Andrew Warner's Mixergy Celebrates 1,000th interview
One of the reasons Mixergy took off is the Hacker News community helped me.<p>I used to call up people who complained about my work on HN. I wasn't mad at them. I really wanted to get feedback, and I knew there were smart people on this site.<p>I got my guests from here too. Somewhere in the comment archive, you'll see Derek Sivers agreeing to do an interview because I responded to his HN comment about offering to help people in this community.<p>When I moved to Argentina and didn't know anyone, I organized a Hacker News meetup. I made more than startup/work friends. I met people like Chad DePue, whose family became close with me and my wife.<p>I know we talk about improving the comments on HN, and I'm always for improvement, but there's a huge amount of value here right now. And there has been for years.<p>I know this could sound sappy, but thank you Hacker News.