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What's The Best Language For Safety Critical Software?
Original EnglishWe switched because we wanted to reduce the risks of bugs, but you must remember that in most mission critical applications, one must consider failure …
Ask HN: Django Deploy Recommendations
Original Englishbut generally requires that you copy them out of your various pluggable apps and into some static docroot on every deploy. …
Open Source Implementation of Google App Engine
Original EnglishDaily traffic 15k users, costs 30USD a month.
Show HN: We built a simple way to accept payments through Stripe
Original EnglishI don't know what triggered it but honestly my heart rate literally increased when I saw you didn't have a single name, a single email …
The tech world is rallying around a young developer who made a huge mistake
Original EnglishI know hindsight is 20/20, but this was my approach when replacing failed hardware like memory DIMMs remotely (when the client wasn't there in the …
Ask HN: Mistakes working with small local clients?
Original EnglishI didn't get paid, but I never heard from them again.
Ask HN: Advice for a Generalist Going Solo?
Original EnglishI failed, but here is what I learned:
Today is World Backup Day – a friendly reminder to backup and check restores
Original EnglishHad a near-panic last night where I almost had to tell my wife I lost the last 2 years worth of photos because backups are …
EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%
Original EnglishStore owners will keep the existing fee schedule, but it will cost them a monthly fee beginning at $16/mo.