HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

31.

Joel Spolsky: Don't Leave The Industry (You Whining Emo Girl) (discuss.joelonsoftware.com)

106 points by tptacek on Dec 28, 2008 | 110 comments

32.

GitHub Launches Pages: Static Project and Personal Hosting (github.com)

106 points by defunkt on Dec 18, 2008 | 35 comments

33.

How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days (by the World of Goo people) (gamasutra.com)

104 points by pchristensen on Dec 23, 2008 | 11 comments

34.

Join reddit, xkcd, dtoid, ars technica & more - donate your hacker skills to non-profits (feedaneed.org)

102 points by kn0thing on Dec 17, 2008 | 29 comments

35.

Scott Adams explains CDOs (dilbert.com)

102 points by sanj on Dec 13, 2008 | 14 comments

36.

Using an automated day trader to generate income (fattyfatfat.com)

101 points by fbbwsa on Dec 8, 2008 | 97 comments

37.

Burning out on Capistrano (Jamis Buck) (groups.google.com)

101 points by swombat on Dec 7, 2008 | 37 comments

38.

Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce (venturebeat.com)

100 points by jmorin007 on Dec 1, 2008 | 148 comments

39.

Reason: Why poor countries are poor. (reason.com)

97 points by jyothi on Dec 2, 2008 | 119 comments

40.

Why Git is Better Than X (whygitisbetterthanx.com)

97 points by schacon on Dec 1, 2008 | 68 comments

41.

Do you debug your website? A small unimportant bug can have huge consequences. (kalzumeus.com)

96 points by swombat on Dec 2, 2008 | 45 comments

42.

A fisherman throws his anchor into the water. What happens to the water level of the lake? (feynmanlectures.info)

93 points by tsally on Dec 1, 2008 | 45 comments

43.

Ask YC: Review our new product (cleanupdata.com)

92 points by avibryant on Dec 1, 2008 | 59 comments

44.

Scrapy: New Python web crawling & scraping framework (built on Twisted) (dev.scrapy.org)

92 points by lunchbox on Dec 28, 2008 | 19 comments

45.

Diary of a Failed Startup: Aftermath (diffle-history.blogspot.com)

91 points by nostrademons on Dec 9, 2008 | 22 comments

46.

"You're stealing from people who count on your honesty to make a living." (img171.imageshack.us)

90 points by makimaki on Dec 17, 2008 | 75 comments

47.

Tell HN: Merry Christmas

90 points by Anon84 on Dec 25, 2008 | 44 comments

48.

Be Yourself (blog.twitpic.com)

87 points by iamdave on Dec 20, 2008 | 23 comments

49.

Native Client: Google's craziest idea yet (weblog.infoworld.com)

86 points by ccraigIW on Dec 18, 2008 | 39 comments

50.

Evolution of Mona Lisa in JavaScript & Canvas (alteredqualia.com)

85 points by bd on Dec 9, 2008 | 40 comments

51.

How To Be Creative (gapingvoid.com)

85 points by rms on Dec 31, 2008 | 19 comments

52.

A Defense of Philosophy (against Paul Graham) (jsomers.net)

84 points by jsomers on Dec 20, 2008 | 93 comments

53.

Clickpass (YC S07) is being acquired (blog.clickpass.com)

84 points by jbenz on Dec 19, 2008 | 22 comments

54.

Java in College: "You might as well be teaching Chinese to a monkey." (pshaw.wordpress.com)

83 points by bprater on Dec 19, 2008 | 142 comments

55.

Zed Shaw's Son of Sam Email Server: Write Email Apps in a Modern Style (zedshaw.com)

83 points by mqt on Dec 6, 2008 | 37 comments

56.

Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley (sec.online.wsj.com)

81 points by prakash on Dec 22, 2008 | 98 comments

57.

Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) (picwing.com)

81 points by edawerd on Dec 20, 2008 | 72 comments

58.

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (bookoutlines.pbwiki.com)