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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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Why we gave up web design after 10 successful years to move to products
Original EnglishI've run a web design company for 13 years (currently a team of three) and it's tough work.
The freelancer's guide to good jobs and great pay
Original EnglishNow I've freelanced for over a decade, and my best months have been ~$18K - but my average is a lot lower than that.
Stop Telling Women To Do Startups
Original EnglishI tried to start my own company, tried to raise money and failed miserably and guess what, I'm probably WAY more clever now because of …
Show HN: Keygen – A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers
Original EnglishBut my DO droplet, which runs all my websites, costs $10/month.
Launch HN: Nango (YC W23) – Source-available unified API
Original EnglishOne challenge I encountered in the past was syncing data between a SaaS software I built and customers' ERP systems.
Quality is a hard sell in big tech
Original EnglishI made a bug report to a company about one of their features.
Linux Crosses 4% Market Share Worldwide
Original EnglishUltimately I failed to get my mouse to work and gave up.
Powa: The startup that fell to earth
Original Englishthe Noel Coward theatre) but had never turned a profit, the Venda application was 2million lines of perl that could "sustain" 1 hit every 30 …
Why I Sold My Startup Instead Of Taking VC Money
Original EnglishThe revenue increase really came over 2 years as we had some revenue before we launched CraftJack, but it was still pretty quick growth and …