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It’s “GitHub meets Shopify”: Binpress sells your source code
Original EnglishRight now I'm using dozens of OSS modules, most of which I'd be happy to pay some money for because of the time they've saved …
Why I no longer trust EMC
Original EnglishAnd also that I'm not a Mozy customer anymore, although I'm still paying them so I guess technically I am - but that's just because …
Appcelerator: extortion is just part of the job
Original Englishbut I am sad to see that there is no clarification on pricing yet. …
Functional Reactive Programming in Java
Original EnglishBut it is still wayy slower - your basically wrapping 'if statements' into 'filter(x => ...)' linq objects.
Ask HN: Why are people paying so much for Vercel?
Original EnglishSince we use SQLite and litestream.io for streaming replication to R2 we also avoid any expensive managed DB hosting costs.
Show HN: Shadow IT Scan – Uncover SaaS Apps, Users and Risky OAuth Scopes
Original EnglishBut a standalone scanner would have made our lives so much easier in our previous roles.
Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
Original English2 hours of the 512MB DigitalOcean server cost $0.014, 2 hours of a 512MB Termbox instance currently cost us around $0.0001
Show HN: Quaderno.io – Invoicing for Stripe
Original EnglishI would literally have paid for three $24 subscriptions by now but sadly it failed to meet my expectations.
Ask HN: Why is Azure so expensive?
Original EnglishBut again, that's a pure windows setup, comparing other components gets tricky because of different pricing models.