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Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
Original EnglishCall it what you will, but a lot of people seem to disagree with per-repository pricing for small low-usage repositories, just because they are private.
Want to found a startup? Work at one first
Original EnglishBut I'm biased, as I started my first startup at 16 and failed, and proceeded to re-try at 18, and succeeded.
YC S12 company refuses to pay for my design. "Send your claim to our legal team"
Original Englishwe do just fine with our calibre of clients and we send them invoices for a lot more than $1,000. …
Ask HN: Have You Left Kubernetes?
Original EnglishThe CTO and I liked the setup so much, we started converting another large client of theirs.
How I’m Making Five-Figures A Month Off Bootstrapped Products
Original EnglishInstead of getting others involved I started another business to earn money which I sold profitably after 10 years but it was no way as …
I quit my job to make free web tools
Original EnglishI've recently launched an API for NsLookup, which now generates around 100 USD / month, and both sites have ads that generate income.
How I came to find Linux
Original EnglishAnd for the software that no one but I use, creating my own package was so incredibly trivial that it was almost easier than manually …
How I Program in 2024
Original EnglishI started testing everything- it wasn’t easy to adopt my code to be testable, took effort, but then I learned how to make code pure, …
San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings
Original EnglishAs I've stated previously this is not a market failure because this example depends on the idea of the commons.