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Ask HN: Tips to work on your startup ideas while still having a day job
Original EnglishI spent about 3 days doing pretty extensive research and testing on TXP, WP, SilverStream, and EE.
Selling Umbrellas In A Synagogue
Original EnglishBut for some high margin products in targeted environments I have paid in excess of $100 per click.
Ask HN: What is something exciting you're working on?
Original EnglishI have developed a pipeline that integrates/automates state-of-the-art algorithms, which I use to serve clients (biotech and academic labs).
Launch HN: Signadot (YC W20) – Lightweight Test Environments for Microservices
Original EnglishWe worked with a few enterprise companies for over a year to come up with an architecture that can support complex microservice environments.
Python Packaging, One Year Later: A Look Back at 2023 in Python Packaging
Original EnglishMy code works with setuptools because I started this project 15 years ago, and it's been incremental changes to my setup.py ever since.
Apple’s iPhone App Refund Policies Could Bankrupt Developers
Original English(+) But even if they did cost 30%, that would be under 1% of gross sales.
Defaulting to hire on credentials will put you out of business
Original EnglishI've been developing software professionally for customers and clients since I was 14 (currently 25; so, for 11 years).
How Snapchat Built a Business by Confusing Olds
Original Englishthis area because they have a pricing model where they want to charge per "screen" (we use Echostar, but I believe the other providers have …
Google "not happy" with slow Android app sales
Original EnglishFirefox is not "paid software" or "commercial software" because some dude at Mozilla.org got paid for writing parts of it.