jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
The Best Way to Price Your Video Game on Kickstarter
http://blog.airbriteinc.com/post/67484553137/kickstarter-secrets-video-game-pledge-levels
We looked at 121 video game projects that met their goals to raise $100,000 or more. We broke pledge levels into ranges, and analyzed which ranges were most effective.
The Groupon Stock Train Wreck Hits An All Time Low
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2012/11/02/the-groupon-stock-train-wreck-hits-an-all-time-low/
Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered
Maven gets partially absorbed by modern JVM languages …
http://blog.jonasbandi.net/2009/12/maven-gets-partially-absorbed-by-modern.html
The absorption of Maven by JRuby and Groovy is an impressive demonstration how the Java platform grows and how good ideas and concepts are adapted and evolved.
Storm Worm Dwarfs World's Top Supercomputers
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/08/storm_worm_dwarfs_worlds_top_s_1.html
You may also read http://tinyurl.com/2dydfa reporting about a ciberwar against Estonia in April.
Show HN: GitHub Action for repository traffic reporting
https://github.com/jgehrcke/github-repo-stats
Bonjour! I’d like to share a rather small project which I believe may be of use to some of you.

https://github.com/jgehrcke/github-repo-stats is a GitHub Action that I started building about 1.5 years ago, to overcome the 14-day limitation of the visitor/clone plots shown in GitHub's "Insights" tab.

Demo report: https://jgehrcke.github.io/ghrs-test/jgehrcke/covid-19-germa...

The project has some seemingly happy users and I believe we managed to address some of the more embarrassing bugs. That is, I believe this project is ready for a new wave of feedback. Which is where you come in, hopefully :-).

When I researched the solution space back then I found Actions that relied on an external system to push data to (like S3). I thought that it’s simpler to keep the time series data in the repository that the GitHub Action runs in. Also, I have opinions about data analysis and visualization and so I wanted to take full control of that. The goal from the start was to generate a self-contained report artifact on a daily basis (with good characteristics in terms of sharing and archiving), and to also persist that via git.

Quick technical description: this Action runs once per day. During each run, it

- fetches traffic stats (visitor count, etc – for the last 14 days) via GitHub’s HTTP API.
- persists new data points (in the GitHub git repository that this Action runs in!).
- generates a minimal HTML and PDF report, both of which are also persisted in the repo that this Action runs in.

The HTML/PDF documents can be exposed right away via GitHub pages. The PDF report contains vector graphics so you can zoom in much more than necessary (and if your boss needs a print then this might look good enough). The plots in the report are meant to show a long time frame. For example, here you can see for the last 1.5 years how the daily visitor count (and other metrics) evolved for jgehrcke/github-repo-stats:
https://jgehrcke.github.io/ghrs-test/jgehrcke/github-repo-st...

What I find really cool is that there are users who run this Action in a certain repository dedicated for reporting, for many target repositories. How to do that is described in the main README in the section 'Tracking multiple repositories ...'.

Interesting things I learned about through this project:

- Vega/Altair for plotting
- https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core for CLI testing
- GitHub Actions: how to build them, how to do release management. I also learned that testing a GitHub Action is hard, especially given the heterogeneous set of environments that it might run in.

If you want to try this out then besides the main README a good place to start is this tutorial: https://github.com/jgehrcke/github-repo-stats/wiki/Tutorial

All of this was built rather pragmatically, and I want to keep it that way. There is a plethora of smaller and bigger things across all parts that are generally worth improving (docs, plots, architecture, cleanup), but before deciding what to touch next I'd love to hear your ideas. Thanks!
Ask HN: Crowdfunding for GitHub Issues?
I'm looking for something a bit like Kickstarter for specific GitHub issues. Imagine someone creates an issue for "Add feature X". A developer reviews it and determines that she can solve it with $1,000 funding, so she writes a "deliverable summary" in the issue defining her solution proposal, so users can know what they're funding. 100 people want the feature, and on average they pledge $10. The goal is met, so the developer begins work. Once completed, she may claim the funding, and everyone's cards are charged (or funding accounts are debited.) Commission for this service is then taken, and the net amount is sent to her bank account.

Does anything like this exist, even in general without being attached to GitHub issues?
Show HN: Eleven – Code sandboxes with automatic HTTPS
https://github.com/eleven-sh/cli
Eleven is the second project that I've built to learn Go. It lets you create code sandboxes in your cloud provider account easily.

What's a "code sandbox"? Just a VM, running in your cloud provider account, with some runtimes pre-installed, your repositories cloned, a way to connect to it with your preferred editor (or via SSH) and a way to serve your apps easily via HTTP (with automatic HTTPS).

You could use it to deploy your app, as a remote development environment or even to test some code. It's up to you.

For example, to deploy a Node.JS app on AWS:

$ eleven aws init hello-world --runtimes node@18.7.0 --repositories eleven-sh/hello-world

> Success! The sandbox "hello-world" was initialized.

$ ssh eleven/hello-world forever node index.js

> Forever: command started. Run "forever stop" in current path to stop.

$ eleven aws serve hello-world 8000 --as hello.eleven.sh

> Success! The port "8000" is now reachable at: https://hello.eleven.sh

$ curl https://hello.eleven.sh

> Hello World

Still learning Go by the way, so I'm open to any suggestions to improve.
Show / Ask HN: Hacker News Linx
http://tweetlinx.com/hackernewslinx
A couple days ago, Fred Wilson asked for an application that aggregates the links of the people he follows (http://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1694722348). I told myself, "Hey, I could probably hack that together," and so I did:

http://tweetlinx.com

I feel like there's potential here, but I'm not quite sure what it is. I just realized I could build a nice RSS feed for HN by following the HN twitterbot. Anyone have any more ideas?
Ask HN: Studies on success vs. hours of work and sleep?
Does anyone know of any studies done on entrepreneurs and how much sleep they get and/or how many hours they work each day, as well as how much success they achieved?

I frequently see anecdotal evidence on here that working more / less hours or getting more / less sleep will make you more successful but it would be nice to have some scientific basis behind these claims rather than just stories of "this is what worked for me".
OSX 10.9 Name Revealed
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/169590_710344113332_385058245_o.jpg
The next version of OSX 10.9
Uber already deemed illegal in Brussels, two (private) vehicles seized so far
http://tech.eu/news/screw-innovation-uber-already-deemed-illegal-brussels-two-private-vehicles-seized-far/
The Brussels government really wants to make it impossible for Uber to operate in the city, even with a P2P ride-sharing service. Two private cars driven by UberPOP drivers were seized this morning, after the company's debut in Brussels last week.
Offer HN: I will write a comparison/choice guide for one app that you choose
http://comparingstuff.posterous.com/what-apps-do-you-want-to-see-compared
I can't create a poll directly in the thread, though I found a great guide so have added one to Posterous.

Hopefully this will be useful to some - I will try to write it in a way that makes choosing the app (that gets the most votes) painless and fast, though I would love suggestions on how I could structure it.
Show HN: App to design and prototype complex user interfaces
https://www.antetype.com/
Hey, HN! When building user interfaces for smaller and mobile apps you've got quite a few tools to choose from. Figma and the like work great for them. But for the complex projects we do at our UX agency, those tools are a pain to use. Designing a control interface for an industrial machine in Figma doesn't make any fun. You often need to somehow hack the interactions you need into it.

To make prototyping complex interfaces easier, we built Antetype.
With layouts that really adapt to changing content and (hopefully) easy-to-understand interaction options. For us, it really helps creating complex and working UIs – to test and validate ideas.

Antetype is also build on web concepts:
That means you can use any HTML/CSS tricks you know and also any JS framework you require. We often use that to embed interactive 3D models or working charts (instead of static images).

Video of Antetype's features + prototypes built with it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUBpJlLJrdY

Website with examples + demo videos:
https://www.antetype.com

Register to download it (macOS only):
https://cloud.antetype.com/register/

(You can use it entirely free. No water marks or restrictions. Our paid plan just takes care of hosting if you don't want to do it yourself.)

I would love to hear your thoughts – we released it to the public just a few weeks ago.
Show HN: NFT Generator
https://github.com/Jamesbarford/nft-generator
Fancy creating 'a-ba-gillion' images that are same same but different? Itching to flood opensea with random gifs and pngs but not quite sure you have enough material to make a big enough flood?

Look no further...

A BLAZING FAST command line image manipulation program written in c that only seg-faults sometimes.
Ask HN: Best Screencast software for PC?
I want to create some demo and support videos for my start-up. I use Windows 7 on a PC. Anybody can recommend any screencast software based on personal experience?
Classic pitch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPJG7r_hCKM
Glad we went with the G rated non-rap version of our YC pitch.
The Jaguar C-X75 Prototype
http://vidinterest.com/video/4776/named-in-honor-of-their-75th-anniversary-jaguar-s-finally-gi
Named in honor of their 75th anniversary, Jaguar's finally giving a glimpse of their super-secret hybrid supercar. The Jaguar C-X75 has been two years in the making, and from the looks of if, that time was put to good use.
Engineering the rechargeable ice cube
http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/11758/pucs-inventing-rechargeable-ice/
These are Pucs. The word's first rechargeable ice cubes.

"A set of Pucs will chill steadily, evenly, and stay cool for quite a while – without the added water or unwanted flavors of tap water ice."

http://bit.ly/15Kig4I
The first question you should ask a potential customer
http://blog.voltagecrm.com/the-first-question-you-should-ask-a-potential-customer/
It can be music to the ears when a client or prospect says, “I think I’m ready to make a decision”. But how did we end up there? Let’s step back for a moment and look at the first conversation you should be having with every client…
Gitub issue manager meets trello
https://www.zenhub.io/
I hate when I start a project and somebody decides trello will be used to manage it. Nothing against the kanban style boards, but trello lacks code formating in comments.

On the other side, I love github issue manager. With zenhub you can have the best of both worlds: a kanban style board to please the hipster PM and our beloved gh issues.
Show HN: Course – Testing and Refactoring Legacy Code in Flutter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHrui_vF2hs&list=PLMURwRbZ0cVJVlMP_GLoNAheU_s7hK8WN
Everyone wants to build cool new shiny features into the app. The truth is, we spend 70-80% of our time maintaining the existing code. It becomes harder when we don't have tests for existing code.

In this course, we will learn, How to write tests for existing code in Flutter using different tools and refactoring techniques.

At the end of the course, you will be proficient in writing tests for any piece of code and will be confident enough to ship things faster.

https://testinglegacycode.com/
If you want to be rich, first stop being so frightened
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article1084093.ece
You’ll be suggesting next that it will improve my sex life.

People who grow rich almost always improve their sex life. More people want to have sex with them. That’s just the way human beings work. Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. Money did not make me happy. But it definitely improved my sex life.
6 Free JQuery Page Flipping Book-Like Plugins
http://skytechgeek.com/2012/02/6-free-jquery-page-flipping-book-like-plugins/
The induction and inception of JQuery has made some stellar advancements during the past three to five years within the world of web development. Every other day web developers and programmers continually introduce new concepts and methods by which to create Flash like effects by pushing the envelope forward, whereas : Flash is becoming if not obsolete – definitely less and less utilized by web developers, and web admins within this respect.
Perfect Javascript Form Validation using Regular Expressions.
http://9lessons.blogspot.com/2009/03/perfect-javascript-form-validation.html
I had designed a perfect form validation using javascript regular expression. Simple code and works perfect in all conditions. It's very useful and supporting all the web browsers just take a look at post live demo.
Yoozon – Host websites using Dropbox has launched Beta
http://www.yoozon.com
Quick Pitch: Yoozon is tool that allows Web Designers to publish their websites in less than a minute, using Dropbox. No need for any server setup, so they save lots of time, that otherwise would be lost on repetitive tasks.
More info on our website and in this video.
Show HN: wp2tumblr, Migrate from Wordpress to Tumblr.
https://github.com/jonlunsford/wp2tumblr
A Gem to help dev's help their client's migrate from Wordpress to Tumblr.
I'm not enjoining my job
Hi
I'm working for a software company in NY, remotely, they are paying me 40$/h, that, for me, living in Arentina (sorry about my English), is a lot of money, BUT:
I always worked alone, or with some ocational coworker or friend, I code since I was 18 and now I'm 54, so I had to view at my code from years back, so I like to write code that I will understand, I also love coding, so I studied a lot, always for my self, my work was for local clients, so remote working, and in a language that is not mine, is new for me.
I coded since DOS, with basic, clipper, c, pascal, then win windows with visual c and lastley my beloved Delphi, then for the web with php, jquery and then my new beloved, JS, now with VUE which I LOVE since composition!!!
Well, sorry if I'm just now going to the point.
Can you please, please help me to know where I'm positioned, in your opinion, in the market, because I'm feeling insecure about my knowledge, this is my GitLab account, these are some of my projects that ended up there, if you are so kind to take a look and give me your opinion it would be so much for me.
Thanks a lot my friend.
Download Peter Thiel’s brain.
http://zerotoonebook.com/
In Zero to One, the legendary Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor shows how the world’s most valuable companies solve problems in new ways instead of competing on well-trodden paths.
How to Optimise Your Mobile App for Higher Installs 
http://peritusvocis.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/how-to-optimise-your-mobile-app-for.html
Make Your Mobile App Rank Higher in Search Results and Attract More Installs.
Here is an overview of the most important factors for app optimisation in both Google Play and App Store:
Developer Bootcamp in Vancouver BC
http://codecore.ca
CodeCore is an intensive 8 week, full time course that will teach you the necessary skills to excel in the software development industry.
Ask HN: Want to set up a niche social network
I want to setup a social network for a very particular niche Im interested in. Ideally something with web, IOS and Android apps for sharing chat and images. So rather than reinvent the wheel Im wondering what hosted, open source or otherwise solutions are out there people might know of? Please no comments about why I want to setup another "facebook for cats"! I have a very specific idea Im looking at.
Use LESS to make CSS development suck less (part III)
http://blog.bugsense.com/post/25928160124/use-less-to-make-css-development-suck-less-part-iii
LESS small tutorial about operations, nested rules etc
Older tutorials:http://blog.bugsense.com/post/24469714818/use-less-to-make-css-development-suck-less-part-ii and http://blog.bugsense.com/post/16878087313/learn-about-less-and-why-it-rocks-so-hard
Why all the fuss with DSLs? Isn't it just "metalinguistic abstraction" as described in the SICP? 
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-25.html#%_chap_4
The current "fashions" around DSLs I find a little annoying, it seems like the idea has been around and in use for some time, as this shows. Is there something new and profound? It seems that DSLs taken out of the context of lisp are much much less powerful.

Its a good technique, "language oriented programming" it may be marketed as in a parallel universe.
Data Scientists: The New Rock Stars of the Tech World
http://www.techopedia.com/2/28526/it-business/it-careers/data-scientists-the-new-rock-stars-of-the-tech-world
The data scientist role is fast becoming the most sought after career of the technology world. We asked top data scientist Jake Porway from The New York Times about how he got his job, and his tips for success in the field.
From idea to a giant machine that spits out houses
http://www.unlimitedmagazine.com/?p=451&cat=17
A 6 episode (sixth episode to come in November) deconstruction of how two entrepreneurs have taken their idea for "Geometric Construction Systems" from business plan through the funding stage to manufacturing and operations.
don't work for a startup
NoSQLIndia is online on September 26th
http://nosqlindia.pbworks.com
agenda for the day, interviews, chat, etc
Got Questions for Successful Entrepreneurs? Ask TVC
http://asktvc.nfshost.com/index.html
Just a bit of background, TVC is a tech venture creation course at the University of Sydney, where we have notable guest speakers (such as the founders of Atlassian[1] and Omnisio[2]) coming in to share their experiences with us. We'd like to extend the opportunity to ask questions to everyone through a website we've put together.

[1] Atlassian - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1516214
[2] Omnisio (YC '08) - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=262240
WebSocket Test Suite
http://autobahn.ws/testsuite
New release of AutobahnTestSuite, an Open-Source automated WebSocket implementation test suite.

By now used by >20 projects/companies .. #unexpected.

Disclaimer: I am an Autobahn developer and work for Tavendo.
Ooc programming language 0.2.1 is out
http://ooc-lang.org/
ooc is an object-oriented programming language which is implemented with a source-to-source translator to pure C99. It supports classes, abstract functions, foreach, ranges, etc. It intends to be modern, modular, extensible, yet simple and fast. [...]
Lip Sync Coming to Second Life… And Why This Could Be the Most Important News All Year
http://www.trending.us/2008/05/28/lip-sync-coming-to-second-life-and-why-this-could-be-the-most-important-news-all-year/
This is the best news I’ve heard in a while in regards to Second Life. Lip sync is going to be available to anyone using the official Second Life client. Its also possibly one of the most important innovations to come to SL in years.

Mike Monkowski, IBM speech group programmer, has been has been diligently incorporating lip sync code he developed at IBM into the Second Life client for over 6 months. According to an announcement from Mike a couple of days ago, his lip sync code has been added into the official Second Life client.
Disruptions: Tech Companies Battle for the Wrist
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/disruptions-the-next-wave-for-the-wristwatch/
Cellphones have already muscled onto watches’ turf as a time-telling tool. Now, some of the biggest technology companies are eyeing your wrist, too.
A usable PHP console (REPL).
https://github.com/micha/wigwam
I couldn't find a read-eval-print loop console for PHP that I liked, so I wrote this one. If you do a lot of PHP development this might make your life a little easier.
HN User offering hacker-friendly office space in downtown Wash DC
http://desks.1410Q.com
Hey HN, we're the creators of http://www.AppMakr.com and we just moved into an awesome new office at 14th & Q streets in NW Washington, DC. We're renting out 12 desks (8 left) for $250/mo. each. Includes wifi and conference room plus a great tech-entrepreneur vibe, tech classes and speaker events. You must be a technology business to rent space. Check out what we're doing w/ the space at http://vision.1410Q.com. Lots of pics at www.1410Q.com

- DROdio
Daniel R. Odio
A loyal HN user :)
Show HN: Annulus – Our first mobile game
http://annulusgame.com
The idea obviously from 2048 but the "corner strategy" doesn't really work in Annulus.
Historical day: Python has more packages than Perl
http://www.emilmont.net/doku.php?id=software_engineering:languages#packages
Finally, today Python has overtaken Perl as the language with more ready made packages: 22169 vs 22115!
Setting up a Read Only Follower Database on Heroku
http://engineering.coachup.com/setting-read-follower-database-heroku/
Explanation on how and why to set up a read-only follower database on Heroku.
Social Networks for Developers
http://blog.thembid.com/index.php/2007/07/13/social-networks-for-developers/
Here are ten social networks every developer should check out.
Rajeev Motwani memorial page
http://www.stanford.edu/~ashishg/cgi-bin/RememberingRajeev/
I know there have been a ton of topics about Rajeev lately, and I apologize for adding to it, but I thought people might want to leave comments on what seems to be a somewhat official memorial page.
Rendering on the Server and Client in Node.js
http://artsy.github.io/blog/2013/11/30/rendering-on-the-server-and-client-in-node-dot-js/
Artsy's moving to Node.js apps that render server/client and are bootstrapped from our open source boilerplate Ezel http://ezeljs.com/.
Sold once for $100.000, what's next ?
http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.671638.18
How would you behave in such case ?

Excerpt from the comments:
"You're squarely caught in the "successful consultant" trap - you can get out, but it will take some doing.
Greece sells airspace to The Pirate Bay
http://thepiratebay.se/blog/211
TPB April fools
Re-inventing the way we breathe to go faster
http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/11808/breathing-the-graeme-obree-way/
Graeme Obree talks us through his super-efficient breathing technique.

"The most important thing about breathing is actually breathing out."

http://bit.ly/ZRadzg
Win the Pusher Challenge and win a 11" Macbook Air
http://pusher.com/challenge
The challenge is to add cool engaging realtime functionality to an app using Pusher. The best example will win a Macbook Air, a ticket to the Keeping it Realtime conference and all entries get a Pusher t-shirt.
Do You Invest For The Long Term?
http://fishtrain.com/2007/08/23/do-you-invest-for-the-long-term/
Personal Investment Strategies.
Integram – collaborating with Telegram (FREE)
http://integram.org
Just like Slack but on Telegram and totally free
Show HN: Zen Mode for macOS
https://zenmode.carrd.co
What is it?
- Have you ever been in an awkward situation where you wanted to hide all of your desktop icons or windows during a meeting but couldn't do it fast?
- Have you ever been encountered in a situation where you believed you were on mute in the meeting but were not?
Do you want to avoid those problems in the future? If so, then you are in the right place.

With a one click away, you can "clutter free your Mac" by focusing on the task at hand.
here is a quick video you can checkout what it is https://youtu.be/V7cYgfAGe78