https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3817840
One of the commenters says it will be the equivalent to Google buying YouTube. To which another commenter replies "bookmark this comment, see you in 2022". And here we are:
Now, for the links. A lot of freelancing and consulting advice threads have a good discussion and stories from the trenches:
Starting as a consultant - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21189801
Getting paid - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4817193
Common mistakes - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21728436
Lessons learned from a veteran developer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25658216
Branding and marketing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23282278
Hiring a personal assistant - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29336234
Other pretty cool and fun threads:
Crowdsourced HN book recommendations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28595967
Product recommendations from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29353980
What 4chan thinks of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6747373
Why Hacker News Thinks PHP Won Something (2009)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438871
Unfortunately the article appears to have been scrubbed from gilesbowkett.blogspot.com and is not on the Wayback machine. Basically, the article trashes PHP and Hacker News, which I thought was interesting.
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The company that has a monopoly on ice cream truck music (2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24120359
I will never stop being Fred, but this thread keeps me from confusing my drive to refactor with what the company actually needs. Particularly these comments:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
On that note, PG coining “middlebrow dismissal” isn’t a very elaborate comment, but is a term that has entered a few people’s lexicon.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4726248
Both the article and the comments here have some good life info (“I Thought I Would Have Accomplished More Today and Also Before I Was 35”)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24316725
Also, check out the top posts all time, and top comments all time.
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