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New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 3,456 posts.
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Bulletproof demos using Chrome's playback mode
We all like to build software which is reliable, but every once in a while it seems like a good idea to demo something still in its unreliable infancy. Google Chrome has a little known feature which can help.
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Don’t worry that your job is pointless
Software engineer and consultant with >15 years experience. Specializing in product engineering, design systems, and full-stack web development with React and TypeScript.
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Seamless Transitioning from Google Reader to feedly
Feedly product updates, case studies, and resources to help you use AI to collect, analyze, and share intelligence. Start your free trial.
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Google Reader shutting down
We’re announcing more closures, bringing the total to 70 features or services closed since our spring cleaning began in 2011.
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We'll Be Circling Back
Thanks for your note and sending ⟨startup⟩ our way, we really appreciate it and always enjoy meeting with YC founders. Keep 'em coming!
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The Redhat of Drupal
I got this email today: Hi Matt, I apologize for the cold email. I was researching Automattic , Inc. and wanted to ask you if there was any gaps/pains within your CMS and website. I work for the “R…
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Update from the CEO
Sundar Pichai will lead Android, in addition to his existing work with Chrome and Apps.
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Developing a responsive, Retina-friendly site (Part 2)
This post is part of a series documenting the design and development of this blog, including responsive images and working with HiDPI assets.
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Civil Liberties Groups Speak Out Against CISPA in Lead Up to Hearings
On Monday, EFF and over 30 other Internet rights organizations sent a letter to members of Congress demanding they vote no on the "cybersecurity" bill known as CISPA. The letter starts off a week in which Congress will hold three different hearings about CISPA and computer and network security. In...
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How We Went from 30 Servers to 2: Go
When we built the first version of IronWorker, about 3 years ago, it was written in Ruby and the API was built on Rails. It didn’t take long for us
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Come and help save Posterous from oblivion
A couple of years ago I got wind of the fact that geocities was about to die and along with many others I did my bit to save geocities, the site now lives on (or as much as I could save of it) as reocities.com.
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Trello for iPad is Here
We've taken the best of Trello and optimized it for that beautiful glass touchscreen you've got. It has all your favorite features as desktop. Download today.
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Clojure: All grown up
I'm a Product Manager at Google. I use data and UX to drive great products. And it turns out—the toughest problems are won in translation.
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O’Reilly Media Has Lost Its Soul
Several years ago I was courted by O’Reilly Media. After the success of my first book, Show Me the Numbers , the folks at O’Reilly were interested in publishing my second. I responded cautiously at first, because my prior self-publishing experience was extremely positive. Analytics Press, the publisher of Show Me the…
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My Very Own Protocol Droid
Thirty-six people work at 37signals. Only six of us don’t have iPhones. Out of the six of us, three have Androids. I just recently became one of the Android minority. I’ve been a die-hard “Apple evangelist” for over twenty years — first an avid Mac user, then an e…
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Coding with gumption
The first and only mention of Gumption Theory in modern writing is found towards the end of Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The author sets out a plain and uncomplicated approach to attaining and maintaining the state of mind required to repair a motorcycle. It takes about 20 pages. And the…
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