15:[[20454421,{"by":"leahcim","descendants":2,"id":20454421,"kids":[20454557,20454590],"score":1,"text":"Our clients / investors are asking for a test / demo account of our platform. How do you handle those in your system?

Do you create real users with fake data or do you hard-code some "test" mode to avoid CRUDing data?","time":1563315825,"title":"Ask HN: Demo Accounts in Production","type":"story"}],[19904382,{"by":"aaronarduino","descendants":11,"id":19904382,"kids":[19904424,19905030,19904870,19904521,19904753,19907463,19904774,19904828,19904563,19904817],"score":6,"text":"If you drink anything besides water, please note.","time":1557784437,"title":"How much water do you drink in a day?","type":"story"}],[18833090,{"by":"jessicatechexp","descendants":7,"id":18833090,"kids":[18837952,18833206,18833171,18833306],"score":9,"text":"I found lambCI which seems best but too bad it doesn't support bitbucket. Which tool do you use?

Travis costs several hundred dollars for 3-4 consecutive build","time":1546711291,"title":"Ask HN: What CI tool do you use in 2019?","type":"story"}],[17725811,{"by":"franca","descendants":9,"id":17725811,"kids":[17728988,17734171,17725836,17725962,17725971,17731012,17728441,17725959,17725831,17733974],"score":11,"time":1533833081,"title":"Ask HN: What are the best ways to build a single-page site?","type":"story"}],[17257394,{"by":"franca","descendants":15,"id":17257394,"kids":[17261177,17265586,17260433,17270797,17259530,17262980,17265832,17262973,17264612,17260091,17262733,17266429,17260390,17257987,17281534],"score":18,"time":1528389023,"title":"Ask HN: What services and technologies do you use to build web app?","type":"story"}],[17257062,{"by":"ceohockey60","descendants":63,"id":17257062,"kids":[17257310,17257166,17257360,17257527,17257204,17257232,17257628,17257264,17257223,17257178,17257188,17257521,17257133,17257451,17258628,17257349,17257351,17257465,17257303,17257229,17257449,17270866,17257339,17257266,17257282,17257358,17257254,17257164,17257298,17257436,17260435,17257476,17257480,17263979,17257448,17257556,17260611,17264220,17257489,17257285,17257238,17257364,17267457,17257170,17264483],"score":38,"time":1528387328,"title":"Ask HN: What do GitHub stars mean to you when evaluating a project, if anything?","type":"story"}],[17129481,{"by":"tabtab","descendants":10,"id":17129481,"kids":[17138201,17129727,17136255,17132262,17132578,17129646,17129618],"score":4,"text":"Vote for the top 3 most-hyped fads, and then the top 3 most likely to succeed. Example: Hype: A,B,C; Hope: D,E,F. Write-ins okay. Left-most letter considered ranked the highest.

  A. AI\n  B. Microservices\n  C. IOT\n  D. Blockchain/Bitcoin\n  E. Quantum computing\n  F. Cloud\n  G. Serverless/Edge-Computing\n  H. Detox/De-Troll/Fake-News-Cleaning\n  I. Node.js/JavaScript-everywhere\n  J. Dark-Data/Multi-tech Data Mining

","time":1527023807,"title":"HN Poll: Fads – Hype and Hope","type":"story"}],[16710942,{"by":"somtum","descendants":15,"id":16710942,"kids":[16712855,16712865,16716378,16712015,16712870,16727711,16713943,16712100,16711963,16712544,16726875,16711936,16718716],"score":43,"time":1522356886,"title":"Ask HN: How do you handle authentication and authorization between microservices","type":"story"}],[16669512,{"by":"whatstherate","descendants":14,"id":16669512,"kids":[16669577,16669684,16670534,16669741,16669655,16669708],"score":16,"time":1521932028,"title":"Ask HN: What is your hourly rate as a freelancer?","type":"story"}],[16615057,{"by":"mezod","descendants":12,"id":16615057,"kids":[16615692,16617534,16616310,16615629,16615796,16616957,16615500,16615230,16615304,16615615],"score":17,"text":"I wonder if you just have a todolist or if you have other ways to break your goals down into actions that you can execute on on a daily basis, to break through the noise of every day life...","time":1521414655,"title":"Ask HN: How do you track your personal goals?","type":"story"}],[16559255,{"by":"rammy1234","descendants":27,"id":16559255,"kids":[16560142,16560095,16560393,16559812,16560233,16560073,16561548,16560239,16560701,16559705,16559640,16560276],"score":10,"text":"It once used to be 4-6mbps. Today's world with high feature websites and bloated javascripts and http/2 and high amount of streaming , is 10mbps good enough ?","time":1520701880,"title":"Ask HN: Is 10mbps good enough in today's world?","type":"story"}],[16516512,{"by":"cryptography","descendants":31,"id":16516512,"kids":[16517081,16517208,16516599,16518742,16517409,16516614,16517492,16516545,16516598,16517402,16517158,16518248,16517141,16517174,16517184,16517294,16517696,16516842],"score":23,"text":"Which is your go-to service for registering new domains? One requirement: whois privacy guard.","time":1520195283,"title":"Ask HN: Which domain name registrar do you prefer?","type":"story"}],[16515581,{"by":"jonathan-kosgei","descendants":66,"id":16515581,"kids":[16515767,16515807,16515813,16515702,16515747,16515814,16515734,16515592,16515694,16516046,16515848,16515765,16515756,16515731,16515797,16515710,16515690,16515714,16516750,16515931,16515695,16516038,16515879,16515697,16515771,16515711,16515812,16515829,16515759,16515880,16519966,16515723,16515750],"score":26,"time":1520185550,"title":"Ask HN: Would you prefer paying $1 per 1000 API calls or $30 fixed monthly?","type":"story"}],[16423655,{"by":"paulrosenzweig","descendants":1,"id":16423655,"kids":[16425530],"score":1,"text":"What tools and techniques do you use to sell software? Some specific questions:

* Is most contact over phone or email?\n* Do pre-recorded screencasts feature heavily? Are these personalized to the lead?\n* How do you track how effective outreach was?","time":1519157027,"title":"Ask HN: How do you sell software?","type":"story"}],[16384894,{"by":"pyeu","descendants":22,"id":16384894,"kids":[16387238,16388431,16389299,16386893,16387518,16385285,16386367,16387443,16385395,16386870,16388177,16393210,16389796,16385130,16387000,16391720,16386832,16392400,16386747],"score":6,"time":1518709488,"title":"Ask HN: Which IDE you use and why?","type":"story"}],[16355638,{"by":"giampo","descendants":2,"id":16355638,"kids":[16355739,16355640],"score":4,"text":"Seems like it's been a while since this was asked. Curious as to changes in the market.","time":1518395147,"title":"Ask HN: What's your salary / hourly rate?","type":"story"}],[16354391,{"by":"andher","descendants":3,"id":16354391,"kids":[16360591,16354654,16354521],"score":1,"text":"There have been numerous threads about the kinds of books that the folks of HN read, and I've enjoyed going through those answers. What technical / no-technical books are you wanting to grok this month?","time":1518378779,"title":"Ask HN: What books are you reading, Feb 2018","type":"story"}],[16342192,{"by":"earenndil","descendants":24,"id":16342192,"kids":[16343752,16342704,16342755,16342256,16343655,16342788,16354606,16344674,16344149,16343608,16343352,16343432,16344530,16347343,16343818,16343663,16343549],"score":53,"time":1518198180,"title":"Ask HN: What other websites/forums do you use that are of similar quality to HN?","type":"story"}],[16339598,{"by":"franze","descendants":29,"id":16339598,"kids":[16342261,16341026,16342830,16342576,16342366,16353376,16339991,16339663,16341772,16350843,16342188,16345179,16349145,16363747,16343623,16345371,16339816,16339838,16342777,16349813,16342517],"score":21,"time":1518178224,"title":"Ask HN: MacOS High Sierra – Update or Not to Update?","type":"story"}],[16340591,{"by":"sharemywin","descendants":2,"id":16340591,"kids":[16341011],"score":3,"time":1518188411,"title":"Ask HN: Have you used a virtual assistant? was it helpful?","type":"story"}],[16332586,{"by":"Red_Tarsius","descendants":1,"id":16332586,"kids":[16332863],"score":2,"text":"One month ago we shared our aspirations for 2018. How are you holding up?

> Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16044255

> Ask HN: What Are Your New Years Resolutions or 2018 Goals? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16022339","time":1518103279,"title":"Ask HN: How is your New Year's resolution going?","type":"story"}],[16324423,{"by":"Encaladus","descendants":8,"id":16324423,"kids":[16324812,16325008,16324433,16324490],"score":1,"text":"I'm curious to know if people use services such as Codementor and Hackhands. If yes, why and how often? If no, why not?","time":1518012217,"title":"Have you payed for coding help?","type":"story"}],[16324014,{"by":"CaterinaRutter","descendants":28,"id":16324014,"kids":[16324783,16324544,16332120,16344348,16324080,16332068,16324228,16325543,16337403,16324446,16325367,16325067,16325323],"score":12,"text":"Please, recommend some tools for building a web app to someone who has no technical skills and got no tech co-founder, or budget to hire one.","time":1518007441,"title":"Ask HN: What to do when you have no tech founder?","type":"story"}],[16310484,{"by":"siddharthdeswal","descendants":3,"id":16310484,"kids":[16312368,16310973,16311605],"score":4,"text":"When they're in conflict, what is more important... "speaking the language of your customer" or "not using any jargon"? Why?","time":1517852919,"title":"Ask HN: “Speak in the language of your customer” or “don't use jargon”?","type":"story"}],[16303579,{"by":"sosilkj","descendants":2,"id":16303579,"kids":[16304285,16303600],"score":3,"text":"I've been a salaried software engineer for several years (multiple employers). My current employer is rolling out an "effort tracking" initiative which is managed in part by a dedicated team of PMP-type folks. We are being asked to enter hours into this system, to help track project costs, etc.

Is this a sign that things are not good financially where I work? I'm not sure what to think.

I'm curious to hear opinions others have on the subject.","time":1517764335,"title":"Ask HN: Thoughts on being required to log time in an effort-tracking system?","type":"story"}],[16303844,{"by":"frag","descendants":4,"id":16303844,"kids":[16304353,16304274],"score":2,"time":1517767093,"title":"Ask HN: What programming editor do you use (and why)?","type":"story"}],[16302889,{"by":"dvanwag","descendants":44,"id":16302889,"kids":[16303709,16303646,16303683,16303570,16303478,16303749,16303620,16303611,16303516,16303924,16303583,16323661,16304671,16304864,16334853,16303855,16303645,16303633,16303732,16303933,16304690,16304623,16303567,16302942,16306978,16303747,16303590,16303676,16303586,16303801,16303661,16303639,16303926,16303693,16303068,16303731,16304742,16304108,16303853],"score":13,"text":"Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore? What is your favorite/Best one if so?","time":1517755490,"title":"Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?","type":"story"}],[16298943,{"by":"eliotpeper","descendants":6,"id":16298943,"kids":[16299880,16299272,16299975],"score":8,"text":"We have been hosting a Ugandan refugee in our home in Oakland for the past 9 months and he wants to learn how to code.

Where is the best place for him to start from absolute scratch? What resources can we point him to? Who can help?","time":1517684190,"title":"What is the best way to learn to code from absolute scratch?","type":"story"}],[16289763,{"by":"amorphous","descendants":15,"id":16289763,"kids":[16289796,16291032,16290202,16293292,16294395,16289805,16294238,16294881,16294502,16297591],"score":26,"text":"I'd like to shift my development focus on a particular business domain. I have the technical skills but have never work in that industry. I would like to talk to insiders to figure out how I could help them.

My idea is to cold email people and ask for their time. So far I haven't had any success with this.

Has anyone tried this before?","time":1517570646,"title":"Ask HN: Does cold outreach actually work?","type":"story"}]]

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