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Developer open-sources 200+ hr project after client refuses to pay
Original EnglishHowever, there has been one single thing which has kept our revenue flowing month after month for years: Freshbooks.com
So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
Original EnglishThere was a lot of hype about the best new testing methods with RSpec and this new thing called Cucumber, 100% paired programming all the …
Tesla Model S: the story of a very short happiness and excitement
Original EnglishI was in the waiting room of another Toyota dealership and the service writer told a woman that her scheduled service would cost $500.00 because …
Ruby Shield: Shopify donates $1M to stewards of rubygems, bundler
Original EnglishI've started responding to "hey, do you want to talk to sales?" messages with "sure", just to see what stuff costs in the real world.
Ask HN: So you moved off Heroku, where did you go?
Original EnglishCost wise, I am down from about $24 to $8 with a much better performance.
Lessons from my first exit
Original Englishwe tried to use DDP, which is supposed to let us pay the tariff on the customer's behalf, but we tried it a few times …
Ask HN: Have we screwed ourselves as software engineers?
Original EnglishThe prototype in a standard MVC stack I'd made to demo to the client took 2 days.
Apple, Microsoft, and Google hold 23% of all U.S. corporate cash
Original EnglishI pay regular income tax of 46% (top federal, Medicare, and typical state rates combined) and keep $54.
Stripe And A/B Testing Made Me A Small Fortune
Original EnglishThe per-transaction fees are lower, but there is a monthly (or yearly) cost.