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Ask HN: Corp gives “contractor” benefits, want “employee” obligations, what now?
Original EnglishAs a contractor, I only got paid for what I billed.
Launch HN: Thorntale (YC W24) – Presentation software that works with your data
Original EnglishI have the same issue where my client wants weekly data driven decks and I’ve automated the data part but the presentation layer I offload …
Ask HN: What helped you get good at programming?
Original Englishi made toy apps and widgets. chrome extensions. took on a bit of client work.
Ways to annoy your senior engineer
Original EnglishSometimes you throw something out the door because a customer wants to pay you $12M if you can salve over that one pain point.
Call Girl: What I Learned During My Year as a Customer Service Representative
Original EnglishBut they are hugely exasperated by companies that setup their callcenter such that employees can't be anything but emotional punching bags for angry customers.
Ask HN: How are you using GPT to be productive?
Original EnglishSure, it’s not sentient or intelligent, but it sure as hell making my life easier.
For sale: Trusted root SSL CA signing certificate
Original Englishthe obvious contractual obligations that are accompanied by audits but we also were the first publicly trusted CA to use Name Constraints to deploy qualified …
Choosing a payment provider for your Europe-based SaaS startup
Original Englishthe customer's credit cards details saved independently from the Payment Gateway and Merchant account, so that you're free to switch any time you want if …
Ask HN: Software developers, What happened when you were fired/laid off?
Original EnglishI learned a lot at the startup and also how organized the developers take bugs, feature and enhancement.