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This is what Wt[0] does, but for C++. You can write the whole web application in C++ without writing any Javascript. The homepage of Wt itself is written in Wt. And there is some impressive widgets showcase page at https://www.webtoolkit.eu/widgets

[0] https://webtoolkit.eu

Yeah, could be. As I have seen from my couple of engagements there, it is open for everyone who has a startup and those who want to join a startup. There are both for rookies as well as experienced founders.

I don't know how much effect it has on the quality of the community, but I think it would be wrong(and could even be administratively overwhelming to manage that unless it is a paid forum) to exclude people who are new to the startup world.

I came across a founders group few months ago on Discord which has several text and voice channels that are of interest to startup founders. You could try that. There are more than 820 founders there. The link to the Discord server is: https://discord.gg/MzhGqQC It is a low noise server, which is a plus I think.

You have a seriously impressive profile!

Just out of curiousity, I hope you don't mind me asking, what business do you want to start? Are you working on an idea already?

To @whoisbuilding

How to contact you? I have a suggestion for this effort of yours. It is a nice thing to do, but there are certain things that you need to consider for this.

Cheers

Looks like I will have to settle with the regex used by W3C for validating email input type.

Interesting! Didn't think of that!

> but lookups for self employed people are very limited.

Do self-employed people not have to register their business? I thought everyone who has a business has to register with companies house and file tax return.

If you know C++ and want to develop web apps, then go with Wt[0]. It is not a framework, it is a toolkit. But provides a lot of features out of the box. And the development experience is that of the desktop app development.

[0] https://webtoolkit.eu

That home page is developed in Wt.

What is the size of your front-end that is downloaded by the user's browser?

That is why the first step is introduction to the team members, and then next is pair programming with few of them on the team. This will "warm up" the shy candidate. I myself fall into this category, hence I came up with that sequence of steps :)

> I was going for some Leetcode based exercise

Oh no! Please! It helps neither the candidate nor the company. Will any of the leetcode exercises map to the job the candidate will be interviewing for?

My preferred way is this:

1. Introducing the candidate to all the team members with whom the candidate is going to work, if selected.

2. Pair programming with few of them on actual task or some similar task.

3. Solo programming on a problem that somewhat maps to one of the tasks the team is working on.

4. Asking the candidate to present the solution to the team on the whiteboard and candidate taking questions from them on the presented solution.

5. Vote from the team members on hire/no-hire decision.

This is nice!

I remember reading an article on MSDN(a developer info system - I call it a system because it was also available on CDs as internet was not available everywhere) by a Microsoft employee. The article was titled some what on the lines of "How the marketing teams won over the engineering teams!" The article mentioned a tussle within Microsoft between the marketing and the engineering teams. The engineers were pushing for providing backwards compatibility which slowed them down and took time in providing new things/features that were the next sought after tech. The marketing teams on the otherhand were very frustrated that new sought after tech was not coming out faster so that they can then market it to the world. That tugh-off war was ultimately won by the marketing teams at Microsoft as per the article.

The way I do it is, use "raw" bootstrap+jquery* for development. And before deplyoing, use themes for beautification e.g. https://bootswatch.com

* I am not a front-end developer, so I use the easiest tools for the job.

That was a nice right up and very revealing of how things actually work hidden from the larger public.

Once I met Cory Doctorow at Judge Business School at Cambridge where he gave a very eye-opening lecture on DRM. Got an opportunity to do some small talk with him. It was very interesting.

> They should make their own choices

From what age onwards? And what should they do for choices before that age?

This advice could be against the tide, so may not go down well with some. But if you want to start a business(online or offline, does not matter) you need some luck and preparation. Both luck and help with preparation comes after a lot of networking. Go out(or even online) and talk to people. Talk to people on all sorts of things. And keep your eyes and ears open! You will start listening to or seeing struggles of people, or people talking about someone elses struggle. Sometime you get asked casually if you could help solve an issue(even if you do not have an expertise)! Say yes. Don't think whether you will be able to do it or not. Just say yes, and then start running to make the thing happen. Your network helps here a lot as well. Now you can start reaching out to your network to see if someone will help you solve that issue. Find someone who could. Partner with them. Give then respect by sharing the proceeds of the profit equally. This builds your name in the network and spreads beyond. Now, rinse and repeat this.

As you can see from the above description, starting a business is not a click-of-a-finger activity. It takes a lot of time just to identify a problem that needs solution; and then build that solution.

That should be CCP/IP :)

Ah...okay, did not think of that!

Thank you!

I am not looking for Excel help :) I am trying to learn and understand maths used is Accounting and Finance.

Thank you!

How do you connect with others there?

The rule of thumb of 80 chars, which was(sometimes still is) applied for width, also applies for height: a function should not be more than 24 lines :) If it is greater than that then it needs to be refactored. Helps in readability as one does not have to scroll to read the entire function. Of course these rules came into being when terminals were 80wx24h. This was a guideline for Linux kernel developers for many years.

At one point he use to be fanatic about it. The VIM configuration line specific to linux kernel development originated from that insistance on 80 chars per line in the early days.

The more interesting part of the whole post was this last line:

"More rejections to come!"

That's the spirit! Never give up :)

I have an idea for company and job candidate "virtual online dating" service. The interview process is broken. It is a hit and miss system. Many things can go against both the candidate and the company during an interview process; a good candidate may have a bad day on the day of the interview or the interviewer may have a bad day. A company's interview format may not be suitable for an excellent candidate, the interview process many have nothing to do with the actual work environment and projects the candidate will work on if hired etc. There are lot of issues with the present interview processes.

So the idea is to develop a platform where both candidates and companies can evaluate each other over a longer duration in the "online virtual work environment" setting rather than an artificially designed/borrowed few hours interview process. The project is basically a "show, don't just tell" approach to understanding both the candidate and the company over a period before either the candidate or the company approaches with a proposal to move to the next step.

Anyone interested in this idea? You will find my email on my HN profile page if you want to brainstorm this idea and work together.

You bloody not only owe me a keyboard but the whole freaking computer!

Russia actually did try to come close to EU(more specifically the West, which includes the US). This was before the US invaded Afghanistan. Russia started co-operation with the NATO on information sharing regarding the terrorist activities in the AfPak region. And also provided some logistical support. In return Putin not only wanted to be part of NATO, but also wanted close collaboration with the West on all matters from finance, tech, media etc. Basically Putin was trying to integrate Russia with the West. Unfortunately, that co-operation was ended once the invasion of Afghanistan started. Putin might have felt that he was used. He went back and started a "modern-style" warfare against the West i.e. cybercrime, social media propoganda, taking down of Russian-origin collaborators of the West etc. This was very well presented in a documentary I saw few years ago on the analysis of Russia's political maneuvering against the West. Unfortunately I am not able to recall the name of that documentary.

> My funding goal is approximately 160'000Euro and I could break-even and return investment in approximately 2 to 6 months.

The way you have put it, it looks like you don't require angel investors. They do not work this way. What you need is a bank loan, which will not cut into your business ownership and at the same time you will get the required funds(with your claim of returning the money back in 2-6 months!)

Have you tried business loan with your local banks?