Intersting Links from Hacker News - 2008-01-28

• The power of small teams
• Apparently MochiKit has build in support for deferreds which I have only seen in the Twisted Python framework which is pretty sweet.
• Maatkit makes MySQL easier and safer to manage. This might suck or be super cool but it seemed interesting.
• Principal-agent problem
• Being more than programmers. (this yielded the link above)
• Consistency and availability in Amazon’s Dynamo
• Exchange vs Open Source
• Why Software Engineering Sucks
• Hack && Ship
• Teen goalie designs pads to trick shots
• It would be cool to have this for buffalo
• Crazy dashboard of now
• Why bad taste rules in business endeavors, and why that's a problem for creative industries.
• Innovate Like Chris Rock
• Hilarious
• Great info about the pilot that landed in the Hudson