Stories by benhoyt

RAII, AC/DC, and the "with" statement

Ask HN: Kiwi programmer keen to work in the U.S. for 1-2 years. Bad idea? Any advice?

How would you commercialize my startup, Gifty.co.nz?

Protothreads and C++

Gifty.co.nz -- gift lists made simple (my new little web project)

Take the Tetris test (an Arc version, anyone?)

Emailing your web app's Python tracebacks in web.py

DecentURL.com, convert crud-looking URLs into decent ones

Ten things I love && hate about C

Need a plain-English NDA for your startup? Just $3 for the one we put together.

Simple XP tip: Turn off your beeps

Let's build a compiler (dated, but very good)

Why does News.YC show xyz.domain.com as just domain.com? Eg:

nobraces: Python-style indentation for C

Speaking of hacker food, this is the breakfast I pretty much live off (but use less oil)

Python indentation: very nice explanation for the curious or skeptical

Geeks wanted (neat job application puzzle)

Learning to write from Mr Green

How do you implement password recovery securely?

Move over mod_python, here comes mod_wsgi.

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