15:[[48130604,{"by":"nomilk","descendants":11,"id":48130604,"kids":[48130639,48130628,48131188,48131020,48130625,48130678,48131106,48130899,48130693,48130898,48130691,48130895],"score":2,"text":"For at least 15 years, MindBody (booking app for yoga/pilates studios) cost ~$400 AUD/month for basic functionality (there existed cheaper plans but those missed critical features).

Today, it goes for $89/month - a 78% price reduction in just a couple of years

I can only guess this is due to market saturation due to it being relatively low-hanging fruit for startups to nibble at.

Such a dramatic fall in price makes me wonder if the end-game is a price war which sees all SaaS prices fall, potentially to $0 for those with low/no switching cost","time":1778727676,"title":"Ask HN: Are SaaS businesses going to zero?","type":"story"}],[47146086,{"by":"Incarcer","descendants":4,"id":47146086,"kids":[47146455,47150985,47146087],"score":4,"time":1771982600,"title":"5 months ago I'd never coded anything. I now have full-stack analytics platform","type":"story","url":"https://customvenom.com"}],[46765213,{"by":"marc__1","descendants":4,"id":46765213,"kids":[46765284,46766332,46766019,46765317],"score":4,"time":1769433104,"title":"Nvidia Invests $2B More in CoreWeave, Offers New Chip","type":"story","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/nvidia-invests-another-2-billion-in-coreweave-offers-new-chip"}],[46580703,{"by":"napolux","descendants":383,"id":46580703,"kids":[46586972,46582410,46583528,46587609,46584739,46584423,46582892,46586555,46589799,46592080,46581319,46585392,46586483,46589475,46586777,46585910,46585854,46585862,46590678,46585605,46582901,46586314,46585344,46581194,46581835,46586210,46582829,46587434,46581088,46584064,46588119,46596217,46591304,46588043,46582466,46584789,46581996,46589674,46596734,46581146,46597438,46591152,46586554,46585645,46590120,46591866,46589657,46587650,46581564,46667305,46587428],"score":328,"time":1768168824,"title":"The next two years of software engineering","type":"story","url":"https://addyosmani.com/blog/next-two-years/"}],[45730227,{"by":"0xrelogic","descendants":7,"id":45730227,"kids":[45730228,45741154],"score":4,"time":1761638819,"title":"Meta spent $75B in 3 months on AI infrastructure (CoreWeave, Oracle, Blue Owl)","type":"story","url":"https://allenarch.dev/blog/meta-75b-ai-infrastructure-bet/"}],[45313689,{"by":"testrun","descendants":2,"id":45313689,"kids":[45314068,45313705],"score":3,"time":1758378308,"title":"H-1B Visa LIVE: Full implications of H-1B visa fee hike are being studied","type":"story","url":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/h1b-visa-fee-hike-trump-fee-hike-us-impact-on-indian-technology-workers-live-updates/article70073225.ece"}],[45243019,{"by":"milesbarr","descendants":312,"id":45243019,"kids":[45243536,45243682,45243624,45243947,45243838,45243710,45243547,45243633,45243728,45243571,45243586,45243510,45243953,45243678,45243553,45243765,45243938,45243521,45243603,45243540,45244697,45243523,45243580,45244946,45243644,45243549,45248630,45243623,45250882,45243608,45243539,45243555,45244634,45243454,45243659,45244204,45244136,45243617,45245054,45244649,45245933,45243561,45247067,45243597,45251219,45253212,45244483,45243529,45243743,45243522,45243672,45243579,45245015,45246268,45289093,45247210,45243660,45243592,45244023,45243552,45244079,45243945,45243746,45243548,45243591,45243496],"score":116,"time":1757882174,"title":"My thoughts on renting versus buying","type":"story","url":"https://milesbarr.me/posts/my-thoughts-on-renting-versus-buying/"}],[43381779,{"by":"camwest","descendants":2,"id":43381779,"kids":[43382355],"score":4,"time":1742155450,"title":"So How Many Developers Can I Fire?","type":"story","url":"https://cameronwestland.com/so-how-many-developers-can-i-fire"}],[41691943,{"by":"herbertl","descendants":445,"id":41691943,"kids":[41700503,41692495,41698252,41699359,41692362,41692299,41692534,41698879,41707238,41706507,41703736,41692609,41694910,41703606,41703618,41692583,41692581,41692552,41692323,41692373,41705112,41705855,41707171,41692523,41703102,41704620,41693246,41701493,41704356,41692494,41699010,41700841,41702201,41707485,41707640,41705742,41708616,41704361,41702938,41702883,41707275,41701870,41704692,41692313,41704507,41709227,41692445,41699884,41703978,41700578,41702719,41709182,41692572,41703991,41699020,41704610,41692519,41698185,41703470,41704515,41699042,41692338],"score":402,"time":1727653497,"title":"Do AI companies work?","type":"story","url":"https://benn.substack.com/p/do-ai-companies-work"}],[41654300,{"by":"hitchyhocker","descendants":33,"id":41654300,"kids":[41654399,41656680,41655740,41658578,41654626,41654606,41654360,41655403,41658386,41743954,41657131,41654849,41659454,41654414,41655066,41656054,41654432,41665565,41654794,41654718,41654391],"score":13,"text":"If your engineers are slacking in work, what's the best way to increase their sense of urgency or motivate them to ship things faster? Assuming they already committed to a timeline but often failed to miss it by a bit.

Recently I read this blog by rands https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-metronome/, and this line resonated "the more the team can get the work done without you there, the more effectively you are scaling as a leader."

You can push them harder, but that does not work when I'm not there.

I can also use the performance review as a tool, but again it feels like a whip that will gradually lose effect when I'm not there.

So what other tools can you implement?

Engineers should be motivated themselves, so if we celebrate shipping more, will they be more motivated to get things done sooner???

Suggestions are welcome.","time":1727321813,"title":"Ask HN: As a manager, how to increase the sense of urgency of the team?","type":"story"}],[41654368,{"by":"sujayk_33","descendants":2,"id":41654368,"kids":[41666294,41654407,41654370],"score":3,"time":1727322647,"title":"Ask HN: Why is everyone leaving OpenAI?","type":"story"}],[41008431,{"by":"flightster","descendants":11,"id":41008431,"kids":[41016538,41008979,41008844,41008480,41057404,41008529,41008735,41009165],"score":7,"text":"$16","time":1721407865,"title":"I Buy NVDA Puts","type":"story"}],[40608337,{"by":"mmarian","descendants":13,"id":40608337,"kids":[40608390,40608601,40609534],"score":2,"time":1717765308,"title":"I started my first algo trading course. And gave up after 15 mins","type":"story","url":"https://learningquant.com/blog/202406/quit-first-algo-trading-course/"}],[40584337,{"by":"rbanffy","descendants":1,"id":40584337,"kids":[40584858],"score":2,"time":1717592766,"title":"How do AI software engineering agents work?","type":"story","url":"https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/ai-coding-agents"}],[40086046,{"by":"jasontlouro","descendants":2,"id":40086046,"kids":[40086160],"score":2,"time":1713530201,"title":"Building AI assistants that can write code in production","type":"story","url":"https://rehance.ai/blog/building-ai-assistants-that-can-execute-code-safely"}],[39900546,{"by":"tempsy","descendants":3,"id":39900546,"kids":[39900653,39904948,39952301],"score":7,"text":"I noticed the number of comments in this month's "Who's hiring" post is unusually low with only 168 or so comments today. That's by far the lowest of any month I spot checked going back 5 years or so.

Back in 2019-2021 (with exception of early pandemic times) most months got around 1000 posts. Then I can see after the rate hikes around early 2022 when the market started going south most posts got around 600-700 or so.

Then 2023 I see around 500 or so posts each month, and this year most posts under 500 and then today, though still with some time, absolutely tanked.","time":1712013519,"title":"Ask HN: Is the num of posts in the \"Who's Hiring\" post indicative of anything?","type":"story"}],[39762115,{"by":"eerop","descendants":4,"id":39762115,"kids":[39762385,39762144],"score":2,"text":"Hey, I'm looking for a fast LLM to use via API, that's as good or almost as good as GPT-4, better than GPT-3.5-turbo at least.

GPT-4 via OpenAI is too slow -- 100 token output takes >3 seconds.

Where can I find one?","time":1710898352,"title":"Looking for fast GPT-4 level LLM usable via API. (not via OpenAI)","type":"story"}],[39438105,{"by":"erehweb","descendants":2,"id":39438105,"kids":[39438193,39438109],"score":4,"time":1708403889,"title":"A Psychiatrist Tried to Quit Gambling. Betting Apps Kept Her Hooked","type":"story","url":"https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/gambling-addiction-sports-betting-apps-4463cde0"}]]

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