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My Startup (WindyCitizen) named one of Chicago's New Essentials
Original EnglishThat first year was miserable as I iterated through a few versions of the product and lived on about $10k that I earned from freelance …
Ask HN: Where do you (programmers) find freelancing gigs?
Original EnglishI had a potential client pop up about 6 months ago (at least 8 years since I'd stopped visiting that forum regularly) by way of …
The Fall Of Perl, The Web's Most Promising Language
Original EnglishThe Perl developers I've worked with bypass the tests with CPAN by installing with --notest because it's faster, and more than once a module has …
Ask HN: What are your long-term goals?
Original EnglishFor me "long-term" is 5 years (or less): I want to be quit of the software industry as soon as I can be.
An Interview with Paul Graham: Hackers & Painters 10 Years Later
Original EnglishAfter that summer internship in 2002, I converted to full time at EA for a $60K salary.
In South Carolina, a Program That Makes Apprenticeships Work
Original EnglishRecruitment for other development positions generally cost $1000+ and really didn't give us anyone impressive (our good candidates/people came from active recruiting).
What are your biggest career regrets?
Original EnglishI was good at, but I didn't truly dedicate myself to programming until all that drama was over, with a huge opportunity cost. …
Show HN: An Experiment with One-Feature Tool Made $7164/Mo
Original EnglishIn January I launched an indexing tool called Index Rusher, that forces google to index your pages quicker, to get ranked for SEO faster.
Launch HN: Evry Health (YC W18) – Better health insurance for companies
Original EnglishI founded the insurer that invented per-mile auto insurance ("Drive Less, Pay Less") and reduced premiums up to 50%.