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Ask HN: Is there any software you only made for your own use but nobody else?
Original EnglishI use this once per month (a billing cycle).
Ask HN: How do you stay motivated to work on side projects?
Original EnglishMy parents nudged me to get a paying job (I had been out of college for 6 months at that point), so I worked for …
How to Launch a 65Gbps DDoS, and How to Stop One
Original EnglishDifferent problems, but it cost me a few days contacting users and apologising before I U-turned and switched the nameservers back.
Slack raises $200M at $3.8B valuation for business messaging
Original EnglishIt's not like we can't pay anything, but have so far found no need for the paid plans.
Why I’m dumping Firebase for Web
Original EnglishI think that all these SaaS/BaaS services do speed up development initially but they slow things down in the long run.
OpenAI Deal Lets Employees Sell Shares at $86B Valuation
Original EnglishI had a larger than usual tax bill but I paid it while handling my usual annual tax return.
I tried every top email marketing tool
Original EnglishAfter trying a few also we ended up with EmailOctopus because of simplicity (we only send plain text emails) and cost.
3rd Edition of Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ by Stroustrup
Original EnglishI started writing a program to illustrate this, but it's probably easier to just spell it out with an example.
Launch HN: Hatchet (YC W24) – Open-source task queue, now with a cloud version
Original EnglishI miss the simplicity of SAQ but that's the reason I switched and it's paid off already