Not a programmer, though I learned enough scripting to generate some of the html on the site, and to know what sort of things I can and can't ask a programmer to do.
Hacker news is an incredible resource for web entrepreneurship. I learned an incredible amount about running a business here, and was able to apply it successfully to what I was building.
There are also wonderful discussions on a variety of interesting topics here. I scan the front page every day and am able to pick out things relevant to my work, or that seem interesting.
Further, when I want to research a technical topic, I'll use the search function here. I've found great discussion of SASS tools and of books.
Hmm, are you sure it's not you? It's up for me. I doubt there was enough of a hacker news effect to bring it down. I was working on it when you posted too.
I was deeply hooked.
I now run a web business: https://lsathacks.com
Not a programmer, though I learned enough scripting to generate some of the html on the site, and to know what sort of things I can and can't ask a programmer to do.
Hacker news is an incredible resource for web entrepreneurship. I learned an incredible amount about running a business here, and was able to apply it successfully to what I was building.
There are also wonderful discussions on a variety of interesting topics here. I scan the front page every day and am able to pick out things relevant to my work, or that seem interesting.
Further, when I want to research a technical topic, I'll use the search function here. I've found great discussion of SASS tools and of books.