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Engineers suck at finding the right jobs
Original EnglishI spent five years working on a non-profit web site that was used by more than 80k people a day.
Show HN: Sourcetrail – Get productive on unfamiliar source code
Original EnglishSo this tool (at the $100 self employment pricing) is a nice fit for a tool I'm on the fence about.
Ask HN: Small product, single founder success stories?
Original EnglishI've been running the service for 2.5 years, and I'm up to about 900 paying customers.
Ask HN: Your Passive Income Suggestions?
Original EnglishI launched my Amazon affiliate site about a year-and-a-half ago and its earnings have increased by about $100 per month with December being the first …
Amazon guts affiliate program, cuts fees for electronics in half
Original English2.5% of revenue sounds unbelievably cheap to generate an actual trackable order.
Dear Programmer, I have an idea
Original EnglishSo I worked with programmers who are partners on the project, ie they get paid much less than they would in a normal gig, but …
Louis CK's self distributed special up to 1MM revenue in 12 days
Original EnglishHe's in the top 96%, and will be paying a higher tax rate on that $220,000 than the 1% pays on their billions because it …
The Marketing Behind MongoDB
Original EnglishThere may upfront cost to learning how an RDMS and SQL work in the first place, but once you're familiar with them, they'll be faster …
Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
Original EnglishCall it what you will, but a lot of people seem to disagree with per-repository pricing for small low-usage repositories, just because they are private.