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  [231 points] Show /hn/: I ripped off an existing product  
  and added Bootstrap to it.
 
  "[some program/service] in Javascript" - 6075 comments

  Why [obscure framework] is the next [industry
  standard framework].

  Hacker, entrepreneur, genius, lifestyle blogger, CEO of
  Whoof! Pastebin for dog owners and pixel.io image-resizing
  service made entirely in Go.

Startup culture in a nutshell.

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Haha, at risk of completely fitting the stereotype 4chan is setting out for us:

*Silicon Valley startup culture.

It is very different in other places, really!

*HN culture

As an Australian, my viewpoint into Silicon Valley culture is through HackerNews. What are the main differences then?

Yeah, as a Canadian startup person, my impression of the SV startup scene is largely shaped by what I see on HN, although I do personally know a few people who've participated themselves and what their report seems to correlate.

Well, not everyone here is ripping off existing products and adding Bootstrap to them. :) A few startups working on other things are...

https://angel.co/boosted-boards

https://angel.co/counsyl

https://angel.co/crowdmed

Agreed. When actually spending time in Silicon Valley I found out about a bunch of companies who basically never show up on Hacker News except for Who's Hiring threads because they're too busy with actual technology to brag about web-frontends.

That first one is my post! Haha. Can't believe someone noticed it.

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