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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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The Sun is Setting on Rails-style MVC Frameworks
Original EnglishPeople write apps this way now because it's faster, easier, and more flexible.
Failed Startup's Final Income Statements Reveal Grave Error
Original EnglishBy 2005, gross merchandise sales were $370 million, and we made the Inc.
Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
Original EnglishI spent 100 hours making something and spent 5 hours a week maintaining it and it cost £500 a month to run, and the revenue …
I'm so sorry everyone. Or: why I'm switching to Cloudflare
Original EnglishI actually prefer paying for reasonable priced services, that way you know what you're getting.
I'm tired of Google's business products
Original EnglishI also don't depend on anything being available, so I avoid the pain every time there's an outage.
AWS costs every programmer should know (2019)
Original EnglishI have used kubernetes blue/green deployments in an old job and it was beautiful.
The software development final exam: Algorithms and Data Structures
Original English(personal projects are another matter, but I don't get paid for those)
App Engine charges $6,500 to update a ListProperty on 14.1 million entities
Original EnglishOver a thousand schools and half a million parents use it - not enormous numbers, but a very real and profitable business.
The Rise Of The Million Dollar, One-Person Business
Original EnglishAfter all expenses were paid and done, my dad would make about $100-120k a year on a decent year.