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Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?
Original EnglishI have no idea how she did this, but it means she keeps running out of space because the backup process now backs up the …
I made an open source Windows app to rewind and search everything on screen
Original EnglishI started using it in 2010 I think after cross-testing the field of options available.
What I’ve learned from users
Original EnglishI know a person in Bay area car sales making $300k+.
WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. WebRTC vs. WebTransport
Original EnglishWebSocket.bufferedAmount exists, but as of 2019 I failed to use it to solve this problem and had to implement application-level backpressure.
SpaceX successfully launches and recovers second Falcon 9 in 48 hours
Original Englishour competitors because of our pricing, but judging by what they chose instead I don't envy them. …
PostgreSQL Rising
Original EnglishI actually have implemented a multi-tenant application based on Postgres 3 years ago and we have been using it in production ever since (for paying …
In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work
Original EnglishI attempted to replace a customers Kubernetes stack with Azure websites and CosmosDB, saving them two years of hosting the first month (We failed because …
Ask HN: Describe your first enterprise sale
Original EnglishI say "used to" because the product is on auto-pilot now, and just cruising along without any support with MRR of around $1200.
The forty-year programmer
Original EnglishAlso: I failed my final school exams quite badly - I finally got my degree (with the Open University) in 2011.