Hi Everyone,I'm in my late forties and have been (mostly) gainfully employed for my adult life as a software developer. Over the last few years I've suffered some burnout and was part of a mass layoff at my last job. I started seeing a therapist and things have not been going great. I might be

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posted on wednesday, july 12th, 2023 I’ve been operating Pushover’s public-facing API for over a decade now and I thought I’d pass on some advice for those creating a new API. Pushover’s API might be unusual in that it is used by a wide range of devices (embedded IoT things, legacy servers, security cameras, etc.)

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Hey Hackernews, I am an early/mid-career engineer who is interviewing for new positions in FPGA development. In the last month I have had a series of interviews that seem to be mining more for information than looking to hire for a specific role. I am curious if there are resources or advice that one can

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Selling bootstrapped startup (S Corp) 100% owned by one person. The buyer wants to do a stock deal – i.e., acquire 100% of the stock. But the Legal costs will be high.Options include1. Asset sale – sell code base2. Exclusive license3. Sell the stock.The company is 5 years old.What is the best tax option? Perhaps

When the London newspaper the Athenian Mercury, edited and published by the author and bookseller John Dunton, first answered questions about romance, bodily functions, and the mysteries of the universe in 1691, it may have created the template for the advice column. But the history of advice stretches back even further into the past. Advice—whether

Appsmith’s CTO, Arpit, once mentioned in an interview that boring is good. Appsmith is an open source framework that can be used to build internal custom software. Our engineers believe that code should be well-maintained. The steps required to do that (from focusing on code comments to prioritizing readability), however, can be rather dull. But if