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revoradon Need Advice: Stripe Webhooks Bleeding Between Two SaaS Products

You can create multiple "businesses" inside your Stripe account. It's a bit of setup initially but that's the best way I know. You don't need two actually separate businesses - you can use the same business details but use different trading names.

revoradon Jacksonpollock.org (2003)

This is so cool! It'd be even more fun if it had sound effects.

revoradon I still like Sublime Text

Sublime user for many many years now. I've tried VSCode many times, never liked it. I use Cursor a bit now but still prefer Sublime. Thank you for building it!

revoradon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)

This is so nice, thank you for making it!

revoradon Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Joyful Life

This is an interesting take on the concept of Ikigai - https://www.lkazphoto.com/blog/photography-and-ikigai

revoradon Ask HN: What's an appropriate compensation counter offer in London 2024?

Lots of good advice from others here. I have one tip - read the book Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss. It has some very good negotiation tips.

revoradon Ask HN: Startup idea – disconnected, physical space charged by hour

Someone’s doing a similar thing in the UK - https://unplugged.rest/

revoradon Crypto Breaks the Rules and That’s the Point

https://archive.ph/FEUmZ

revoradon Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'

Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.

- Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

revoradon Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?

Try cmd+K - it brings up a search modal which shows results in a table.

revoradon Stripe App Marketplace

This looks cool. Took it for a spin but got stuck at this confirmation message after running the create app command:

To continue, please accept Stripe Apps terms and conditions for your account. Press Enter to open the browser or visit https://dashboard.stripe.com/apps/accept-terms (^C to quit)

Waiting for confirmation...

After waiting for a few minutes, it terminates with this:

please accept Stripe Apps terms and conditions before proceeding

I've already accepted the terms.

revoradon Ask HN: Tips for Reducing the Number of Inboxes

I’ve seen this service recommended by some people - https://texts.com/

I haven’t used it myself but might be what you’re looking for.

revoradon Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

One of my favourites is Symptom of the universe by Black Sabbath.

It's a classic Sabbath style tune with a hard hitting riff, solid drums, vocals and all that. The song seems to be winding down after the 4 minute mark with a standard fade out.

But then something magical starts at 4:23.

Gives me the chills every single time.

https://youtu.be/4qDYa2aIBxw

revoradon Write plain text files

Glad to see another simplenote user in the wild! I’ve been using it for years, absolutely love it.

For me it’s not just the automatic syncing, but having a good app on all platforms that I really like using.

On my Mac, I also run a script that commits the simplenote db to git every hour or so and pushes it to Github. It's basically like a JSON file. So I don’t worry about simplenote getting shut down.

revoradon Radio Garden

Love it, what a cool project!

revoradon Ask HN: How to differentiate my business from a competitor with crazy momentum?

Read Jason Cohen’s blog.

https://blog.asmartbear.com/youre-a-little-company-now-act-l...

https://blog.asmartbear.com/unfair-advantages.html

revoradon Ask HN: Great Blogs by Programmers

No longer active but one of my favourites - https://prog21.dadgum.com/

revoradon Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup?

Honest question - what do you do with all that money?

revoradon Ask HN: How do you get started as independent consultant or contractor

I shared everything I’ve learned working as a contractor for 12 years in this video series - https://learnetto.com/tutorials/why-should-you-become-a-cont...

revoradon Ask HN: Consultants and independent contractors, where do you find clients?

Personal contacts, LinkedIn (I know), recruiters and some specialist job boards.

I covered some of the details in this video - https://learnetto.com/tutorials/how-to-look-for-contract-wor...

revoradon Ask HN: Why do LinkedIn recruiters give so little details about their offers?

I've dealt with many recruiters. You don't have to play by their rules. Insist on getting the details you want in text before a phone call. If they refuse, say ok that's fine and walk away. They will come back to you.

Right now, especially, it's a sellers' (developers) market. You have far more negotiating power than you realise.

revoradon Ask HN: Are there any online services that have helped your kids find friends?

Check out https://primer.com. It's an education site where kids learn interesting things through collaborative projects.

I don't know much about your situation but I would still try and focus more on in-person activities.

revoradon A few things I’ve learned about livestreaming

jacktrip looks amazing, thanks for sharing!

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/docs/common/IETF.html

revoradon Ask HN: How do you start contracting?

Contracting is a great middle path between 9-5 salaried employment and full-on freelancing.

You can get paid a lot more than regular employment, but you have to take into account that you don't get any benefits. How much that affects your quality of life depends on your location. For example, I live in the UK and have worked as a contractor on and off over the last 12 years. We have free healthcare so it's been easy. I don't care about other employee perks and in fact, even after paying out of pocket, it's still a lot more lucrative considering the work-life balance.

Freelancing sounds very attractive but what most developers don't realise is that you have to do sales from day one. And we all know how good we are at sales. It's too big a leap for most.

Contracting, on the other hand, is a lot easier to get started with because you can find contract work through the same channels as you'd find regular jobs.

In addition to the mainstream job sites (LinkedIn, Indeed, etc.), there are a ton of smaller niche sites where you can find contract work.

Once you get some experience working as a contractor, it's a smaller leap into proper freelancing. Plus, you can build your online profile, network and most importantly, confidence along the way.

I know in the big tech companies in the US, there's a bit of a stigma around contractors. So I'd avoid those and instead focus on the many other remote work opportunities available now.

I covered a lot of the why, what and how of starting as a contractor in these free videos -

1. Why you might want to become a contractor - https://learnetto.com/tutorials/why-should-you-become-a-cont...

2. How to look for contract work - https://learnetto.com/tutorials/how-to-look-for-contract-wor...

3. How to apply for and get contract work - https://learnetto.com/tutorials/how-to-get-contract-work

Having helped a bunch of people get into contracting recently, I know a lot of the struggles are mindset related.

If you need any help, feel free to get in touch. My email's in my profile.

revoradon A Guide to Twitter

I'm like an alcoholic with Twitter. I can't use it in moderation (trust me, I've tried). Either I'm on it 24/7 or I'm completely out (haven't used it for the last ~6 months).

If it weren't for the benefits to my business (it's one of the best marketing channels), I would have deleted my account years ago.

revoradon Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

Hi Tolexx, I wrote a Twitter thread last year on how to get your first developer job - https://twitter.com/hrishio/status/1321389002273001473

I hope you find something useful in that. If you have any questions or need help, feel free to email me (in profile). Btw your email is not visible in your profile. You need to add it in the about field. The account email value is private.

All the best and happy new year!

revoradon Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

I have a few simple plans:

Grow my education business - https://learnetto.com

Play music with my kids.

Travel and see more of my friends and family.

Happy new year, HN!

revoradon Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

Ever since I came across this concept of focusing on habits/systems instead of goals, I've been confused. Surely we need both?

Ali Abdaal expressed this well in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkRC728rIU

I wish you all the best in your journey!

revoradon Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

That's so cool! What crazy things are you excited about? I majored in Physics but have moved so far away from it, I don't know anything about what's happening in the field now.