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Show HN: Porter Cloud – PaaS with an eject button
Original EnglishI'm running 3 apps on Fly.io and I'm still so low in the pricing that they're invoicing me $0.
Issue 8788 - Every day around 9 AM Brussels time, huge drop in GAE performance
Original Englishthe life of the universe commit any money to Google, because they made it starkly apparent that I would never get what I paid for... …
If money doesn't make you happy, you probably aren't spending it right (2010) [pdf]
Original EnglishSome stuff was damn near free (my solid oak desk was $20) Some stuff I ended up paying a fair price for, because I would …
Ask HN: Do we need to pay billions in fees to Stripe, Block, PayPal and Visa/MC?
Original EnglishOn the one hand, I'd rather not pay them 3% of my sales.
How to become a freelance web developer
Original EnglishThe most I've been ripped off for is £300, but I've some freelancing friends who are owned thousands of Pounds by various clients.
Who is living off their startup fulltime?
Original EnglishWhen I started out in 1999 my business partner and I took $1,200 and turned it into $1M (revenue) in 12 months...100% online sales.
Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement
Original EnglishAs we were their main customer they ended up losing 70%+ of their revenue overnight when we switched.
Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs (1985)
Original Englishthe future, but knew their bread was buttered by hardware and software sales and this whole dial-up thing wasn't profitable for them. …
Lago, Open-Source Stripe Alternative, banks $22M in funding
Original Englishwe started on Stripe it was really nice to work with, cost nothing in absolute terms because we had few sales, easy to integrate. …