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I was forced to be a child star. It was never my dream or my idea
SQLite 3 Fiddle
SQLite 3 Fiddle
Broadcom to acquire VMware for $61B
Broadcom to acquire VMware for $61B
Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits
Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms (2015)
Tell HN: I made $1000 with my app and now making $500/mo
Edit: Wow #1 on HN. Y'all are making my day.<p>Hey HN,<p>I'm mostly a lurker on HN who's always super inspired by other people's small project that end-up making money. (Huge fan of Ben Stoke's Tiny Project [0])<p>After being burnt-out in big tech, I decided to write my own weightlifting app and set myself a humble goal of reaching $1000 in total proceeds. See [1] for my initial launch post.<p>I've now surpassed that goal and am now making about 500$/mo by selling premium features in the app. Android version is coming soon too. Doing the whole thing end-to-end (code, launch, marketing, support) was super gratifying and taught me a whole lot. I have to admit that I got almost teary eyed the first time someone bought one of my IAPs.<p>I'm not making a killing out of the app, and that was never the goal. But the personal satisfaction I got out of it was worth everything. I can't pretend to have derived any life lesson that applies to everybody from this, but this whole mini-journey was worth it for me, and I hope it will be for you too, should you embark in a similar one.<p>[0] <a href="https://tinyprojects.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://tinyprojects.dev/</a><p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27507452" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27507452</a>
The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces
Bolt announces layoffs
Bolt announces layoffs
The great junk transfer is coming
Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession
I’ve been job hunting and I was going to get interviewed on Friday for a SWE role at a small startup and today I received an email from the PM canceling the interview and letting me know the company has decided to stop the recruitment process for all roles due to the markets situation. She also attached a tweet about a YC email to all their founders, here’s the link: <a href="https://twitter.com/refsrc/status/1527238287471292417" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/refsrc/status/1527238287471292417</a>. I checked the company webpage and in fact they have closed all the open positions, there were like 6.<p>From all the rejections I’ve got so far this is the first time the reason is markets turmoil / recession threat. To be honest is my first time job hunting since I graduated in 2019.<p>Screen shots: <a href="https://t.co/wSx5IR44nK" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/wSx5IR44nK</a><p>Will be this the situation for most tech companies or just start ups? I know the unprofitable over valuated ones will most likely get rekt first but I wanna know if during recessions recruiting slows down even for big profitable companies.<p>What companies or roles will be more resilient?<p>And how as a SWE / tech industry professional, specially the ones starting their careers like me, can prepare?<p>I hope some experienced people in the industry can give some hope and advice. Is demoralizing to find out I spent 4 years in school just to get into a really harsh job market. First pandemic, then recession? F...
FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA phone numbers for ad targeting
FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA phone numbers for ad targeting
Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
I have usually kept a short list of games that would be fun if they existed. Long ago one my bullets in the list was a procedurally generated planet-sized planet with a full diaspora to explore. No Man's Sky fulfilled that for me.<p>What are some games that you wish existed?
Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
I have usually kept a short list of games that would be fun if they existed. Long ago one my bullets in the list was a procedurally generated planet-sized planet with a full diaspora to explore. No Man's Sky fulfilled that for me.<p>What are some games that you wish existed?
I made an AI write a story about AI then I made another AI illustrate it
Symbian Source Code
Bugs are evolving to eat plastic, study finds