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1.Why Lisp Is Unpopular [ext]
62 points by mnemonicsloth on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 157 comments [ext]
2.Scalr: The Auto-Scaling Open-Source Amazon EC2 Effort (techcrunch.com)
54 points by utnick on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
3.16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School (positivityblog.com)
39 points by edw519 on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
4. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
4.Git's avalanche (loudthinking.com)
39 points by sant0sk1 on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
5.Ask HN: Choosing a Python framework for web development? [ext]
38 points by aneel99 on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
6.DHH on the pluses of PHP (loudthinking.com)
37 points by raghus on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
7. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 85 days ago | hide | 14 comments
7.TheFunded Founder Gives Startups Some Advice (techcrunch.com)
36 points by davidw on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
8.Instead of using Google map API, EveryBlock built their own (everyblock.com)
33 points by ratsbane on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
9.In the short term, you should spend your limited willpower budget wisely (nytimes.com)
33 points by divia on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
10. How Autodesk, Cadence, and Synopsys built the deepest moats in software (felicis.com)
443 points by pal3183 593 days ago | hide | 193 comments
10.My Startup: app turns music discovery into an online game - feedback? [ext]
32 points by JMiao on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
11.Core War: Two Programs Enter, One Program Leaves (codinghorror.com)
25 points by edw519 on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
12.Email Isn't a Natural Fit For Tech-Savvy Chinese (wsj.com)
22 points by prakash on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
13. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
13.Waiting until the last minute (sethgodin.typepad.com)
23 points by wumi on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
14.More data usually beats better algorithms: part 2 (anand.typepad.com)
22 points by neilc on April 3, 2008 [ext]
15.Fluid Mechanics in Game Programming (cowboyprogramming.com)
19 points by iamelgringo on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
16. How a PVC rig in a Dallas garage became a $500M chemicals company (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 600 days ago | hide | 170 comments
16.Daily caffeine 'protects brain' (bbc.co.uk)
17 points by jlhamilton on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
17.Craigslist Valuation: $80 Million in 2008 Revenue, Worth $5 Billion (alleyinsider.com)
17 points by parker on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
18.Workflow software: I'm calling the bluff. (secretgeek.net)
17 points by bootload on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
19. Code Scarcity Was the Moat; It's Gone Now ()
322 points by oik7062 60 days ago | hide | 65 comments
19.How do I startup if I don't own the code? [ext]
17 points by tricky on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
20.Where are the fast dynamic languages? (martincmartin.com)
16 points by polar on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
21.One guy, a film scanner, OCR and a lot of disks = 6 million pages of historical newspapers on line. (fultonhistory.com)
14 points by markdionne on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
22. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 19 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
22.Make GMail Prettier With This Kick Ass Skin (uneasysilence.com)
14 points by macgeekpro on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
23.The nightmare of installing Lisp: a noob's perspective [ext]
13 points by daniel-cussen on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
24.EBay Bans Auctions Of Digital Goods (techdirt.com)
12 points by parker on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
25. From Shortlist to Shipped: A Tournament Method for Picking Life's Work (guzey.com)
110 points by coz850 602 days ago | hide | 97 comments
25.Git for Subversion Users (or.cz)
12 points by Bluem00 on April 3, 2008 [ext]
26.The great inflation cover-up (cnn.com)
12 points by gongfudoi on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
27.Ask YC: How long to stay secret? [ext]
12 points by wheels on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
28. The Anti-Dropout Playbook From a Waterloo Near-Defector (ansonyu.me)
478 points by iuz6368 115 days ago | hide | 193 comments
28.Will There Ever be a Viable Adsense Competitor? (gabrielweinberg.com)
12 points by epi0Bauqu on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
29.Language Adoption and Lisps (redlinernotes.com)
11 points by mqt on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
30.Google Docs has pivot tables! (scienceblogs.com)
11 points by muriithi on April 3, 2008 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
31. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 368 days ago | hide | 7 comments

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