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You will fail
Original EnglishI don't think "What kind of idiots wouldn't invest in such a cool idea?" Instead I think "Wonder why the community has failed this person …
Ask HN: My tools broke, and I am broke, what now?
Original EnglishI also own a laptop in its last throes (several parts of it already failed or are randomly working only sometimes) but it is one …
Do Open Source Software Developers Listen to Their Users?
Original EnglishAnd for the vast majority of people that report a bug -- which may or may not so be -- I'd estimate fewer than 10% …
The cloud vs. dedicated servers
Original EnglishI think if you are spending more than $100 a month in VMs you should seriously consider co-locating if you have the skills to support …
Can PostgreSQL pickup where MySQL left off?
Original English2) There was an effective row size limit of 8K over the whole row which worked against people who wrote forum software (big posts) or …
Dear Twitter. I Want To Share My Revenue With You.
Original EnglishI've built a few apps that generate $800k-$1MM in revenue per year.
Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the failure is good mentality yet?
Original EnglishI've lost about $500,000 (mostly, opportunity cost and career retardation) to bad startups.
Ask HN: Bullied into managing (again), how to stay on the IC technical track?
Original EnglishI used to ignore monthly sla reports because who cares but my manager was let go because our slas failed.
Matt Mullenweg: WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch
Original EnglishIn my past non-profit we used WPEngine, that was about 10 years ago.