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Ask HN: Making a living selling software components, not SaaS?
Original EnglishI ended up with a 90% drop in income; so that hurt a bit.
Automattic–WP Engine Term Sheet
Original EnglishI've built dozens of professional custom themes for paying clients for the best part of a decade.
Ask HN: How do you find time to code/build your business in the evening?
Original EnglishIt's taken about 3 months* of doing exactly the above, now has paying customers and is an extremely satisfying "side project"!
Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store
Original EnglishWe've worked our assess off to reach profitability and now Apple thinks they can come along an extort 30% of our revenue.
Why big companies fail to keep talent
Original EnglishI checked what my 2 hours work 4 hours testing etc...
Amazon Ramps Up $13.9 Billion Warehouse Building Spree
Original English52% of Amazon non-media sales come from 3rd party sellers like the companies I work for, last I checked.
Google Cloud Prediction API End of Life
Original EnglishAt big co I worked at, I would routinely see 3-5 year deprecation plans with a possibility of paid support after.
Ask HN: Any web startups using Java?
Original EnglishThey're harder to deploy than PHP but easier to deploy than Rails, in my experience, depending heavily on how experienced you are at administering systems …
We're not paying enough for apps
Original EnglishI use Synergy, too; I'm all Windows so Mac-compatibility isn't an issue, but it's a nice program.