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by kartickv 6y ago
Author here. > Fast forward almost a decade If your system lasted a decade, that's a success, and any startup that just started would love to be in your shoes. > management still doesn't understand the concept of "overw
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by kartickv 6y ago
Author here. > every change to your database will break your client unless they are updated simultaneously every time (impossible for mobile apps) You can just put up a UI forcing the user to update. Which is perfectly fine since you won
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by kartickv 6y ago
Author here. The article says "build a backend API when it has something to do, not as a pass through to your database."
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by kartickv 6y ago
Author here. It's good to see a considered response, rather than the typical knee-jerk reactions common on Internet forums including HN.
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by kartickv 6y ago
In this case, I wouldn't disagree with you if you were to do it on the backend. The article says, "build a backend API when it has something to do, not as a pass through to your database." It doesn't say "never writ
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by kartickv 6y ago
Author here. > Your DB is likely to contain internal state that has no business being sent to the client. Which is why not all tables need to be sent to the client. The post gives an example of exposing the friends table to the client bu
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by kartickv 6y ago
Author here. > This article doesn't use the word "permission" or "validation" The article talks about it multiple times: using a database user account with limited privledges, exposing some tables but not others,
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by kartickv 6y ago
Author here: > 1. You can't trust the front end. Backends must be written assuming that every call from the front end is malicious. This is already taken care of in the proposal, by permitting clients to access only data they own. &
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FaaS Is a Promising Architecture for Back Ends(kartick.substack.com)
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by kartickv 6y ago
Not the parent, but I read the book, and the principles have become so common nowadays that I never really had a wow moment. It was more like "Yeah, this guy is telling me things I already know." It is nice to see the common knowl
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Many Apple Products Have Revenue Whole Companies(twitter.com)
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What I Learnt About Marketing and Sales(kartick.substack.com)
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Startups Operate at 3 Levels(kartick.substack.com)
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by kartickv 6y ago
8 vs 11 is too small a sample size to say either way. It may very well be that a couple of these startups succeeded due to their business model / luck / sector / whatever which wouldn't apply to the next startup. If it w
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Startup Idea: Job Board with Minimum Salaries(kartick.substack.com)
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Better to Be Too Early to a Market Than Too Late(kartick.substack.com)
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by kartickv 6y ago
> the idea that the highest rated films and shows on IMDB represent the "best" of the mediums is kinda silly. OP here. If you have a better source, use it. Which source is the best was not the point of the article anyway. The p
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Enjoy the Best, Not the Latest, Media(kartick.substack.com)
150 points by kartickv 6y ago|133 comments
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In a Startup, Embrace Manual Tasks(kartick.substack.com)
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Focusing on Code Quality Can Be Premature Optimisation(kartick.substack.com)
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Optimise for Productivity, Not Predictability(kartick.substack.com)
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A Smartphone Optimised for Typing(medium.com)
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What I Learnt About Non-Violent Communication(kartick.substack.com)
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Myths vs. Realities about Mistakes(kartick.substack.com)
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The Only Sensible Way to Use Religion(medium.com)
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My Ethical Standards(medium.com)
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An Ode to Chrome(medium.com)
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Technologies We’ve Decided to Focus On(medium.com)
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What You Should Do for Business Continuity(medium.com)
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Don’t Grow Your Startup Too Quickly(medium.com)
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