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Down and out in the magic kingdom – A tale of software consulting in the midwest
Original EnglishI've made that mistake, once, and it cost me 5 years of my life (long, now boring story), but to blow up so publicly...
Ask HN: I'm considering leaving a startup to look for big-company jobs (really).
Original Englishthe process, and our first technical hire is brilliant but was a really bad choice for the first programmer, and we're still paying that down. …
Ask HN: How many "self-taught" programmers and how did you do it?
Original EnglishI fear (often implicit) complexity of C++ to this day, and prefer to use something more "simple" and "safe" whenever possible.
Ask HN: Salary Increases Over Time
Original EnglishI've worked in two startups (one failed, one was too sleazy to even discuss) and did excellent technical work at both, but that didn't matter …
I hope WebDAV dies
Original EnglishCalDAV has utterly failed at this because it is a complex protocol, and I have no idea how this new protocol improves upon that situation.
Show HN: Automated blind control via an Amazon Echo Dot and Raspberry Pi
Original EnglishI decided that it would be easier to redo the whole thing instead of trying to patch this new issue.
How to actually get a remote job as an intermediate developer?
Original EnglishI saved some money and got unemployment benefits (60% of my previous salary) so I had 1 year to do nothing.
Let's stop ascribing meaning to code points (2017)
Original EnglishWe agree that extended grapheme clusters are unsuitable for persistent indexing, but you have failed to sell the virtues of scalar values.
Consulting is like selling crack (go work for a startup)
Original EnglishBut my hit-ratio has definitely increased, out of every 10 emails i get atleast 5 responses.