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Show HN: Announcing 10x Management
Original EnglishI'm effective at pitching what I do and selling consulting (I started and co-ran Unspace for 8 years) but it's not what I enjoy doing.
Ask HN: What is your daily rate?
Original EnglishI don't share my rate publicly because I don't want a client in 2015 to say, "Well, I saw that you were charging $0.5X in …
Why don't companies use FreeBSD as much in production as Linux?
Original Englishbut I used to spend hours trying to patch and compile upgrades to software. …
Launch HN: UpKeep (YC W17) – Basecamp for Facility Maintenance Teams
Original EnglishI had a remote offshore team helping out with some of the work as we grew, but for a long long time it was just …
Ask HN: Technomading?
Original EnglishThe way I've been doing something similar is to take deployed defense contracts which last 3-9 months at a time (Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.), and make …
Here's Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years
Original EnglishInstead of using Gmail (where they display ads to me) I use a native app (Sparrow) which Google makes no revenue from afaik.
OVH raises $327M to accelerate its international development
Original Englisha huge number of our sales conversations are people who spend $50k+ on aws or something similar, but are scared shitless to move off of …
IncludeOS roadmap: tiny Node.js-style web services in highly efficient C++
Original EnglishI started on machines with 4k of memory and built systems that consume TB of ram across many nodes and data centers.
Mika Mobile ends Android development
Original EnglishMeanwhile, Android sales amounted to around 5% of our revenue for the year, and continues to shrink."