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Ask HN: How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
Original EnglishI have a simple app in the app store, and I spent time porting it to Titanium so that I could add features faster by …
Advertising as a revenue stream
Original Englishwe got $70 for the impressions we could normally sell for 100x that), and we handle all sales internally, no agencies involved. …
Why you shouldn’t take a client’s money
Original Englishthe norm (i also never said i make $30k/week freelancing - some weeks i do, but others, i definitely don't). …
Putative class action against PayPal for holding sellers' money
Original EnglishI don't remember the exact figures, but with a $4-5 million/month run rate, the 90-days of interest on 50% of it which was paid to …
Why GitHub’s pricing model stinks (for us)
Original EnglishI then either have to eat the extra cost or go cap in hand to the client because part way through the project or starting …
Ask HN: What's Your Story?
Original EnglishI made about $1000 a month in revenue (nearly all profit since I was already living on ramen at the time) and even got job …
Ask HN: How do software consultants deal with maintenance?
Original EnglishHow this looks in practice: if I'm selling projects at $20k per week, the initial SoW offers 2 weeks at $20k plus two days a …
What We Can Learn About Pricing From Menu Engineers
Original EnglishI started out selling FreeBSD jails (with an actual utility close to my current $8 product) for $40 each.
Why all OVH dedicated servers are "sold out"
Original EnglishSo a lot of people found themselves looking at a bill 600% higher for the same server just because they were an existing customer.