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joaofs··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
Development is moving away from the IDE to agentic long running workers. I've been using their SDK in this mode - which then forces you to use cursor as model provider. I use a mix of harnesses for different types of agentic tasks and Cursor gets the best results.
joaofs··on Nginx Unit – Universal web app server
First step to create a terraform provider.
joaofs··on Workers in Portugal could see healthier work-life balance under new labour laws
I'm Portuguese and this is the best description I've read in a long time.
joaofs··on Ask HN: Why use secrets managers?
Besides delegating the secrets protection to entities that do it well, key rotation is a major benefit to ensure that in the likely event your credentials are leaked (either due to malpractice or a vulnerability) the attack surface will be shortened by the time they can be used by.
joaofs··on The SaaS Org Chart
You are on the money here. I guess who reports to whom depends if it's a tech company or not.
joaofs··on Lisbon has shared dissident info with repressive regimes for years
The procedure started in 2011 because it was when the Civil Governments (that previously had this responsibility) were extinct by a government led by the current opposition party in order to save costs and create a leaner government.

Journalists have had this information since January and decided doing nothing anything about it. Also relevant that candidates for local elections are lining up at the moment.

Nevertheless the procedure should have been known by the Mayor and reviewed ages ago.

joaofs··on Pointers from Portugal on Addiction and the Drug War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Castel-Branco_Goul%C...
joaofs··on [dead]
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/announcing-the-new...
joaofs··on Major power failure affecting trains and airports across UK
Looks like there was a generation outage -> https://twitter.com/upsideenergy/status/1159870347618865152
joaofs··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)
Inconvo, YouGov | Full-stack Engineer | Mumbai | ONSITE | https://www.getinconvo.com Stack: NodeJS, VueJS, Typescript, AWS, Docker, Terraform

Our team is building an audience conversation platform. The technology we create makes two-way conversations possible at scale, used by brands, publishers and organisations to engage and understand their audiences and constituents.

We are looking for people with 5+ years of experience with appreciation for engineering practices and sustainable development. This role requires good communication skills and a desire to challenge traditional thinking.

If you are looking for a new challenge, get in touch via jobs@getinconvo.com.

joaofs··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)
Inconvo | Full-stack Engineer | London and Mumbai | ONSITE | https://www.getinconvo.com

Stack: NodeJS, VueJS, Typescript, AWS, Docker, Terraform

We are a well-funded start-up building an audience conversation platform. Our technology makes two-way conversations possible at scale, and is used by brands, publishers and organisations to better engage with, understand and hear back from their audiences and constituents.

As one of our first technical hires, your input will help to create not only a great working environment but also the foundations for a competent engineering team.

Please contact jobs@getinconvo.com with any questions.

joaofs··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)
InConvo | Software Engineer | Old Street, London, UK | ONSITE | https://www.getinconvo.com

Stack: NodeJS, VueJS, Typescript, AWS, Docker, Terraform

We are a well-funded start-up building an audience conversation platform. Our technology makes two-way conversations possible at scale, and is used by brands, publishers and organisations to better engage with, understand and hear back from their audiences and constituents.

As one of our first technical hires, your input will help to create not only a great working environment but also the foundations for a competent engineering team.

Please contact jobs@getinconvo.com with any questions.

joaofs··on Ask HN: What do you use for diagramming in software engineering?
Quite surprised no one suggested https://structurizr.com/. It uses C4 diagramming approach. Quite useful for a more lean approach to docs.
joaofs··on Software Complexity Is Killing Us
Couldn't agree more. The bandwagon effect is something also worth mentioning. Tech stacks and tools these days are branded almost as consumer products and the outcome is poorly designed systems.
joaofs··on Announcing Go Support for AWS Lambda
Like many people stated here, Fargate will give you this. Lambda is actually under the hood a container system.
joaofs··on Strongbox: a secret manager for AWS
Yes using AllowReadingSSMParameters and eventually the KMS key to encrypt/decrypt the parameter
joaofs··on Strongbox: a secret manager for AWS
why not just use parameter store? https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/systems-manager/parameter-store/. Plus: don't use credentials directly, use the assume role feature.
joaofs··on Over time, leaders lose mental capacities
I wonder if this is a common feature of leaders rather than a degenerative disease. Very competitive environments make way for sociopaths to get up to the top more frequently than normal people.
joaofs··on We don't need a Tech Lead
This only outlines how a Tech Lead should operate, promoting consensus and not being authoritarian. Decision making by a committee is a recipe for failure.