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1.		Startups in 13 Sentences (paulgraham.com)
		322 points by mqt on Feb 23, 2009 \| 101 comments
2.		All we want are the facts, ma'am. (norvig.com)
		107 points by cdibona on Feb 23, 2009 \| 20 comments
3.		Heroku: Why Instant Deployment Matters (YC W08) (heroku.com)
		83 points by jnl on Feb 23, 2009 \| 17 comments
4.		YC Applicants: Q&A with Abby and Ivan Kirigin of Tipjoy
		69 points by releasedatez on Feb 23, 2009 \| 10 comments
5.		Thinking about using Facebook Connect on your site? Step one: Abandon your will to live. (mushpot.net)
		72 points by travism on Feb 23, 2009 \| 44 comments
6.		What employers want to see on your resume (guykawasaki.com)
		62 points by physcab on Feb 23, 2009 \| 46 comments
7.		Why Do Enterprise Applications Suck? (michaelnygard.com)
		58 points by sdfx on Feb 23, 2009 \| 46 comments
8.		Why GPSes suck, and what to do about it (ibiblio.org)
		50 points by rglovejoy on Feb 23, 2009 \| 11 comments
9.		The complete guide to caching with Ruby on Rails (ferric.net)
		50 points by aditya on Feb 23, 2009 \| 4 comments
10.		"It should not take seven years and a team of lawyers to open a small business." (reason.com)
		47 points by mjtokelly on Feb 23, 2009 \| 1 comment
11.		Python course in Bioinformatics (pasteur.fr)
		46 points by skenney26 on Feb 23, 2009 \| 7 comments
12.		Five languages in seven lines, or how not to do web development (docs.google.com)
		42 points by siong1987 on Feb 23, 2009 \| 22 comments
13.		Why functional programming doesn't catch on (tweakblogs.net)
		41 points by raju on Feb 23, 2009 \| 53 comments
14.		New 64-bit Operating System released (losethos.com)
		40 points by losethos on Feb 23, 2009 \| 22 comments
15.		A Note About Sabeer Bhatia's Interview in Founders at Work (foundersatwork.com)
		37 points by jl on Feb 23, 2009 \| 13 comments
16.		Nepal: Wireless in the Mountains (seedmagazine.com)
		36 points by lnguyen on Feb 23, 2009 \| 6 comments
17.		Remind HN: Open Hacker House every Wed in San Francisco (archivd.com)
		34 points by aristus on Feb 23, 2009 \| 11 comments
18.		How Sabeer Bhatia started Hotmail on $300,000 and sold it two years later for $400 million (wired.com)
		34 points by Rod on Feb 23, 2009 \| 14 comments
19.		Ask HN: Do you know of other good HN-like places to post your articles?
		32 points by swombat on Feb 23, 2009 \| 18 comments
20.		Scientists Find Rare, Potent Antibody to HIV-1 (dukehealth.org)
		30 points by toni on Feb 23, 2009 \| 2 comments
21.		Tropicana abandons new packaging; Twitter is the new focus group medium. (nytimes.com)
		27 points by tptacek on Feb 23, 2009 \| 14 comments
22.		Quickest way to $30,000 profit after taxes?
		27 points by airwick on Feb 23, 2009 \| 56 comments
23.		Invitation Only (dilbert.com)
		26 points by sarvesh on Feb 23, 2009 \| 22 comments
24.		On Git's lack of respect for immutability and the Best Practices for a DVCS (ericsink.com)
		26 points by sarvesh on Feb 23, 2009 \| 29 comments
25.		Hyperbrain Owner's Manual - 5. The butterfly approach (inter-sections.net)
		25 points by swombat on Feb 23, 2009 \| 7 comments
26.		Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design (twiddla.blogspot.com)
		24 points by pibefision on Feb 23, 2009 \| 14 comments
27.		Tim O'Reilly: Why Kindle Should Be An Open Book (forbes.com)
		23 points by rogercosseboom on Feb 23, 2009 \| 11 comments
28.		Which startup’s collapse will end the Web 2.0 era? (andrewchenblog.com)
		23 points by peter123 on Feb 23, 2009 \| 44 comments
29.		Warren Buffett’s bio “The Snowball” and lessons for startups (andrewchenblog.com)
		23 points by peter123 on Feb 23, 2009 \| 10 comments
30.		So, You Want to Be an Entrepreneur (wsj.com)
		22 points by prakash on Feb 23, 2009 \| 18 comments
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