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

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After VWO’s acquisition, its founder reflected on workflow problems, customer feedback, and keeping growth within the means of the business.

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Solve a problem people will pay for before expanding the team.

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Real experiences, useful perspectives, and things you wish you’d known.

Tool picks

Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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until the client began freezing, chewing 100% CPU for as long as I patiently left it running, and not getting itself sorted out.

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Tool picks

API Design Guide

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the using scripts, because if I wanted to make a breaking change, I'd have to wait 6 months before all customers could be expected to …

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Business ideas

Social engineering takeovers of open source projects

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Here are a couple of examples of fake channels I have saved from a few years ago:

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Hard lessons

An Email Thread Between a Developer and Gigster

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I tried to raise this issue with the Delight Team (internal customer service) but apart from taking 2 weeks to even get back to me …

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Tool picks

Python moved to GitHub

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So does github; but in a more overt way, this could lead to hidden bugs occurring.

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Hard lessons

Show HN: Cs16.css – CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI

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the window in favor of minimal, clean, flat, "sleek" UIs because the screenshots are easier to market. …

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Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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I use Linux on my computers because it’s much easier to use — setup is easier and more reliable; hardware support is either available or …

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Hard lessons

Hidden rework in AI-generated UI: library and version mismatch

A developer reports that generated React/MUI code mixes in another styling system and deprecated APIs despite explicit instructions.

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Plausible-looking code may still violate project constraints.

#AI coding#React#Developer tools
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Tool picks

Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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But I am still paying microsoft so I haven't switched email.

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