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An Open Letter to Tim Cook Regarding the App Store 70/30 Revenue Split
Original EnglishEven if I add advertising costs (because some people allege the app stores provide a customer base), it's still less than 20%.
Show HN: I'm working on an open-source Gmail replacement
Original EnglishBecause I am lazy and it's easier to do that than it is to write a script to transfer it to what I use next.
Google Announces Massive Price Drops for Cloud Computing Services, Storage
Original EnglishI didn't get the advertised 30% because my largest single cost is datastore storage, which didn't drop.
The Uber Engineering Tech Stack, Part I: The Foundation
Original EnglishThat's because we've managed to engineer a reliable and fast deployment process, but that took a long time to get right.
Don't build your castle in other people's kingdoms (2021)
Original EnglishI remember vividly because I started a business in 2003 running a for-profit website that would continue to exist until 2022). …
Show HN: BitKeeper – Enterprise-ready version control, now open-source
Original EnglishSun Microsystems would just not accept that, no matter how much I tried to explain and reason with people there: "talk to the pricing committee".
The satellite imagery industry still has no idea what customers want
Original EnglishWhen I was an agronomist I used satellite imagery a lot for monitoring farm crops for our customers.
YC Graveyard: 821 inactive Y Combinator startups
Original EnglishWe had open salary bands so we were all paid OK - especially our couple ~entry level folks at $100-120k.
Ask HN: Should I create a clone of a popular SaaS with rock-bottom pricing?
Original EnglishYes you can attract more customers by launching with rock-bottom pricing, but you better make damn sure it's a better overall product.