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Codebase Refactoring with Go
Original EnglishIt makes their live easier, yes, but they can do without.
Deno KV internals: building a database for the modern web
Original EnglishI also used it in Production with FoundationDB on Deno Deploy.
The Lack of Open Tooling for FPGAs
Original EnglishProjects fork out several thousand dollars for tools licenses because revenue for the finished product is in the millions of dollars.
Ask HN: Side Projects Gone Big
Original EnglishI launched in May 2006 and was profitable since day one, enough so that I abandoned consulting by Jan 2007. …
Glider, Mac Classic game, open-sourced
Original EnglishTo find out that I could have gotten it for $99 academic pricing.
We will no longer use the phrase “zero knowledge” to describe our software
Original EnglishI'm a paying customer and I use SpiderOak for some non-critical backup/synchronization tasks but I refrain from using it for anything sensitive because of this.
Ask HN: Those who've joined a friend's startup as an employee, how did that go?
Original EnglishIn my second year in college, I started to freelance and had a decent income.
Why we shut down a product that was $75,000/year profitable
Original Englishthe "I bootstrapped my company to profitability and success!" blog posts, because in most instances, the owner is making $50K/year and can't afford to hire …
Meanwhile, at code.org
Original EnglishI'm sorry, but this is a field were our median income is 50% more than the median income of the rest of the country.