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Would You Bet $100M on Your Pet Programming Language? (2007)
Original EnglishParticularly with $100,000,000 on the line, sod it, buy a bigger server with more RAM if using 32GB rather than 64GB really makes the all-important …
CentOS Linux 6.4 Released
Original EnglishI use it because of it's awesome bug tracker, the users and developers who are involved, the mailing lists, the design decisions, the tiny netboot …
Ask HN: How do you come back from a failed acquisition?
Original Englishwe've built a startup that's so disruptive, we nearly had an exit within 2 years - but now we're about to crash and burn.
Ask HN: What's your experience with remote working? as employees/employers?
Original EnglishI've worked as a (semi-)remote employee for the past 2.5 years for a HUGE multinational software company.
MyRedis acquired by Garantia Data, gives customers 3 days to move off
Original EnglishI've spent nearly $50,000.00 of my own savings to build MyRedis, and support my family while doing so.
Ask HN: Burned out. How can I make the most of a sabbatical leave?
Original EnglishI saw the warning signs of my "batteries" getting low in early 2009, but I kept pressing on at full speed because I wanted to …
Ask HN: do founders get a salary after raising angel round?
Original EnglishI worked 3 years at my last startup paying myself the absolute minimum possible.
On the web server scalability and speed are almost the same thing
Original EnglishPHP sucks, but there are a ton of profitable companies that use it because it is wicked wicked fast.
Why is Linux more popular than BSD?
Original Englishthis hot new Perl language rather than trying to compile it. …