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Why Europe? Did you consider moving production to Mexico or Canada instead to keep your delivery time lower?

Hi Peter, suppose a Canadian founder got denied at the border for a B-2 visa and was asked to bring proof that they are not participating in the US labour market (ie. hiring in the US which they are not doing, they are just visiting their S/O). What kind of documents would constitute this proof?

Thank you for doing these AMAs, it's really appreciated and very helpful.

The right incentives would motivate bug hunting, it entirely depends on company management. Most competent senior devs I’ve worked with spend a great deal of time carefully reading through PRs that involve critical changes. In either case, the question is not whether humans tend to act a certain way, but whether they are capable of skillfully performing a task.

This reads like an ad. (That being said, I've only ever used budget carriers and they've worked fine for the most part.)

Thank you, really appreciate it!

Hi Peter, could frequent US visits (B2 visa, once every few weeks) affect the L1 visa process at all?

Many of the negative effects of social media and phone use seem to point to infinite feeds of content as the root cause. I spent my teens scrolling a Facebook feed that largely consisted of updates from my friends (with a few meme pages sprinkled in between). Most of my time was spent reacting to posts and engaging in lively discussions in long comment threads instead of passively viewing content, and the feed didn't randomly reshuffle itself the way it does now so you'd naturally stop scrolling once you'd caught up with the day's updates. I actually felt closer to my friends as a result. Using BeReal feels like using Facebook in its earlier days because it has a finite feed, and it seems to be the only social media app that encourages you to engage with people instead of content.

Some things should not be made.

From personal experience, the gender disparity can feel daunting but it gets easier once you start building your network in the industry and getting more experience. In my days as an intern, some of my first mentors were women software engineers with exceptional technical abilities who were indispensable to their teams. Lots of colleges have clubs for women in tech where you can meet and be mentored by other women, and many tech companies have placed a heavy focus on hiring and retaining strong talent from underrepresented groups including women.

As for women to look up to, I don't have an exhaustive list but here are a few that come to mind:

- Sandi Metz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZh5LMaSmE

- Melanie Perkins, co-founder of Canva

- Ella Ehrlich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P974enLU6XE

Also, YC keeps a list of all of their women-founded companies (there are a lot more than you might expect): https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/women-founders

Curious if you've heard about socially-induced Tourette-like behaviours? There was a HN post about it not too long ago, one of the signs was sudden onset later in life: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33878155