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1.		StackOverflow.com : the new venture from Joel Spolsky (joelonsoftware.com)
		66 points by pibefision on April 17, 2008 \| 32 comments
2.		Python Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers (dabeaz.com)
		65 points by dood on April 17, 2008 \| 13 comments
3.		Startup Drinks (startupdrinks.com)
		63 points by pius on April 17, 2008 \| 26 comments
4.		I got techcrunched! (techcrunch.com)
		61 points by agentbleu on April 17, 2008 \| 37 comments
5.		Scribd is now the largest Rails site on the Internet (using Alexa rankings) (pbwiki.com)
		42 points by michelson01 on April 17, 2008 \| 30 comments
6.		Mod_js: Server-side JavaScript (modjs.org)
		34 points by mcxx on April 17, 2008 \| 7 comments
7.		Ask YC: Recording the Startup School talks?
		30 points by edgeztv on April 17, 2008 \| 10 comments
8.		How to work an 8-hour day (philosophicalgeek.com)
		29 points by r7000 on April 17, 2008 \| 8 comments
9.		Pixar’s Brad Bird on Fostering Innovation (foundread.com)
		28 points by jmorin007 on April 17, 2008 \| 3 comments
10.		My side project: an open-sourced comedy community
		27 points by parker on April 17, 2008 \| 33 comments
11.		Web Form Design: Modern Solutions and Creative Ideas (smashingmagazine.com)
		27 points by drm237 on April 17, 2008
12.		Google Is Saved! YouTube Money Machine Mints $1 CPMs (alleyinsider.com)
		26 points by twampss on April 17, 2008 \| 13 comments
13.		Aren't There Any Real Problems Left To Solve? (howtosplitanatom.com)
		25 points by socalsamba on April 17, 2008 \| 12 comments
14.		Ask YC: Who would you pay to read?
		24 points by pchristensen on April 17, 2008 \| 14 comments
15.		Amazon Web Services status (amazon.com)
		23 points by mati on April 17, 2008 \| 3 comments
16.		Joel Spolsky on exactly how much money it took to start Fog Creek (venturevoice.com)
		23 points by gregory on April 17, 2008 \| 10 comments
17.		The (humorous) dangers of Google's new deep search
		22 points by robertk on April 17, 2008 \| 11 comments
18.		Erlang for Python programmers: Part I (ruslanspivak.com)
		21 points by foemmel on April 17, 2008 \| 5 comments
19.		Ask News.YC: Proposed experiment to test "The PG bias"
		21 points by randomhack on April 17, 2008 \| 73 comments
20.		Microsoft Acquires Farecast For $115M (techcrunch.com)
		20 points by raghus on April 17, 2008 \| 3 comments
21.		Ask YC: How would you sell your business?
		19 points by groovyone on April 17, 2008 \| 25 comments
22.		How To Make a Bookmarklet For Your Web Application (betterexplained.com)
		18 points by mqt on April 17, 2008 \| 4 comments
23.		Why VCs Aren’t More Brave (mattmaroon.com)
		17 points by kf on April 17, 2008 \| 8 comments
24.		What Makes a Great Developer? (ilovejackdaniels.com)
		17 points by sant0sk1 on April 17, 2008 \| 7 comments
25.		Ask YC: Recent *nix history..
		16 points by PStamatiou on April 17, 2008 \| 35 comments
26.		Scribd web traffic higher than its YC peers (based on alexa data) (alexa.com)
		15 points by Sam_Odio on April 17, 2008 \| 8 comments
27.		Why Beautiful Women Marry Less Attractive Men (yahoo.com)
		15 points by pius on April 17, 2008 \| 21 comments
28.		It's time to study the value of college (rising costs, falling benefits) (publicradio.org)
		13 points by timr on April 17, 2008 \| 20 comments
29.		Marissa Mayer: Totally Kidding About That 'Don't Be Evil' Stuff (wired.com)
		14 points by gscott on April 17, 2008 \| 6 comments
30.		Google Profit Exceeds Forecast (nytimes.com)
		14 points by garbowza on April 17, 2008 \| 6 comments
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