Here are the two most prominent HN discussions of that story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1152269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1152269 https:

Here are the two most prominent HN discussions of that story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1152269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1152269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6404563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6404563 All this makes me wonder what crazy real-life hacks have been described in YC applications. Edit: There's a discussion thread from when the "real-life hack" question was introduced to YC applications at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=104802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=104802. A few HNers shared their hacks there.