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With the Amazon layoffs, a lot of strong PMs, designers, and engineers are suddenly free (unless you are on visa). Instead of job hunting alone, why not form small teams to build and launch samething?

Please suggest AWS S3 alternatives to reduce the PUT cost and not impacting the latency. Usecase: I want to store 1-1.5mn images (avg size 50kb). All images are deleted after 10 days. 98% of the images are not even…

TLDR: Looking for remote chrome browser access connect to a high speed internet and long session times. Wondering if there are any Remote Browser Isolation services offered for personal use. Cloudflare seems to be for…

I'm the creator of a Chrome extension with 4.7 stars for 500+ ratings. It is one of Google's favorites of 2022. I noticed a company cloned my code (even though I published the uglified version) and published their…

Unsure if this is the same for everyone but our notification emails from SES are being rate limited by Gmail. Background: One of my apps provides time-sensitive email notifications, for 60-90 days, to the…

It's been increasingly hard for me to transition to a Product Management from Sr. Data Scientist role. I've tried platforms like pay-only-after-you-get-hired platforms but no success (not even interview calls). My…

With the recent layoffs (that hurt H-1B visa & GC status) and the long waiting for the US Visa interview appointments in the countries like India & Canada, it seems, there are barriers to entry into the US and…

Yesterday, I've received an email from the Chrome Extension team [chrome-favorites-of-the-year@google.com] informing the one of my extensions has been selected for Chrome Web Store’s end of year list, Favorites of 2022.…

I'm working to build a forum for a niche segment. User acquisition is not a problem, I already have social groups with 15K active users/day. I thought it would be good to get HN ideas and feedback in the process so I…

I'm curious to see what are the companies applied for the YC Winter 2023 batch. If you are in stealth or don't want to let the public know the niche product you applied with, mention the industry you are serving,…

I run a US non-immigrant community portal that has over 300K monthly visits. I sense there is a bigger opportunity to collaborate with the US consulate officer. I've tried LinkedIn, searching gov records, et al to…

I run a service that has a great potential for more users with referrals, as our target segment is groups. Currently, we've integrated rewardful-dot-com, however, the service works only for the Stripe purchases. Is…

Following high (10.57%) USD-INR transaction fee on PayPal [1]. We, recently, implemented Stripe payments and found that the Stripe-Radar is hindering the subscriptions. Yesterday, we experienced 2-digit "Blocked"…

Hi HN, I recently saw a service that converts Slack/Discord channels to forum that can be embedded on your webpages that helps for SEO. I believe I came across it on HN. I tried to search based on the keywords (slack…

For a user payment of USD282.89, we have received an INR 19,973.10 We have multiple payment gateways on our platform 1. PayPal - Accepts most cards. But hefty 10.57% in FEE 2. Stripe - Often reject INR Transactions as…

Hi there, I have a 8-5 job that needs constant attention and I maintain a couple of services on the internet. I'm curious to know how, someone like me, is handling the customer support. I receive an average of 15-20…

I have been running imagetoexcel.com registered with Google Domain. The service is live since May 2019 with 1000 DAUs. I have auto-renewal turned on, so every year it renews for one year charging my credit card linked…

I just received at least 30 emails from HN with the subject "work at a startup". Everyone same?

Example: US Visa Slot appointment [1] portal limits the user login to 3-5 a day with no more than 20-30 refreshes per day. I understand the limitation was to restrict the bots from misutilizing. I am curious to see what…

I am checking to see if the organizations would be interested in paying a premium for 100% accurate data extraction from an image or a PDF page? On average, the starting salary of a data entry operator in the US is…

In the last 2 weeks, we're encountering too many unsuccessful transactions from the Indian, Mexican users. The same cards are going through Paypal smoothly. Is your business having similar trouble accepting payments…