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After VWO’s acquisition, its founder reflected on workflow problems, customer feedback, and keeping growth within the means of the business.
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Is PostgreSQL good enough?
Original Englishupgrade that didn't make things faster or less memory-consuming, but failed to
Ask HN: What is something you do for clients that consistently blows them away?
Original EnglishI charge them enough that I'm being paid for my time, but I am willing to work with their budgets.
What’s so great about functional programming anyway?
Original EnglishI used to live all the best practices, but over time learned that the number one enemy in a codebase is complexity. 90% of software …
Stripe Financial Connections
Original EnglishPlaids pricing didn't work for us so we built it ourselves / went with other providers
Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After E-Mail to Staff
Original Englishwe don't pay Amazon salaries, but a peek at Glassdoor says that Amazon doesn't really pay that well, particularly for the cost of living around …
Building a r/place in a weekend
Original EnglishThat would work, but I don't think it would make anything simpler.
Google is Evil, Worse than PayPal: Don't use Google Checkout for your business
Original EnglishIn that time, I've had thousands of purchases through Checkout with gross sales well over $100k.
Redis re-implemented in Rust
Original EnglishI quickly noticed that the benchmark was way below Redis (around 60% of ops/sec with 50 clients).
Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
Original EnglishThat is the story of my $2800 VNC client with buggy keyboard, crashy kernel and iffy mail client.