Litmus tests for using blockchain vs. relational database
4 by perditus | 2 comments on Hacker News. When should a business use blockchain despite its inefficiency? Honestly, I can't think of any reason to not just use a traditional relational database instead. Instead of anecdotes I'm interested in any literature exploring this issue, ideally outlining specific features of a use-case that would make it a good fit for blockchain. Here's an example, but it's far too vague IMO: http://bit.ly/2M0hdKP (clickable version in comments)
Ask HN: How to get funding for a stealth startup
3 by quotz | 3 comments on Hacker News. How to get funding for a stealth startup if some of the investors youre going after have already funded your competitor, and your startup has valuable IP that if gets in the hands of the competitors is total failure for your startup? As far as I know investors dont sign NDAs, but even if they do it would be really hard to prove they leaked info right?
Ask HN: How would you validate an idea for SaaS product?
4 by vsolanki19 | 7 comments on Hacker News. I've heard of many SaaS companies building the products first and then try to sell it only to fail later due to lack of demand and customers. My question is how would you validate an idea for SaaS is worth pursuing with enough demand and interest from customers? Not asking for a complete strategy but a general idea of where to start at.
Ask HN: How to hire digital nomads nearby?
16 by schtono | 32 comments on Hacker News. Here's a real problem that no one seems to have solved yet: In my company, we would need temporary help with a certain technology for a few months. Freelancers in my city are fully booked. Yet I don't want to hire somebody remote because the job requires people to work closely together in the same room on a regular basis. I know there's a ton of "digital nomads" out there, travelling through cheap countries like Thailand, working from nice beaches. But my city (Munich, Germany) is also very lovely, especially in summer. I cannot find any "marketplace" where digital nomads hang out, waiting to be attracted by an amazing company like ours. The typical freelancer marketplaces like upwork don't seem to cover my search requirements. Questions: - Am I simply missing a marketplace? - Or is this an opportunity to take?
Ask HN: Blogs about Being CTO/Head of/Lead Dev?
169 by ggregoire | 47 comments on Hacker News. Mainly interested about retrospectives, feedbacks, tips, etc., from CTO/Head of… or Lead dev of 10+ teammates, about growing teams, people management, project management, tech decisions, processes, etc.
Ask HN: How to performance test React webapps for rendering speed regressions?
75 by janci5243 | 22 comments on Hacker News. As React webapps get large and start to contain a lot of complex components, they often do not perform well and manifest low FPS in browser. As a result, engineers add strategies such as memoization (React.memo, shouldComponentUpdate) to avoid unnecessary computation, however they logic is fragile to code changes. Is there a way to automatically test performance (maybe in terms of FPS) of React applications regularly in CI pipelines? Any tools for this out there?
Ask HN: Biographies recommendations – both Westerner and Non-westerner
64 by ahmaman | 61 comments on Hacker News. Which biographies have you enjoyed reading that had somewhat an impact on you? Both westerner & non-westerner biographies are welcome. Some of the topics I care about: - Philosophy - Entrepreneurship - Technology - Culture - History
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The Ingraham Angle cuts through the Washington chatter speaking directly with unexpected voices and the actual people who are impacted by the news of the day.
Dutch polls open, kicking off 4 days of European elections
Dutch polls have opened in elections for the European Parliament, starting four days of voting across the 28-nation bloc that pits supporters of deeper integration against populist Euroskeptics who want more power for their national governments.
Defeated Indonesia candidate to challenge vote at top court
The defeated candidate in Indonesia's presidential election is expected to file a court challenge to the result as calm returned to the capital Jakarta following a 24-hour spasm of apparently orchestrated violence.