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Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008)
Original EnglishSo we didn't mortgage our houses but we buckled in, reduced expenses, found alternative revenue streams and survived.
Blizzard Lays Off 600, Including About 60 Developers
Original Englishthe WoW dev team and other teams so that different log files are created which are easier to interpret. …
HelenOS: a microkernel-based, multiserver OS from scratch
Original EnglishBut I tried already to explain why I think those things failed: It's all about the software.
How a Large Customer Can Kill a Startup
Original EnglishI had learned to recognize the "one big customer will bring us to the promised land" pattern as one of the surest indicators of failure. …
Temporal Python – A durable, distributed asyncio event loop (2023)
Original EnglishWe work through them, usually after deep-diving into the temporal server code itself, but there's startlingly little documentation on self-hosting, and even less community support.
Ask HN: Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, Tomato, etc.?
Original Englishbut may suddenly lose connection and start not accepting some or all clients (usually looks as a failure to obtain address via DHCP). …
What is going to happen in 2015
Original EnglishI use cloud providers but have plenty of my own backup systems as well.
Extreme debugging - a tale of microcode and an oven
Original EnglishFound the same failure mode in a couple other boxes in the time 7 years I worked there, otherwise maintaining software.
Losing our business – we didn’t see it coming
Original Englishthe middle of trying to close a save-the-company funding round, with 2 minutes left on the clock, losing half your team doesn't exactly help. …