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

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Business ideas

Software Engineers Will Work One Day For English Majors

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I have 3 clients I'm working with right now on an ongoing basis, and trying to find 3 weeks where I can break from all …

Tool picks

Show HN: Material Files – Open Source Material Design File Manager for Android

Original English

I also use the FTP server to backup my devices once a month.

Tool picks

How to set up a mail server on a GNU / Linux system

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It required some upfront configuration, but it has run itself with minimal configuration changes and 'apt-get' updates for almost 6 years now.

Tool picks

First 3D Commercial Web Game Powered By asm.js

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the Chrome team "How much of the Pepper API does Chrome's Flash Player use?" and the half-joking response was "150%" because Chrome's Flash Player relied …

Hard lessons

Why we built Vade Studio in Clojure

Original English

Re the org-mode argument: I really think you mistake lack of interest for insurmountable complexity.

Tool picks

Building data infrastructure that will last

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I switched to DigitalOcean 5 years ago and the deployment script didn't change, period.

Field notes

Ask HN: What was it like to quit your job and focus on your successful startup?

Original English

I still have the original client 3 years later and the company grosses about $3,500 per month and I net $1,250.

Tool picks

Apple Core Rot: Introduction

Original English

I used Macs for a few years (SE/30, PB180) but software I paid good money for kept not being usable, and my favorite piece of …

Field notes

Offer HN: I'll test your web app from Tanzania

Original English

I use Smile because it's a little faster and significantly more reliable than the others.

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