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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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Ask HN: how many years have you "wasted" on failed startups? And any regrets?
Original EnglishWe don't have traction yet but I spent 4 weeks hitting the streets and talk to customers (students).
Need Help. Going through late 20 career crisis.
Original EnglishWe sold our product to few hospitals but ultimately it was a big failure.
Launch HN: Second (YC W23) – AI bots that add features to web apps
Original EnglishI've used bots to set up Auth0 for one customer, and I frequently get asks for other providers.
Ask HN: How much do you spend on SaaS a month?
Original English$100 - Rackspace Cloud Sites (I'm locked into the old pricing...now it's $150/mo)
How many users have JavaScript disabled?
Original EnglishWe snubbed 2% of our potential user base and reinvested the money we saved in increasing the conversion rate of the 98%.
Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest tech IPO
Original EnglishI've worked on open source stuff - including chat apps and even a Jabber client - for 12 years, and it's still my day job, …
How Japan Plans to Build an Orbital Solar Farm
Original EnglishWhat matters isn't power per area but cost per kilowatt-hour.
Bitcointalk Server Compromised
Original EnglishI had setup TOTP with their service and my phone died and I lost my OTP key (lesson learned - always backup OTP keys - …
Lessons from my startup journey so far
Original Englishthe side", 5 months "full-time" (10 months bootstrapped), and then funded after that (but with good traction & revenue, we have found our scalable business …