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Seems like award availability is hidden behind GDS providers like Sabre or Amadeus and require enterprise-level API access to achieve. How does a small startup like point.me get th…

Love reading these types of stories and would love to know more! BuiltWith -> 1 person $14M ARR (reportedly?) Instagram -> 13 engineers to $1 billion Evernote -> 500k check that sa…

I’m planning to build out my own SaaS tool with hopefully real users, and I’m trying to decide where to deploy it. In the past, I’ve only hosted small projects, blogs, etc on Digit…

This thread is really good and just what I was looking for - thanks! What makes you want to use Elixir, Phoenix, and LiveView? I've never even heard of these before Back when I dab…

I've built full-stack applications using django and vanillajs/html/css ever since grad and hosted on DO Never really bothered to change stacks, but I'd want to know what's somethin…

What types of businesses most likely fall in this category? I'm thinking of BuiltWith, Craigslist, types of companies. 1-15 employees that can make millions per

For an audience filled with hackers and founders, I'd love to get some feedback: • How helpful/valuable this is? • What type of businesses/stories are best? • Optimal word count/re…

Sorry, I interviewed Ivan and he said roughly 90% of the revenue comes from ads. I also asked him if he considered creating his own header bidding system, but he said this wasn’t w…

This is a great takeaway! In short, I think it just starts with making people money. Then you just have to find your slice

Given that it was the mid-2000s, I think dot com was fairly positive to be the general assumption. But thanks for the feedback, I'll make sure I clarify in future posts

Hi, I'm the OP. I have no connection with the founder actually. I just like to research success stories like this to help inform and inspire people I also don't mean to bring harm …

This is actually really interesting to hear. I always hear the argument "you don't need a fancy website or UI, when I started my site/app looked like ___" These people created MVPs…

A lot of the stuff is automated at this point. Datasets are pulled automatically and website scrapers have been built for 15+ years. Gary Brewer probably just maintains the system …