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

Their experience.
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Business ideas

How to affordably own your office software: LibreOffice

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People don't mind paying similar amounts for cloud CRM or project management systems that offer pretty basic functionality, but don't like the idea that Microsoft …

Hard lessons

Ask HN: What is your approach for managing personal digital assets?

Original English

I've also tried briefly recoll/counsel-recoll (xapian) but I've never have to use it except for testing.

Tool picks

Ask HN: Alternatives to Bitwarden?

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I've been using (and paying for) Bitwarden for years now, but it appears they have recently chosen to abandon open source[1].

Tool picks

Ask HN: How do I know if the startup I'm working at is dysfunctional?

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We have no automated testing at all, a deployment update every ~4-5weeks, and a tech stack/ jobs advertisement that would look like it's from 2006.

Business ideas

Ask HN: How long did you stuck with your startup before it is profitable?

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They were almost immediately profitable, but needed some serious cash to grow.

Tool picks

Ask HN: What are the reasons behind your success as a self-taught programmer?

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I worked through Columbia doing user support for the university's Unix systems group.

Business ideas

iDoneThis – Simple Team Performance Management

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I've been using IDoneThis for over a year and I really like it, but I guess I'm on their old pricing plan since I only …

Business ideas

Apply HN: Wantobuy – Post items you want so sellers can sell them to you

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the Facebook Group community because we would love to have something like this ourselves - it would make our lives buying/selling so much easier. …

Business ideas

Show HN: LeanSentry - Better Monitoring for Windows Server Apps

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- If you are a 1 person shop with 5 servers lets say, you may be paying ~150/month.

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