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Apple advances user security with powerful new data protections
Original EnglishI thought was an option because I can do it w/ just about every other backup software I use). …
Tell HN: Pivotal Tracker removes non-enterprise price tiers
Original EnglishI've not looked at Linear - but when I was freelancing I used Pivotal (free account) to just put all my clients' requests into one …
Things You Should Be Doing With Your Server, But Probably Aren't
Original English[5] I've observed this scale easily, with no slowdown, to 30 clients against one sub-$1k boot/repo server.
Ask HN: Why shouldn't I leave Google?
Original EnglishI went off and did my own startup for 2.5 years, and then wound up crawling back to corporate America.
MySQL in the cloud at Airbnb
Original EnglishAnyhow it got to the point were I was spending over 50% of my time maintaining the database instead of doing productive things, like building …
Why engineers make great CEOs
Original EnglishI switched to geology in undergrad (early 00's), oil companies were not hiring geologists and hadn't been for 15 years. …
Would You Bet $100M on Your Pet Programming Language? (2007)
Original EnglishParticularly with $100,000,000 on the line, sod it, buy a bigger server with more RAM if using 32GB rather than 64GB really makes the all-important …
CentOS Linux 6.4 Released
Original EnglishI use it because of it's awesome bug tracker, the users and developers who are involved, the mailing lists, the design decisions, the tiny netboot …
A Startup Shies Away from the Gig Economy
Original Englishour experience is that high priced transactions are usually easier to deal with because finances are more buttoned up and the deal is less emotional. …