lazyjones

(Financial) success stories are posted regularly here, but many people work on highly successful solo projects that cost them money and are unsustainable in the long term, i.e. expensive hobbies. Please present them…

Unfortunately, most engineers aren't in a position to choose to work on a particular problem with high impact on our future. Those of you who do, what did you decide to work on and why? Was it the problem itself or the…

"Startups as a service" has been a niche subject for a couple of years, with varying meaning: - outsourced innovation labs / "Skunkworks" for large corporations - independent firms creating/testing ideas with hackathons…

We've seen much progress in AI, machine learning research and practical results. We've greatly increased the amount of data that can be handled effectively and the amount available to Google et al in the past 10-20…

With the recent discussion about x86 and other non-open platforms (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11422531) I was wondering how feasible a (free/open) desktop-capable MIPS64-based single board computer project…

It sometimes happens that programmers lose the ability to use their hands due to accidents/illness. Has anyone here used / seen an efficient setup for programming (i.e. entering code in various languages) that works…

It seems incredibly hard to replace a leaving founder with a suitable CTO. If you managed to pull this off, how did you do it? Is an acqui-hire the best way? Did a headhunter poach someone from the competition for you?…

We purchased a domain from a competitor last year, because it was our brand with a different TLD and we were looking to grow our business in that country. The domain had been in use for more than 10 years by different…