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React, Flux, RethinkDB and SageMathCloud – Summer 2015 Update
Original EnglishDoing offsite backups mainly costs bandwidth -- I spent about $20 in the last 3 days on downloading offsite backups of user data (to a …
Affinity Designer – Illustrator alternative
Original EnglishAdobe, as part of their new subscription model, is trying to force us unto paying 40% more per seat than an individual license would cost.
Ask HN: What's a Non-Programmer to do?
Original EnglishMy two business partners and I have been running our startup for about 14 months, we're ramen profitable, we have a small user base and …
Launch HN: Bitrise (YC W17) – Continuous Integration and Delivery for Mobile Apps
Original EnglishWe also wanted to make setting up and maintaining CI way easier, without scripting, but having the same level of customizability.
Cost breakdown for Stripe, Braintree, Chargify, Recurly and Saasy
Original EnglishOther than that it was either chargify+samurai or spreedly+samurai (depending on the number of transactions because of chargify's tricky pricing)
Amex for Developers
Original EnglishI don't know the amex payment pricing or how it differs from stripe/braintree, but cutting out the middle man has got to be cheaper.
Automation is set to hit workers in developing countries hard
Original EnglishWe started a few years ago paying $285 per month.
How quitting my corporate job for my startup dream f*cked my life up
Original EnglishWhen you go into a client you don't know at all, and you do 6 weeks of work and develop a business strategy...
Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates
Original EnglishFor example, I did a bunch of Pro Bono web development for a non-profit because I liked the non-profit.