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When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup
Original EnglishI am the only developer of a project that I helped take from no revenue to hundreds of thousands of dollars revenue but that should …
Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate?
Original EnglishHowever, for my current side project, I went with another platform (Groovy+Grails, running on the JVM), purely because of cost (and also because I wanted …
Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have worked on?
Original EnglishI've increased my income roughly over 20x over past 20 years, its not impossible.
Google Cloud SQL for Postgres
Original EnglishNothing huge but one is in production (it is for a local non-profit).
Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
Original EnglishAgreed that this is why Yahoo is pricing it this way -- but I imagine it won't stop the pricing feeling "wrong" to many people.
Ask HN: What is the most impactful thing you've built?
Original EnglishNot sure it’s long term the most valuable thing I built, but definitely short-term most profitable:
Three Years as a One-Man Startup
Original EnglishOn year 7, I made a single switch and within 1 year earned 3x the previous years revenue.
Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud
Original EnglishI'm unsure if we ever attempted to negotiate a SLA, but we paid for premium support just like you (despite having a dedicated, and great, …
Postal: Open source mail delivery platform, alternative to Mailgun or Sendgrid
Original EnglishGiven this, and my volumes of mail were increasing (once you go over 100k emails/mo SendGrid's pricing goes up a lot), I setup my own …