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Talking to your customers: a disruptive Agile framework
Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.
The unusual way I'm funding my open source work
From the Linux kernel to Firefox and Wordpress, Open Source is changing the world for the better. But how to achieve financial sustainability when you produce something that can legally be copied, by design, at zero cost? Revenue models for Open Source A lot has been written about achieving profitability
New research shows hydrogen-reduced iron has superior properties
New research within the HYBRIT project shows superior results on the properties and quality of the hydrogen direct reduced sponge iron compared to the fossil-based process.
Raising a Ladder to the Moon, Under the Sea
Today, subsea cables link our world. 1866, a transatlantic cable was as likely as "raising a ladder to the moon."
Windows 8 Developer Preview is Live
Set up a development environment that works for you, build native Windows apps, and create AI-powered and agentic experiences with Windows.
Stripe's New Recurring Billing Features
Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes.
John Gruber: The iPad
Notes and observations, five days in.
Slack channels are a waste of time
Make better decisions, faster with chat that’s organized right. Follow the discussions that matter to you, easily and efficiently, in real time or asynchronously.
How platform engineering works
Lessons learned in my first year as a platform engineer.
Oculus to Acquire Carbon Design Team
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve agreed to acquire the Carbon Design team, one of the premier industrial design and product engineering...
Designing Up Banking
A deep-dive on the design journey of the Up app. A collaboration between product, design, engineering and our growing base of Upsiders.
Startup childhood – Tiny startups are not Google-in-miniature-form
Tiny startups are not Google-in-miniature-form
Of Money, Responsibility, and Pride
Fate has made me the “money guy” for OpenSSL so I’m going to talk about that for a bit.
The Rise of Steel Part II
Welcome to the Rise of Steel part II.
The rise of the API-based SaaS
API SaaS products bring a new age of enterprise cloud-based solutions. An age that empowers developers and creates the building blocks for our future.
Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension
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How to price enterprise software
One of the topics that is a common dilemma founders of enterprise software companies face is pricing It’s a complex issue which does not lend itself
Lessons learned after 5 years of climate tech entrepreneurship
This article attempts to reflect back on the most meaningful lessons learned by building electricityMap, Bloom and North at Tomorrow.
Fun With Numbers
Tablet market share numbers sure do look different when you don’t count any of the tablets that people are actually buying.