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Framework Fatigue: The Real Reason Developers Get Angry About New Tech
Original EnglishJQuery continues to be a reliable library for <1K line web sites.
How to fail... gloriously
Original EnglishHaving wasted $65M of VC money and failed spectacularly on my first startup because I managed to execute flawlessly on a flawed business plan, I …
Ask HN: Share a product you loved using in 2023
Original EnglishI don't fight competitively or anything, just do it for a workout, but it's saved my wrists so many times.
Ask HN: Best "entry tech" jobs to learn coding?
Original EnglishEventually I started going deeper to try to find what part of the codebase was broken, then eventually I tried actually fixing the bugs myself.
Ask HN: Handling an international non-paying client
Original EnglishWhat hurts more is the time I lost (6 weeks to the first client, maybe 2 weeks to the second).
Ask HN: Mobile app devs making $1,000+/month on your app(s), how did you do it?
Original EnglishWe've had paid apps hit the $1k/month threshold, and we've had paid apps fail to do so.
AWS Aurora Serverless V2
Original EnglishWith PlanetScale it's $30/mo and I can have Dev/QA Branches that don't cost me any extra.
Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use?
Original EnglishMy use of other languages has therefore gradually increased - I currently use Clojure where I can, but I'm pretty flexible (PHP being the only …
The Startup Side Project Bubble
Original EnglishI saved enough money to live on for 2 years and quit the consulting gig.