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by codegeek 2y ago
Define "at scale". Majority of web apps have like a few hundred users concurrently. The remaining 1%, by all means.
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by codegeek 2y ago
I know my comment has that vibe and I get it. But I still am going to stick to the fact that infra is not the boogeyman that companies like Vercel etc want us to believe. Not saying they don't have a purpose but they are not the defaul
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by codegeek 2y ago
No one is saying don't use these expensive services. My argument is that most applications don't need them and people do it anyway. It works well for a while and then suddenly you get an email saying your bill is going up 1000%. I
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by codegeek 2y ago
Services like Vercel are the result of decades of ignorance/resistance against learning basic Linux Skills. Yes, they provide convenience but we have gone too far off in the other direction in the last decade or so. No one needs to hos
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by codegeek 2y ago
I wish Web App could be built in one single language as I despise JS. But for that, browsers need to be created differently.
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by codegeek 2y ago
A YC Company is no different than any Business when it comes to failures. Once it has failed, it will either sell its "assets" (very commonly known as Asset Sale), do an acqui-hire or just fold completely because no one wants to b
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by codegeek 2y ago
Exactly. Bootstrap always had Utility Classes but they lost to Tailwind due to the focus on design and great examples/templates that Tailwind team focussed on early on and then the market took over.
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by codegeek 2y ago
This will sound crazy but for me, Twitter. I became active on Twitter for last 12 months or so and have met some amazing people who share so much in common and a couple of them even have become friends. All online so far but already better
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by codegeek 2y ago
Thx. Yea I figured but wanted a confirmation because I am looking to start an Open Source project and getting feedback on the WHY Open Source part from potential customers.
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by codegeek 2y ago
Not always. I do text/slack myself to make a note at times because it is the fastest way to log something and come back to it later. If a tool creates a note out of it with all the other goodies, it may not be a bad thing. I however ag
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by codegeek 2y ago
Curious. If you are using the hosted version, why do you care about it being Open Source ? More of a backup plan in case they go under or is it more about Trust or both ?
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by codegeek 2y ago
Unfortunately, you need "AI First" to have any chance of VC funding for the past 2 years or so. They are probably keeping this in mind.
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by codegeek 2y ago
I believe in "Pay your dues". Firmly. In an interview, you shouldn't argue on JSDocs vs Typescript. Your job is to determine if this is a good team/company for you to work with and you are getting the money/benefits
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by codegeek 2y ago
Physical Security Key > TOTP/Authenticator Apps > SMS 2FA
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by codegeek 2y ago
I am a tech founder (even though not officially the CTO as I do more CEO stuff now). I highly recommend against Freelancers or people who will have no future skin in the game. Instead, you need to try and get some type of Prototype built yo
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by codegeek 2y ago
Meetup has been dying for a while. I have been part of few meetups and almost all of them died due to low participation. I doubt meetup is doing well as a company and this is probably their last shot at trying to stay afloat. I would jump s
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by codegeek 2y ago
I like Bitwarden [0]. Backend in .NET. [0] https://github.com/bitwarden/server
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by codegeek 2y ago
Being solo is overrated. You know what's awesome ? Being really small with only a handful of team members who help you keep everything running while you can do whatever you want or focus on growing the business further. I don't kn
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by codegeek 2y ago
Only if they still have a vision and see a future path. In this case, doesn't sound like it from OP's description.
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by codegeek 2y ago
For a second, I was wondering why GP comment was downvoted ? On surface, it seemed informative and then after seeing your comment, I realized it was just copy/pasted from ChatGPT. This is the danger we are in now with this stuff.
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by codegeek 2y ago
I have not raised VC yet in my life but if I worked on a business for 3.5 years, burnt over $3,000,000 and have almost 0 revenue with multiple pivots, I would fold it, return the remaining cash back to investors, thank them for the support
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by codegeek 2y ago
Good question but it is like asking "How long is a piece of string" ? You need to provide more specifics to get more meaningful answers. "Cloud Infra and Deployment" could literally mean 100s of things depending on your
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by codegeek 2y ago
"absolutely can be done by someone with 6 months of bootcamp" You forgot to add "with a lot of hand holding and guidance and that too if that 6 month bootcamper is competent enough and cares about learning on their own".
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by codegeek 2y ago
With remote work and Globalization, it may not regress but will definitely continue to become more competitive. An "Average" engineer even in a LCOL area in US will cost a lot more than an "average" engineer in say South
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by codegeek 2y ago
This was in India where succession planning for small business is non-existent and if kids don't pick up their family business, it's over. However, even in America, this situation exists for small businesses. With so many baby boo
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by codegeek 2y ago
For us (a small bootstrapped company), it hasn't been the best because we mostly hire juniors and train them. Juniors need more in person and collaborative experience at least in our case and hence it is tougher than usual. I know the
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by codegeek 2y ago
If I understand you correctly, you have an application that you want to provide to people but you don't want to use your own hosted/cloud servers but serve it locally on the user's computer. In that case, docker is not necess
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by codegeek 2y ago
Sorry what ? Where did I say I don't want to pay. I will be glad to pay if it wasn't clear.
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Ask HN: Finding Technical Writers for Open Source Software
1 points by codegeek 2y ago|4 comments
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by codegeek 2y ago
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