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by clintonb 4y ago
As mentioned in the post, if you are looking for things to fix, you should be looking in an issue tracker. I was trained to put the issue number next to the TODO. Furthermore, we tag the issues so that we can easily identify simpler issues
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by clintonb 4y ago
How much data should be kept? If you have a multi-TB database, should AWS keep all of it, and keep charging you beyond the cap?
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by clintonb 4y ago
No. Demolition men had training while in prison.
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by clintonb 4y ago
What happens once usage reaches the budget? Should AWS simply turn off all of the systems and delete all the data?
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by clintonb 4y ago
A new battery in 2021 helped get me through to the M1 Max release.
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by clintonb 4y ago
Banks and credit unions must maintain a Tier 1 Capital ratio set by regulators. T1C is negatively impacted by large deposits.
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by clintonb 4y ago
I disagree. The latest version of Xcode ran on my 2013 MBP, until a recent upgrade. Using the latest hardware is much faster, but not required. I intend to keep my new MBP for another 8-10 years.
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by clintonb 4y ago
> Stop targeting the two largest mobile platforms to gain customers and revenue. That’s my paraphrasing of your statements. If the customers are in the garden, you have to go to the garden. That’s easier than building your own.
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by clintonb 4y ago
Dedicated servers still require staff to maintain. If you’re just comparing EC2, dedicated servers may be cheaper. Once you get to application offerings, such as databases, caching, etc., you now need to weigh the cost of administering thos
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by clintonb 4y ago
1. Start with a product/project brief that explains the who, why, and what if the project at a high level to ensure the business is aligned. 2. Architecture and design docs explain the “how” to engineering. 3. The work gets broken down
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by clintonb 5y ago
You make the change in multiple phases. 1. Add the new table. 2. Update code to write/read from both the new and old data sources (e.g., read from the new table first before falling back to the old column). 3. Copy data from the column
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by clintonb 5y ago
How do you define a large scale database migration? If you're just updating data or schema, that can be done locally via integration test. No need for a separate environment.
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by clintonb 5y ago
My assumption is the process is more like this: Laptop --> pull request + CI --> merge + CI + CD --> production I don't think folks are pushing code directly via Git or SFTP.
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by clintonb 5y ago
I work at a different company. Typically feature flags are short-lived (on the order of days or weeks), and only control one feature. When I deploy, I only care about my one feature flag because that is the only thing gating the new functio
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by clintonb 5y ago
Pretty much every model/resource has a `token` field, so we just call `invoice.token`, which is always a string.
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by clintonb 5y ago
Is the implication that if Stripe started with another language, the company would be worth more? What’s the problem with Ruby?
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by clintonb 5y ago
I also joined Stripe in 2018, and thought Sorbet was a waste of time. I quickly changed my mind when I realized how many incidents it prevented. Now I want types for :allthethings!
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by clintonb 5y ago
> As far as I can tell it's the most economically rational thing for me to do, as my income is well into the six-figures and so as I don't particularly enjoy grocery shopping, cooking or cleaning it's a better use of my ti
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by clintonb 5y ago
Your first and last paragraphs seem contradictory. You Hope experienced folks weigh all costs, but a post mentioning the cost of hiring gives you hesitancy?
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by clintonb 5y ago
My guess is digital purchases became easier just before flash memory was cheap enough to use for albums. Also, distribution is much simpler, and the labels can get more profit due to decreased manufacturing costs.
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by clintonb 5y ago
> For one thing, it makes it harder for me to understand when it will be necessary for new processors to use exotic materials. If you have a need to understand this, shouldn't you be close enough to the field to discern marketing sp
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by clintonb 5y ago
Who is the "tech community"? I was unaware of this, but it's not really relevant to my work as a software engineer.
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by clintonb 5y ago
"Think before you speak."
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by clintonb 5y ago
> Later this year, US merchants will be able to accept Apple Pay and other contactless payments simply by using iPhone and a partner-enabled iOS app The target user is a US-based merchant. Most likely, it's a small business, perhaps
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by clintonb 5y ago
> I have seen recommendations for "static-site generators", but it's beyond me. If a static site generator is beyond you, stick with WordPress and focus on creating good content. I got tired of managing a WordPress MU inst
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by clintonb 5y ago
> When was the last time any Youtube success was fictionalized content? Cobra Kai seems successful. Unfortunately, YouTube dropped it and Netflix picked it up. The irony is that, while Google makes a lot of money from ads, its sibling Ne
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by clintonb 5y ago
I disagree. Streaming killed the disc. High speed internet facilitating digital downloads, alongside a desire to make laptops smaller and lighter, killed the disc drive. I own a 3D Blu-ray player. I haven’t used it in about two years, since
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by clintonb 5y ago
If you publish it, please make sure it works today, and can work tomorrow. Pin the versions of any dependencies, or bundle them if feasible. Also, include basic instructions for running your code. I helped my wife with a replication study t
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by clintonb 5y ago
Generally, in the payments space, the “merchant of record” is who the banks go to with chargebacks and disputes. I haven’t heard of this as an industry standard. Large platforms where the customer thinks they are paying the platform, such a
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by clintonb 5y ago
The OP stated they are an alcoholic. You don’t tell an addict, “hey, just stop doing drugs!” You have to change the environment.

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