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Show HN: Code4Startup - Learn to code by cloning real life startups
Original EnglishI paid for a Team Treehouse subscription in their early days because of the quality.
Why are you still deploying overnight?
Original EnglishI worked somewhere that only deployed during business hours because it was all hands on deck.
Ask HN: Living overseas with a profitable online business
Original EnglishThis took almost 2 months and cost 10 pounds.
Microsoft is killing Linux shops with Secure Boot
Original Englishwe used to try and sell Win XP as an upgrade (over 2K), people were aghast that the software cost money. …
Write Dumb Code (2018)
Original EnglishBut then I remember that we have built all of this on impossibly tall ivory towers of complexity.
iAd Producer from Apple
Original EnglishWe actually saved quite a chunk of change by not "upgrading" to that version, not only in costs to Adobe to buy the software, but …
How multi-disk failures happen
Original EnglishBecause a single percentage point improvement in their reliability will drastically reduce the costs associated to warranty claims and repairs.
How Amazon took control of the cloud
Original EnglishThe deployment story just given the tools was always far better on Amazon for example, but that may have changed.
2.5M Installs Later, R.I.P. Downloader for SoundCloud
Original EnglishGiven the high retention rate and overall user numbers I could have gotten way more out of it, but I was frankly not interested in …