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speakbin · on Dec 15, 2011

It's better for the overall ecosystem. Higher quality apps means more time spent on your phone. If we can't duplicate the features of the app that aren't domain-specific, it results in an overall worse feel for the end user.

speakbin · on June 15, 2011

Ok, but wasn't MySpace in ColdFusion? I don't know if they had anything today that is scalable on their backend.

Was NoSQL around back then? They're right about the custom hacking that is required and that Facebook does (i.e. MySQL).

Good web technologies existed at the time. They may have not had Rails or Django but servlets were certainly an option.

mikeryan · on June 15, 2011

Ok, but wasn't MySpace in ColdFusion?

That's like saying Facebook is PHP or Twitter is Rails. Sure it started that way but when the shit hit the fan they probably went heavy and deep into lower level languages working much closer to the metal to solve the problems they were having.

rmason · on June 15, 2011

He stated they had a third of the number of servers as Facebook back when the two were roughly equal. They were running on the older pre-java based ColdFusion 5. I'd say they scaled pretty well regardless of your opinion of the service.

kenjackson · on June 15, 2011

They moved to ASP.NET in 2005 and used SQL Server. See http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Projects-Networks-and-Storage...

speakbin · on June 14, 2011

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=69487

speakbin · on April 30, 2011

I don't like the all caps text. Looks a little pixelated to me.

Also, facebook should probably be capitalized.

Good luck.

BenVoss · on April 30, 2011

That's a good point. A switch in the font face could be easier to read.

speakbin · on April 21, 2011

Good idea I'd probably use it.

speakbin · on March 22, 2011

It's kind of bullshit. Too many people see YC as the be all end all.

dglassan · on March 22, 2011

Techcrunch has changed over the years and does not cover a whole lot of the early stage funding that I used to love reading about. The dominant topics on Techcrunch now are Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Groupon, etc....

It's a shame that smaller startups don't get as much coverage on Techcrunch anymore, but hopefully others will step in to fill the gaps. TheStartupFoundry looks promising though!

nearix · on March 22, 2011

Yup. And this post will never be heard anyway...

nickfos · on March 22, 2011

Nearix, there is no conspiracy here. By the way I don't have any connection to YC whatsoever. HN is not your normal tech news site. You and I, although not related to HN, have the chance to address an issue. There is no "editor".

However as already mentioned by other users, it is normal for people that are closer to YC, to cause a viral effect for people they know.

I suppose that what we have to consider(as general users of this site), is if we get valuable information from this site. I have been reading HN for about 2 years and I believe, it has been a good source of information. As all sources of information you have to consider the articles that are more relevant to you. Being "top" ranked in HN will not make your startup/application better if it doesn't benefit the user.

speakbin · on March 20, 2011

Hey digital,

If you are interested, we could give you some API URLs to work with our JSON API at SpeakBin.com - we're an audio recording platform that integrates with Facebook and Twitter. We could use an iPhone app - if you're interested in getting on board drop an e-mail to dev@speakbin.com - I'll get back to you ASAP.