FROM BUILDERS, FOR DOERSVOL. 03 / QUALITY-FIRST DISCOVERY

Their experience.
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Tool picks

Restored F80 compiler code for CP/M

Original English

Disassembling the library was more useful, because I wanted to modify some of the standard functions, e.g. be replacing the multiplication algorithms with faster algorithms.

Business ideas

The co-op consultancy

Original English

B) you'd need to be closing, and finishing, $20k projects at a pace of one every two weeks to support OP's hypothetical team.

Tool picks

If you need Java, use this one instead

Original English

I'm not a fan of Oracle or anything, but I have worked for enough big companies (Oracle's paying clients) to see that this won't matter …

Field notes

Ask HN: Quit my job. Company coming after me

Original English

Becoming hired is not a cost free transaction but incurs severe opportunity costs for the near future.

Business ideas

Cloudflare Traffic Manager

Original English

When the Pro plan ($20/mo) users contacted CloudFlare to find out what was going on, they were told to upgrade to the Business plan ($200/mo).

Business ideas

Marc Andreessen: Not every startup should be a Lean Startup or embrace the pivot

Original English

but I do it in an optimistic, deterministic way, which is to create a narrative for our company, its product, sales, service, pricing, etc. …

Tool picks

A web-based IDE for Javascript, HTML, and CSS

Original English

This looks appealing, and I understand this maybe if it becomes a complete cloud dev/deployment stack for Node & the scripting languages, but outside that …

Business ideas

Ask HN: How much savings did you have before quitting your industry job?

Original English

I got $16k of rent, experienced a positive cashflow of around $14k from it, but the IRS says we made $4.5k of income because of …

Tool picks

Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop?

Original English

I know they improved the display cover design (switched to CNC), but I have the first revision.

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