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Ask HN: PayPal dismissed my claim, saying I didn't provide evidence (yet I did)
Original EnglishAnyway over the years we have had various customers who for whatever reason decided they regretted paying us after the fact.
My life in Accenture before startups
Original EnglishI used a few hundred k of seed funding and a team of 4 to build a web app over about 4 months.
Free Software Foundation issues statement on new iPhone models from Apple
Original EnglishI enjoy this setup immensely, but if you search through my comment history you will see that I am very critical of it when talking …
Great, Another Bootstrap Site
Original EnglishBut I'm using Bootstrap because it's literally faster than any other alternative I can think of until I have someone separately working on a UI …
Italia Startup Visa
Original EnglishI had to emigrate to Germany instead and I've paid taxes there for more than 10 years.
Splitting engineering teams into defense and offense
Original EnglishWe've been tried different methods to balance customers and long-term projects too.
Launch HN: Gravitl (YC W22) – VPN Platform Based on WireGuard
Original EnglishWe started offering it because some users asked us for extra support, so we created it for them, but really the main product will be …
Why "Coupon Code" Should Not be a Field on Your Payment Form
Original EnglishYes, some users that would have paid full price may take advantage of the discount.
Microsoft to Deliver Microsoft Cloud from Datacenters in Africa
Original EnglishWe're 90% AWS here, but would probably use Azure for those clients if they had a data centre in that region.