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  1. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Another week passed. NDA Project somehow managed to return to "normal" revenue figures with 50% of the stuff that brought 70% of revenue disabled. This is the second day of normal operation and it's profit doubled, but still too soon to make some assumptions. It's grown both in users and...
  2. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Last few days were crappy. 1. Shutting down/selling cryptodividend. It's just not worth it. Our contractor goes on vacation and there's no one to update it. It takes 2-3 hours/week for her and probably about a whole day for someone unfamiliar with the task. Automating it would be an option and...
  3. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Time for a short update. NDA Project has grown by itself, hard to tell by how much, 2x-4x, probably around 3x. We haven't launched big marketing yet and haven't expanded to new niches. Competition is close, in fact, another project is getting traction already so we focused mostly on...
  4. astr0

    [Progress] #AndyTalks

    NOTABLE! 
    Yes, this makes a ton of sense. Your way of talking about those things was way different than most of noise on the internet. More casual and more about how you think, not just lectures. That alone added a lot of value;)
  5. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week 4 No pointless table this time. It's important for me, but not the number, just overall progress, and the feeling I'm getting to the end. NDA Project seems to stop growing. Can't say for sure cause it's usage heavily depends on external events, but we're not getting growth number we were...
  6. astr0

    Which programming language do you use most?

    HOT! 
    Yes, and it was the reason node beat .Net low% on high load. However, JS code is still executed on one thread. Which is blocking the whole node process and not suitable for doing heavy math on multi-core servers. So without forking multiple processes or using service workers and communication...
  7. astr0

    Which programming language do you use most?

    HOT! 
    JS code is harder to maintain and refactor than code in any other language I know. Had to add a lot of math to the project a few weeks ago. Was thinking to rewrite part of it in C# (.Net core) cause JS Number is not the best thing in the world. Started from the most performance-critical API...
  8. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week 3 Forgot to update energy drinks previous time... Not sure if it makes sense to post updates weekly. Thinking of doing it monthly or on major events. NDA Project is doing great. Hard to estimate the market, but my calculations show that we have 20-80% and every dog in the niche knows...
  9. astr0

    Which programming language do you use most?

    HOT! 
    On my ex-9-5 mostly C# (mono and recently .Net core), some C++ where performance was critical. Now 95% JavaScript, some C++ where there are no other options. Mostly MERN stack. The main benefit - most code is in the same language, so more reusable. Our next project probably would have some parts...
  10. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week 2 Income from the business beat my ex-salary from the start which is great :). And a lot of it was not trading time for money directly which is even better. Done Coded the last major milestone, will be deployed till the end of next weeks cause it's huge and complicated thus requires a...
  11. astr0

    The Developer Hourly Rate

    HOT! 
    Yes, and the reason is that the number of people occupied in IT tripled here over the last 3-5 years. A lot of students started working from second to the third year in university and many guys without computer science education self-learned programming and got a job in months. Also, around 70%...
  12. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week 1 Zero changes this week. Almost the whole week was in thinking mode on the NDA project and on what to do next as I've got around 2 weeks of important work there. This week also was the most negative, but no on the business side. A guy, offroader, I knew passed away at age 21 from cancer...
  13. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Had some tension with the client and major investor on NDA project recently. Everything started with they blocking my plan to x3 revenue cause "users may not like it and we would lose some". My points that we can roll it out, rollback if everything will go south (I really don't see it as a high...
  14. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week 0 We're 5, thinking of how to split equity with my partners for the NDA project. NDA Project is doing great. 4-figure days became common. Partnered with a social network in the niche for cross-promotion. Done Done half of the next milestone. Somehow it took 2 days instead of 3 weeks...
  15. astr0

    The MAIN difference between someone who makes 100k /year and someone who makes 1m?

    GOLD! 
    Hanged out with 250+ employee CEO friend and he told a story that might be relevant here. A week ago an owner of another software outsourcing company who stuck on around 100 employees for years visited him to ask for advice on how to grow past 100 and insights how is it going with 250+. His...
  16. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    When paying for the service work last the time the client told that it's too low. Hardly reminded him about the last incident and that some of the work was paid upfront. He still thinks that it's low and was talking about raising the service rate and probably would pay for that incident too...
  17. astr0

    Buying vs Renting. Which are YOU?

    MINDSET 
    It's not only about finances. Having your own house add a ton to convenience, security and life quality in general. I've built my house and probably can sell it for not more than 50% of funds dumped into it. And I knew it from the start and could buy/build something similar in area and even...
  18. astr0

    Pain, Passion and Affection

    Material arts instructor teaches locally, your educational products have worldwide reach so that's different. There's definitely a need in teaching Computer Science now and for the next few years. I would be more worried about making your products provide a lot of value and stand out from the...
  19. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week -1 I won't be posting money results after this one cause most of them probably would come from the NDA project. NDA Project got competition on the way. One rival is live and it's not great. They focused on part of our functionality but done it not in the greatest way possible and probably...
  20. astr0

    Local Flipping from from 400€ to ∞ [Personal progress thread ]

    EXECUTION 
    Freelance as a software developer? Your funds would probably go up faster with trading time for money compared to 400 euro flipping. You can get a lot of experience with that bankroll but taking it to decent profits would require more money invested. Systematically putting more fuel while you...

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