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Lessons from building nine startups in 2023
Original EnglishIt immediately went viral and I managed to sell it for a decent bump to my income. 5 figures.
Why we kept our startup in Australia
Original EnglishDo not get me started, yes getting a business setup is easy but the fun begins when you realize you are in for a lot …
Airbnb: Building a Visual Language, Behind the scenes of our new design system
Original EnglishThe most recent example - I realize it is a beta feature - "Smart" pricing (I use quotes because I would more likely use 'dumb').
Pastie.org host pulls hosting after DDoS attack
Original Englishcommits for "Joe's Web Hosting" might only be 1.5gig on each 10gig circuit, so that cuts down pricing a lot right there.
The Software Paradox: The Rise and Fall of the Commercial Software Market [pdf]
Original EnglishWe launched in December 2012 our offline desktop software product for business and freelancers (niche market with a TAM of about 100,000 users) only as …
Beeper Mini is now open-source
Original EnglishWhen possible, I use chat clients that work well for them, because otherwise we can’t share quality photos with each other.
CoreCLR building on ARM
Original EnglishVisual Studio 2015 Community is a full-featured world-class IDE that's now free (edit: for OSS or Companies with <$1M Revenue) - which I've now moved …
Ask HN: Cost of living across the world (Ramen PPP Index for hackers)
Original EnglishI worked for people in the US - a few clients and would make about 15K per year USD.
When Free Software Depends on Nonfree
Original EnglishRevenues grew a lot (monthly MRR growth is 242% higher than before) and we can invest more in the development of the open source product.