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Show HN: Finic – Open source platform for building browser automations
Original EnglishLast year we launched a project called Psychic that did moderately well on hacker news, but was a commercial failure.
Ask HN: Have you ever inherited a code base you thought was well done?
Original EnglishBugs came and went and I started noticing something.
We’re in the Middle of a Data Engineering Talent Shortage
Original EnglishInstead of working as a data engineer, I'm working at a non-profit doing pretty much everything involving data for them, as well as running their …
Mozilla launches venture fund to fuel responsible tech companies
Original EnglishI spent my last evening, and this one, on working around the fact that firefox still doesn't support modules in WebWorkers.
Microsoft wins $927M Pentagon contract
Original EnglishYour $100,000 in profit you forecasted suddenly turns into a $1,100,000 loss for that quarter.
Never Negotiate Your Freelance Rate
Original EnglishBasically, charge a lot to paying customers, and give a lot of content away for free so that those who can't afford it can still …
A brief reflection on Mac software stagnation
Original EnglishEg before we used to use Campfire for team communication, using indie apps such as Flint as clients because campfire had an api.
Last call to voluntarily migrate Java accounts
Original EnglishThey've been publicizing this migration for at least a few years - I think I migrated my migration after a communication in 2020).
'I grew up with it': readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel
Original EnglishThe last mega Corp I worked for was simpler and more standardised, but still used different ERPs in different divisions.