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damian-hon Getting Started with Event Sourcing in Postgres

Correct. Time is also non-discrete. That is one can only measure it to a certain degree of precision and thus provides weak ordering.

damian-hon Visual Studio for Mac

> It is a design jewel

Then I need to ask... why is it so bloated and slow?

damian-hon Show HN: Open Source Policy for employees in a proprietary software company

> If your firm has no patent IP and doesn't plan to get any, fine and dandy.

This is currently the case. We are also Europe based. However, good point and I will re-examine the schedule of permitted licences. We are also not involved in hardware.

> Discouraging work for anyone else...

I understand this, and we're not encouraging work for anyone else, instead encouraging contributions to the foundations that made it possible to be in business in the first place. We also mention "does not compete with eVision’s business." which may be interpreted broadly.

Good feedback, thx.

damian-hon Show HN: Open Source Policy for employees in a proprietary software company

I'm submitting this because of some of the comments "The Impact Github is Having on Your Software Career" submission mention the fact that IP clauses in contracts prevent people from contribution to oss i.e. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13706091

I feel that it is unhealthy that the majority of organisations (appear to) have such clauses yet at same time often they wouldn't be in existence if it were not for the OSS they build their products and services on.

I built this policy for my org and blogged about it here http://dhickey.ie/2014/11/our-open-source-policy-at-evision/ . I feel is strikes a balance between the business concerns and contributing to a healthy ecosystem. I would like to see more organizations take a similar approach; your feedback appreciated :)