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by 202508042147 2mo ago
I had the fortune and grit to build and release something on my own. It took years and a lot of pain. Then came the pain of supporting it in production. I generally regret putting myself through this and I do look back. I do think it is wor
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by 202508042147 4mo ago
I'm surprised to read this on HN. Normally I stay away from this crap, but today I'll bite: the Romanian government did very well to sell Romtelecom, BCR and others. And I hope they'll sell more, like Tarom and other money si
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by 202508042147 4mo ago
In a different life, I went through multiple interview stages at a FAANG company. In between the sessions, we got to talk to some of the (future) managers. One of them told me that this whole interview process is broken, we should all just
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by 202508042147 5mo ago
Looking forward to a European-wide payment system. Sure, there are apps probably in each individual country that you can use to pay (via a QR code) or easily transfer money (usually using a phone number). But there are cases like renting a
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by 202508042147 5mo ago
Twint is great, I wish more Swiss based people would use it. In the expat community most are using Visa/MC through Apple Pay. I have no idea why.
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by 202508042147 5mo ago
That's what I am afraid of. The resistance from the incumbents plus the external pressure from the US (and China?) might be to strong. Better go with a federated approach, mandating all the different payment apps available all over the
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Why Europe needs a payment system independent of Mastercard and Visa(euronews.com)
4 points by 202508042147 7mo ago|1 comments
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How close is the EU to break free from Visa and Mastercard's grip?(euronews.com)
2 points by 202508042147 7mo ago|0 comments
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by 202508042147 7mo ago
I know someone that works in the central government of an EU country and have persuaded her to talk to the IT department in the ministry where she works to try to move away from Microsoft products. The short answer: "It's not poss
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by 202508042147 7mo ago
> [...] anymore after Trump. We shouldn't have waited until Trump, we had clear signs of distrust when the Americans were spying on Angela Merkel and other European officials [1]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/world&#x
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Now that the cat is out of the bag, I am confident that those banking apps will (eventually) work without the likes of Google Play Services. Additionally, what i really want is an alternative to Visa/Mastercard, meaning I can use it fo
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Looking forward having this in the country where I live and in the countries I mostly travel to! Well, actually all over EU. What is unclear to me atm, is it possible to rent a car using wero? Also, can I pay online with it?
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
I wouldn't go this way, at least not now. But the European Commission should mandate the usage of EU based software for every public institution in the EU, at all levels. That means from the European Parliament all the way down to muni
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
+1 for bare metal! I wish I could convince more C level people that that's what we need most of the time.
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
> And if you are a start-up and you want to grow, the situation is even more dire. I worked for/with several European startups. They really didn't need nor aim for planet scale operations. There are also quite a lot of article
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Yes, there are local alternatives like Pix here as well, but they only work in the same country. I need something that works across EU countries, like wero. I also need something that works on every site when I buy online and I can also use
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Going with the default, we were already using other services from them.
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
> So you move the power from two American companies (Visa and Mastercard) to two American companies (Apple and Google)? What's that supposed to solve? Unsure what you mean, but for context I use an app developed by a consortium of l
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
MS advantage over Google docs was exactly what US cloud providers have over everyone else: lock-in.
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
We went with Hetzner as we already had good experiences with their VPSes. For this particular db migration, a resonably sized VPS with volumes does the job for us. We don't have planet scale operations so the lowish IOPS is not an issu
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Maybe we don't need that kind of money for things like office software, email, reasonable sized databases, VPS etc.
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Best would be to research a local one where you live. Support your community while you're at it!
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
I would also add lack of technical competence at C level. In my previous job, I have dealt with quite a few European CEOs whos only background was an MBA. Unlike the US where a lot of CEOs have a deep technical background...
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Last week I migrated our db away from AWS RDS to a European cloud provider. Everything runs fine and we also have it cheaper! One of our domains is due for renewal in a couple of months. I'm setting up the transfer to a EU registrar fo
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
As a European, I am glad that this is finally discussed in the open! I have made multiple comments in the last weeks that one of the most important things, for me, is an alternative to the Visa/Mastercard duopoly. And yes, I can use an
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
I'm totally sold on scan to pay apps, would be great to pay anywhere in Europe with my banking app. I still need a credit card when I rent cars and sometimes for online payments. That is an issue.
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Well, my company is! I just migrated this weekend our database from AWS RDS to a Hetzner VPS with Volumes. It's a small step, but it works for us and it is way cheaper!
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
Well, then the EU can also ban the sale of ASML machines to US and anyone dealing with the US. Let's hope we won't get to that.
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
This is great and definitely doable. It's the initial bit that's hard, people hate switching but then when they get used to it, they won't switch back. What I'd really like to see is a pan-european payment processor, a E
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by 202508042147 8mo ago
We have a small database with low access rates. We'll be fine, at least for a while.

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