It blows my mind that US tv shows and newscasters are making fun of Australia/New Zealand for the all of their harsh lockdowns whilst stuff like this is going on at the exact same time right their own country…
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We haven’t had a prime minister see through a full term in quite a while (they keep getting shuffled out mid-term), and right now everyone is so focussed on lockdowns impacting ~60% of the population that it’s hard to stay up to date and focussed on some of these more important bills being put through the system.
That said, and I feel a bit old for saying this, but I still prefer to write the code myself.
In every instance (so far) I’ve found I can produce the exact outcomes required faster by writing code (Rails is still crazy fast to scaffold solutions and install libraries) than trying to force a no-code/low-code platform to produce an equivalent outcome in a similar time frame.
Anyone else feel this way?
Heroku‘a preference is Postgres over SQLite: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/sqlite3
What’s not supposed to happen is have those analysed to be used as some dumb proxy for productivity/output.
That said, I have worked across APAC and I can see that this metric-driven, fear-based approach can work very effectively to achieve short term gains when applied in some cultures - particularly those where the gap between the haves and the have nots is relatively large.
It is extremely unfortunate that is the case. That said, whilst it is, it perpetuates (not blaming anyone, just is a factual observation) the confidence for sub-par leadership to impose/experiment with such methods.
The majority of suggestions are not quite what I want but then I’ve found the more I comment my code the more personalised the suggestions get and consequently (as a solo founder in my own startup) copilot finishing my code for me during late nights trying to ship features for customers before the following day is something I have become grateful for.
It’s a double edged sword because it’s enabling me to grow my business and remain self employed, but I also understand the concerns and at the end of the day it’s not something I need to do my job (like version control or an IDE for example), but more of a nice to have…
The works doesn’t revolve around the US as much as it once did ;)
To test this theory, simply ask an average iPhone or Android user what encryption is.
What you are saying here is the equivalent to me buying a plane ticket, but also having the option to fly the plane as well.
If you want to manage your own data - use something like a PinePhone - the barrier to entry is high enough that people who are capable of managing their own data securely can use the device and achieve the data sovereignty outcome they require.
That said, I believe Apple should build and manage their own infrastructure. They have the resources and capabilities to do so. The longer Apple stick’s with GCP the larger the inertia of moving away and the less leverage they have when it comes to negotiating to maintain their high standard of privacy commitments.
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Whether the OP is right or wrong, I honestly don’t think the crypto ecosystem is independent enough from critical transactions for it to collapse as described.
But it is 100% achievable without using derogatory, inflammatory profanities.
I understand the argument to use a secure, formatted, link shortened. I don’t understand the argument to use Google Analytics (which captures way more data than I need in most cases) as the full and final solution to all of my analytics requirements.
It also begs the question, if it is easier and cheaper to create and run a business (in theory, more profitable per time unit), it makes sense that more businesses would exist, making the landscape more competitive, placing more impetus on competitive pricing as a “differentiator” (race to the bottom).
My two cents - I personally get put off by business models that include a lifetime access one time purchase option.
From my personal experience (as a prolific SaaS early adopter) it typically indicates that either; the software is a get rich quick scheme (e.g. spin up/spin down VPNs), or the founders haven’t accounted for scaling/recurring organisational costs in their business model.
If your product is good and it continues to provide value, people will continue to pay to access that value. There is no need to short change your business model with an infinite customer commitment ;)
For example, for ~3 months we had:
- 1 person could go grocery shopping once per day for 1 hour
- you could only go outside for a maximum of 1 hour per day for excervise only
- every single organisation (other than critical care locations) had their physical locations shut down
- everyone was mandated to wear masks outside of their residence
And a bunch more...
We had ~5 community cases identified in Brisbane recently and the entire city went into an instant hard lockdown for 3 days whilst contact tracers worked out the scale of the issue.
It has nothing to do with how many cases we have, but everything to do with how harshly and rapidly we prevent community interaction.