Ask Hacker News Weekly

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2016-08-21 -- 2016-08-27

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending August 27, 2016 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What has been your experience with TopTal (and other similar agencies)?
  
• Ask HN: Is there a mapping of HN usernames to well known people in tech?
  
• Amazon Prime putting in commercials
  
• Ask HN: Why has the downvoting timelimit been reduced?
  
• Ask HN: Are open vacation policies a scam?
  
• Ask HN: How much do you make at a remote job?
  
• Ask HN: Failed interview, feeling unemployable and depressed – what do I do?
  
• Ask HN: Is there any US bank with a sandbox or API?
  
• Offer HN: Free logo design for an open source project
  
• Ask HN: Early signs that a company is failing?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2016-08-14 -- 2016-08-20

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending August 20, 2016 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What keeps you from exercising?
  
• Ask HN: How to get out of Tech and still make a decent living?
  
• Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? (2016)
  
• Ask HN: Good tech blogs to read
  
• Ask HN: How to prepare for a Front-end Developer interview?
  
• Ask HN: How have you left Google's services?
  
• Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?
  
• Ask HN: What is the most useful script for your business or startup?
  
• Ask HN: Best passive income method for a solo developer?
  
• Ask HN: How to best interview a candidate?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2016-08-07 -- 2016-08-13

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending August 13, 2016 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?
  
• Ask HN: What book impacted your life the most and how?
  
• We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA
  
• Ask HN: 8 years working, now 3-4 months off to learn. Looking for advice
  
• Ask HN: What are good reads for designing APIs?
  
• Ask HN: How have you achieved financial independence?
  
• Ask HN: What is the future of back-end development?
  
• Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main machines?
  
• Ask HN: Did some of you try the digital nomad lifestyle and not like it?
  
• Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for personal use?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2016-07-31 -- 2016-08-06

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending August 06, 2016 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What's on your RSS reader?
  
• Why don't companies use FreeBSD as much in production as Linux?
  
• Ask HN: Location-independent entrepreneurs, where do you live and why?
  
• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)
  
• Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2016)
  
• Ask HN: Do you still play with VR actively?
  
• Ask HN: How do I write a resume after five years of a startup?
  
• Ask HN: Chances for mature newbie
  
• Ask HN: How much job hopping is acceptable?
  
• Ask HN: How do you get notified about newest research papers in your field?