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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.
Solve a problem people will pay for before expanding the team.
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In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work
Original EnglishI attempted to replace a customers Kubernetes stack with Azure websites and CosmosDB, saving them two years of hosting the first month (We failed because …
Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money that hasn't?
Original EnglishSo technically it was profitable, but I don't think I've even reached minimum wage for the time I spent on it.
If people tried to pay for other services like they try to pay for programming
Original Englishinstead went to week-by-week meetings with clients and billing on the same basis, so neither ran away with misunderstandings or too great sunk costs. …
Why uv clicked: less setup, more getting started
An occasional Python user found the appeal in trying projects without unexpectedly breaking an existing setup.
A useful tool removes friction before the real work begins.
Ghost — rethinking WordPress
Original EnglishI run a very modestly profitable website that gets about 1k visitors per day.
Ask HN: What are best tools for web scraping?
Original Englishbut it's buggy and the github repo is not under active maintenance. …
Ask HN: What is the thing you've built that you regret the most?
Original EnglishFor example, I've used it to support dynamic reloading of C# code in a game, for rapid prototyping of mods.
NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract
Original Englishbut Java developers are easy to find, and it only take a few weeks for decent ones to get up to speed with the framework.
Time Till Open Source Alternative
Original EnglishObviously I use Google search, and watch YouTube, but I'm happy to not put Google in my supply-chain, nor rely on them for revenue.