FROM BUILDERS, FOR DOERSVOL. 03 / QUALITY-FIRST DISCOVERY

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AWS Aurora Serverless V2

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With PlanetScale it's $30/mo and I can have Dev/QA Branches that don't cost me any extra.

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Ask HN: I really want to start a startup but I don't know what to do.

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Aim for success, but don't be discouraged by failure if you learn from it.

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Ask YC: Are you self-funding/bootstrapping?

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I failed more at it than I'd failed at anything else in my life before I finally learned how to be successful 2/3 of the …

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Apple Is Getting More Bang for Its R&D Buck

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The "Google version" of cable TV would either be free or cost a nominal $5/mo subscription and their algorithm would automatically use my viewing history …

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Ask HN: What is your approach for managing personal digital assets?

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I've also tried briefly recoll/counsel-recoll (xapian) but I've never have to use it except for testing.

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Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with multicam, broadcast monitoring

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instead focus on outdated (output to tape) and things that are supported by third party or FCP suite applications (7 to X migration, output in …

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Ask HN: How to overcome the fear of doing more than your co-founder?

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For instance, once we had the prototype done we started pitching it to clients, but for every 10 clients I pitched the product my co-founder …

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Ask HN: How often does technical debt lead to the failure of a startup?

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I personally lost what I conservatively would say was 30% of our net revenue last year letting my prior lead dev address technical debt that …

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Founders: Don't Forget to Sell The Dream

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But it would still need to be enough to give us "FU Money" or I'll feel like we failed.

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