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1. What we actually know about software development, and why we believe it’s true (slideshare.net)
133 points by ZeroGravitas on Oct 25, 2009 | 54 comments
2. Ask HN: Statistics for hackers?
99 points by haliax on Oct 25, 2009 | 31 comments
3. Ask HN: Getting users
87 points by vaksel on Oct 25, 2009 | 64 comments
4. Sun's ZFS lead developer on the reason behind Apple dropping ZFS (opensolaris.org)
85 points by bensummers on Oct 25, 2009 | 8 comments
5. X264's abstraction layer for cross-platform x86 assembly: now free to use (multimedia.cx)
75 points by DarkShikari on Oct 25, 2009 | 12 comments
6. First Rule of Programming Is Don't Program
68 points by cyman on Oct 25, 2009 | 87 comments
7. Seven Languages in Seven Weeks (rapidred.com)
62 points by fogus on Oct 25, 2009 | 40 comments
8. Ask HN: Your favorite Startup School moments?
59 points by projectileboy on Oct 25, 2009 | 60 comments
9. Confessions of a Long-Distance sailor (arachnoid.com)
57 points by justlearning on Oct 25, 2009 | 16 comments
10. Mu is a lightweight JavaScript library to use Facebook Connect on your site. (daaku.org)
51 points by daakus on Oct 25, 2009 | 1 comment
11. One shot of gene therapy and children with congenital blindness can now see (esciencenews.com)
50 points by Anon84 on Oct 25, 2009 | 5 comments
12. Billionaire (Sergey Brin) Aids Charity That Aided Him (nytimes.com)
46 points by Technophilis on Oct 25, 2009 | 29 comments
13. How The Pursuit of Truth Led Me To Selling Viagra (icir.org)
46 points by dedalus on Oct 25, 2009 | 4 comments
14. Poll: What bug tracking software do you use?
44 points by ErrantX on Oct 25, 2009 | 72 comments
15. Hadoop Training Videos (cloudera.com)
45 points by fogus on Oct 25, 2009
16. Search vs. Recommendations, or Authoritative and Related Sources in a Graph (directededge.com)
43 points by wheels on Oct 25, 2009 | 1 comment
17. Programming language choice - sometimes there is none.
39 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Oct 25, 2009 | 33 comments
18. Photos of all the Speakers from YC Startup School 2009 - Thanks YC (garry.posterous.com)
35 points by rantfoil on Oct 25, 2009 | 7 comments
19. Lucid programming language (wikipedia.org)
33 points by stefano on Oct 25, 2009 | 8 comments
20. The Best Quotes from Startup School (gaborcselle.posterous.com)
31 points by gaborcselle on Oct 25, 2009 | 2 comments
21. Ask HN: Any designers here in for a rushjob on a fun project ?
26 points by jacquesm on Oct 25, 2009 | 13 comments
22. Web Sockets specification (IETF Internet Draft) (ietf.org)
25 points by jsrn on Oct 25, 2009 | 4 comments
23. Britain's Surveillance Society (nytimes.com)
24 points by jseliger on Oct 25, 2009 | 9 comments
24. JL's interview with Mark Zuckerberg (~transcript, not word for word) (venturebeat.com)
24 points by kf on Oct 25, 2009 | 3 comments
25. Poll: Universities for Aspiring Hacker?
22 points by tokenadult on Oct 25, 2009 | 60 comments
26. Someone who is like Data in real life (reddit.com)
22 points by amichail on Oct 25, 2009 | 2 comments
27. Success Lessons From The Man Who Was Lost In the Jungle (mixergy.com)
22 points by Jimega36 on Oct 25, 2009 | 10 comments
28. Why do bankers make so much money? (bookstaber.com)
21 points by cwan on Oct 25, 2009 | 14 comments
29. Ask HN: How do you rent apartments in SF when self-employed?
20 points by akkartik on Oct 25, 2009 | 41 comments
30. The iPhone app industry (businessweek.com)
20 points by bd on Oct 25, 2009 | 1 comment

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