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Marelle: logic programming for devops
Original Englishthe company), then I built a few more small CFEngine deployments of 1,000-3,000 servers before moving on to working at Opscode. …
PostgreSQL vs MySQL: an apples to oranges comparison
Original EnglishI worked around 2 years with Postgres as a developer and I loved it.
Ask HN: Leaving my job to boostrap my projects. Advice?
Original EnglishThe first 8 years of my software development career I freelanced while I "bootstrapped my projects".
Ask HN: Strange bug workarounds?
Original Englishthe bootstrapping/startup and while normally the previous version should be recoverable...well it was not because of where the upgrade process failed. …
Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for The Man
Original EnglishWe had a perfectly great (SaaS) product and a great team (5 employees - 1 founder, 1 programmer & myself, 1 salesperson/marketing, 1 human resources/finance.).
Ask HN: Has anyone made any serious money selling Android apps?
Original EnglishI don't have access to all the revenue I made at the moment, but had a few apps reaching hundreds of dollars a month, whereas …
Show HN: The Honeybadger
Original EnglishNote: I failed at a project hard this month after pouring 8 months of my life into it...
Ask HN: Please, help me understand what I am doing wrong.
Original EnglishDon't get discouraged by the "I built this supermassive startup in 2 hours that got bought for 80 bajillion dollars" type stories.
Proton: We're giving away over $1M to support a better internet
Original EnglishTo add some balance, I use them for my business and my family (3 domains, 6 users) and find it works perfectly.