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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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Funding the Web with Brendan Eich [audio]
Original EnglishBut it's hard to account for all the costs and benefits.
Ask HN: Techniques for surviving a job you loathe?
Original English5 years later, and I own my own business, but over the years I've developed a strong habit of spending time with my family.
Airbnb: Building a Visual Language, Behind the scenes of our new design system
Original EnglishThe most recent example - I realize it is a beta feature - "Smart" pricing (I use quotes because I would more likely use 'dumb').
Pastie.org host pulls hosting after DDoS attack
Original Englishcommits for "Joe's Web Hosting" might only be 1.5gig on each 10gig circuit, so that cuts down pricing a lot right there.
The Software Paradox: The Rise and Fall of the Commercial Software Market [pdf]
Original EnglishWe launched in December 2012 our offline desktop software product for business and freelancers (niche market with a TAM of about 100,000 users) only as …
My startup is Microsoft-based, here's why
Original EnglishWe had over 6000 servers, not only doing data crunching but also providing REST services, database services (for both data and parallel file system metadata).
My Product Has Failed
Original EnglishI should have made it more clear that I wasn't calling it a failure because I spent 4 months and only got one customer.
Arq 4 is out – Mac backup to S3/Glacier
Original EnglishHowever, I also maintain their CrashPlan PROe enterprise backup for several clients.
Show HN: Rethinking Tabs in Firefox
Original EnglishAlso, in my defense, since automating things and deploying an ITAM tool is kinda my job, I started here less than a year ago.