers. Reward: $12,000
Explore Moz’s latest updates and uncover new ways to boost your SEO impact. Stay informed about tool launches, feature enhancements, and content releases, all in one place.
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Why I do my resume in LaTeX
I’m guessing most of you have seen the comic explaining how a programmer reads your résumé. No, I don’t do my résumé in LaTeX just to get the +12 bonus. There are a handful of reasons I think it is a good idea. It stands out My résumé isn’t written in 12 pt. Arial or Times New Roman, which sets it apart from 75% of…
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A Stack Overflow user's reply to Experts Exchange blogpost
This is in response to this blog post made at Experts Exchange. Whilst I agree on a few of the points you have made, as a user and a promot...
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Reminder: "Broken gets fixed, but shitty lasts forever"
A while back, it came to my attention that ruby's net/https implementation had an insecure default: not verifying TLS certificates (OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE). I wrote an article about it for RubyInside, and helped @geemus fix the issue in his excon gem. Despite this being an incredibly serious security issue, nobody…
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C++ in Coders at Work
One of the topics I asked most of my Coders at Work interviewees about was C++. I am not an expert, or even a competent C++ programmer and recognize that my own opinions about C++ are not well-info…