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Show HN: Sorting Two Metric Tons of Lego
Original EnglishScaling up now that I have the software working is definitely an option but I have a good set of very well paying customers and …
I started a one-man biz that's beating VC-backed startups
Original EnglishFor example, I worked with one startup that had only $100K seed money and was looking for a quick $3-5 million exit.
Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About Previous Pay
Original EnglishLet's say I run a cleaning business, and I decide that I only want to hire janitors who can run a 4 minute mile.
We need visual programming. No, not like that
Original Englishwe limit the control flow complexity because text based languages are bad at expressing it, or do we use text based languages as a tool …
GitLab Database Incident – Live Report
Original EnglishSure it's not as efficient, so it's gonna cost you more in CPU and RAM, but it's trivial to scale horizontally.
Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish you'd done much earlier?
Original EnglishI run a blood testing company and we have 150,000 customers who are keen on improving their lifestyle and health.
Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was using someone else’s card
Original EnglishI've paid a $25 chargeback fee for a $15 transaction.
Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
Original EnglishI use "When actual costs are equal to 100% of budgeted amount".
macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time
Original EnglishIt hallucinated a URL to load lightstream.js from, but didn't realize that and I had to gasp debug the problem myself.