timrosenblatt

Looks cool! I like the fresh approach.

FWIW "Billions of dollars" should be considered in the context that 1 million people * $1,000 = $1 billion. The US is ~300m people. So, this headline is something like "1/3 of 1% of the US is putting an extra $1,000 in their 401k recently" (really more like 1-2% of the _workforce_ but the point remains)

You joined HN 55 minutes ago, and posted this 2 minutes later.

This may not be the best community for you.

I use this service and I like it. Many blog posts and engineering discussions tend to treat tools in isolation -- you're learning about Redis or Rails or Ember only. Being able to meet other engineers who use the same _combination_ of tools can help you learn about higher level design patterns and the interactions between the tools.

Is "more frequent commits" really a good thing?

As one of the engineers on Ship -- woohoo!

Good point. Especially that stat, because it is so volatile. So much of the wealth is tied up in the value of companies or other complex things whose value is illiquid, and whose value can change quickly.

Still though, not like it's going to go to 50/50, 70/30, or some less-eye-popping number anytime soon.

Awesome.

Or, should I say that my self-generated perception after a compressed review of the literature has left me inclined to believe that the author is highly self-aware and wry, with their oral muscular hydrostat firmly implanted in either the left or right side of the orifice.

Take my, and everyone's advice, with a grain of salt. Few people have experienced enough launches to offer a very objective view of the patterns, so you're going to have to make the decision for yourself.

As a rule of thumb, from the launches I've seen and been close to, they are not make-or-break for a company/product. You might get a bit of buzz, you might have a TC or RWW article about you, but as I think of successful startups that I didn't personally know, I can remember only a few launch days.

The important factor is in one of two categories:

1) consumer app: the app produces a TON of value, and everyone tells the people they know (viral growth)

2) business app: viral growth is a factor, but there's probably going to be a lot of sales-y activity required.

Neither of these categories are largely dependent on a launch. A launch is more important when you've already got a ton of eyeballs.

Again, this is a rule of thumb, and I'm not aware of a single person who I would say is a true expert around launches.

What do you think?

Akshay, it looks like you're the person who wrote this and posted it. Thank you for the contribution. It deserves to make the front page.

This is insanely important and may be the best HN link all week. Any engineer who routinely feels frustrated when working with other people should pay attention to this.

I've done engineering and sales, which are very different skillsets. More importantly, I have been mentored by other people who are world class at these respective skills, and have been very lucky to have the opportunity to learn from them.

Even though not everyone should learn to code, it is valuable to be able to put on the other person's hat.

Non-engineers need to respect that engineers deal with situations that don't happen in everyday life. An engineer is frequently presented with situations that boil down to "it does work" or "it does not work". There is no gray area, and typically the computer is not very polite in the way that it tells you that you're wrong -- errors rarely say "Hey, I hope you aren't upset about this, but something's not working right. Want to talk it through and find a solution?" Instead, we deal with messages that have the emotional sensitivity of "screw you!", or if we are lucky, "screw you! #32"

Being in this mindset all the time will condition you to thinking in a certain way, and that's what is required to program. People, on the other hand, don't work like this, and if you can see the difference and act on it, you will benefit from it.

This being HN, I'm sure curious as to how this works on an OS level. Anyone have any ideas?