I couldn't agree more. Some of their stories are masterpieces of journalism and they cover broad spectrum as well (style, tech, finance, literature...).
I guess they are really unique.
Was working for un, eu, many "big" national companies. Most rewarding? Just finished touch ordering food display (kind like mcDonalds) for a friend. Node, html, works on win and linux. Had many obstacles on the way, solved all for free. Sure I earned a beer. Priceless.
There's no money to be paid if you like what you're working on. :-)
Using N26 for last 6+ months. Love no fee on transfers, realtime notifications, their masterkey works worldwide (had no problems in eu, us and canada), easy to block/enable internet or abroad payments and daily limits. I don't do atm withdrawals though.
Overall great deal for me sofar. Would recommend.
I'd like to see a comparison of results of regular HON (where buttons are arranged bad to best) vs. the one with randomly positioned buttons vs. color only buttons (no smileys).
For everyone interested there's an excellent book on running a bussines called Rework with exact same phrase "you're not a hero if you work long hours".
Good software is very persistent. Client doesn't care about underlying technology as long as it performs.
Freelancing for 20+ years I have active sw written in VB6 that still sells after 18 years.
Nowadays wherever I start a new project (web of course) I try to pick mature, fresh (if possible open source) frameworks, components etc. since you simply never know how long you're going to maintain it.