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Ask HN: How do I switch from being a passive consumer to an active producer?
Original EnglishBut then I failed many times in achieved my creative goals.
Rails 5.0: Action Cable, API mode, and more
Original EnglishA huge benefit is using the BEAM VM, I use Erlang (but same VM) and I have seen major advantages being able to trace, debug, …
Show HN: Drop-in SQS replacement based on SQLite
Original Englishre: maintenance - I have tried to build this to be hands-off.
Show HN: Startup funding simulator
Original EnglishI'm given the option to buy 10,000 shares at $4/share, which is the "Fair Market Value" price. But the investors paid $16/share.
Why I turned down $500K and shut down my startup
Original EnglishEither because of a failure on the part of the author to communicate with the team, or their indifference upon hearing the author's description of …
Ask HN: Are we overcomplicating software development?
Original EnglishOne completely failed in part because of this, second is barely manageable, but I managed to save it by moving business code mostly to the …
The Web We Lost
Original EnglishNow fixed IP is a rarity, symmetric links are usually not available for non-business customers and when they are, they cost more than 15 years …
Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
Original EnglishNot mentioning that 2 businesses are now paying customers of Google Apps, because of my freeloading and my recommendations for it.
“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the software industry” (2012)
Original English"Competent" deployments with NPM involve enough of a pain in the ass that, after a few years of doing this, I'd actually prefer to manually …