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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.
Solve a problem people will pay for before expanding the team.
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Ask HN: Is having a personal blog/brand worth it for you?
Original EnglishI run Debian server and let unattended-upgrades do my maintenance.
Bluesky's stackable approach to moderation
Original EnglishAt present there are somewhere around 60 data servers with one large one we run; one aggregator infra; and probably around 10 actively developed clients.
Hacking PayPal Accounts with one click
Original EnglishI should have reported all of the bugs instead of exploiting them regardless of the insulting lack of any bounty.
The Joy and Agony of Haskell in Production
Original EnglishI am not a professional developer (never gotten paid to write software) but now do some prototyping code in Haskell so real engineers can pick …
A friendlier face for Postgres: what matters beyond the UI
The Mathesar discussion highlights relationships, permissions, and existing data structures behind a friendly table interface.
Choose data tools by how they work with your existing database.
Louis CK's self distributed special up to 1MM revenue in 12 days
Original EnglishHe's in the top 96%, and will be paying a higher tax rate on that $220,000 than the 1% pays on their billions because it …
Ask HN: How do you organise/integrate all the information in your life?
Original English- Google calendar: I failed at integrating this with Trello, but otherwise, this is an excellent tool for scheduling your day (exercise hours, recurring tasks …
I have complicated feelings about TDD
Original EnglishWell, I started my professional career without knowing about TDD, but I did know that usually it's best to start writing the client code first.
An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
Original EnglishIt had a huge problem on Firefox due to an unsolved bug, but Mozilla solved it and now ABP runs without issues.