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Rewriting a high performance vector database in Rust
Original EnglishI failed to understand the reasons for that unification.
Why I'm not hiring
Original EnglishSo far, we're well above $21,309 not counting the costs to which we've failed to attributed any value (police, fire, roads, schools, et cetera).
Perl Startups: Lacuna Expanse
Original EnglishWe failed in other ways (UX, marketing and sales mainly) but the underlying system was quite impressive.
Growing One's Consulting Business (2012)
Original EnglishHe chewed me out for how unprofessional it was, of course, but he paid up.
MMO xkcd WebSockets fixed by PubNub
Original EnglishWith the quick improvements we made after the HN flood we got the CPU down to about 1-5% on a t1.micro when 20 clients are …
Aerospike goes Open Source
Original EnglishI've spent 25 years in silicon valley writing high performance software, and so has most of the team.
"Accidentally" Freelance
Original Englishthe follow up and such, so we ended up drifting apart.) actually, I've billed as many hours in the $200 range as a 'real freelancer' …
Ask HN: Does success in work bring you happiness?
Original EnglishThe last year I was there I paid $18,600 to California for NOTHING.
K – A simple, fast vector programming language
Original EnglishMyself, I used to only like q since it was easier, especially when I started.