Ask Hacker News Weekly

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2019-10-06 -- 2019-10-12

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending October 12, 2019 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Who is building something that will change the world?
  
• Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated?
  
• Ask HN: Where do you get your cheap servers?
  
• Ask HN: How to cope with burnout every 6 months?
  
• Ask HN: How do I make the move to consultant?
  
• Ask HN: How do you build applications that require zero maintenance?
  
• Ask HN: Would you switch to a 4-day-a-week schedule if you could?
  
• Ask HN: Does old concrete reveal information about air quality?
  
• Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
  
• Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known “Mac Native” apps?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2019-09-29 -- 2019-10-05

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending October 05, 2019 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Who has the best personal website/blog?
  
• Ask HN: Germany vs. Canada for Tech Jobs?
  
• Ask HN: Will getting a PhD lead to a more interesting life?
  
• Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2019)
  
• Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (October 2019)
  
• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)
  
• Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?
  
• Ask HN: What are weird and/or novel ways to do web UIs?
  
• Ask HN: Senior Positions Interview Prep Resources?
  
• Ask HN: What are your arguments in favor of end-to-end encryption?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2019-09-22 -- 2019-09-28

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending September 28, 2019 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Best ways to spend money towards climate efforts
  
• Ask HN: Resources for Learning about Databases
  
• Easily delete all contacts uploaded to Instagram and Facebook
  
• Ask HN: PostgreSQL or MySQL?
  
• Ask HN: Parents of HN, what are your best sources for evidence-based parenting?
  
• Ask HN: How did you prepare for being a first-time parent?
  
• Ask HN: How do you handle/maintain local Python environments?
  
• Ask HN: Co-founder leaving a startup for free without equity?
  
• Ask HN: I am addicted to Porn. Help me quit
  
• Ask HN: Which email software do you use on Linux?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2019-09-15 -- 2019-09-21

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending September 21, 2019 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What are some of your recent successes?
  
• Ask HN: Are available domain names still important when naming a company?
  
• Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
  
• Ask HN: What are some architectural decisions that improved your codebase?
  
• Ask HN: Cons of Being on a Remote/Distributed Team?
  
• Ask HN: Companies of one, what is your tech stack?
  
• Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable?
  
• Remind HN: Put contact info in your profile if you'd like to be contacted
  
• Tell HN: Stripe brought my business to a dead stop
  
• Ask HN: Did your AWS bill literally double from last night?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2019-09-08 -- 2019-09-14

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending September 14, 2019 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What is the ops architecture like for AAA multiplayer game servers?
  
• Ask HN: How comfortable do you feel using cloud-based password managers?
  
• Ask HN: What is key to good technical documentation?
  
• Ask HN: What Have You Learned at Google as a Software Engineer?
  
• Ask HN: Compiler Engineers, what would you advise new grads/students to learn?
  
• Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago?
  
• Ask HN: What things do you wish you discovered earlier?
  
• Ask HN: How do you keep your programming motivation up?
  
• Ask HN: Are you ok?
  
• Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?