top 20 hacker news stories for 2011-09-30

“I hate almost all software” — Ryan Dahl

https://plus.google.com/115094562986465477143/posts/Di6RwCNKCrf

15 years ago

397 upvotes – 292 comments

Try Python, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, QBasic, Forth ...

http://repl.it/

15 years ago

390 upvotes – 78 comments

Write your app in HTML5, upload it and get back app-store ready apps

https://build.phonegap.com/

15 years ago

330 upvotes – 93 comments

Single psilocybin dose may make lasting personality change

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-dose-hallucinogen-personality.html

15 years ago

190 upvotes – 158 comments

Sharding and IDs at Instagram

http://instagram-engineering.tumblr.com/post/10853187575/sharding-ids-at-instagram

15 years ago

183 upvotes – 50 comments

Amazon in talks with HP to buy Palm

http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/29/amazon-buy-palm/

15 years ago

175 upvotes – 98 comments

MIT’s ‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlight

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/artificial-leaf-0930.html

15 years ago

166 upvotes – 28 comments

Client asks for 100% uptime

http://serverfault.com/questions/316637/100-uptime-for-web-application

15 years ago

164 upvotes – 96 comments

The Slashdot Effect from the Other Side

http://cmdrtaco.net/2011/09/the-slashdot-effect-from-the-other-side/

15 years ago

163 upvotes – 41 comments

How to Give Your Product Personality

http://www.jasonshen.com/2011/how-to-give-your-product-personality/?

15 years ago

131 upvotes – 30 comments

Microsoft security tools nuking Chrome browser

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/microsoft-security-tools-nuking-chrome-browser/9515

15 years ago

125 upvotes – 38 comments

Basho Releases Riak v1.0.0

http://blog.basho.com/2011/09/30/Riak-1-dot-0-is-Official/

15 years ago

122 upvotes – 20 comments

The Stack Exchange Architecture

http://blog.serverfault.com/post/the-stack-exchange-architecture-2011-edition-episode-1/

15 years ago

110 upvotes – 29 comments

The world economy is heading towards a black hole unless bold action taken

http://www.economist.com/node/21530986

15 years ago

109 upvotes – 135 comments

What’s contained in a boarding pass barcode?

http://shaun.net/2011/05/whats-contained-in-a-boarding-pass-barcode/

15 years ago

98 upvotes – 18 comments

Ask HN: European startup looking for a service for recurring billing

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3056714

15 years ago

95 upvotes – 67 comments

Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101727048

15 years ago

94 upvotes – 22 comments

Berlios closing down

http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=37450

15 years ago

93 upvotes – 24 comments

How Much Money Do The Top Grossing YouTube Partners Make?

http://socialtimes.com/money-youtube-partners_b21335

15 years ago

92 upvotes – 28 comments

Try the Flask web framework in your Browser

https://tryflask.ep.io/

15 years ago

91 upvotes – 31 comments
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