Hacker News on 1 October 2009

• Example of a good YC application video: Directed Edge
• Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for The Man
• Rails Idioms + Django Templates + Erlang Power = Chicago Boss
• Ask HN: What's in your .vimrc file?
• Ask HN: What's in your .emacs file?
• An Engineer's Guide to Bandwidth
• Ask YC: Any network gurus want a paid holiday?
• LYSP (a really tiny lisp)
• The end of AI winter?
• Kashiwa Mystery Cafe