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HN is an asset to YC because the partners are degenerate HN junkies like the rest of us on here, many are worse. More seriously it helps a lot with YC recruitm
by jdoliner 6y ago
HN is an asset to YC because the partners are degenerate HN junkies like the rest of us on here, many are worse.
More seriously it helps a lot with YC recruitment and is actually how they run a lot of YC. It also allows for YC company job listings as others have mentioned.
I don't think it's been written in Arc for a while.
- dang 6y agoArc in the past, Arc in the present, Arc forever.
- jdoliner 6y agoNice, I thought I heard someone say at one point that it had been rewritten in rails. I'm much happier knowing this comment is going through Arc.
- dang 6y agoYou had half the story, just the wrong half. HN and YC used to be a single program in Arc (a single thread, even: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231810). When pg left, the YC side was split off and redone in Rails. In the internal narrative in my head, this is known as "the great lobotomy". I can say that here because almost no one will ever read this and therefore it won't create any scandal, yes? If you know of anyone who would love to program in Arc and would be willing to be publicly impaled daily as an HN moderator, please send them my way. It isn't necessary to already know Arc. It's just necessary to be delighted by the idea and willing to learn.
- jdoliner 6y agoThanks for the clarification! I'll keep eyes out for an Arc dev. I do run across the occasional Arc enthusiast in interviews.
- snowmaker 6y agoAs a YC partner who read this comment buried deep in the comment tree, I think ... I would have to plead guilty to your charge.