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Ask HN: Where can I see many examples of real companies' software architecture?
Original EnglishIt's basically an hour or 2 conversation for each episode where we cover everything from building to deploying their app, lessons learned, etc..
Introducing Tent - the decentralized social web
Original EnglishWe then observed the number of clients that failed to connect via our custom protocol, but succeeded in falling back to HTTPS.
I am sick of LeetCode-style interviews
Original EnglishIn retrospect, I should've cheated using computer/online assistance, and my true failure was my unwillingness to cheat.
Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable
Original EnglishFollowing your logic, Apple should somehow bite 30% of that yearly subscription, when in truth, I am a customer of JetBrains, not of Apple.
How Not To Sell Software in 2012
Original EnglishI learned there that where consumer services (low monthly recurring cost) could be sold online sight unseen, customers requiring business-level services (high monthly recurring cost) …
Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy
Original EnglishFocusing on our core business, policies, we never get tied up in 2-3 month/year adventures in uncomfortable territory.
Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork
Original EnglishI really dislike WP Engine because they ruined Flywheel, one of the best companies I’ve ever dealt with (and to which I paid tens of …
'A Test You Need to Fail': A Teacher's Open Letter to Her 8th Grade Students
Original EnglishDon't get me wrong - most of the standardized tests we use today follow the exact same approach to testing as they did 50 years …
It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans
Original EnglishWe tried that already... and it comes with some substantial costs you may not realize.