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Announcing Topaz: A New Ruby
Original EnglishEven if 50% of your app is spent hitting DB, you have opportunity to speed up the other 50% and it's likely far easier.
Make Money Online: Documenting 10 Years of Failure
Original EnglishBut after 5 years the parent company of our client killed the entire affiliate program.
How Running A Business Changes The Way You Think
Original EnglishWe've grown swiftly over the last 5 years, and have gone from clients with turnovers ~£100k to clients with turnovers ~£30M.
I made $200K and PayPal locked my account
Original Englishwe pay sales tax and income tax and don't get to vote or a path to citizenship in less then 20 years. …
The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer
Original Englishthe $2 on my game before I switched to a "fremium" model (where the ratings ended up higher, but the income lower). …
How Not To Sell Software in 2012
Original EnglishI learned there that where consumer services (low monthly recurring cost) could be sold online sight unseen, customers requiring business-level services (high monthly recurring cost) …
Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork
Original EnglishI really dislike WP Engine because they ruined Flywheel, one of the best companies I’ve ever dealt with (and to which I paid tens of …
'A Test You Need to Fail': A Teacher's Open Letter to Her 8th Grade Students
Original EnglishDon't get me wrong - most of the standardized tests we use today follow the exact same approach to testing as they did 50 years …
Ask HN: What's left for early startup engineers as the company grows?
Original Englishwe've been profitable for nearly a decade, a SaaS service since 2002, and we do about 100k/mo in revenue.