FROM BUILDERS, FOR DOERSVOL. 03 / QUALITY-FIRST DISCOVERY

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Business ideas

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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paraschopra·2025-01-242246 points
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Solve a problem people will pay for before expanding the team.

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Real experiences, useful perspectives, and things you wish you’d known.

Tool picks

Web development in C: Crazy?

Original English

It was, to some extent, a bit crazy that I wrote all of the above in about 6 months, but I was being paid a …

Y1872012013-09
Tool picks

Zenefits launches free payroll software for small businesses

Original English

I wish Zenefits all the best since they've made a lot of startup founders' lives easier (including ours, for new hire onboarding), but boy do …

Y187622015-11
Tool picks

Pyrite – open-source video conferencing

Original English

I'm not enamored of the Pyrite UI (again, Jitsi seems simpler), but I'll keep an eye on both.

Y187432022-02
Tool picks

A Science of Concurrent Programs [pdf]

Original English

I used to debug operating systems for those things, and we did get crashes from that.

Y187332024-01
Hard lessons

Ask HN: As a programmer do you have ups and downs and periods of intense doubt?

Original English

For me, I have identified my problem not as fear of failure but perfectionism.

Y187612016-06
Hard lessons

Veteran developer Steve Lacey (Google, Microsoft) Killed in Auto Accident

Original English

- I was sentenced to a fine of 30 days, my income was set to be 50 EUR -> 1500 EUR (my real income at …

Y1871432011-07
Tool picks

Fast Software, the Best Software (2019)

Original English

I don't think that we're not making better/faster software because of some economical reason.

Y186802022-11
Business ideas

I Knew a Programmer that Went Completely Insane (2013)

Original English

I've worked (as a support engineer) at software companies where, over a 7 or 8 year period, almost every member of the development team has …

Y1861272014-03
Business ideas

Sell it or run it, there is no middle ground

Original English

This also overlooks commercial properties, which routinely return at a very decent profit with no management involved and very few issues, because the lessee undertakes …

Y1861462015-07

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