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Lessons learned from migrating a native iOS app to Flutter
Original EnglishWe've built amazing things with Expo (now that you can run almost any native code you want in an Expo app) but support would be …
A lot of websockets in Haskell
Original EnglishWhere a simple websocket echo used 9.5kb of memory per connection (including SSL, and with TCP kernel buffers set to 4k send/recv).
Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core
Original EnglishFurthermore their app requires a server to run, since its not a subscription-based app the server is 100% on their backs.
The Future of the Web Is on the Edge
Original EnglishI'm working on a framework in Ruby that's designed to be deployed on the edge.
Deno KV internals: building a database for the modern web
Original EnglishI also used it in Production with FoundationDB on Deno Deploy.
An open letter to Jeff Bezos: A contract worker’s take on Amazon.com
Original English5 years of controlling high-value but high-cost things left my department with a shredded staff.
The Lack of Open Tooling for FPGAs
Original EnglishProjects fork out several thousand dollars for tools licenses because revenue for the finished product is in the millions of dollars.
Ask HN: Side Projects Gone Big
Original EnglishI launched in May 2006 and was profitable since day one, enough so that I abandoned consulting by Jan 2007. …
Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000
Original EnglishWe've tried to keep the price of edits low at $5 as a service to our customers because in early testing, we came across this …