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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.
Solve a problem people will pay for before expanding the team.
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I'm a good engineer but I suck at building stuff
Original EnglishI started my career in a small software company that wrote Mac software (in the System 6.5, System 7 days).
Side Projects
Original EnglishI'm sure we could grow faster, but I also enjoy it for what it is: passive-ish income.
Engineering management at Facebook
Original EnglishBut ultimately that failure led to a better understanding.
Ask HN: Your best passive income sources?
Original EnglishForthe last 2 years we've been working on new, more interesting startups - but having a stable source of income has been incredibly valuable in …
Ask HN: How do you start a startup in your 30s when you have wife/kids/mortgage?
Original EnglishWe signed up several customers (using LOIs) with just a deck, before we wrote any software.
Canon is telling customers how to override counterfeit cartridge warnings
Original EnglishThey offered nothing until I started telling my story on Twitter, and suddenly a Support person messaged me on Twitter offering free replacements.
Why Shitty Products Survive and Thrive
Original EnglishObviously this was a cost issue of the new ticketing platform but also the unknown cost of retraining the whole company.
Experience Longhorn – A look at a defining Microsoft project
Original EnglishI think asking why it failed is rather hard to explain and I suspect different people who were on the project would have different explanations.
A story on home server security
Original EnglishI used to do similar with IPSec/IKEv2, but WireGuard is so much easier to manage.