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

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Business ideas

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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Tool picks

Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU

Original English

I have saved so much money by buying iPhone and using it for more than 5 years.

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Business ideas

Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?

Original English

So the year they were wrote (first book came out May 2015, second book in Dec 2015), I made $15k profit.

Y7796782016-12
Tool picks

What UI density means and how to design for it

Original English

We've also hired a lot of our support staff from our customers, so I frequently ask them for advice when designing new modules and features.

Y7673872024-05
Business ideas

When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup

Original English

I am the only developer of a project that I helped take from no revenue to hundreds of thousands of dollars revenue but that should …

Y7672332015-09
Business ideas

Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate?

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However, for my current side project, I went with another platform (Groovy+Grails, running on the JVM), purely because of cost (and also because I wanted …

Y7635302013-10
Business ideas

Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have worked on?

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I've increased my income roughly over 20x over past 20 years, its not impossible.

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Hard lessons

The Web We Have to Save

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Disclaimer: I'm working on a similar problem, but I'm doing it as an abstraction layer between transport (TCP/IP, bluetooth mesh, anything with a reliable bytestream) …

Y7602382015-08
Tool picks

A career ending mistake

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I transitioned from mainframe support to desktop support, from there I worked through several desktop support roles, wishing I was server support but never managing …

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Business ideas

Google Cloud SQL for Postgres

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Nothing huge but one is in production (it is for a local non-profit).

Y7552322017-03

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