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svrma··on Tambo 1.0: Open-source toolkit for agents that render React components
I love the idea! I want to use it for a commercial product (start with self-hosting). However, I'm unsure how the License on the website (tambo.co/license) interacts with the MIT/Apache 2.0 on the GitHub repo. Could you shed some light on this?
svrma··on TeaVM: Build Fast, Modern Web Apps in Java
Thanks! I haven't heard about this.
svrma··on TeaVM: Build Fast, Modern Web Apps in Java
I was not trying be to snarky. I was genuinely curious to know how it is priced after the oracle acquisition. As a language that I am most used to, I wanted to evaluate how much it'd cost (a rough estimate based on cores/users) if I were to launch a web service based on Java.
svrma··on TeaVM: Build Fast, Modern Web Apps in Java
How does Java pricing work these days (after being bought by Oracle)?
svrma··on Git from the Inside Out
I am not the author. I found this incredibly useful to understand git. Many thanks to the author for making this!
svrma··on Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
This is my takeaway as well.
svrma··on Hire people who give a shit
The comments here at HN are quite harsh imho and I feel bad for possibly ruining someone's day. Is there a way for me to delete the submission?

I posted it on HN as I liked the points in the article. The points in the post are reasonable provided there's fair equity for the employees (which I believe is disclosed prior to joining - I have no knowledge about dilution, preference etc). I also agree with the commenters on HN that it doesn't make much sense when there's no equity.

But there are too many comments making the same/similar point.

I personally find what Alex is doing is inspiring, running a 200 person company (ref: article) at 23 is remarkable. I also applaud his courage to publicly share what he thought was best advice.

I might get downvoted for this but I couldn't not say this.

svrma··on Ask HN: What are your favourite frameworks for academic or non-academic writing?
The books look interesting.

I am sorry, I didn't make my question clear. I was not asking about 'frameworks' as in tools but templates/structures that you use while writing/thinking.

svrma··on Ask HN: What are your favourite frameworks for academic or non-academic writing?
I am sorry, I didn't make my question clear. I was not asking about 'frameworks' as in tools but templates/structures that you use while writing/thinking.
svrma··on Ask HN: How to Think Systematically as a Programmer?
Thanks for this! This is something I've been practicing of late. I realized that have a lot of problem in arguing the correctness of greedy algorithms. Do you have any recommendation for a collection of proof techniques useful for greedy algorithms?
svrma··on Ask HN: How to Think Systematically as a Programmer?
Excellent suggestions. I have never heard of 'systems thinking' before. Thank you for introducing this term to me.
svrma··on Ask HN: How to Think Systematically as a Programmer?
Are there any books or resources your can suggest? I feel like my accuracy in thinking about corner cases have been stuck around 65% for a while and I'm looking for ways to improve.
svrma··on Calculus in SaaS
y is annual RR and x is in months.
svrma··on Calculus in SaaS
isn't the 'recognized' revenue in the example 60M not 720M?
svrma··on Laid Off, Now What?
Please consider doing basic research before being very critical. The wait time for Indian and Chinese born H1B immigrants to get a Green Card (permanent residency) is almost two decades. Hence, it is indeed not possible for the author (India born) to have a Green Card/Citizenship in a span of a decade as a H1B holder.
svrma··on Project Aria (FB Glass):research project on the future of wearable AR
> As with any mapping data, security of recorded data is paramount.

This project (and any smart glass for that matter) is a privacy nightmare. But labeling video and audio data as mapping data instead of what it is is disingenuous. And more importantly, even if I'm not a user of this product and don't benefit from it in any way, I have to forego my privacy because of someone else's choice. I wonder at what point will these anti-privacy technology will be banned. How could this work under GDPR?!

svrma··on Ask HN: What things take about 1 week of manual effort but can be automated?
Thanks :) I hadn't notice it
svrma··on San Francisco bans public events holding more than 1,000 people
I agree that Goods still have to be produced. I didn't say UBI is a substitute for economic activity. I didn't say UBI was all that you need. You are attacking a straw man here.

To expand a bit more, UBI might help service workers and others other hourly wage workers to take care of themselves. The service workers are the people who interact with other people the most, so an infected service worker who doesn't have an option but to work will end up spreading the disease. UBI might be the answer to temporarily keep them alive.

All of us have to live on reserves if there's a shutdown. Just like China did. It is not going to be great. But the alternative is much worse. And I am not claiming this is a permanent solution.

svrma··on San Francisco bans public events holding more than 1,000 people
It is sad but inevitable that economic activity will be disrupted by shutdowns. But delaying the shutdown will only lead to longer shutdown down the lane.

> Till when? For as long as the disease outbreak is contained (it is not going to be forever)

> How will people put food on the table if economic activity stops? No idea! Maybe something like UBI will help? But the question will remain and will be more troublesome if the outbreak is not contained for sure.

svrma··on Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is here to stay
I'm curious about the salaries and potential for career growth for software engineers with 5,10,15 years of experience in Canada. Levels.fyi is handy for the US salaries but not so much for Canada.

Fwiw, I am a foreign grad student currently happy with the lifestyle in Canada. But I'm wondering whether I've made the right career move moving to Canada.

edit: include career growth