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DeveloperTown
Company blog · developertown.comdesignbusiness
DeveloperTown is the company blog at developertown.com, writing about design and business. Since 2010, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Redesigning Twitch”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link DeveloperTown, an Indianapolis firm that houses programmers and designers together and invests in companies for equity. The links point to the company site, not to any writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
DeveloperTown uses strategy, technology, design, and data science to solve complex business challenges.
Most-linked posts?
- Redesigning Twitch2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-10-13
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-06-30
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-01-29
What Hacker News says?
As I commented on the article: I used to work at DeveloperTown ( http://developertown.com ) in Indianapolis. Their "house" setup is both unique and awesome. Any article discussing office space for programmers and designers needs to reference them.
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on “But Where Do People Work in This Office?”Submitted Developertown: Why Houses? as a story · 89 points
HN discussionDeveloper Town http://www.developertown.com/ in Indiana does something pretty similar. I'm sure there are other but this one popped in my head
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on “Please stop asking how to find a technical co-founder.”Submitted Apple tvOS UI Kit for Sketch as a story · 26 points
HN discussionThis company is interesting. They call themselves a "venture development firm", as in they invest in your company in exchange for equity, like a VC. http://developertown.com What I'm wondering is, how do they eat? Even if this model did work, it'd be on a 10 year time horizon like VCs. Are the Limited Partners (programmers) all wealthy ex-startup people or something? Or do they also charge actual money for their ser…
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on “Developertown: Why Houses?”Submitted The 3 Most Impactful Design/Dev Tools as a story · 12 points
HN discussionhttp://www.developertown.com/
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on “Ask HN: Would you work out of a Costco shed over an open office setup?”Submitted The Password Paradox: Protecting passwords and usability at the same time as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Redesigning Twitch as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mike Cloran's video pitch for DeveloperTown, a novel consulting/funding hybrid as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Best Free Android UI Kit for Sketch as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hamburger Menu, the Most Recognizable Thing on the Planet as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Fight Like a Designer as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Design Thinking Lessons Straight from Conversations with 93 Rock Bands as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to identify, understand and leverage Moments to influence behavior as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted User Friendly? More Like Loser Friendly as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Redesigning Twitch as a story · 1 points
HN discussion