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Developing Provably-Correct Software Using Formal Methods
Original EnglishBugs can still happen there, and I think they even found one a few years ago, but it didn't have any impact on all the …
8 hours of Windows 7 Amazon sales outstripped Vista's entire pre-order period.
Original EnglishThe only upgrade I made to my hardware when I installed Win7 was a faster HDD and I replaced my 8 year old pci video …
How I Built It: Dropbox
Original EnglishI have used dropbox for a time, though now I have been using it on a team - but not as a paid team.
Failing the Startup Game at Unbabel – Take 2
Original Englishwe gave him more severance than was required, we paid him one extra month of salary and added another $1000 on top of it to …
Ask HN: Should you TDD a MVP?
Original EnglishThe level of complexity for an MVP where this becomes a bad idea is different but it's the same question.
Building Thumbtack: Six Years, Forty-two Rejections, and a Singular Obsession
Original EnglishIIRC, when we switched over from subscription to the pay-per-introduction model, something like 80% of pros could have used Thumbtack exactly the same as they …
Ask HN: Tips to work on your startup ideas while still having a day job
Original EnglishI spent about 3 days doing pretty extensive research and testing on TXP, WP, SilverStream, and EE.
Verizon, AT&T Customers Sue to Undo T-Mobile Merger, Saying It Raised All Prices
Original EnglishI used the Apple Business Chat feature for support for a shipping issue I had recently with Everlane and it was actually amazing.
Oidbs: An Open Source MQTT Driven Benchmark Suite for IoT Data
Original EnglishI have tested (and read) several open-source MQTT clients and brokers.