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The trimodal nature of software salaries in the Netherlands and Europe (2021)
Original EnglishI started freelancing and took advantage of low corporate income tax here (10% below 1M EUR/year and 10% gains tax) - the math for moving …
Coming changes to Apple's App Store
Original EnglishI've done the same with similar light-verion/paid-upgrade apps but this was the first one I'd run across that offered both a subscription or a one-time …
Web Design Trends
Original EnglishIt means the tests have to be run for a really long time, but it is common that what is best for revenue, is not …
Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
Original EnglishI use Migadu too, but currently use Gmail as the client (Migadu over IMAP).
The Decline of Imgur on Reddit and the Rise of Reddit's Native Image Hosting
Original EnglishImgur has a pretty different product, and honestly - this might lower their traffic, but increase revenue (like the author mentioned).
What I Learned from Building an App for Low-Income Americans
Original EnglishNevertheless we often had trouble persuading housecleaners and other domestic workers to come to interviews, even though we paid $25 per hour, which was higher …
Why do we pay sales commissions?
Original Englishand yet I still think a $200,000 deal requires more work and yields more profit for the company than a $5,000 deal, and thus I …
Stack Exchange Raises $40M Led by A16Z to Boost Its Programmer Forums
Original EnglishThey're getting that revenue because they've got high-quality candidates.
Show HN: gpudeploy.com – "Airbnb" for GPUs
Original EnglishAs soon as we deployed the compute, we immediately had a customer on them, all without a website. Just word of mouth.