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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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Step-by-step tutorial to build a modern JavaScript stack from scratch
Original EnglishBut in the JS world, I can't help but think they would never be able produce anything that reliable because 6 years later they would …
Before saving 5%, count the compatibility costs
An attempt to reduce NPM package sizes sparked a discussion about CPU, decompression, and migration trade-offs.
Map the whole cost chain before optimizing one metric.
Ask HN: How many of you are self employed?
Original EnglishI launched it about three months ago, it has revenue, and I've been scrambling to build things in response to user feedback.
Databases and why their complexity is now unnecessary
Original Englishwe accidentally once did it due to a bug in our platform code when we started replaying ALL events for the last 3 years) but …
Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer in consumer computing
Original EnglishIn practice, most people accept that Geekbench is a reliable indicator of performance, and I maintain it’s an excellent benchmark.
The Web’s Cruft Problem
Original EnglishThe sanitation budget was constantly being slashed, because Quality Assurance as a department doesn't bring in a profit (that they can see), whereas hordes of …
Ask HN: What is so great about Bloomberg Terminal?
Original EnglishI sat in fixed income origination for years and the only reason I used it was to find some obscure pricing details which are now …
Still running strong after 1,532 days without a code change.
Original English10 years ago I wrote a sales system in Perl with a couple of friends.
Ask HN: For those programming 10+ years, what do you wish you knew 4 years in?
Original EnglishWe paid for that service, but it took between 20 and 40 minutes to build our images.