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That's a strange usage for "proprietary" since it's all free and open source (MIT). Either way, the nodejs child_process module is really just a light weight wrapper to execvp():

http://linux.die.net/man/3/execvp

I haven't dug through the source for tools like monit, daemontools, but I'm sure near the metal they're using POSIX or similar system APIs.

EDIT: There's really no reason Forever has to be node specific, I actually say that in the article:

"Honestly, it's a one line fix here (https://github.com/indexzero/forever/blob/master/lib/forever...), but I'm not sure if users want to put 'node' in-front of every command."

I'll file your comment as a +1 for that feature ;)

When did you last check with him? I've been running w/o a separate server (effectively) for ~3 months.

Thanks. If you dig in a little deeper you can see I use optimist for the CLI parsing :)

In the next version I'd like to expose a web service and also have hooks for doing things like sending emails when forever restarts a process.

Although I almost never comment on HN, I thought I'd chime in because well, all I do is node.js at Nodejitsu.

For CouchDB clients, I find cradle to be the best (http://github.com/cloudhead/cradle). Besides Alexis (cloudhead) being pretty responsive to fixes and new features, its a high-level Couch library as opposed some of the other offerings out there.

Before, I go too much more into I'll finish up by saying this isn't really the best place to ask this question. Jump into the #node.js channel on IRC and a bunch of people would be more than happy to answer your question.

I think I speak for a lot of people in the NYC startup community when I say trying to work with NYC Seed last year left a bad taste in my mouth.

Read the wording they use very carefully: "up to 20" (i.e. could be no one). Last year they decided to just give 250k to two startups instead of going with their real "incubator" strategy. I've heard one of those two startups already went belly-up.

I think that there is a lot of stigma around Microsoft based platforms. But imo C# 4.0 is one of the most innovative languages out there right now. With Mono supporting all of C# 4.0 features (ExpressionTrees and all) I would say, if you're not using it give it another look. My ideal .NET stack doesn't have ".NET" in it at all:

C# 4.0 HAML LESS MongoDB

I'm in NYC. Right by Shake Shack. There's a monthly HN meetup that's always good

You should look into integrating the Songbird Web API. It's worked really well for places like the Hype Machine and SkeemR. http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Developer_Intro/Webpa...

I don't see how this is any different from Kevin Rose's wefollow (www.wefollow.com)

I would make your "free to try" option a bit more prevalent. I almost left the site before I saw it in that small text on the lower left. It will probably help your bounce rate if you try to get people using it ASAP.

What's your anti-RIAA (read copywritten material) story? Seems like a good idea (I'm about to try it out), but seems like a slipperly legal slope.

Pseudocode is an informal representation of an algorithm using informal language. Not only is that copyrightable since it is an original work, but I would also argue that it could be patentable because the underlying algorithm is patentable.

This actually happens to by my birthday, so I'm definitely down to start things off right.

I'll be there!