FROM BUILDERS, FOR DOERSVOL. 03 / QUALITY-FIRST DISCOVERY

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Automated code review for Python, Django, etc.

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I don't know what the solution is, but this is why I use only cmd-line tools like prospector in business, rather than simply paying for …

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Applications Open for Winter 2008 YC Funding

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the $15k (in our two-founder case), though it did nicely offset the cost of my move (I sold my 350Z at a rather unfortunate price, …

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Ask HN: Have you experienced completely loss of interest on everything?

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I don't know what you did and what you failed at, but I guess there was at least one thing you didn't failed at.

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Beginning Node.js Development

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Your page is just going to crash because username is undefined.

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The perils of programmer education in the bazaar

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I decided that the business ought to run on its own revenue, something that is ultimately a good thing but was a harsh change because …

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Mailspring: Cross-platform, fast, open source mail client

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It's still semi-maintained with small bug fixes every now and then, but it hasn't seen any changes in years.

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Ask HN: Have you considered switching from OS X to Linux?

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I lost 2 days at work, the IT support only wanted to support Macs, I worked the following 3 nights to recover a high-pressure project, …

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Agile Failure Patterns in Organizations

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This is likely the number one reason for rejecting agile: it has already failed.

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Ask HN: jumping back into C++ after 4 years, what did I miss?

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UnitTest++ has a nice IDE integration both in Xcode and VStudio (basically, the test failure messages are formatted so that they can be parsed by …

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