July 2013
Blog entries
- 6th: How does a web page interact with a server to parse a dynamic JSON file?
- 6th: What are some good analytics software for SAAS products? wrt to customer churn, segmentation of customers and product metrics
- 6th: In which programming language do programmers get paid the most?
- 14th: What are the design mistakes in the Meteor framework?
- 15th: How is Web engineering related to Software engineering?
- 16th: What is the inital costs for a tech startup? Do you have any checklist or spreadsheet?
- 16th: What are some recommended efficient apps for personal productivity (e.g., setting & receiving reminders for completing tasks)?
- 19th: What advice would Simon Willison give to a beginner Python/Django developer?
- 19th: Y Combinator Demo Day and Class of Summer 2013: Is it true that YC alumni are participating in the primary selection process during S13?
- 19th: How do you become a good programmer?
- 19th: Is it probable that one of the major forum software packages will support Ajax soon?
- 20th: What do business people look for in a good business card?
- 20th: Is there an alternative to media queries for responsive design?
- 20th: I am 17 years old and I plan to travel solo for 3 - 4 months around Europe. Do you have any advice? I want to taste a bit of everything that Western Europe has to offer, to walk on small roads and use as little money as possible.
- 21st: Is there software that can help me keep track of contacts and referrals while I am building my seed round?
- 21st: What is the best web app for organize/group yours others web apps?
- 21st: Events (leisure): What platforms based on sharing/creating users' future plans with friends have been successful?
- 21st: How do you impress a venture capitalist so much that he invites you from another country for a meetup?
- 21st: What technologies were used in developing web applications in the '90s?
- 21st: Should you apply to Y Combinator if your initial users are not in the US?
- 22nd: My boss wants me to choose drupal over django for website develpment.How can I convince him to choose django?
- 22nd: What things can you find in London but not in New York City?
- 22nd: For developers and Startup Founders, what software licenses would you prefer to use instead of open source options, if you had unlimited funding?
- 23rd: Are there any sites/services that you can subscribe to where you can watch a developer code "Live"?
- 24th: At seed funding stage, how can a Startup protect itself from losing the majority?
- 24th: What are the good practices to design responsive emails compatible with all email clients?
- 25th: Hackers: Who is a good speaker or author on hacktivism and/or the recent events of leaking confidential information?
- 26th: How much do personal chefs make?
- 26th: How would you know if your start up is just 'reinventing the wheel"? Should you just stop or just keep going?
- 28th: Are there any Twitter apps funded by Y Combinator?
- 28th: Does preparing before a presentation actually help one's presentation?
- 28th: I have an idea for a website, with an idea for eventually having cashflow out of it? However, my skills are insufficient to build it and I have no money at all to hire someone - what's my best starting point?
- 29th: How can I successfully organize a conference?
- 29th: What's an idea worth?
- 29th: How do professionals build and maintain their websites?
- 29th: Which companies in London are using Python?
- 29th: Does creating a zip file with php use more RAM then CPU? Or vise versa? Also, is it faster to use a system call, or the php zip library? Exec (zip filename.zip) vs. $zip =new ZipArchive().
- 29th: Do I need to change something on my LIVE website to do Remote usability testing? Am I needed to create a duplicate copy of my website?
- 30th: What is the best way to notify participants of a planned meeting?
- 30th: What are some JavaScript concepts that took you the longest to understand?
- 30th: What Javascript tools are there for cleansing input?
- 30th: Is it difficult to make a dating site? My budget is small. Any suggestion?
- 30th: What has Google given out at I/O in the past years?
- 30th: Would you pay for a service that allowed you to shadow people in your profession of interest?
- 30th: Presentations, when's the best time to give your personal background?
- 31st: How do I choose between asynchronous web frameworks? My tech group is fairly language agnostic and we're trying to standardize on some technologies.
- 31st: Events (leisure): How do you organize a conferencce?
- 31st: What is the biggest team to join Y Combinator?
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