16:[[46276019,{"by":"hussein-khalil","descendants":123,"id":46276019,"kids":[46279334,46276637,46280084,46280695,46276706,46279274,46277492,46279791,46277395,46276966,46277363,46282694,46279573,46277080,46349451,46276432,46280873,46281088,46277675,46282951,46276494,46276425,46277170,46277573,46277958,46276596,46278006,46277313,46277808,46276522,46308001,46277195,46292885,46277185,46279140,46280740,46279422,46276344,46276913,46276693,46281915,46284205,46278349,46277440,46279344,46283209,46276680,46276824,46281200,46276489,46280907,46284577,46281205,46281055,46276621,46282048,46277410,46276403,46284861,46292445,46284815,46281223,46277975,46283270,46301178,46276604,46276880,46277404],"score":87,"text":"I’ve been working on a small language learning app as a solo developer.

I intentionally avoided gamification, streaks, subscriptions, and engagement tricks.\nThe goal was calm learning — fewer distractions, more focus.

I’m starting to wonder if this approach is fundamentally at odds with today’s market.

For those who’ve built or used learning tools:\n– Does “calm” resonate, or is it too niche?\n– What trade-offs have you seen when avoiding gamification?

Not here to promote — genuinely looking for perspective.","time":1765813714,"title":"Ask HN: Is building a calm, non-gamified learning app a mistake?","type":"story"}],[45837560,{"by":"tbwriting","descendants":11,"id":45837560,"kids":[45843538,45837598,45849316,45838474,45863745,45837725,45862185,45856271,45840227,45844089],"score":12,"text":"I've found leads here and there, nothing that really captures it though - specifically key aspects like hiring, raising funding, and such. I figured if any community knew of good ones I missed, it would be this one!","time":1762449242,"title":"Ask HN: What games let you simulate running a startup?","type":"story"}],[44859888,{"by":"ejlanor","descendants":18,"id":44859888,"kids":[44860950,44868995,44862733,44860173,44868920,44860342,44876375,44874194],"score":7,"text":"Been working as a SWE for almost 7 years, burned out, quit to recover. Thankfully savings are good, so doing well now, but I am starting to think of what comes next.

Living in a pretty cheap country, 20k/year would be more than enough to have a good life, anything over that would go into investments.

Any ideas what kinds I work I should seek out? Sacrificed a lot these past few years to progress my career, so I am looking to minimize stress and enjoy life for the next couple of years.","time":1754874911,"title":"Ask HN: What are some comfy/stress-free jobs a SWE can do? (LCOL country)","type":"story"}],[44566223,{"by":"amathew","descendants":47,"id":44566223,"kids":[44566668,44567483,44566418,44567019,44566358,44567331,44567750,44568394,44568827,44566384,44566512,44567092,44566437,44566477],"score":42,"text":"I am a 39 year old with cerebral palsy (use a walker due to mobility issues) who lost their job in late January 2025. I worked as a senior data scientist in the past and have been applying to analytics, business intelligence, and data science roles.

Six months later and I am still without a job.

How have those of you with disabilities overcome the difficulties in this market?

I'm totally lost and don't know how to proceed.

I've rewritten my resume and do get interviews

There were 4 instances where I went through the entire process and they ended up hiring another one of the candidates

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abraham-mathew-21221b29/","time":1752533418,"title":"Ask HN: What is a physiically disabled person to do in this job market?","type":"story"}],[44162470,{"by":"bigscrankus","descendants":36,"id":44162470,"kids":[44162583,44168206,44162622,44162568,44165568,44167093,44169341,44168364,44162576,44169720,44162773,44172882,44163176,44164297,44167378],"score":10,"text":"A one-time payment for an offline version.

I operate a low-cost SaaS that does about $500,000 a year. Churn is quite low, and LTV is about $250 per user.

Would it be totally stupid to offer a one-time purchase equal to LTV for an offline-only version of our application?

I’ve actually built my application local-first; it works offline just fine. My business model is SaaS because it’s easy and we do have online-only features, but I wonder if a dual model would get more money on the table? Many users have emailed us asking for a one-time, offline option.

Does a dual model work? SaaS for app + online features, and a one-time payment option for offline usage and one year of updates?

Thoughts?","time":1748894666,"title":"Ask HN: Is offering a one-time payment stupid?","type":"story"}],[43738813,{"by":"caprock","descendants":7,"id":43738813,"kids":[43738849,43745160,43740725,43754936,43740417,43740504],"score":10,"text":"What's happening with AI assisted programming inside each of the FAANG companies (or large unicorn startups)? Are they just using cursor et al? Do they have custom applications for vertical integration? Custom plugins?

Please feel free to share your insights from inside the larger tech companies and cultures.","time":1745091061,"title":"Ask HN: Do FAANG corps have an internal Cursor?","type":"story"}],[38946861,{"by":"highwayman47","descendants":25,"id":38946861,"kids":[38947074,38949586,38947048,38947147,38949189,38961445,38953409,38969105,38953651,38958052,38960296,38956457],"score":11,"text":"I was making $170k in biotech, doing operations. This job was not enjoyable and hard to quantify/describe. Basically, just putting out fires all day. I got laid off and biotech sucks right now. I'm prepared to retrain, but I want to make a similar salary. Unfortunately tech seems to have downturned as well - so I'm not sure what to do. I had some contacts at some SaaS companies that peripherally served life sciences, but this seems to have fizzed out as well. Also, did some sample work for equities analysis in life science, no response.","time":1704941429,"title":"Ask HN: 36 years old, no skills, no job – what can I learn?","type":"story"}],[37877716,{"by":"countermeasure","descendants":8,"id":37877716,"kids":[37888341,37877950,37885194,37877872,37896334,37877726,37877789,37880347],"score":6,"text":"$17","time":1697251839,"title":"Ask HN: What have you bought or sold using a cryptocurrency?","type":"story"}],[37362732,{"by":"djangovm","descendants":10,"id":37362732,"kids":[37388412,37390450,37380129,37379253,37363672,37373549],"score":5,"text":"Some background info:

1. Stack: Shopify.\n2. Theme on shopify: undecided still.\n3. Market Research: selling goods offline through exhibitions to understand logistics and sales.\n4. Target audience: mid-range clothes.\n5. Sourcing of inventory: through wholesale suppliers.

I am interested in learning:\n1. What are some practical tips to make a successful online business?\n2. Are there any books/podcasts/resources that can help me improve the business aspect of running a small business?\n3. I do not think tech is going to be complicated at surface (shopify etc. etc.), and I am not averse to getting my hands dirty if needed, but time is of essence, and getting into a theme's code, for example, is going to consume a lot of it. So avoiding that for now, but any recommendations?\n4. Any questions I may not be asking?

thanks.","time":1693670542,"title":"Ask HN: Starting new ecommerce site for clothes, what should I know for success?","type":"story"}],[35993410,{"by":"djellybeans","descendants":2,"id":35993410,"kids":[36001025,36007196],"score":4,"text":"Digital agencies seem to get a lot of criticism in the tech world but I wouldn't mind working for one again if the job culture is right. Plus you get the opportunity to use many front-end and back-end web skills to stay well-rounded.

But what I want the most is having an incentive to actually fulfill positive outcomes for the clients. And actually see my work make a difference. I don't care for the "churn and burn" mindset where agencies just sign off contracts and only care that they are paid for deliverables. I want agencies that actually care about creating profits for their clients. Are there any out there that operate in this fashion? I'd like to discover some.","time":1684440555,"title":"Ask HN: Any digital agencies that care about outcomes and not just deliverables?","type":"story"}],[34578347,{"by":"Madmallard","descendants":206,"id":34578347,"kids":[34578906,34578942,34579214,34578833,34580250,34579417,34578940,34580545,34578702,34579077,34579972,34580378,34578881,34579026,34578624,34581511,34581840,34578780,34579519,34578704,34580419,34580274,34581691,34585089,34578679,34580147,34578812,34578883,34584597,34586306,34584267,34578678,34579424,34585975,34592464,34579985,34579215,34579121,34582751,34579853,34579756,34582456,34578777,34578957,34580201,34579939,34594424,34589465,34581338,34580040,34593734,34582225,34588795,34582416,34579184,34579461,34578993,34578825,34580796,34578727,34580212,34584095,34579177,34578638],"score":237,"text":"$18","time":1675077608,"title":"Ask HN: Disabled and out of work for years, but need some side income","type":"story"}],[34476080,{"by":"drekipus","descendants":8,"id":34476080,"kids":[34476723,34480188,34478020,34479046,34476926,34476693,34476355],"score":3,"text":"Hey HN. Has anyone tried opening a bar/restaurant? How did it go? Does it balance with working in tech or did you get burnt out?

I've been wanting to run my own business for a while now, seperate to my job, and I've realised that I don't want to be working infront of screens around the clock (for work and business).

I really enjoy talking to people, and I live in an "up and coming" city that is currently building up some high rise apartments, but there's only two bars in the CBD, so I'm prodding at the idea of opening a 3rd bar and filling a potential gap.

How did it go for you? (Bartending stories also welcome)

Personal background: retail but not bartending. Used to frequent bars as a customer quite a lot. Will aim to get some bartending work in the meantime. Currently in software","time":1674384205,"title":"Ask HN: Anyone tried starting up a bar?","type":"story"}],[34460629,{"by":"graeme","descendants":2,"id":34460629,"kids":[34460860,34463444],"score":2,"text":"Have used Google Analytics for over a decade. It was free, simple, unlimited history and had good predefined reports.

Just looked into universal analytics. It has a limited history, and must be used with a separate program to make sense of the data, and has no pre defined reports. If I'm understanding correctly.

For a solo business it doesn't seem ideal. Want to know if people here will switch to it, or if they're using another alternative and what the costs are like.","time":1674252113,"title":"Ask HN: Are you switching to Google Analytics 4 or an alternative?","type":"story"}],[34236420,{"by":"patrick_vbn","descendants":1,"id":34236420,"kids":[34327097],"score":3,"text":"$19","time":1672773061,"title":"Ask HN: Meta allows hackers to post anything to our bloomineasy page","type":"story"}],[33697809,{"by":"krithix","descendants":42,"id":33697809,"kids":[33699449,33699086,33698339,33698176,33699266,33700243,33699291,33699687,33698150,33698521,33698471,33699902,33698243,33698697,33698249,33698374,33698661,33698818,33698776,33700155,33698523,33699969,33700041,33699628,33698921,33698350,33698123],"score":24,"text":"What is an item you're waiting to go on sale before you buy it?","time":1669064201,"title":"Ask HN: What are you waiting to buy with a Black Friday / Cyber Monday deal?","type":"story"}],[33585522,{"by":"pcurve","descendants":124,"id":33585522,"kids":[33585715,33587443,33585951,33585796,33586015,33585726,33585799,33585968,33586276,33586207,33586179,33586274,33585701,33585856,33585623,33589086,33586334,33586492,33586020,33587668,33586457,33587968,33587214,33592109,33586517,33588064,33588736,33586588,33586084,33593856,33600022,33587051,33586403,33587819,33587196,33589849,33585638,33586316,33585931,33586098,33586030,33585710,33585905,33586204],"score":105,"text":"I worked nonstop for the past 20 years in tech / design space, and wanted a break. I also wanted to spend some time with family.

I'll take at least 6 months off.

But then I'd need to look for a job, but I really don't like the idea of going back to doing the same thing... i.e. web/app design/dev work for larger corporations.

So I'm open to doing something completely different, even if it pays 1/3rd.

Has anyone here made successful transition to field outside technology?

Any advice in general would be appreciated.","time":1668362418,"title":"Ask HN: In mid 40s. What non-tech job can I do?","type":"story"}],[32087927,{"by":"_jdzr","descendants":28,"id":32087927,"kids":[32092430,32088349,32088460,32088055,32088442,32088679,32087979,32093722,32089483,32090470,32088409,32090306,32114916,32088659,32100438],"score":28,"text":"$1a","time":1657741873,"title":"Ask HN: Has any one successfully pivoted away from tech?","type":"story"}],[29655340,{"by":"hemmert","descendants":2,"id":29655340,"kids":[29656991,29655372],"score":4,"text":"$1b","time":1640207836,"title":"Ask HN: How do you professionalize/outsource customer service?","type":"story"}],[21848422,{"by":"topisan","descendants":17,"id":21848422,"kids":[21848499,21849000,21855452,21848913,21848910,21848488,21855596,21853164],"score":7,"text":"Why it's so hard to send money abroad? It's either takes long or costs a lot. IS it laws or is it just no one has taken this an issue?","time":1576885708,"title":"Ask HN: Why there are no good services to send money abroad?","type":"story"}],[20481982,{"by":"react_burger38","descendants":13,"id":20481982,"kids":[20483846,20490587,20483347,20486214,20482921,20484575,20482049,20488331,20483235],"score":8,"text":"My wife and I recently had our second baby. Despite having an HMO insurance plan, we got hit with a bill that was for thousands more than we had saved for. I want to use some of my 6 week paternity leave to make some of that money to pay it off. I am a software engineer with React and Javascript knowledge and experience although by no means an expert.

What can I do over a period of about a month (plan to take 2 weeks relaxing with family) in order to generate $$ to pay the bill?

I have looked on upwork but it doesn't seem to be a good fit. They want skills like shopify or wordpress or environments I'm not familiar with. I know they might not be too hard to learn, but I don't have much time to learn a new thing.","time":1563566776,"title":"Ask HN: How to make quick $$ with front-end skills during paternity leave?","type":"story"}]]

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