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My point is that: Npm is auditable, trackable.
I'm not challenging the bug itself, neither the security issue..
My point is that: Npm is auditable, trackable. I'm not challenging the bug itself, neither the security issue..
What is missing is more automated and recurrent checks in all the packages and downstream dependencies.
It only made it harder for smaller startups or other companies to compete. Meanwhile Bigh Tech, suported by expensive legal, Design and marketing teams evated all new the regulatory burden.
Overall GDPR only made Google and Facebok more powerful, and introduced a new legal barrier to challenger startups. Hence helps to consolidate even more their power.
And Finally to make it even worse now everyone has to deal with that stupid consent cookie banner in every single website..
It will not prevent customers to stop shopping online, so no effect for legacy bookstore.s
Like most goverment proposed solutions: This will actually create a new problem not fix the origintal intented cause.
If I recall: Steve Jobs rarely attended IR events, Jeff Bezos just sent a letter in advance (note: beautifully written), but barely made live comments. Future guidandes are often released as `something between +30% increase or -30% decrease`, meaning useless.
My impression is that nowadays most PRs and releases are already meticulously reviewed. Quite an interesting paradox: The more regulations, rules, controls and surveys are introduced less detailed and exciting releases and disclosures are..
If we need to increase storage this can be achieved in minutes, if we need to take one node down we basically can do it anytime during the day..
Every now and then we discuss moving DBs to AWS RDS (or equivalent) however for our transaction volume RDS costs are prohibitive.
This feels like Intel marketing shenanigans from 2000's..
Having this insane number of different is a common marketing stuff, that nowdays I found hard to belive ads any value to a business. Moreover, given the current Fab issues, and supply constraints keeping a clean & simple fabrication process, distribution, and sales pipeline actually is an advantage.
Can't help remembering Steve Jobs famous quote when re-gained controll of Apple. 4 producs Matrix: Consumer, Pro vs Portable, Desktop.
Again kudos for Apple: That continues to design one or maybe two CPUs per year and heavily optimizes, efficiency, scale, logistics, etc.