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The reverse job applicant (2010)
Original EnglishJobless because the instance that should connect the unemployed to the employers is under investigation for trying to squeeze a profit from it.
Ask HN: What book that you read in 2015 significantly affected how you think?
Original Englishinstead of focusing on hourly rates, which made it easier to make more money. …
Who's using Google App Engine?
Original EnglishThe number one reason to use it is the one click deploys but we've found that time saved there is lost working around app engine's …
Unix and Beyond: An Interview with Ken Thompson
Original Englishthe world's personal information for profit) and selling phone service(s) to customers, but maybe that's just my perspective - I've been using the telephone and …
The Need for Open Research in Software Security
Original EnglishFinally, I think you're much more familiar with Mayhem than I am, but I call into question the bugs Mayhem found.
In praise of continuous deployment: The WordPress.com story
Original EnglishDeploying quickly gave us an incredible speed advantage that allowed us to change and respond to problems and new opportunities.
The reason Angular JS will fail
Original EnglishPrototype failed because a) it stopped being actively developed, and b) it overrode native object prototypes in a way that could cause other libraries to …
Ask HN: Did you use Dokku or Flynn in 2014? Was it worth it?
Original English"It [Dokku] worked great for a basic setup, but ultimately was simply not mature enough — minor customizations were straightforward, but anything past that (particularly …
Ask HN: What is a “boring” web stack?
Original EnglishAs far as stability goes, we were rock solid on MySQL 5.6, but hit a few serious bugs on MySQL 5.7 (two memory leak bugs …