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Ask HN: Anyone have stock option horror stories?
Original EnglishIn the end the company failed, technically the stock was re-valued, so all my stock was worth something like $0.01.
Hardware Security Exploit Research – Xbox 360
Original EnglishUnfortunately, after further testing IBM discovered that the errata was insufficient, so issued a second errata, which we also implemented and assumed all was well.
Why I Program in Erlang
Original EnglishI tried getting used to it but found it just made testing more difficult and made setup a chore.
AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
Original English(I don't have any knowledge of the market, but I'd imagine courseware providers attempt to charge 100% up-front to account for the extremely high churn.
I'm giving up on open source
Original Englishwhat we failed to do is to make FOSS self sustainable in the sense that people can live off it.
Ask HN: What do you regret in life?
Original EnglishBecause like learning a language, it seems like learning to program is easier at a younger age, when your brain is more flexible.
Creating Controversy for its own Sake (AA.com redesign fiasco)
Original EnglishIn 2002 the company was 4 months post-9/11 and to see the people there move full speed ahead on new applications amidst the greatest challenge …
Making your first dollar from a SaaS project
Original EnglishHe could have potentially skipped the 100 hours it took to build it and instead just tested the sales side.
Skip Flash, Build Animations in HTML5 With Hype (YC W11)
Original Englishbecause I had a bit of a head start in this market with my Radi app 5 months ago [1], but I've failed to come …