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After VWO’s acquisition, its founder reflected on workflow problems, customer feedback, and keeping growth within the means of the business.
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One year as a solo dev building open-source data tools without funding
Original EnglishSame as the author we tried to get funding and mostly failed.
Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotify case
Original EnglishOr put differently, that success will be in part a consequence of what happened before I hit $1m, when I was still paying the 15%.
Launch HN: Regatta Storage (YC F24) – Turn S3 into a local-like, POSIX cloud FS
Original EnglishI love this space, and I have tried and failed to get cloud providers to work on it directly :).
“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in business”
Original EnglishI started to make 25 - 75% more profits just because I had the luxury of saying no and avoid orders that didn't move my …
Ask HN: How do you set prices?
Original EnglishSo if 40% of people would pay $9.99/month, and 10% would pay $79.99/month, that tells a story you can interpret into a basic pricing strategy.
Software Developers Should Have Sysadmin Experience
Original EnglishOver the past ~3 years we've made a lot of changes, the department manager for our IS team is present in our daily standup calls …
US judge finds NSO Group liable for hacking journalists via WhatsApp
Original EnglishI use PDO Prepared Statements, when executing even the simplest queries, and I use Transactions, for DBs that support it.
TIFU by using Stripe as a payment processor for my small business
Original EnglishI have used Paypal almost daily as a user for more than a decade and it's never failed for me either.
Docker in Production: A History of Failure
Original EnglishThe concept of getting away from snowflake machines and making your infrastructure more code-like with deployment scripts is the way to go, but you certainly …