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Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?
Original EnglishAs I mentioned, I can't say anything about Denmark, but I spent 5 years with this setup in France.
Why is selling software so weird?
Original EnglishFor me, we started out mitigating risk by writing customized software others paid for.
Ask HN: What projects are you working on?
Original EnglishIt's still in its infancy, but we have a couple of paying customers and are trying to get feedback from as many people as we …
Stratus: Servers that won’t quit – The 24 year running computer
Original EnglishIdeally, a PCI-based guard that forces it to only talk to the application's memory instead of rest of system.
Ask HN: Have you created a programming language and why?
Original Englishwe did a lot of consulting with the banks to get the initial modesl setup, which was good for providing income, but bad in the …
Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies
Original EnglishThen we added eligibility, and it turned out to be insanely profitable.
Criminals can guess Visa number and security code in six seconds, experts find
Original Englishthe SMS protection because it would harm sales and the platform would sometimes completely crash. …
A blog as a client doorway: show what you solve
A consultant treats a blog as a personal brand and reports attracting client leads through Google and YC.
Write for prospective clients with specific problems.
Ask HN: How to find part-time developer work?
Original EnglishI spent 3 years of hard work networking and selling myself, but the last 3 contracts I had were acquired by people in that networking …