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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.
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How to pay programmers less
Original EnglishIn 2 years I saved enough money to stop working for 1 year, so I only used ~50% of the money I got.
Postbox has been acquired by eM Client
Original EnglishI tried eM Client for last week.. and, nope.
UserVoice launches Helpdesk We want to be the only customer facing tool you need
Original EnglishAnyone want to setup a company that helps you move your data between services for a cut of the service providers fees because I'd totally …
Perl as a career option
Original EnglishI can't exactly contract the "Perl Company" to ensure I have long-term Perl 5 support for the next 5-10 years.
Launch HN: Pinch (YC W25) – Video conferencing with immersive translation
Original EnglishThe existing tools we tried operated in low-bandwidth mediums (mostly text), which 1) means they are slower because they need to convert audio to text …
I Support the WebKit Monoculture
Original EnglishWe failed because of an ideology that is hurting us in this instance.
Facebook earnings gain as ad sales surge 82%; CFO is stepping down
Original EnglishMaybe, maybe not, but it certainly becomes less attractive as their cost-per-whatever figures go up, and no matter how much they fudge the presentation, we …
Show HN: Paramount – Human Evals of AI Customer Support
Original EnglishPreventing poor support experiences is the exact reason we started Fini.
Launch HN: Sieve (YC W22) – Pluggable APIs for Video Search
Original EnglishWe’re building an API that lets you add video search to internal tools or customer applications, instantly.