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Ask HN: Skeptical about my company going “full serverless”. What am I missing?
Original EnglishI bet we're going to see a massive cost reduction, but we'll see.
Show HN: Snappy Checkout – Stripe Checkout with full-featured dashboard, admin
Original EnglishI prefer Stripe over PayPal (API-wise), but I didn't want to switch soley to Stripe because a lot of people still like paying with PayPal.
Mike Lee on why he can charge $1,000/hr for iPhone development
Original EnglishI have charged clients close to $1k/hour occasionally during emergencies and with specialized work, but I can't deal with constant stress from trying to deliver …
Swiss retailer Galaxus now displays warranty score and return rate of products
Original EnglishWe generally accepted this as a "cost of business", but never seemed quite right to me.
Show HN: I made an open source Mailchimp RSS-to-Email alternative
Original EnglishIt is open-source and I don’t know what their costs are, but it’s been working for me for years.
Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup
Original EnglishBy the time I left, they had 6000 customers, lot of them Fortune 500.
Ask HN: How am I supposed to start over as an amnesiac ex-software developer?
Original EnglishThe memory of the last 4 years was most heavily affected, which sadly were the most prolific for me in terms of my graduate education …
The Rules of Programming (2023)
Original EnglishA few months ago I implemented a feature a client requested that was being charged by the hour.
What's The Best Language For Safety Critical Software?
Original EnglishWe switched because we wanted to reduce the risks of bugs, but you must remember that in most mission critical applications, one must consider failure …