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Ask HN: Are there 'dumb' ways to make money as a developer in your spare time?
Original EnglishIn the first week I've made 5 sales, though none of them have shipped yet, which will net me around $5 which is enough to …
Show HN: Versioning Filesystem for SQLite
Original EnglishSo far, I have been using file copies and GFS backup scheme based solutions like Borg, which also does deltas in chunks, compression, and encryption.
Ask HN: Experiences going part time?
Original EnglishPast couple of startup jobs I worked part time (80-85% time), and before that did consulting part time.
The value of an engineering degree
Original EnglishI tried finding a technical co-founder that didn't cost me an arm and leg, and it's taken me 6 years to do so.
Chrome 56 Beta: “Not Secure” Warning, Web Bluetooth, and CSS Position: Sticky
Original EnglishBut I have fun doing it (occasional trolling aside), so it's worth the cost.
Citus Cloud 2, Postgres, and Scaling Without Compromise
Original EnglishPostgres supports different modes of replication, including synchronous replication to avoid losing any data on node failure.
Show HN: Velvet – Store OpenAI requests in your own DB
Original EnglishWe’ve built the proxy on Cloudflare Workers, and latency is nominal.
How to pick a good monitor for software development
Original EnglishI run Windows on the ThinkPad in part because of its better support for different scaling on different monitors.
Show HN: Simple cloud deployments with CD as-a-Service
Original EnglishWe just launched Continuous Deployment-as-a-Service (CDaaS) to make it easy for developers to deploy their apps safely to the cloud.