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AWS Database Migration Service
Original EnglishWe tried a number of different options but none were reliable.
Doing: command line tool for keeping track of what you’re doing and have done
Original EnglishI managed more than €100k for of work with it without a single loss of data, failure or any kind of issue.
C++ confessions of a C developer
Original EnglishI think the failure rate went up because:
Software Architect – A Role, Not a Job
Original EnglishI'm a freelance developer with 20 years of experiment and I introduce myself as a software architect even if I'm looking for contracts where I …
Restarting my career after motherhood
Original EnglishI've used the latter for 40 years and its never failed.
SoundCloud launches Go: a subscription service
Original EnglishTo call their iOS SDK "neglected" is an understatement, but what I found worse was the opaque failure modes and restricted access provided by the …
Ask HN: How does an experienced freelancer get work?
Original EnglishI had a false start way back 4 years ago when I spent a week looking for freelancing work on those sites & failed dismally.
Errors from Microsoft's Cloud
Original EnglishHowever, I do remember that I was once trying to push Azure as a solution and they promptly had an outage.
We shut down our startup
Original EnglishWe’ve spent $40 on marketing from that time I had business cards printed.