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> Our project was originally full stack NextJS but we wanted to first migrate everything to Python/FastAPI. Tell me you had no business being invested in witho

> Our project was originally full stack NextJS but we wanted to first migrate everything to Python/FastAPI. Tell me you had no business being invested in without telling me. I’m going to be harsh here but I honestly have no clue how else to respond. You wrote your backend in Node/Typescript and then decided to change it to Python. What in the world would make that a good idea? No seriously, there is absolutely nothing sane about that decision. In top of that, you used ChatGPT to do the conversion for some of your DB models, was that just for speed or because you didn’t know what you were doing (new language/framework?). Also, you say you had credits to burn (god this industry is so messed up sometimes) so why rewrite? Clearly not for cost/performance and Node to Python seems like a very lateral move all things considered. I’m completely flabbergasted as to why you would rewrite your backend like this.

voiceblue 2y ago
It’s probably because they wanted to use some Python library to run inference or something. Although perhaps IPC would be cheaper than a rewrite.
qarl 2y ago
> Tell me you had no business being invested in without telling me. Check out their comment history to see who invested in them.
- sleazebreeze 2y ago
  Whats even more ironic is that their business is about extracting, fixing, and repairing data using AI. They had a chance to dogfood here and missed it.
  - cuppypastexprt 2y ago
    [flagged]
- throw46365 2y ago
  The lesson I learned from the dot-com era is that people who are dependent on the hype to make profit will crane their necks to believe the hype. Salespeople, executives, engineers, it doesn’t matter. Every day on HN reminds me a little more of 1998.
  - talldayo 2y ago
    Yep. Hacker News is one of the only social medias that I've seen where you have to reject reality in order to be accepted and upvoted by the majority. After a while it becomes more funny than sad, really.

voiceblue 2y ago

It’s probably because they wanted to use some Python library to run inference or something. Although perhaps IPC would be cheaper than a rewrite.

qarl 2y ago

> Tell me you had no business being invested in without telling me. Check out their comment history to see who invested in them.

sleazebreeze 2y ago
Whats even more ironic is that their business is about extracting, fixing, and repairing data using AI. They had a chance to dogfood here and missed it.
- cuppypastexprt 2y ago
  [flagged]
throw46365 2y ago
The lesson I learned from the dot-com era is that people who are dependent on the hype to make profit will crane their necks to believe the hype. Salespeople, executives, engineers, it doesn’t matter. Every day on HN reminds me a little more of 1998.
- talldayo 2y ago
  Yep. Hacker News is one of the only social medias that I've seen where you have to reject reality in order to be accepted and upvoted by the majority. After a while it becomes more funny than sad, really.