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Building Products at Stripe
What is Stripe’s product culture like? Interview with a Stripe product leader demonstrate an embrace of going deep, moving fast, and maintaining a multi-decade perspective.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,121 posts.
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Ad block shouldn't break your checkout
TeeSpring's checkout doesn't work if you have ad block turned on
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Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit
How I sold my project Earlyname, how much I sold it for, and how to sell tiny internet projects.
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AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search
From the release of the page experience algorithm, there is no longer any preferential treatment for AMP in Google’s search results, Top Stories carousel and the Google News.
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Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio
The next generation of sound on Apple Music is coming to subscribers June 2021 at no additional cost.
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The search for a perfect access control system
Making sense of authorization, policy and access management systems.
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The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innovation
It’s bad out there for customers of electronic parts and components. The semiconductor shortage is so severe it’s being covered by mainstream media; meanwhile, various politicians have tasked their aides with looking at the global supply chain. Indeed, in the short term, the dearth of chips is already leading to…
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DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin stash seized
The DarkSide ransomware affiliate program responsible for the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline this week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the country is running for the hills. The crime gang announced it was closing up shop after its servers were seized and someone drained the cryptocurrency from…
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Work from Home and Productivity
We study productivity before and during the working from home [WFH] period of the Covid-19 pandemic, using personnel and analytics data from over 10,000 skilled professionals at a large Asian IT services company. Hours worked increased, including a rise of 18% outside normal business hours. Average output declined…
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Privacy Update: Third-party Tracking
Read this post for a privacy update regarding third-party tracking code on our website.
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Three things to never build yourself: auth, notifications, payments
Call Courier from an Auth0 post-user-registration Action to create a profile and send a welcome, with your API key in Action secrets and no webhook route.
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Golden Handcuffs
Stock-based compensation plans throughout the startup and tech sector are based on “golden handcuffs” – the idea that an employee can’t leave because they would be giving up too much money if they do. I’ve never loved that concept. It feels like staying in a bad marriage for the kids. So I have been involved […]
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What I learnt roasting 200 landing pages
Creator landing pages explained: courses, product, Sponsor Me and more creator pages.
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Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong
Now that there’s decent chance of US investment in rail, Randal O’Toole is resurrecting his takes from the early Obama era, warning that high-speed rail is a multi-trillion dollar money…
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A Threshold Crossed
The 213-page report, “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution,” examines Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. It presents the present-day reality of a single authority, the Israeli government, ruling primarily over the area between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea…
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Cloudflare on the edge
Cloudflare is uniquely positioned to become a major player in an Internet 3.0 world, where politics matter more than economics.
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We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon
Code Editor — originally called “Diet Coda” then later “Coda for iOS” — was our powerful and full-featured iOS editor for developers. Introduced in 2012 , it was packed with innovation, like our “Super Loupe” designed to make iOS cursor placement more precise — even fun, and an “iPad Preview” that let you use your…
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Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of money?
Since 2018, Babel has been doing a funding experiment: can full time work on Babel be sustained? We've learned the answer might be no.
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How to write a resume that converts
Keywords and outcomes that will get you an interview
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Writing books is not really a good idea
Could the creator economy provide a better one?
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Berkshire: Bitcoin is ‘contrary to the interest of civilization.’
Every year, professional and amateur shareholders have the opportunity to partake in Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting where legendary investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger field questions on Berkshire’s business and investment decisions. Typically, the annual event is...
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The Ultimate Guide to Inflation
Originally Published: May 2021 Inflation is a controversial and complex topic. This article looks at 150 years of data across multiple countries to provide a general idea of what inflation is, what to look for, and how to invest with inflationary and deflationary risks in mind. Read from the beginning, or jump to the…
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Remote-first companies that actively hire
Do you ever dream of working remotely in a place where you will thrive the most? Here's 82 remote-first companies that actively hire people worldwide!
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Elon Musk, master promoter
Elon Musk is a master promoter. His ability to bring his many endeavors into the limelight is unmatched in the technology industry.
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US Customs Export Control Says: I’m Screwed
Update: It looks like this problem may have been resolved by USPS, with international shipments sent May 11 or later proceeding normally. But there’s still confusion about the source of the problem, the date it was resolved, and whether it’s truly fixed. It appears it’s necessary to buy new postage to reship any…