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The end of "Useless Ruby sugar": On intuitions and evolutions
Original EnglishIt also makes it much easier for me to start new rails projects and get to my ideal workflow, because it’s the default workflow.
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess
Original EnglishBut faster is better than slower, so we try anyway.
Switched away from App Engine, couldn't be happier
Original EnglishI switched to AWS, and now with a lot more traffic across all the apps I am still paying ~20% of what my GAE bill …
Apple iPhones Found to Have Violated Chinese Rival’s Patent
Original English4-5 weeks later it was found that we hadn't violated, Apple never paid any fines and we had a ton of pissed off customers who …
Stripe adds multiple account support
Original Englishour expenses.) We also get burned when a new company has bugs - because while I personally might understand, our customers are the ones who …
Why is front-end development so unstable? (2018)
Original EnglishTools we use daily like APMs (DataDog, NewRelic), Google Maps, Email are all available on all platforms without requiring a native client.
Our First $37,800 in Annual Recurring Revenue
Original Englishuntil those businesses are making more money that justifies $20 a month, you probably don't want them as customers...
“Has something ever failed in the field due to a bug in a CAD tool?”
Original EnglishThis was not a case of logic not implemented in the DRC, but a bug.
SaaS services behind a startup
Original EnglishBut we coded against an interface and we implemented a proof-of-concept RabbitMQ implementation as a backup plan (also came in handy for local testing!).