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> Heck, even YC itself develops all their software in SF. A little off topic, but what software does YC develop? Obviously there's HN, Bookface, and there's p

> Heck, even YC itself develops all their software in SF. A little off topic, but what software does YC develop? Obviously there's HN, Bookface, and there's probably a bit of web development that needs doing for things like the Top 100 companies list, is there much else? More generally, I realise that YC is a tech incubator so they're likely to develop software for things that other companies wouldn't, but do they really need a dev team? The blog could be Wordpress/etc, HN and Bookface could be Discourse. Is it all being over-engineered? Is there a large dev team where other organisations of a similar size might have one or two IT people?

stephengillie 8y ago
YC funds HN so poorly that they can barely afford a single core to run this web forum.
- snowmaker 8y ago
  It doesn't have to do with funding. The codebase is just efficient so it doesn't need much to run very fast.
  - stephengillie 8y ago
    Until suddenly it does and we see Sorry, we can't serve your requests this fast.
    - swampthinker 8y ago
      Honestly can't relate. I usually use HN when I have a poor cell signal because it loads so damn fast regardless.
snowmaker 8y ago
Like many companies, the software at YC is like an iceberg: most of it lies beneath the surface. Here are some of the things we build that you might not be thinking of: https://apply.ycombinator.com/ https://apply.ycombinator.com/ - the whole process of receiving and processing 10,000 YC applications / batch https://workatastartup.com https://workatastartup.com - a site to help people find jobs at a startup https://startupschool.org/ https://startupschool.org/ - a free online course in how to start a startup https://leap.ycombinator.com/ https://leap.ycombinator.com/ - a private community for women in tech
- erohead 8y ago
  ^Jared runs the sw team at YC and we are hiring https://jobs.lever.co/ycombinator/8703c1d9-af67-4826-90e4-74b5067c4dd7 https://jobs.lever.co/ycombinator/8703c1d9-af67-4826-90e4-74...
  - mr_puzzled 8y ago
    Does YC sponsor h1b visas for people not authorized to work in the US?
- danpalmer 8y ago
  Great, thanks for the info! Nice to hear that it's a fairly lean tech stack and small team (from the job ad).
sbilstein 8y ago
Not in YC but I'm sure they have tools for all sorts of research and understanding of businesses in various sectors. I imagine they would build tools to analyze government reports, data sets published online, perhaps databases of relevant research papers. They've got 1000 companies in every sector imaginable; you're gonna need tooling to handle all that.

stephengillie 8y ago

YC funds HN so poorly that they can barely afford a single core to run this web forum.

snowmaker 8y ago
It doesn't have to do with funding. The codebase is just efficient so it doesn't need much to run very fast.
- stephengillie 8y ago
  Until suddenly it does and we see Sorry, we can't serve your requests this fast.
  - swampthinker 8y ago
    Honestly can't relate. I usually use HN when I have a poor cell signal because it loads so damn fast regardless.

snowmaker 8y ago

Like many companies, the software at YC is like an iceberg: most of it lies beneath the surface. Here are some of the things we build that you might not be thinking of: https://apply.ycombinator.com/ https://apply.ycombinator.com/ - the whole process of receiving and processing 10,000 YC applications / batch https://workatastartup.com https://workatastartup.com - a site to help people find jobs at a startup https://startupschool.org/ https://startupschool.org/ - a free online course in how to start a startup https://leap.ycombinator.com/ https://leap.ycombinator.com/ - a private community for women in tech

erohead 8y ago
^Jared runs the sw team at YC and we are hiring https://jobs.lever.co/ycombinator/8703c1d9-af67-4826-90e4-74b5067c4dd7 https://jobs.lever.co/ycombinator/8703c1d9-af67-4826-90e4-74...
- mr_puzzled 8y ago
  Does YC sponsor h1b visas for people not authorized to work in the US?
danpalmer 8y ago
Great, thanks for the info! Nice to hear that it's a fairly lean tech stack and small team (from the job ad).

sbilstein 8y ago

Not in YC but I'm sure they have tools for all sorts of research and understanding of businesses in various sectors. I imagine they would build tools to analyze government reports, data sets published online, perhaps databases of relevant research papers. They've got 1000 companies in every sector imaginable; you're gonna need tooling to handle all that.