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by colinrand 4y ago
Couldn't even be bothered to run it through ChatGPT first?
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by colinrand 4y ago
With many new ideas, the early folks love the benefits and aren't put off by the challenges. With ZTNA, after doing quite a few deployments myself, I can say that the biggest challenges are operational. Nothing will piss off developers
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by colinrand 5y ago
I played sometimes as DnD as a kid growing up, and remember it was pretty straight forward to plunk down with friends in and afternoon and just have fun with it. I tried playing with my kids last year during lockdown and OMG...it took me 2
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by colinrand 5y ago
I appreciate the authors sentiments but I missed perhaps the most important one to me. Crypto has really re-invigorated interest in DIY/Tinkerer/random projects with no real purpose. These may appear pointless externally, but inte
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by colinrand 5y ago
If Google has my passwords, can I trust them not to crawl sites using them?
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by colinrand 6y ago
Last night for giggles, I tried to see if I could get a few coins having dabbled in crypto over the years. It was surprisingly hard. Highlights: * Coinbase doesn't trade it. * Held my nose and tried to sign up for Robinhood last nigh
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by colinrand 6y ago
Another interesting characteristic I've seen over the years from top performers is that they also have deleted the most code.
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MongoMeili: Easily Sync MongooseJS Schemas with MeiliSearch(medium.com)
3 points by colinrand 6y ago|1 comments
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by colinrand 6y ago
I think there is also a mismatch in current software development practices for proprietary SaaS product versus what learning environment need. Modern SaaS companies believe in updating their user experiences early and often i.e. 'conti
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by colinrand 6y ago
BanyanSecurity | DevOps Engineering | Full Time | Remote (San Francisco, CA) At Banyan, we are building a truly ubiquitous secure remote access platform that spans clouds, data centers, and all types of devices. Zero Trust. We are looking f
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by colinrand 6y ago
Certainly. I like to have the candidate ask follow ups like, are you interested in the networking aspects? the brower's behaviors? the way the website handles the request? all of these above? If I phrased the question slightly differen
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by colinrand 6y ago
I ask this question from time to time and look for different responses depending on the type of candidate. When I ask an engineer, I am looking to see if they can grasp the problem space and ask clarifying questions about what I'm look
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by colinrand 6y ago
A few things I have noticed missing from discussion of why/why not to join a start up is prestige and lineage. Early engineers from start ups that get traction carry an aura of prestige (warranted or not is a separate question) that th
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How to Zero Trust(medium.com)
2 points by colinrand 6y ago|0 comments
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by colinrand 6y ago
They are commoditizing their complement. So what's their core business?
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by colinrand 7y ago
I find posts like this to miss the point of one of the most important aspects of coding - that of technical leadership. It is the role of whoever is providing technical leadership to drive to clarity among all the participants in the conver
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by colinrand 7y ago
Has your school been involved at all in the internship process?
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How are your internships affected during the lockdown?
2 points by colinrand 7y ago|3 comments
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by colinrand 7y ago
One of the hardest parts of leading a startup (or any company really) in a major downturn is managing your employees expectations for their career growth. Many of them will have joined a rapidly growing company - ones with the most rapid ca
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by colinrand 7y ago
Omg, I would love this. I just need to be able to afford the land it would be on first!
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by colinrand 7y ago
When I run for public office, my platform will be a 5 day week. 3 days work, 2 days off. Nobody likes Monday's and I'm willing to sacrifice Wednesday.
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by colinrand 7y ago
You're absolutely right. I have heard that argument first had used as a means to shut down an initiative as well. These philosophies require massive judgement calls from engineering leadership with payback periods tracked in years, not
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by colinrand 7y ago
The most challenging part of this series is not in the material itself. These insights are learnings through hard experience and scale from Google are invaluable. No, the hard thing for everyone is to recognize is that most companies are no
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by colinrand 7y ago
I got tired of reading Percy Jackson with my kids and decided to read A Tale of Two Cities with them aloud. It's been a really interesting experience, my wife listens in and we discuss what's going on, the historical context, etc.
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by colinrand 7y ago
I recommend a combination of titan-data.io and liquibase.org. Liquibase allows you to create your table definitions as a part of your version control. Titan allows you to version your database and share different data states. With this setu
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by colinrand 7y ago
I'm building out a remote team now - nearly 15 developers - as a division in a regular 'on premise' tech company. And all is going well. However, there is one huge problem I haven't heard any good ideas around - how do I
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Ask HN: How to hire and support interns in a distributed team
2 points by colinrand 8y ago|0 comments
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by colinrand 11y ago
Why would you want to join a company that didn't appreciate this reason for leaving?
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by colinrand 12y ago
Mixpanel getting this money at this valuation has more to do with the market conditions than anything else.
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Scaling your legacy webapp is tough, breaking your read path dependency(dataerous.com)
1 points by colinrand 13y ago|0 comments

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