TalSafran

Thanks for checking it out! Huge fan of Domainr.

Ha, at work and didn't feel like Googling. This Wikipedia thing is good!

Sounds like a good idea (I wrote the CLI).

Wish there was a list out there with all the quirky registration rules. I've also been thinking about adding prices.

Thanks for checking it out!

One of the most-requested features! I'll get on that as soon as I get some other critical stuff in.

As someone who did last year's Fellowship program, I couldn't be happier. HackNY is keeping kids off the street - Wall Street.

PS - it's random. Keep refreshing until you get the answer you like.

For a web startup, why would you look for an office and employees before having a product?

heh. Maybe I should reiterate, this time with only a caps :)

LEARNING to program, with the goal of building a prototype or MVP to attract interest (investors, better devs) is not hard.

Programming WELL, as in solving large technical problems, is obviously hard. But how many founders stay on as technical leads?

Not many.

I saw Dennis Crowley (of Foursquare) speak a few weeks ago. He and Naveen built the prototype and as soon as they generated some interest, they hired Harry to be the dev lead so he could "fix up their crappy code."

The code for your prototype is allowed to be crappy. It probably SHOULD.

LEARN IT YOURSELF. IT'S NOT HARD.

I am a developer that hangs out in startup circles and I get approached several times a week by "idea / business people" if I'm interested in joining a venture as a technical co-founder. My answer so far has always been no.

It's very hard to convince someone that your idea is golden. Even if you do find a co-founder, it's even harder to instill your ideology and passion into them. You should be founding projects with people you know already, not strangers. You don't want an employee -- you want a missionary.

Many non-technical people seem to think that developers lack creativity and need their guidance. What gave them this illusion? The majority of great web products came from people who could write a prototype. Do that and you'll attract attention from developers who will want to join your project.

Writing a prototype is not rocket science, and if you'll try it, you'll also see that programming is very fun and rewarding. Kate Ray hits the nail on the head -- all you need is regular old hard work. I started programming when I was 12 and it's not because I'm Doogie Howser. I just wanted to learn it, so I did.

DCoder, I posted the original question on Stack-O. It's sending a request and getting 200 OK but is not actually removing the tag. Have you gotten it to actually work?