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I sold TinyPilot, my first successful business
Original EnglishI started the sales process, that basically became non-viable because it meant I'd be investing thousands in software development, but it wouldn't pay off for …
We are destroying software
Original EnglishI keep hearing how 10x engineers make their companies millions upon millions but they only get paid a fraction of that.
Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative
Original EnglishI don't get paid for that service, but you do.
What's happening inside the NIH and NSF
Original EnglishI decided against the move for other reasons but financial complexity paid it's part.
Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being open-sourced
Original EnglishWell, not that much, but that is more than i paid for office software since)
How I program with LLMs
Original EnglishI guess it makes me slower, sure, but I actually enjoy the process of making the software end to end.
US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission
Original EnglishWe sold our software on the web directly to customers, bypassing all middlemen except for payment processors.
Leaving the Mac App Store
Original Englishthis year" rather than "we took away 30% revenue from developers". …
More Paypal nonsense
Original EnglishI use for contributions to my work) $1.00, either by sendmoney or /my "Donate" button/, and then go on to say that they paid me …