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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.
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Tarsnap – Online backups for the truly paranoid
Original EnglishI agree with you that you need backups from the start, but whether they cost $.02 per month or $10 per month initially really doesn't …
Why git is so fast (or why Java is not as fast as C)
Original EnglishThe client needs to be non-java, to avoid the startup cost there.
Errors from Microsoft's Cloud
Original EnglishHowever, I do remember that I was once trying to push Azure as a solution and they promptly had an outage.
Ask HN: I built a Yubikey-based domain controller. Is it sellable?
Original EnglishI once worked in R&D where our competitive advantage was in keeping our customer relationships and intellectual property private, so we kept everything on-prem.
Japan stocks plunge as much as 7% as Asia shares extend sell-off
Original EnglishThe pole only costs $200, and the vast majority of the value is created through my time and labor.
From Gatsby gridlock to Astro bliss: my personal site redesign
Original EnglishI made a couple of landing pages for clients and my own projects with Astro and the maintenance experience was eye-opening.
We shut down our startup
Original EnglishWe’ve spent $40 on marketing from that time I had business cards printed.
Dropped IE support for Instapaper
Original EnglishI estimate that supporting IE6 has added more than 30% of the interface development costs to the complex projects I have worked on that use …
Always ship trunk: Managing change in complex websites
Original Englishthe idea that the release and deployment tools are where the real benefit is is really becoming apparent - the version-control system is necessary, but …