Their experience.
Your next move.✳
Discover hard-earned lessons, useful tools, and business ideas
hidden in the conversations on Hacker News.
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.
Ideas worth your time3000
Real experiences, useful perspectives, and things you wish you’d known.
Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, Sysco, UPS, and Walmart
Original EnglishLike I've had customers pissed off about missed deadlines, but they didn't leak or churn because we tried to keep them happy.
Ask HN: Passive Income Suggestions 2016
Original EnglishI instantly had a set of initial paying customers, but organic growth from a small seed of users is slooooooow.
Seagate Introduces a 60TB SSD – Is a 3.6PB Storage Pod Next?
Original EnglishIt's not a huge deal (we're using $5/month Digital Ocean instances), but it'd be nice to have support in b2 for the same thing.
How Pixar Almost Lost Toy Story 2 To A Bad Backup
Original Englishtheir backup and failover mechanism wasn't what I'd documented, but involved an identical piece of hardware nearby which was powered off.
Why Land and Homes Actually Tend to Be Disappointing Investments
Original EnglishInstead, I have a few additional tax breaks: instead of paying income tax on the rental income, I can offset it against the depreciation of …
Finish side projects with AI, one verified step at a time
A Cursor user described a change–test–commit loop. The useful idea is a sequence of small, reversible steps.
Use AI to accelerate feedback, not just code generation.
Ask HN: Do you trust solo entrepreneurs?
Original EnglishI've also tried to get support from Apple, Google, and Microsoft on occasion over the years and it's close to impossible to talk to anyone.
Ask HN: Where are the good platforms for contract work?
Original EnglishThrough this I built a network of connections and opportunities, which led to _every_ other client I have worked for.