Hacker News on 20 October 2008

• How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time on GitHub
• The Universal Design Pattern
• How Steve Jobs pitches a startup
• Apple responds to "I'm a PC"
• Techies Vs. The Business
• 20 tips for MySQL db architects
• Get Rid of the Performance Review
• Balsamiq's thoughts on software piracy
• DIY: Blender Defender keeps cats off counters.
• The Facebook Platform is dead