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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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Show HN: Diff.io
Original EnglishI launched my saas service without even a way to rebill a customer, knowing I had 30 days to finish that. …
Citus 6.1 Released – Horizontally scale your Postgres database
Original EnglishWe've been running on Citus for about 2 months now, with a saas app that has lots of reporting functionality.
How The Art of Computer Programming was ruined for me
Original EnglishI paid about $150 for my volumes, and while it was more than I wanted to spend, that's actually quite a deal.
Uber users with low phone batteries more likely to accept surge pricing
Original Englishthis is a great deal in most cities where Uber does offer their services but seeing how hungry they are for max profit, I doubt …
A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist
Original EnglishThe best was a newspaper group still managed by the founders, admittedly a labor of love but profitable, until health issues prompted the sale.
Petzl comes out against SOPA, after appearing on the list of supporters
Original EnglishOne could copyright the Apple logo, but only if you could argue that its precise configuration is an artistic work, and this would have to …
Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change
Original EnglishAt one point we saved time by copying and pasting data from one table into another through the management GUI rather than fight all the …
The right startup stack starts with your team
Rails, Django, Node, and Go users offered different answers. The useful part is the constraints behind each choice.
Customers buy solutions, not the popularity of your stack.
Ask HN: My startup has concealed from me that it raised funding. What to do?
Original Englishthis company for almost 3 years doing everything possible to maximize its chance of success: from working overtime to meet deadlines to answering support emails …