Paul, I would like to thank you for building this site. I realize that this site is vary good press/PR for YC, but the value that its providing to me personally is incredible and the interactivity has me hooked. This is the best site that I have come across in the past 2 years.

YC news is really the best thing that has happened. You know when I got rejected from Y, I was upset. But learning from the rejection, I finally found a 'hacker' to add to the team and now we're brainstorming away.

So yes, the Y, its news and 'rejection' was a very good thing. Not to mention reading some really great comments from the community itself.

I agree, I've learned at least 1 tip a week that has helped me get better at doing things in my life.

This is really a good site to read. I hope it does not get spammed.

It's been great for me to meet other like-minded developers. Some of the guys I've met here I probably wouldn't have come across otherwise. That's been a huge value for me along with the shared knowledge on how to solve particular problems.

I suppose this really is the best alternative for someone so far from the valley or cambridge. Lots of nuggets in these archives. I hope everyone appreciates the power of what is happening here.

Agreed, although I usually skip items with the word "startup" in them - I'm too old for that :) The rest is great.