TheyCallMeMaxi

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   by TheyCallMeMaxi 7y ago

   It's just a beefed up EC2. I don't have high traffic so cannot say how well the autoscaling works but apart from that, not much different than putting your app on EC2.
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   by TheyCallMeMaxi 7y ago

   I use Sequelize as my ORM. There are debates around using/not using ORMs but personally I feel weird writing raw SQL in any language except a SQL terminal.
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   by TheyCallMeMaxi 7y ago

   Where my node folks at? Node + Express + Nginx + Pgsql on Elastic Beanstalk.
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   by TheyCallMeMaxi 7y ago

   1. ETH Zurich 2. EPFL 3. Cambridge 4. Oxford 5. Imperial College London 6. TU Munich 7. TU Delft 8. KTH Sweden PS: I have a MS CS from one of the above.
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   Ask HN: Do non-tech folks read Hacker News?

   8 points by TheyCallMeMaxi 7y ago|13 comments
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   Ask HN: Advise for Software Engineer Moving to Finance

   1 points by TheyCallMeMaxi 8y ago|1 comments
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   by TheyCallMeMaxi 8y ago

   Ok, let me put this from another viewpoint. (I do not work for/endorse Oracle.) Every year, hundreds of thousands of Asian students (~90% Indian and Chinese) flock to US universities for grad studies. They work hard, get a good GPA and