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Review my search tool | jasonwilk: This reminds me of the original Mahalo. We know how that turned out. |
Review my search tool | coffeemug: Interesting work. It's not quite useful to me just yet, but I think there is something there. The biggest problem I see so far is the fact that I need to click on a link after hitting search in order to get any results is a big problem. This needs to be fixed first.I'm not completely sure what your direction... |
Review My (Twitter) App: Follow Ham | jeff18: My review:Don't ask for an email address. Just give the user a unique page that auto-updates and tells you what the wait time is. If the users wants, let the user enter their email on this second page.Asking for an email (even with a disclaimer that says trust me, I will never ever spam you, etc.) is a huge b... |
Anyone went from PHP to Python? | crad: I made the jump from PHP to Python a few years ago and am very glad I did. As far as frameworks are concerned, I started with Django, web.py and cherry.py and landed on on Tornado. I love the include what you need, non-kitchen sink aspect of Python development and have found my apps to have much smaller CPU and ... |
Review My (Twitter) App: Follow Ham | RK: The results page made my Firefox (3.0.17 on Ubuntu 8.04) slow to a crawl.Other than that the results were interesting. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | ajstiles: We're hiring a bunch (interns and full-timers in search engineering, search tools, query intelligence) at AT&T Interactive (YellowPages.com) in Glendale CA. Email me for more info: astiles@attinteractive.com. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | ewingpatriarch: Yelp's looking for coders in SF, both full-time and as summer interns: http://www.yelp.com/jobs |
Looking for interns / entry level? | tptacek: Chicago or New York. Paid. Help build a cool new Rails product, or contribute to security research on hugely important industry projects: you pick. We'll take on interns year round.We're looking for exactly one thing: willingness to code (in any language). |
Looking for interns / entry level? | alexgartrell: META: It'd probably be more helpful for this to show up in the fall instead of in the spring. Many students are extended (and accept) internship offers prior to the start of the Spring Semester.Editted to add: This is is no way a complaint about this thread showing up now. I'll definitely be forwarding... |
How to reach SMBs? and Which SMB targetted media do you consume? | tdoggette: Well, targeting a market that small is a risky move, but considering how many coins Mario and Luigi have gathered over the years, it may pay off for you. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | kylec: I hope it's OK to post this here, but I'm looking for an entry level position in the software industry myself. An internship would be great as well, especially if there's a possibility of getting hired full-time afterwards:http://careers.stackoverflow.com/kylekyle.cronin@gmail.com |
Looking for interns / entry level? | andrewljohnson: We're looking for an intern to live in our guest room near Lake Tahoe and program. Email me at andrew@gaiagps.com.You should like dogs and the outdoors, and expect little to no pay, beyond room and board. If you want to get here in the winter, that's fine too. The skiing is great. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | devink: I'm a senior at WPI, an ECE major. I also have a good CS background. I have experience with systems programming and software defined radio. For contact info and my CV check out: http://users.wpi.edu/~dkelly/My first preference is to work in the New England area, but I'm open to anything. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | chrischen: Seeking Co-founder for Flixa, a service to help independent filmmaker self-distribute their films online. Telecommute.Look at my profile for more info.EDIT: Also should mention I'm applying to YC, so if you wanted to do this but needed an idea here's your chance! |
Looking for interns / entry level? | w3matter: We're looking for an intern eager to learn Ruby in the Miami area. Should be a hacker type and know at least one computer language in-depth. We're paying a modest stipend monthly $1,000.00 - eric@w3matter.com |
Anyone went from PHP to Python? | kennu: I tried to build a solid web platform on PHP and Zend Framework for a few years. It proved very difficult. PHP doesn't provide much structure to build on. On the other hand ZF is overkill and slow with its massive class hierarchies and complex autoloading systems. And ZF's data models are a joke: they're just si... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | gommm: We're looking for an intern in Shanghai. Paid but not much (but more than enough to cover the cost of living in Shanghai)...
You would be working on Rails app and play with cool and fun things like cappuccino, redis and mongodb. Possibility of getting hired full time later on.So, if you want to discover China a... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | aschobel: Snaptic is hiring interns and full time.We build apps for Android / iPhone, and have shiny backend goodies.#1 productivity app on Android, and TechCrunch/MobileCrunch named us(3banana) one of the top ten apps on Android.We speak scala, Obj-C, java, python, Thrift, whatever gets the job down.Please shoot us an... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | bjoernw: Are there companies here who are looking for marketing interns that embody the hacking lifestyle? |
Looking for interns / entry level? | kluikens: Junior in the CS program at the University of Arizona.I love Python, can code well in Java, and am picking up C this semester. I like networking (I participate in a Networks Research Lab), finance, and all things grandiose and complicated. I need to get away from University jobs that entail plugging in cables... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | pgr: I'm a fourth year mechanical engineer located in Sydney, Australia. I like making things, either code based (eg, python, django, matlab) or mechanical based (eg, suspension systems). For any questions, reach me at p.ringwood@gmail.com.Even though news.yc has a large slant on the northern hemisphere, I'm interested... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | amelim: I'm a graduating fourth year Computer Science major at Georgia Tech looking for an entry level job. I code well in Python, Lisp, Java, C++, as well as having worked in Lua, Smalltalk, C, Netlogo and C#. My experience is mostly in Robotics in addition to Modeling and Simulation, however I've done some website wo... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | myoung8: If you want to intern at a rapidly-growing startup, whatever you're skill set, there may be a position for you at CarWoo! Email me if you're interested. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | trefn: We're hiring at Mixpanel (YC S09) - web analytics startup located in Mountain View, CA. You'd get to work on cool user-facing stuff that helps lots of other startups.Email us at jobs@mixpanel.com, further details: http://mixpanel.com/jobs |
What tools do you use for Web Development? | stevelosh: I run OS X.On the web development side of things, I use Django for my job and some of my more complicated personal projects and Hyde to generate a couple of smaller ones.## Basic Stuff- Terminal for a command line- zsh and oh-my-zsh for a shell, with a whole lot of
personal customizations (especially the pr... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | thinkcomp: Think is hiring in Palo Alto.http://www.thinkcomputer.com/corporate/jobs/We're working on mobile payments. |
Review my search tool | jparicka: I think it's a great idea. Kudos for putting it together. Good luck! |
Looking for interns / entry level? | foenix: I'm a 4th-year Cognitive Science student in Vancouver who can handle average computing projects, including experience in python, pylab, and django. I'd like to stay in the Vancouver area as I have classes as well. I have an understanding of writing, human factors, and user-interface design. I also have focused ... |
Review My (Twitter) App: Follow Ham | steveplace: It was very, very difficult to read what the site did because of the noisy background. The tool is great, and the background would make a good wallpaper, but it was very distracting.It seems that the image adjusts to the size of the screen, so when I had FF maxed out on my monitor (1680 x 1050) it blew up t... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | pjharrin: I'm a graduating Economics student in Canada, looking to move to the bay area. Entrepreneurship experience, getting involved in coding more currently taking my 2nd coding class (with plans to take more in the future). Lots of extracurricular experience, including putting a TEDx event together in February. Loo... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | kbrower: We are looking for interns in nyc to help develop/market our alternative to affiliate programs |
Looking for interns / entry level? | ComputerGuru: Crazy but I'll give it a shot: We're looking for someone..... in JordanIf you're around, drop me an email :) We want you! |
Looking for interns / entry level? | gsaines: We're looking for full time paid summer interns in the Cleveland area. Looking mostly for programmers, but if you're a marketing person with a hacker-oriented outlook, shoot me an email (included on my profile). We can fly you out here and help you find summer housing. We're looking for folks with backgrounds ... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | diN0bot: ProcrasDonate: Boston, MA startup looking for technical teammate, though will take anyone with passion (sales, community building, PR, etc)http://ProcrasDonate.comdjango, python, javascript<---for real |
Looking for interns / entry level? | smanek: I'm willing to hire an intern (or, ideally, recent grad/dropout). We're doing all sorts of cool stuff, from Machine Learning in Lisp, to a JS heavy website, to iPhone, Android, etc apps.Incidentally, we're also looking for a marketing intern - but that's probably less interesting to the people here.Strong prefe... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | nycsamurai: I'm a graduate student at RIT and I'm looking for an internship where I can work on computer graphics from the mathematical/programming side. Most of my experience is with C/C++ and OpenGL. Currently I'm working on Renderman shaders for a black hole visualization project.If anyone is looking for an intern t... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | konsl: BackType is looking for interns (San Francisco):
http://backtype.theresumator.com/apply/F38wS3/More info here:
http://www.backtype.com/jobs |
Looking for interns / entry level? | HelenL14: This might be more useful as a gdoc of some sort (similar to the call for cofounders from a while back?) |
Advice for young and ambitious | elbenshira: I'm sure you've read these before, but Paul Graham has a lot to say about this:http://www.paulgraham.com/maybe.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/kate.html |
Do you ever worry about running out of monetizable problem space? | cmallen: When we run out, we've struck upon post-scarcity and you'll have no needs that won't be attended to.Wants? I'm not so sure about that part.Edit: You may however, be forced out of your comfort zone as more problem space gets explored. Don't expect to be able to use Rails and Django to solve everything. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | QNguyen: I'm a fourth year bioengineering major @ UCLA looking to switch fields into something more hacker - User exp. design or simply coding. Have done some coursework in C++/run a website w/ drupal @ www.bruinco.com. Would love to work an internship in Bay Area or LA. |
Do you ever worry about running out of monetizable problem space? | callmeed: There's only so many transformations of bits people will pay money for.Says who?Do you ever worry we'll run out?No. I think people will always be willing to pay for something that saves them time, makes them more money, or fulfills some other need/want. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | jreposa: Brooklyn, NY - we're always looking for interns with development, design or marketing backgrounds.http://www.ad60.com/jobs/ |
Review my search tool | olalonde: You should preload the 1-2 next pages (i.e. using an hidden iframe). |
Looking for interns / entry level? | adammika: I'm currently in my senior year at the University of Minnesota Duluth, finishing up my Computer Science degree. I really enjoy programming in general without an allegiance to any one particular language. The past two summers I've interned for IBM in Rochester MN. Right now, I'm looking for an entry level j... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | pyre: Currently looking for work in the Toronto area so that I can move back. Though I'm not looking for an internship, I'll throw my hat in since people seem to be pimping non-internship jobs too. Actual experience with Java/Groovy/Perl/C, non-work experience with Python/C++/PHP4/awk/etc. Very mild experience with Coc... |
Anyone went from PHP to Python? | godDLL: - Python, Django and AppEngine for the server.- JavaScript, JQuery and Google's Closure for the client.- NGINX for the infrastructure if needed, for media hosting for example. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | jj_aa: I'd love to find a generalist who can try to find cool, scalable ways to help a rapidly growing, profitable company get really reliable, efficient, and secure. We're located right on Union Square in New York, and we specialize in the profitable parts of the music industry.Oh, and this would be a paid, full-time... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | angelbob: We're in Mountain View (SF Bay Area) looking for Rails/JRuby/Java coders, preferably folks who are okay with all three. I got hired with just Rails experience, so you might too if you're good :-)If you've played with JRuby and have strong opinions on how Ruby and Java should integrate, that'd be a big plus.T... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | nileshtrivedi: I am looking for a UI developer as intern in Mumbai, India. Skills required are graphics design, photoshop, HTML, CSS and javascript.Connect with me on LinkedIn. |
Feedback on an idea | carbocation: Will your payment system be less complicated than the anti-spam system would have been? |
Looking for interns / entry level? | jmckib: I'm currently a senior math major at Emory College, looking for an interesting entry-level job or an internship with the possibility of being hired afterwards. I've taught myself C, Python, ObjC, and Mathematica; I'm very fond of learning new things and I don't mind teaching myself when I need to. I want to d... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | jonpaul: We're looking for an Android developer in Lincoln, Nebraska. We want to port our iPhone apps to Android. |
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund No 6 ,what does it mean exactly ? | aristus: The ideas on that list are intentionally only half of an idea. I believe it means they want to see more kinds of things for a CRM to do, not just sending email templates and logging notes. |
Review my search tool | adrianwaj: Check out http://joongel.com/ |
Looking for interns / entry level? | coffeemug: We (http://www.rethinkdb.com) are looking for summer interns for software engineering and business development. Software guys should have good knowledge of C/C++ and basic computer science, and have good problem solving skills. Biz dev guys should have lots of chutzpah.We're offering extremely interesting an... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | necubi: I'm a sophomore CompSci and Econ major located in Silicon Valley (Santa Cruz, to be specific). I'm an experienced rails coder, and am also proficient in Obj-c, java (though I try to avoid it) and javascript. My most recent project was a classroom automation system with a ruby backend, a Qt-based touchscreen GUI... |
Feedback on an idea | olalonde: I'm not sure people are ready to pay for content on the web. I know I wouldn't pay for HN... uh wait, I would. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | audiofy: We're looking for interns to do Android and iPhone development. Pay. Philadelphia only. Email me at creed@audiofy.com |
Review my search tool | rincewind: could you add duckduckgo please? |
Looking for interns / entry level? | jfornear: I just graduated college and am looking for an entry level job or internship in front-end design (CSS/HTML/JS/PHP/MySQL).jfornear@smu.edu |
Looking for interns / entry level? | Jach: I'm going to school in Bellevue, WA (north-east side, bordering Redmond). I'm interested in part-time work at the moment and full-time when the semester is over. My top two languages are Python and PHP, though I'm proficient in C/C++ and Java and I can read Lisp pretty easily. Most of my experience is in web apps... |
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund No 6 ,what does it mean exactly ? | richardw: My guess is that 'higher-res' means more smaller interactions instead of fewer larger ones. Think about all interactions that customers and businesses might like to have that can't be handled by [forums and documents]. Which of those are highest-value? Which happen (or should happen) most often?If you follow ... |
Do you ever worry about running out of monetizable problem space? | _delirium: I don't see it as a bits-specific question. It's more: will we ever run out of services people will pay for? Probably not. On the other hand, whole swathes of service classes can be obsoleted. It's quite possible that in 20 years making a website and letting it run mostly on autopilot will not be a way to ma... |
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund No 6 ,what does it mean exactly ? | nekopa: Hi there. I am working on the same problem too, so maybe we can compete against each other :) I took the idea of higher-res to mean that you have different, closer and more often contact with your customers. I have worked with a lot of CRM systems in the past, customization and implementation, and I think the i... |
Feedback on an idea | proexploit: Do you allow links in your posts? If not, there go 50% of the spammers.Does any money change hands? What niche is the site in?Whether or not you choose to have a pay wall based on limiting spam, most people may see it as a greedy attempt to generate extra money.If it's feasible, create a simple moderation q... |
would you buy a hello world t-shirt? | olalonde: I possibly would buy one (if the design is appealing even for a non programmer) but I'd be surprised if it hasn't already be done out there. |
would you buy a hello world t-shirt? | jacquesm: no.I don't like text on clothing, labels, logos or otherwise.In fact, if I buy something and it has a logo on it, other than if it has resale value such as a vehicle, I take the logos off. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | krmmalik: We're looking for someone to do some high quality customer service, but that has a healthy understanding of IT (we sell IT products and services). Want to trial someone for a week or two first. (Unpaid) which then may move to part/full time paid. Would suit someone still studying.We're also looking for anyone... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | neiljohnson: We're hiring devs (paid, full time) at graduate level in London we're working on Mobile payments, SMS, MMS VoIPhttp://www.mxtelecom.com/uk/careers/roles/softdev |
Looking for interns / entry level? | dmn001: UK, graduate mathematician from Imperial College London looking for entry level position. Specialise in machine learning, financial mathematics, programming: C, C++, Python, Matlab. Contact for CV: dmn001 <AT> gmail.com |
Looking for interns / entry level? | adw: We're Timetric. We're based in London and working on helping people find and make sense of the statistics they need.http://timetric.com/On the development side, if you're into things like visualization and interactive information design, statistics and financial mathematics, finding and cleaning up data, metadata ... |
How does 'Free for a day' iPhone App Strategies perform? | larsberg: I've seen it help for unranked applications.If you're currently a decently-ranked paid application, don't forget that in the transition back from free -> paid you will be unranked until you have sufficient paid purchases over time to rank again. You could end up throwing away whatever momentum you have :-) |
Looking for interns / entry level? | kaens: I'm experienced with a variety of technologies, although I'm currently most competent with python. I have a lot of experience doing web development and web-scraping/spidering in python.I have the understanding of (X)HTML, CSS, javascript, and HTTP that comes with making web-apps in languages that aren't necessar... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | endtime: Track.com is looking for a summer intern or two with a CS background and some web development experience. Django experience is a plus. Based in Manhattan. Contact rich@ if interested. |
5th Grade Science Fair Project Ideas | Mystitat: My most successful middle school science fair had me experimenting with different liquids to see which would exhibit the most capillary action. I made it a little more scientific by using different concentrations of sugar water, but he could also use juice or soda or things like that.Seriously, though, the ki... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | djb_hackernews: my company is looking to hire at least 1 intern for the summer, paid. It's a media monitoring mature startup located in the NOVA/DC area. You'd be working on the team that builds the system that gathers the data. It's all Java. So if you like data mining massive amounts of data on the web, you should se... |
Cases where software patents have prevented progress? | darrylArguss: it's hard to find any examples where patents have stiffled innovation. Of all the hundreds or millions of patents it's only possible to find very few if any historical examples where patents stifle innovation.What patents do achieve is exactly what they are there for. which is to protect the inventor of s... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | cduruk: I'm graduating from CMU with Cognitive Science + HCI this semester; looking for entry-level jobs in FE engineering, Rails.More info + links on profile. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | mapleoin: I'm a CS/Economics student in Romania. I'll be graduating this summer and looking for an internship (remote would be great, but relocating is also an option). I have experience with python and various web frameworks (mainly Django and TurboGears, but I've enjoyed fooling around with Rails, Sinatra and web.py)... |
Review My (Twitter) App: Follow Ham | maxaf: This is a really, really useful app. Helps me bounce back wife's questions when strange "chicks" follow me on Twitter out of nowhere. Of course, they're bots!I wonder where you got the background. |
What should I include in a tech discovery phase? | mattew: I should add that the client here is a non technical person. He basically has a decent idea, and some money to get it going. |
Looking for interns / entry level? | samdk: I'm a junior/CS major at Wesleyan University looking for a paid internship in the northeast.My current big project is in Rails, but I'd be happy to be doing pretty much any startup-related development/UI design. (I also know Python/Java well, and I've done work in Haskell, Scala, and a lot of other things.)samdk... |
Python Development Environment | jacquesm: intellij or eclipse.Intellij has a free trial for 30 days, that way you can see if going for 'closed source' vs open source is worth it. |
Advice for young and ambitious | iterationx: Read up on OfBiz, its a very powerful apache project and you might find it useful. |
Python Development Environment | gtani: I've had the full komodo IDE environment for a few years, for a while somebody else paid the $$ for the license. It's nice if you do the full suite of languages targeted: ruby, python, JS, CSS.http://www.activestate.com/komodo/The other non-cheap IDE specifically targeting python is wingware, I've heard good th... |
What should I include in a tech discovery phase? | lincolnq: I guess if I had five days to produce a "tech discovery" document like you describe for a non-technical audience, it would be breaking down the tasks and providing detailed estimates. Software estimation is very hard; I'm no good at it, but when I've been close to the mark, it's been because I broke down the ... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | khala: LSE.ac.uk IS grad, LAMP, Mostly interested in business/marketing/managerial type of work on a technical project, or with at least some technical component. You'd be a fun, serious, results-oriented team that has an idea of what you want to achieve. I am not a designer, but we'd be focusing on good design/present... |
If you were to learn a programming language for your first time | iterationx: C# or Java because they are easy on beginners. |
Python Development Environment | weaksauce: I would say eclipse with pydev. I tried out komodo for a while but it seemed a bit on the slow side. Same story with netbeans. I also recently tried out wingIDE but was not too impressed. Most of my coding in python is done in either textmate for oneoffs, vim on a server for quick fixes or eclipse/pydev for ... |
Python Development Environment | enduser: Unix. Use multiple refined tools that operate well together.Editing: vim or emacs. if vim: nerdtree, vim-snipmate, vim-omnicomplete, vim's python integration.Deployment: rsync (or your DVCS). I have a simple script that 'touch'es my Django .wsgi files before rsyncing to the deployment server.ipython is great. |
If you were to learn a programming language for your first time | jaddison: Seriously, pick one with great online resources. That gives you a lot of options at first glance, it would seem... Of course, online resources vary greatly in terms of quality. Personally, I wish I'd started (years ago...) with something like Python. Great resources, great community.Great tutorials: http:/... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | benl: Academia.edu is looking for developer interns in our San Francisco office:http://academia.edu/jobs/developer_internWe value enthusiasm, motivation and curiosity over experience in our interns, and we give you challenging projects to work on. |
Python Development Environment | macco: If you want to go the Eclipse-Road Aptana is worth a look.I personally would recommend Emacs + bpython/ipython. A deadly combination. |
If you were to learn a programming language for your first time | knipknap: Python thirded. Then, perhaps C# ("C++ without the headaches") - it has most of the concepts and none of the really hard parts. |
How good are freelance programming sites? | dereck: check out lancemonster.com. It's a new freelance site but it's really easy to use. I used them already. its free to join, bid, and post projects. Great site! |
If you were to learn a programming language for your first time | holograham: There is a difference between learning a programming language in order to get something done and learning about programming where you learn the basic building blocks of programming.Python, C#, and Java are easy programming languages to learn and build stuff quickly in. Master C and you can pretty much breez... |
Looking for interns / entry level? | bjoernw: Here is a Google Doc with all the info from this thread. Feel free to add yourself.https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASrV38bNy1TlZHhqNjlmel8xM...P.S. I'm looking for a marketing internship :) |
Interested in a Lisp Google Calendar API Library? | gibsonf1: I've just been on #lisp, and pkhuong offered this code to the effort: http://www.discontinuity.info/~pkhuong/cl-gcal.lisp |
If you were to learn a programming language for your first time | jpd: Personally, I'd start with assembly (not necessarily x86 though, probably MIPS or similar. The reasoning here should be obvious as it's almost as low-level as you can get, everything else in computer science is based on the axioms found at this level. For similar reasons, I think Number Systems would be an excelle... |
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