FROM BUILDERS, FOR DOERSVOL. 03 / QUALITY-FIRST DISCOVERY

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Launch HN: Infra (YC W21) – Open-source access management for Kubernetes

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After that, we worked on Infra App, a Kubernetes client for Mac, Windows and Linux.

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Ask HN: Where do you escape for non-clickbait thoughtful/informational content?

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I collect RSS feeds of both my paid publications, and thoughtful blogs using a reader (I use Feedly) and find this works pretty well.

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Wal-Mart in Talks to Buy Web Retailer Jet.com for $3B

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This reminds me, I have around $100 in credits from 1 failed order because they messed up multiple times.

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Google kills diversity hiring targets

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The second time, I paid for coaching from interviewing.io, and I learned what they were looking for in interviews.

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A few days of programming on iOS and Android illustrates a vast difference.

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Some of those things have subsequently been fixed, but many haven't, and some have been ignored in the bug database for YEARS now.

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Desktop App for All Your Email

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It does work for many people, but there are still bugs, and targets (e.g., WinXP) we don't support perfectly yet.

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Facebook puts bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation

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I run a game on Facebook platform and we oftentimes have bugs that you guys likely consider corner cases because they only affect a very …

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How I Earned A Lot More on Projects by Changing My Pricing Strategy

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(If you have a $50 hourly rate, some clients might naively assume that they can get meaningful software development done in 3 hours.

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Quit My Job For Consulting: Two Months Later

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But I have found that this way I can up my rates significantly - I suspect because clients are measuring cost in terms of deliverables, …

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