Why I love the Startup Community
Just yesterday I announced my new PHP search website on Hacker News. Not only did I get a great reception I received lots of good honest feedback which allowed me to iterate and create a better experience.
All good stuff. The best however was yet to come. One of the things I wanted to do was use DuckDuckGo’s !bang syntax which I think is totally awesome for quick searches where the general search engine dosn’t come up with the goods. In the spirit of the community I asked Gabriel Weinburg if I could borrow his syntax to integrate. The exact response? “np! I’d be flattered 
” The best was yet to come. Assuming that SearchForPHP is doing a better job of search then php.net Gabriel has integrated his !php syntax to point at my site!
This is the community I want to belong to for as long as I live. People doing cool stuff just because its cool. People helping each other out because its the ethical thing to do. People just being part of a community that grows and nurtures, without flames putdown’s, fear or resentment.
A big shout out to Gabriel, to everyone on Hacker News and anyone else involved in the startup world. I feel I have a second home