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1. Your Code is My Hell (avdi.org)
287 points by joshuacc on Aug 22, 2011 | 79 comments
2. Why every programmer should have a Tiddlywiki (eriwen.com)
243 points by caustic on Aug 22, 2011 | 136 comments
3. Ask HN: What is your preferred Python stack for high traffic webservices?
233 points by bigethan on Aug 22, 2011 | 67 comments
4. Goodbye, shitty "Car extends Vehicle" object-orientation tutorial (canonical.org)
232 points by sebkomianos on Aug 22, 2011 | 128 comments
5. Best algorithms book I ever read (eriwen.com)
208 points by slashams on Aug 22, 2011 | 42 comments
6. This is CoffeeScript (thoughtbot.com)
184 points by franze on Aug 22, 2011 | 89 comments
7. Notch's 48-hour game: Prelude of the Chambered (amazonaws.com)
180 points by Raphael on Aug 22, 2011 | 45 comments
8. Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses (techcrunch.com)
158 points by notintokyo on Aug 22, 2011 | 75 comments
9. How to Improve the quality of your software: find an old computer (jacquesmattheij.com)
151 points by VeXocide on Aug 22, 2011 | 87 comments
10. Making Wrong Code Look Wrong (joelonsoftware.com)
125 points by ColinWright on Aug 22, 2011 | 86 comments
11. Recurly.js library released for secure, customizable checkout forms (recurly.com)
124 points by danburkhart on Aug 22, 2011 | 36 comments
12. Continuous Integration Failure? Use USB Missiles (papercut.com)
118 points by chopsueyar on Aug 22, 2011 | 30 comments
13. Do not upgrade to PHP 5.3.7 due to a bug in crypt() (php.net)
108 points by there on Aug 22, 2011 | 34 comments
14. Why Google+ Gets a “+1″ for Browser Security (barracudalabs.com)
107 points by _b8r0 on Aug 22, 2011 | 26 comments
15. The curious case of DuckDuckGo (hacksandthoughts.posterous.com)
103 points by sbashyal on Aug 22, 2011 | 98 comments
16. Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge (torrentfreak.com)
98 points by chaostheory on Aug 22, 2011 | 104 comments
17. Thoughts on Picplum Automatic Photo Prints (paulstamatiou.com)
93 points by PStamatiou on Aug 22, 2011 | 43 comments
18. 1 year on, Hipmunk (YC S10) hits 1 million flight + hotel searches a month (xconomy.com)
91 points by waderoush on Aug 22, 2011 | 54 comments
19. Web Surfing Helps at Work, Study Says (wsj.com)
86 points by tilt on Aug 22, 2011 | 14 comments
20. Cause of ALS is found, Northwestern team says (chicagotribune.com)
86 points by nurik on Aug 22, 2011 | 23 comments
21. How To Ask Questions The Smart Way (catb.org)
79 points by tokenadult on Aug 22, 2011 | 29 comments
22. Parse Releases Their REST API (parse.com)
76 points by tyler on Aug 22, 2011 | 32 comments
23. Don't Fear the Internet: Basic HTML & CSS for non-Web Designers (dontfeartheinternet.com)
71 points by joshuacc on Aug 22, 2011 | 20 comments
24. Crockford on JavaScript (yuiblog.com)
70 points by inshane on Aug 22, 2011 | 17 comments
25. Proxino (YC S11): Automated Error Reporting For Your Client-Side JavaScript (techcrunch.com)
69 points by schlichtm on Aug 22, 2011 | 21 comments
26. Hiring – Easy as Pie (steveblank.com)
68 points by sramam on Aug 22, 2011 | 24 comments
27. Is Randal L Schwartz notable enough for Wikipedia? (wikipedia.org)
65 points by russellallen on Aug 22, 2011 | 68 comments
28. Touchdroid - Android for the HP Touchpad (rootzwiki.com)
60 points by tilt on Aug 22, 2011 | 20 comments
29. Resolution of the human eye (clarkvision.com)
58 points by yread on Aug 22, 2011 | 28 comments
30. Strategy: Run A Scalable, Available, And Cheap Static Site On S3 Or GitHub (highscalability.com)
56 points by yarapavan on Aug 22, 2011 | 19 comments

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