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Why Indian Startups need to get off their asses and learn to program
Original EnglishThe javascript code for this page was an ugly hack, but it worked and was bug free as far as we could tell.
Show HN: Code4Startup - Learn to code by cloning real life startups
Original EnglishI paid for a Team Treehouse subscription in their early days because of the quality.
Atlassian's success reminds what a crappy place Australia is for tech business
Original EnglishI've worked in Melbourne in small tech companies for almost 15 years and have setup a few offices in my time.
Why a Brit chose to start a business in Berlin
Original EnglishI worked on a German startup for 3 years in Berlin
Show HN: I made an open source Mailchimp RSS-to-Email alternative
Original EnglishIt is open-source and I don’t know what their costs are, but it’s been working for me for years.
Dropbox Startup Lessons Learned
Original EnglishSo the business model (from our point of view) is: pay nothing until you're hooked, then its $1,400/year.
Side-project games: prove the rough prototype is fun
A developer uses quick prototypes to judge fun and effort, including when to abandon a project.
A prototype can reveal what is not worth building.
Beginners Guide to Maths and Stats behind Web Analytics
Original EnglishWhen I tell a client his conversions are up 35% because of some change we made before A/B testing, I need to know that he …
Build systems a la carte: theory and practice (2020)
Original EnglishI've saved literally thousands of hours of programmer time per year on projects, and management doesn't care.