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Re:Show HN: Email Validation API – Validateemail.io on Thursday October 29, 2026 @06:17PM (#50296988)
Will be a lot cheaper, thanks to using Cloudflare hosting so is consumption based costs.
Re:Ask HN: Do we need to revisit Agile/Scrum? on Sunday August 27, 2023 @05:48AM (#37281027)
Personal experience is that although agile and scrum are widely used, most organisations use these as frameworks to build a custom approach. Biggest problem I always find is lack of accounting and governance transformation to support agile, these two are always typically waterfall, so then you end up with agile technologists versus waterfall business = waterfall with sprints. For agile to really work, every part of a business needs to adopt it, from board down.

Developers are not always rich people

I really struggled through university, and have been lucky to find employment. But with debts of over $50k and living in a UK city to be close to work is slowly bankrupting me. I am loosing. I am loosing my health, and slowly my will to live. I am now sitting outside a cafe using my phone on free WiFi as I have had my telephone lines disconnected and am building up rent arrears.I wonder how...

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Re:Ask HN: What computer setup do you use? on Saturday February 07, 2015 @08:01AM (#9013829)
Just a macbook pro retina with 256GB SSD - i5 - 8GB Ram. Is really nice for travelling and working all over my house.
Re:Oh shit on Monday January 19, 2015 @02:03PM (#8913405)
travel costs and moving house. my parents are alcoholics and I had to leave. I have lived beyond my means, and went to university. I cannot get help because of my age. All of my money goes on repayments, rent, transport and essential living costs.
Re:Oh shit on Monday January 19, 2015 @02:00PM (#8913375)
UK

How long is your commute?

I work for a start-up as a developer and travel 32 miles to work each day - with traffic this takes me 50-60 minutes a day. Everyone I work with thinks this is weird. What about the rest of you?

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Ask HN: Why are usernames not secured like passwords?

So we often hear about data breaches, but why are we not encrypting usernames and emails addresses alongside passwords? Is this just because it will require too much computing power and slow down login processes? I just think that a secure login, means a secure username along with a secure password??

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