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A horrifying startup accelerator story
Original Englishbut I have to say, in the three years I've been working on my startup, never once has anything good happened from paying for access …
I have complicated feelings about TDD
Original EnglishWell, I started my professional career without knowing about TDD, but I did know that usually it's best to start writing the client code first.
An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
Original EnglishIt had a huge problem on Firefox due to an unsolved bug, but Mozilla solved it and now ABP runs without issues.
YC S12 company refuses to pay for my design. "Send your claim to our legal team"
Original Englishwe do just fine with our calibre of clients and we send them invoices for a lot more than $1,000. …
Show HN: Voice bots with 500ms response times
Original EnglishSo our costs are based on the infra you use to run your application and we charge per millisecond of compute.
Building an $80k/month business with a software testing community
Original EnglishSorry to hear you had a bad experience on our platform, but a lot has changed and improved in the 1.5 years since you ran …
Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
Original EnglishBoth my mom's blog, and the SaaS business took a long time to ramp up, but both had their tipping points after about 1.5 years.
The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise
Original EnglishUp until I left for a better paying job 6 months later I did everything I could to deliver the best for my team mates …
Happy Birthday, Libera Chat
Original EnglishEven back when I started certain people just couldn't handle the terminal clients so they used Xchat or Mirc.