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There are plenty of great frameworks for single-pages applications (Angular, Ember, Backbone, ...) that each offer their own interpretations on how to develop. Take Ember for example (only because I am familiar with…

I've noticed this trend now where you are first asked for your username or email first, then the page reloads with the password box separately. This is really annoying if you use a password manager as you sometimes have…

I signed up and verified for a current account with Number26 today. They're a EU (in 6 countries) online-only, mobile-first bank: - https://number26.eu I have to say I'm very impressed with this. I was able to sign up…

I live in Europe. When working for clients in The States I charge in USD. This means I have to up my rate to take the exchange rate etc. into account. I've been considering changing and charging solely in Euros from now…

I'm a programmer who want to start a business (app or service). I have a potential partner to work with. I want to bootstrap. What books should I read?

I'm a developer that has been tasked with helping an online e-commerce client make their first permanent tech-hire (in an existing non-technical team of 4). This person will have broad responsibilities in a company that…

I'm a freelance web developer. I primarily develop locally using Sublime Text 3 but I'd love to change this and be able to develop entirely remotely on a VPS. I've tried a couple of times to get into using Vim but I've…

I'm a freelance web developer and I'm planning on putting together a general purpose web development contract for future projects. I was hoping to get a feeling of what I should be covering in the contract. I'd love to…

I'm a recovering freelancer that recently picked up "Start Small, Stay Small"* from a thread here on HN and it really resonated with me. I have been freelancing very informally over the last few years but I find myself…