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Ask HN: Early signs that a company is failing?
Original Englishthe symptoms other people might expect (e.g., late payroll, some senior folks leaving); in fact, during such times we paid everyone ON TIME so that …
Ask HN: Is Meteor.js still a thing?
Original EnglishI wrote several applications for multiple clients, in 4 years I haven't wrote a single one that used the real-time features properly.
Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down?
Original EnglishMaybe my business isn't actively relying on the resources I have deployed in that datacenter.
When to kill your startup
Original Englishthe phone and call someone and pitch them and there was no outcome and I paid you $20 to do it you probably wouldn't have …
Startups Anonymous
Original EnglishEach lasting anywhere from 2-3 years, 2 of which I failed, the 3rd which I sold and the 4th which I still currently own.
Show HN: Finic – Open source platform for building browser automations
Original EnglishLast year we launched a project called Psychic that did moderately well on hacker news, but was a commercial failure.
Ask HN: Have you ever inherited a code base you thought was well done?
Original EnglishBugs came and went and I started noticing something.
PostgreSQL vs. MS SQL
Original EnglishBecause I've run weekly backups and restores of SQL Server databases for the past several versions for many years, and had no problem with a …
Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage (2010)
Original English:-) But I'm happy to report the grand experiment has been a modest success, we are profitable (by a small amount).