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by drwl 5mo ago
it's spelled out in the linked tweet https://x.com/lifeof_jer/status/2048103471019434248
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by drwl 2y ago
Some feedback: - The constant interrupting each other made it hard to listen to - Also the interviewer Theo/T3.gg giving his CEO take on strategy to sandbag silverlake after finding out more context behind silverlake and automattic&#x2
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by drwl 2y ago
Gusto is not pre-revenue, it has $500M+ in arr https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/27/gusto-remote-deal-500m-rev...
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by drwl 2y ago
I don’t think that’s fair to say the person is not engaging content in a meaningful way. Have you read the article? It’s pretty clean cut aside from understanding who the perpetrators were. The ceo of a bank got conned and went to prison, a
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by drwl 2y ago
yeah I'm with you there. Pig butchering scam [1] is just a simple con, not sure why they're attributing any importance to the name of it [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam
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by drwl 2y ago
Thanks, yeah it does sound like we share the same thoughts regarding paying for solutions that just work I'm resistant to moving over to Apple because of pure vendor lock in, but also I can decouple passwords from my Apple ID. For exam
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Software I Pay For(drewlee.com)
2 points by drwl 2y ago|4 comments
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by drwl 2y ago
I read the entire article and that is tough. Up to 90 dB is wild.
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by drwl 2y ago
I've been writing Ruby for the past 5 years or so and I think it's safe to say that these are very much opinionated takes on Ruby. There is no _one right way_. A critique: 1. Verbosity vs Idiomatic, to me I find there are times th
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by drwl 2y ago
I found the original commit [1] since the other Github link in the thread shows the removal. I'm not entirely sure what the thought process was around adding it to begin with [1] https://github.com/Alex313031/thori
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by drwl 3y ago
Gusto adopted it when I was there (I left at the end of 2022). Like other comments, it's a bit polarizing but I found it to be useful when working in large codebases because you one didn't have to reason about return types and cou
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by drwl 3y ago
I’m sure you can find individual coaches but the cost will exceed what most people are willing to spend or invest. Take executive coaches for example, they exist but from what I understand they’re largely private coaching and cost $$$.
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by drwl 3y ago
My take is that there’s such variance in people’s skill levels and so it’s really hard to cater educational programming content. Personally, I’ve found getting introductory books/courses and skimming through it until you hit something
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by drwl 3y ago
I’ve used this gem to remove a Rails Model that was heavily tangled and used in production. It had a bit of a learning curve, such as seeing how errors get handled in try {} blocks, but really nice otherwise when doing the equivalent of ope
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by drwl 3y ago
I’m a bit out of the loop but I thought heroku died or is languishing under Salesforce. That’s my current perception of everything and no longer see it recommended in HN threads. Hopefully this does not come off as an attack (it’s not).
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by drwl 4y ago
It’s unfortunate but tweeting or getting attention on LinkedIn can get you greater visibility. Depending on your company size too I would imagine you would have higher level of support. Am ex gusto
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by drwl 4y ago
Have you tried this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32793838#32797052
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by drwl 4y ago
I think that's correct. It should be free though.
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by drwl 4y ago
I came across this discussion and was shocked as well. Turns out there's now a button here: https://support.google.com/a/answer/2855120?product_name=Unu... "I used my account for personal use"
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RRF and Yagni in Practice: A Lesson with Kent Beck(drewlee.com)
1 points by drwl 6y ago|0 comments
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by drwl 6y ago
Yeah I got the same feeling that this is an ad, or at least in part sponsored by fs.
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by drwl 6y ago
A lot of tech is getting hit, it seems like Airbnb is more in the spotlight
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by drwl 6y ago
It would make a lot of sense if the number of active users have grown over the years. Which I suspect it has.
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by drwl 6y ago
what version of macos are you using?
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by drwl 6y ago
> Airbnb was never profitable (I think) Do you have any sources for this?
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by drwl 7y ago
What's behind the name?
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by drwl 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Venezuela It's highly probable - food or anything needed for daily life
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by drwl 7y ago
He scammed a scammer for $50, that's it?
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by drwl 7y ago
Consider watching this video on rethinking charities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfAzi6D5FpM
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by drwl 7y ago
Justin Kan goes a bit into Kyle's accelerated learning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzyatiQrQlQ

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