Why is this a problem?
Typical HN downvoting because of “muh vendor lockin” without giving an answer as to why exactly this matters for the general population.
It is a fantastic business model.
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Typical HN downvoting because of “muh vendor lockin” without giving an answer as to why exactly this matters for the general population.
It is a fantastic business model.
You are absolutely correct
This trope is unbecoming of anyone sensible.
I reckon the conversation went something like this.
> so could it be used for nuclear we
No not really
> yeah but theoretically it could be used for research towards
Ahmmm I suppose perhaps some of the research yes it cou-
> publishes article saying it is to aid nuclear weapons development
I fail to see how this is any different from Google Ad Network
They are getting DoS’d by us gov too so they were only trying to help /s
There was a recent comment which said along the lines of “I used to watch figure skating, seeing them race around and spin, and think no big deal. It was only when I went on ice that I realised how difficult and impressive what they were doing was” - this is exactly the trap SWEs are most guilty of. — /this/ is what you learn as a staff level.
I don’t know if you are in agreement with me or not
I certainly would not, or it would take me a significant amount of time to do properly. I have been a full stack dev for 10 years. Now take that one step further to someone whose only interaction with a development is numpy, pandas, julia, etc…
You are, in typical HN style, minimising the problem into insignificance.
This is /not/ a “stick it behind an aws load balancer and on one of their abstracted services that does 99% of the work for you” - that would be less difficult.
E: love how this is getting ratioed by egotistical self confessed x10 engineers no doubt. Some self reflection is needed on your behalf. Just because /you/ think you would be capable, does not mean that the plethora of others would be able to.
What likely happened here is an ingress rule was set up wrongly on iptables or equivalent.. something many of your fellow engineers would have no clue about. An open dev database is rather normal if you want something out of the door quickly, why would you worry about an internal accessible only tool’s security if you trust your 10 or so staff. Have a think about the startups you have worked in (everyone here is a startup pro, just like you are - remember!) and what dire situation your mvp was in behind its smoke and mirrors PowerPoint slide deck.
Yes this was disastrous for PR. No it is not a problem solved in its entirety entirely by learned engineering experts like yourself.
Oh here. A comment from ClickHouse saying there is a legitimate reason why this will have been configured this way and happened https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42873446
No thanks. Not really interested in the views of a murderer.
The classic internet philosopher’s lament: everyone else is irrational, inconsistent, and incapable of coherent thought—except, of course, the enlightened commentator making the claim. The irony is that this kind of sweeping generalization is itself an incoherent mess, built on vague cynicism rather than any serious engagement with human reasoning. If you actually believe that consistency and coherence are so rare, what exactly do you think you’re demonstrating here? Because from where I’m sitting, it looks less like deep insight and more like self-important nihilism masquerading as wisdom.