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Back in 2007, I got laid off from my job, and the following year I launched typeracer.com - the first online multiplayer typing game, which became an instant sensation on the web (it's been mentioned on HN several times over the years).

Over time, TypeRacer grew into a pretty good lifestyle business for me and I haven't had a "real" job in the past 10 years. Now I have an offer from another entrepreneur to sell the site. The offer is in the low six-figures, and while tempting, I was hoping for more.

I wanted to reach out to the HN community before I make a decision to sell. I've never sold a business before, and I could really use some feedback.

My site stats are as follows:

* Registered users: 1,922,104 (the game doesn't require an account to play, so the real numbers are much higher) * Game plays: 94,912,406 total (~250,000/day) * Google Analytics (last 12 months): 13,618,464 sessions (avg. session duration: 09:27), from 6,515,980 users * Revenue: ~$85,000/year from AdSense + another $10,000 from premium account subscriptions and schools

What do you guys think is a fair price to sell this website?

I feel that this discovery is too important not to have a discussion here. (I submitted my blog post yesterday during peak NH hours - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2412122 - but it fell through the cracks, so I'm reposting).

Summary: You can take advantage of more than 4GB of physical RAM on a 32-bit OS (WinXP in my case) by putting your paging (swap) file on a RAMdisk.

I feel that this is important for the world to know because the move to 64-bit systems has been largely influenced by the memory limit imposed by 32-bits.

I find that I spend at least 50% of my hacking time not writing code but figuring out how to get the desired results from 3rd party software. Things like configuring web servers, using frameworks, using web APIs, etc. In this realm, things often don't work as you'd expect them to, and documentation is often lacking. There is a lot of trial and error, and I absolutely hate endless trial and error (especially with many unknown factors). It always feels like banging your head against a wall.

If the legend of the mythical coder who is 10 times faster than average were true, this person would have to overcome the same set of challenges. But how can a one do this 10 times faster than his colleagues?

How does one deal with the headaches resulting from using 3rd party software? For me this is by far the biggest obstacle to being happy as a coder.