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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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Ask HN: How do you and your spouse handle big income differences?
Original EnglishFrom the time we started dating until the beginning of 2020, our income gap went from $40K to $120K.
Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?
Original EnglishOh, and the Gigabyte M28U 144hz 4k 28" monitor that I use is now down to an all-time-low cost of $450.
Ask HN: Are you using SQLite and Litestream in production?
Original EnglishI find it easier to test, because you just create test databases in temporary files and throw them away.
Ask HN: How do I get started freelancing?
Original EnglishI offered him 5% on the next sale if he recommended a client that signed a contract to procure my services.
Fear of over-engineering has killed engineering altogether
Original EnglishI know that every single effing day I run into bugs I consider totally unacceptable and baffling.
Let spreadsheets plan and apps handle repetitive tracking
After trying several budgeting tools, a user kept spreadsheet flexibility and delegated transaction tracking to an app.
Split work by stage instead of seeking one tool for everything.
Ask HN: Tell me your stories of taking lower paid work to be happier
Original EnglishI left a large corporate job to start my own business: I ended up going 18 months without income, and then working for a startup.
ZeroTier Business SSO
Original EnglishI used to be with the SSO-wall-of-shame crowd...until I had to maintain and support SSO within a production app.
How we got customers to sign up to Monzo in the early years
Original EnglishI started off getting Monzo when it advertised itself as a pre-paid debit card and it's big selling point was free foreign ATM transactions.