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Framework Fatigue: The Real Reason Developers Get Angry About New Tech
Original EnglishJQuery continues to be a reliable library for <1K line web sites.
Ask HN: Share a product you loved using in 2023
Original EnglishI don't fight competitively or anything, just do it for a workout, but it's saved my wrists so many times.
Ask HN: Cheap Physical servers?
Original EnglishFor a friend some years ago I put together a $24k server and they paid for it with a business lease through Bank of America.
Ask HN: How do you go about spreading the word about your product or service?
Original EnglishI ended up paying around $1 a day, and I got some great feedback from them.
Ask HN: Alternatives to Bitwarden?
Original EnglishI've been using (and paying for) Bitwarden for years now, but it appears they have recently chosen to abandon open source[1].
Ask HN: How do I know if the startup I'm working at is dysfunctional?
Original EnglishWe have no automated testing at all, a deployment update every ~4-5weeks, and a tech stack/ jobs advertisement that would look like it's from 2006.
Ask HN: What are the reasons behind your success as a self-taught programmer?
Original EnglishI worked through Columbia doing user support for the university's Unix systems group.
Did launching a web startup become 10x cheaper between 1998 and 2011?
Original EnglishI 99 I started leasing a dedicated server - 200mhz with 128 megs for $100/month with decent bandwidth and transfer for my needs (10 gig/month …
Web of Trust caught selling private browsing history of millions
Original EnglishI've been asked to insert tracking code into my startup's browser plugin (with a lowly 75k users) for this purpose, and the $$$ was tempting.