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Add me to the haven't heard of them list. Mind you I almost hadn't heard of Crowdstrike and they managed to brick the world.

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
Yup the world is big and even though we think we have heard stuff, there are more things beyond that. For example, I know a dev who makes mobile apps and clears 500_000 / month in profit and yet their app isn't really "popular". It is crazy.
- exikyut 2y ago
  Huh, cool. What sector is the app in, what are some other interesting (non-identifying) aspects of the app that stand in contrast to revenue? Is that in ads, or does the app have in-app purchases et al?
  - xenospn 2y ago
    The only way to make that much of money is with dating apps, IMHO. There’s a million out there and some of them make really good money in certain niches.
- gustavorg 2y ago
  You are going to say what the app is, right? right?
- supportengineer 2y ago
  Through sales, subscriptions, or ads?
rob74 2y ago
I hadn't heard of either Wiz or Crowdstrike before... while reading the article I was thinking "$23B? Probably AI! And called Wiz? Yeah, must be AI...". Turns out I was wrong after all...
heraldgeezer 2y ago
Crowdstrike is enterprise only. Do you know of Active Directory? Most have no idea, even though it is a Windows Server feature from 2000. Some will live a life and even work not knowing.
- dingaling 2y ago
  AD is fairly well known due to its relationship with LDAP and Kerberos. Samba can act as an AD DC.
  - RandomThoughts3 2y ago
    AD is incredibly more popular than Kerberos despite part of it using the protocole. Microsoft is everywhere in the corporate world and most people know of AD but have never heard of neither LDAP nor Kerberos. And to be honest, it's fairly understandable. AD manages to be somewhat turnkey while doing the same thing on Linux systems is a major pain.
    - ykonstant 2y ago
      What is the usual way of doing this on Linux systems?
      - bombcar 2y ago
        Every time I've ventured into it I ended up using Samba to pretend to be Active Directory vs LDAP + Kerberos ...
        rahkiin 2y ago
        Using ‘ldap+kerberos’ is like saying your api is ‘rest+tls’. It is a protocol/format. The value in AD is how the format is used and its impact on systems and users. So yes, Samba sounds more sensible. When I played with it I stayed away from self-managing something like it for linux-only systems and for mixed/cloud/online systems I use Entra Id
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ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago

Yup the world is big and even though we think we have heard stuff, there are more things beyond that. For example, I know a dev who makes mobile apps and clears 500_000 / month in profit and yet their app isn't really "popular". It is crazy.

exikyut 2y ago
Huh, cool. What sector is the app in, what are some other interesting (non-identifying) aspects of the app that stand in contrast to revenue? Is that in ads, or does the app have in-app purchases et al?
- xenospn 2y ago
  The only way to make that much of money is with dating apps, IMHO. There’s a million out there and some of them make really good money in certain niches.
gustavorg 2y ago
You are going to say what the app is, right? right?
supportengineer 2y ago
Through sales, subscriptions, or ads?

rob74 2y ago

I hadn't heard of either Wiz or Crowdstrike before... while reading the article I was thinking "$23B? Probably AI! And called Wiz? Yeah, must be AI...". Turns out I was wrong after all...

heraldgeezer 2y ago

Crowdstrike is enterprise only. Do you know of Active Directory? Most have no idea, even though it is a Windows Server feature from 2000. Some will live a life and even work not knowing.

dingaling 2y ago
AD is fairly well known due to its relationship with LDAP and Kerberos. Samba can act as an AD DC.
- RandomThoughts3 2y ago
  AD is incredibly more popular than Kerberos despite part of it using the protocole. Microsoft is everywhere in the corporate world and most people know of AD but have never heard of neither LDAP nor Kerberos. And to be honest, it's fairly understandable. AD manages to be somewhat turnkey while doing the same thing on Linux systems is a major pain.
  - ykonstant 2y ago
    What is the usual way of doing this on Linux systems?
    - bombcar 2y ago
      Every time I've ventured into it I ended up using Samba to pretend to be Active Directory vs LDAP + Kerberos ...
      - rahkiin 2y ago
        Using ‘ldap+kerberos’ is like saying your api is ‘rest+tls’. It is a protocol/format. The value in AD is how the format is used and its impact on systems and users. So yes, Samba sounds more sensible. When I played with it I stayed away from self-managing something like it for linux-only systems and for mixed/cloud/online systems I use Entra Id

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