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Launch HN: Trellis (YC W24) – AI-powered workflows for unstructured data
Original EnglishWe charge 25x more, but customers have a perfect tailor-made solution and a high ROI.
Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name
Original EnglishAfter a few months I paid a cyber-squatter (if that is still the appropriate term) $1600 for the .com version of our name and I …
Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000
Original EnglishWe've tried to keep the price of edits low at $5 as a service to our customers because in early testing, we came across this …
The Mythical IO-Bound Rails App
Original EnglishAt one point I shaved almost 20% off TTFB just by cutting the setup overhead of all that telemetry, tracing, logging, feature toggle, etc code …
WooThemes joins Automattic
Original EnglishOk, I made it sound simpler than it can be for users but as developers, it is absolute pleasure when I can setup a client …
New U.S. immigration rules spur more visa approvals for STEM workers
Original EnglishWe hired a person with a MechE degree with experience working at JPL into our customer support because they are so in love with the …
MLB.com is using my Google Analytics code
Original Englishthe code that I'd been building for the past 6 years and offered a nice little side business to clients in his area. …
Ask HN: Is it still conceivable to remain an anonymous developer nowadays?
Original EnglishI used said prepaid credit card to sign up to the VPN, paying for 3 years - under the assumption the card is burned.
We Hired a Blind Coder
Original Englishbut once I have my mental model, I'm potentially faster than someone who has to have things in front of them to refer to. …