15:[[1759330,{"by":"tav","descendants":33,"id":1759330,"kids":[1759436,1759347,1759502,1759643,1759570,1759397,1760124,1759516,1759580,1759418,1760625,1760409,1759398,1760848,1761078,1759483,1759466,1759513,1759417],"score":21,"text":"I recently got an email saying \"I, like the world, saw the diaspora release and thought, erm, is that it?\"

I realise that none of us were expecting Diaspora to ever displace Facebook, but I was surprised that it's perceived as being disappointing — especially given that there are nearly 3,000 people watching it on GitHub!

So what's the general sentiment? Excited? Disappointed? Couldn't care less?","time":1286279556,"title":"Ask HN: Is anyone still excited by Diaspora?","type":"story","url":""}],[1630626,{"by":"Murkin","descendants":67,"id":1630626,"kids":[1630682,1630689,1630688,1630683,1630767,1630663,1630772,1630651,1630706,1630702,1630778,1630734,1630770,1631506,1630952,1630929,1630728,1631105,1630865,1630653,1631688,1631011,1630723,1631396,1631766,1630746,1630946],"score":25,"text":"There is alot of talk about the importance of technical co-founders in web startups.

And yet, during a long conversation I had with a group of \"founders\", I could not manage to explain the rational behind the argument.

Their view was:

    1. We get some seed money (they had good connections)\n    2. Hire a designer and developer\n    3. They build the site\n    4. Later we keep them for support and improvements (and maybe hire more to expand)\n

\nHow would you explain to someone why a web company needs a good technical lead (preferably co-founder) and can't just go \"hire someone to write the site\" ? .. or maybe they dont ?

EDIT:\n\"In other words, what can a co-founder do that an employee cant ?\"","time":1282674073,"title":"Ask HN: Why do web-startups need tech co-founders?","type":"story"}],[1608315,{"by":"agentargo","descendants":118,"id":1608315,"kids":[1608676,1608452,1608447,1608760,1608755,1608428,1608540,1609357,1608398,1608964,1609296,1608675,1608953,1608601,1609241,1608694,1608680,1610197,1608626,1609053,1608654,1608929,1608656,1609289,1608503,1608448,1609158,1608727,1608641,1610656,1608818,1612628,1608828,1608507,1608541,1609303,1609411,1609328,1608750,1611307,1608824,1610106,1608646,1608430,1616098,1609193,1609046,1608733,1608703,1608920,1609487,1608497,1608728,1608443,1654433,1609084,1609548],"score":63,"text":"$16","time":1281977177,"title":"Ask HN: Holy Crap I need an Idea","type":"story"}],[1604576,{"by":"ilamont","descendants":10,"id":1604576,"kids":[1604606,1604984,1604976,1604947,1605231,1605049],"score":11,"text":"","time":1281845558,"title":"The Web Is Passing Most of You By… And You are Asleep","type":"story","url":"http://technosailor.aaronbrazell.com/2010/08/13/the-web-is-passing-most-of-you-by-and-you-are-asleep/"}],[1571993,{"by":"vinhboy","descendants":15,"id":1571993,"kids":[1572166,1572091,1572191,1573456,1572135,1572011,1572239,1572283,1572117],"score":7,"text":"$17","time":1280857613,"title":"Ask HN: Review our site - WorkingPoint","type":"story","url":""}]]

user:	golateef
created:	July 14, 2010
karma:	7
about:	Founder and CEO of Deckerton.