Best of 2014

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2014. 409 posts.

Tech Industry & Business
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An Update on Hacker News

I frequently get asked about the changes we’ve made and are making to Hacker News, so I wanted to share some updates. A lot of people feel strongly about HN. It’s an important part of the startup community and we want it to be both the best source of news and discussion about technology and startups and also welcoming…

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We Make Mistakes

We’ve just finished reviewing applications for the Winter 2015 batch and have sent out invitations for interviews. In this cycle we saw a +40% increase in the number of companies applying over the Summer 2014 batch. Reviewing this many companies is a humbling experience and one we take very seriously. Most of us who…

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Quora in the next YC batch

This month, YC will be participating in Quora’s most recent investment round and Quora will be joining this summer’s YC batch. This is a new experiment for us; we’ve funded later-stage companies before, but none close to Quora’s stage. Our hope is that both the company and the YC community will get a lot of value out…

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We've Open-Sourced Everything

CodeCombat is a programming game for learning to code [https://blog.codecombat.com/180000-child-programmers-versus-44-ogres]; a multiplayer coding challenge arena [https://blog.codecombat.com/beat-this-level-get-a-programming-job] for sharpening your skills; a Y-Combinator-funded…