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Whatever happened to SHA-256 support in Git?
Original EnglishAt some point I'll blog about it because it's a rather unusual setup but so far it's working quite well.
Ask HN: I love programming but hate the industry. Can anyone relate?
Original English* The contractor who built one client-server system I worked on needed three more months to finish it.
Ask HN: What mistakes in your experience does management keep making?
Original EnglishThe short sightedness of this is astounding - For many of those ex clients today, cloud is no longer 5 or 10% of their story, …
What happens when you stop relying on resumes
Original English18 months ago, the adsense revenue started to dry up, and in an effort to make some additional income, I started looking for a normal …
We reduced our server costs by moving away from AWS
Original EnglishGenerally this article was about how we saved $1M expense and we was able to share this saving with our customers.
Show HN: My Isometric Voxel Engine 6 Months Later
Original EnglishNot more than 2-3 months after launching I got an offer at my the startup my brother worked for (which was not lucrative, just $35k …
Ask HN: Best passive income method for a solo developer?
Original EnglishI once increased the price of an iPhone app I had built from $2,99 to $4,99 and I lost exactly 0 sales due to that.
Why do we use the Linux kernel's TCP stack?
Original EnglishWe started making plans to eliminate the dependency, now much more complicated because we had to transition active deployments away.
210 Zappos employees – 14% of the staff – take buyouts after CEO ultimatum
Original EnglishWhen I worked there, I believe they were making $18 billion a year in revenue.