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Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
Original EnglishI started picking up functional programming later in my career, it was all so much easier for me to grok, largely because it was stuff …
Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Original EnglishI tried Google Adwords in June but Google decided to cost me upwards of $5/click for basic keyword targeting so gave that up.
Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around
Original EnglishThe main advantage of freelancing for me is that I am paid for every minute I work and not more.
Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits
Original EnglishWe have an api client that we use in our spring tests that also compiles to kotlin-js.
Show HN: Memories – FOSS Google Photos alternative built for high performance
Original EnglishOn my last attempt at serving a photo gallery, I deployed Hetzner's Photoprism image on a Hetzner server... and it failed.
How Silicon Valley CEOs conspired to drive down tech engineer wages
Original Englishthe capitalist pig has been fully paid for, and from then on, in perpetuity, there is nothing but $2000/month in profit that goes strictly into …
“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
Original EnglishI'm sure it's improved, but as the common theme of this story goes, Google blew their chance.
Jessica Livingston’s Pretty Complete List on How Not to Fail
Original EnglishMaybe I failed to communicate what I wanted, but basically I was trying to say that I've seen most people equate luck to something akin …
I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now
Original EnglishI also built my own metabuild tools (this was 2000) to generate makefiles and the like to quickly cross compile to new mobile phones.