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Hacker rewrote complex backend with Postgres and cron, CEO fired 40% of devs

20 points by samokhvalov 6y ago

db48x 6y ago
Scary.
maxrev17 6y ago
Unreal what you can achieve with PG power!
samokhvalov 6y ago
Disclaimer: I've posted it here – but honestly, now I'm trying to find any info about that startup and cannot find it. It's the first time I'm having some doubts if a news about Postgres is true. Would be good to have some sort of labels/tags "unverified" for such news. If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know.
- zaik 6y ago
  Check the domain name of the website.
- rawtxapp 6y ago
  I think you fell for satire. Another one of their articles: https://www.theolognion.com/programmer-invents-non-moving-car-claims-premature-optimization-is-the-root-of-all-evil/ https://www.theolognion.com/programmer-invents-non-moving-ca... Pretty good satire too I must say.
  - samokhvalov 6y ago
    Obviously I did
    - xtracto 6y ago
      Thank you for posting this. The site has some really good gems. As an avid Onion reader, this site is great.
    - ddingus 6y ago
      Well now I am going to go read it! Has to be good, right? Shit happens, right? No worries. :D
  - flukus 6y ago
    It might be satire, but it hits way to close to the mark. I've worked on so many simple applications with layers and layers of cruft that really could be simplified to postgres, cron and a couple of cgi scripts.
  - etrautmann 6y ago
    The next article is “expert says IoT devices safe because they barely work anyway” https://www.theolognion.com/expert-says-iot-and-smart-home-devices-are-very-safe-because-they-barely-work-anyway/ https://www.theolognion.com/expert-says-iot-and-smart-home-d...
- geoah 6y ago
  “The olognion” is a satirical tech news site. Basically a more tech oriented “the onion”. Some of their articles are really fun. Check out their about page and patreon as well.
  - samokhvalov 6y ago
    Thanks. Decided to hide it here. On one hand, it would be good and funny to be on the 1st page with this (obviously, it was rising fast). On another – who knows, how many people (I guess, non Enslish speakers) might do the same mistake as I did :)

20 points by samokhvalov 6y ago

db48x 6y ago

Scary.

maxrev17 6y ago

Unreal what you can achieve with PG power!

samokhvalov 6y ago

Disclaimer: I've posted it here – but honestly, now I'm trying to find any info about that startup and cannot find it. It's the first time I'm having some doubts if a news about Postgres is true. Would be good to have some sort of labels/tags "unverified" for such news. If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know.

zaik 6y ago
Check the domain name of the website.
rawtxapp 6y ago
I think you fell for satire. Another one of their articles: https://www.theolognion.com/programmer-invents-non-moving-car-claims-premature-optimization-is-the-root-of-all-evil/ https://www.theolognion.com/programmer-invents-non-moving-ca... Pretty good satire too I must say.
- samokhvalov 6y ago
  Obviously I did
  - xtracto 6y ago
    Thank you for posting this. The site has some really good gems. As an avid Onion reader, this site is great.
  - ddingus 6y ago
    Well now I am going to go read it! Has to be good, right? Shit happens, right? No worries. :D
- flukus 6y ago
  It might be satire, but it hits way to close to the mark. I've worked on so many simple applications with layers and layers of cruft that really could be simplified to postgres, cron and a couple of cgi scripts.
- etrautmann 6y ago
  The next article is “expert says IoT devices safe because they barely work anyway” https://www.theolognion.com/expert-says-iot-and-smart-home-devices-are-very-safe-because-they-barely-work-anyway/ https://www.theolognion.com/expert-says-iot-and-smart-home-d...
geoah 6y ago
“The olognion” is a satirical tech news site. Basically a more tech oriented “the onion”. Some of their articles are really fun. Check out their about page and patreon as well.
- samokhvalov 6y ago
  Thanks. Decided to hide it here. On one hand, it would be good and funny to be on the 1st page with this (obviously, it was rising fast). On another – who knows, how many people (I guess, non Enslish speakers) might do the same mistake as I did :)