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There's a lot of nay-saying here. I think the idea is great and the name is fine. (By the way, I would just ignore the advice here. Paul may love the name/id
by david927 16y ago
There's a lot of nay-saying here. I think the idea is great and the name is fine. (By the way, I would just ignore the advice here. Paul may love the name/idea or even simply not care. Until you hear otherwise, don't assume either way.)
HN has been hobbled by small restaurant syndrome. Paul has been loathe to add basic features, let alone extend it, for the same reason a restaurateur will maintain a small number of tables: because he or she likes the client base and extending it will jeopardize that. That's a completely valid reason.
But there's a huge opportunity here to extend this to really assist in driving innovation. Add to your site the missing basic features such as search, then extend it with free startup job listings, co-founder matching, etc. (All those HN spreadsheets? Implement them.) You would be doing a huge service to the Indian startup community, and that means a huge service to innovation in general.
- srean 16y agoGiven that Prateek has mentioned that he is unfamiliar with lisp/arc I do not think he intends to extend the code. But that would be great, particularly if such extensions are communicated upstream or released in the open. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1913505 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1913505
- prateekdayal 16y agoYes. I don't know lisp. But then that can change in the future right? :) Also, there are other people who know already and can contribute
- srean 16y ago@Prateekdayal It seems I cannot reply 3 levels deep. But if thats the intent all powers to you.
- pmjordan 16y agoThere's a cool-off time for replying to nested comments, the more deeply nested the longer. You just need to wait a few minutes.
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- adrianwaj 16y agoI agree, the name (and domain) is fine. news.ycombinator.in would be a problem. note: you might want to put in a disclaimer so as to dispel any possible confusion.
- DanielRibeiro 16y agoThere is a HN api (http://api.ihackernews.com/ http://api.ihackernews.com/). It is unnofficial, but pg allows it. Anyone can extend HN now.