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Life's too short to write shitty software
Original EnglishI quit my job 2 years ago after I saved enough money to live on for a year (which took 4 years).
Amon - server monitoring, simplified logging and error tracking for web apps
Original EnglishThe pricing model is fundamentally different than services like Server Density, New Relic, Scout, etc in that you pay per major version, rather than per-month.
The failure of the Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee
Original EnglishI didn't get paid a lot, but it was easy work sitting in a car listening to the radio all evening.
Ask HN: How are lean startups easily accepting CC payments?
Original EnglishThere's a >10% conversion rate gap between different checkout flows I've tested on one of my ecommerce sites.
Every freelancer starts out undervaluing their work
Original EnglishI rarely switch clients (usually clients prefer to work with me full-time and even more), I use per-hour rate (because 100% of clients I had …
Stripe Data vs. Open‐Source Alternatives: A MRR Example
Original EnglishCurrently we use a processor agnostic billing engine - sticky.io - but they were purchased by private equity and are doing private equity things.
KillBill – Open-Source Subscription Billing and Payment Platform
Original EnglishBut when it's running your billing and it's driving $100,000 or $1 million a month in revenue then it's looked at from an entirely different …
Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
Original EnglishSo, very likely, you'll be spending more than 1/3 of your income on rent in metro Paris, if you earn 50k, so a greater fraction …
A retired product can leave an active workflow behind
A former Yahoo Pipes enthusiast built an RSS mashup tool to revisit a workflow they missed.
Retired products offer demand clues, but nostalgia is not willingness to pay.