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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.
Solve a problem people will pay for before expanding the team.
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Toronto is poised to become a producer of tech startups
Original Englishthe complex have sold since we moved in, at hundreds of thousands over what we paid for our unit just 2 years ago. …
Berlin’s Startup Hub Wants to Prove It’s More Than Just a Scene
Original EnglishI'm somewhat ashamed of how I myself failed back then, but on the other hand not really - at 20-something the experience just isn't there.
Sharing notebooks means solving data access too
marimo’s creators describe exposing a GitHub repository as a filesystem for browser-based Python to simplify sharing code with data.
Reproducible sharing needs code, data, and execution order.
How Not to Support Desktop GNU+Linux, Zoom Edition
Original EnglishWhen I start zoom, I get the dialog to share crash information 95% of the times I start zoom.
Show HN: PDF API – Generate, convert, and modify PDF documents
Original EnglishJudging by the progression of the costs, we'd have gone in-house instead of negotiating an Enterprise plan.
At Microsoft, years of security debt come crashing down
Original EnglishI accidentally pay $70/mo to microsoft because I bought wrong licenses that I needed only to serve a customer.
Evernote’s transition to Google Cloud Platform
Original EnglishDepending client needs we use providers that charge from ~$2/TB to $20/TB.
Submit.co – Where to get press coverage for your startup
Original EnglishIt didn't really help us considering we failed, but it felt good and with more runway it may have been useful.
Early Nintendo programmer worked without a keyboard
Original EnglishBut there's complexity at the other end, too.