2011
Why Trello Failed to Build a $1B Business
Trello was so focused on building its free customer base first and monetizing later that by the time it looked to its paid subscribers, it was too late.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 2,470 posts.
2012
Why the bounce rate of AMP pages is so high
Your AMP pages have a higher than usual bounce rate? Don't worry, your data may be wrong. In this article, I explain you why.
2013
Https hurts users far away from the server
Welcome to my personal blog! I use it to share what I'm currently learning or thinking about, usually on topics related to technology, business, and health.
2014
Password Rules Are Bullshit
Of the many, many, many bad things about passwords, you know what the worst is? Password rules. Let this pledge be duly noted on the permanent record of the Internet. I don’t know if there’s an afterlife, but I’ll be finding out soon enough, and I plan
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2017
Avegant “Light Field” Display
Surprised at CES 2017 – Avegant Focus Planes (“Light Field”) While at CES 2017 I was invited to Avegant’s Suite and was expecting to see a new and improved and/or a lower cost ver…
2018
Lily Drone Files for Bankruptcy
Lily, whom despite raising millions in dollars to build their highly anticipated consumer drone, have just filed for bankrupcy. Throughout 2015 and 2016, Lily raised over $35 million in pre-sales and even secured $15 million in investment via equity organisations. Their downfall, predicted by DroningON three days…
2019
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EDIT: Wow, much to my surprise this really blew up on Hacker News . There are some pretty interesting discussions happening. (Thanks Stan !)
2020
2021
CSS Reminification: A crazy idea that worked
CSS Remynification: A completely crazy idea that worked -- Remy Luisant's whimsical take on squishy computing science things
2022
VMware joins Linux Foundation: what about the GPL?
As we can read in recent news, VMware has become a gold member of the Linux foundation. That causes - to say the least - very mixed feelings to me. One thing to keep in mind: The Linux Foundation is
2023
2024
ANTLR Mega Tutorial
The definitive ANTLR mega tutorial on ANTLR4. Learn everything you need to know; with code in JavaScript, Python, Java and C#.
2025
Abacus use can boost math skills
The abacus counting device dates back thousands of years but has, in the past century, been replaced by calculators and computers. But studies show that abacus
2026
2027
Better Compression with Zstandard
I think I first heard about the Zstandard compression algorithm at a Mercurial developer sprint in 2015. At one end of a large table a few people were uttering expletives out of sheer excitement. At developer gatherings, that's the universal signal for something is awesome . Long story short, a Facebook engineer…
2028
The Uber Conflation
It’s easy to conflate criticism of Uber’s regulatory approach with accusations about the company’s culture. That is CEO Travis Kalanick’s responsibility; it’s also a f…
2029
Greg
A lot of people ask me what the ideal cofounder looks like. I now have an answer: Greg Brockman. Every successful startup I know has at least one person who provides the force of will to make...
2030
Finding Free Food with Python
If you live in a major city, there’s a good chance you’ve used (or at least heard of) food delivery services like Postmates, GrubHub, or DoorDash. These services are great for times when I’m behind on groceries or when I’m getting some late night studying in before a big midterm or final. The only problem with these…
2031
2032
Who controls your computer? and how to make sure it's you
Can you trust your computer? Can you control what it does and doesn’t? Or is someone else in control? How can you even know what it is or isn’t doing? Even if it tells you, how do you know it’s not lying? As computing systems become more complex, how can “Trusted Computing” be achieved, not (just) by big corporations…
2033
Transparency effects in SNES and Genesis games via composite video artifacts
Vintage computers and retro gaming
2034
Some Reflections on Being Turned Down for a Lot of Data Science Jobs
👉 The decision was close, but the team has decided to keep looking for someone who might have more direct neural net experience.\n👉 Honestly, I think the way you communicated your thought process and results was confusing for some people in the room.\n👉 He’s needing someone with an image analysis background for data…
2035
Stock options are complicated
Most employees at startups get some of their pay in stock options. This is often framed to the employee as “you get x percentage of equity in the company.” Unfortunately, stock options are a lot more complex than true equity.
2036
Understanding Git Filter-Branch and the Git Storage Model
The other day Steve wanted git alchemy done on the Rust repo. Specifically, he wanted the reference and nomicon moved out into their own repositories …
2037
The Story of a Lucky Economist
The career guide 80,000 Hours highly recommends getting an Economics PhD . I completely agree with their assessment. If you have an academic...
2038
Secure Computing for Journalists
This morning on Twitter, Buzzfeed editor Miriam Elder asks the following question: Possibly stupid question: is the Signal desktop client as secure as the mobile app? — Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) …
2039
2040
Toronto Is in a Housing Bubble
With stocks hitting new all-time highs almost every day, global bond yields at or near zero, and Canadian home prices at nose-bleed levels, it seems like everything these days is in a bubble. This is particularly true for the Toronto housing market with average home prices up 22% Y/Y.