Hacker News on 30 September 2011

• “I hate almost all software” — Ryan Dahl
• Try Python, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, QBasic, Forth ...
• Write your app in HTML5, upload it and get back app-store ready apps
• Single psilocybin dose may make lasting personality change
• Sharding and IDs at Instagram
• Amazon in talks with HP to buy Palm
• MIT’s ‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlight
• Client asks for 100% uptime
• The Slashdot Effect from the Other Side
• How to Give Your Product Personality