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   by e1g 8y ago

   Presumably the backpresure of requests does not go away - when parents email for information, they do not stop just because they didn’t get a response. They will reach out through other methods. Do you know how that irreducible workload get
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   by e1g 8y ago

   +1. Peter's firm organized my E3 with minimal effort on my side. They walked me through the process with much support and resolved any obstacles with unusual speed and clarity.
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   by e1g 8y ago

   I run browserless Docker container on-prem and it works very well for us. Fire&forget, +1.
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   by e1g 8y ago

   Uncapped stimulation and convenience. A typical month may look like this - - Manhattan rent: $2k-$4k (depends if you are sharing or living alone) - Not cooking: $1-1.5k ($5 lattes, $15 salads, $20 meals, x 30 days) - Socials & d
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   by e1g 8y ago

   +1. Looking around, most of my NYC peers are 25-35 with no kids, and a typical monthly spend is $6-7k. It's a good life, but not glamorous. Some months are substantially more expensive, almost no months are substantially cheaper.
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   by e1g 8y ago

   Also I can stay a bit more anonymous to sellers - when checking out with a virtual card, I can use any name or billing address and it will be accepted. I think 90% of online businesses do not need to have my real name and address in their d
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   by e1g 8y ago

   I use privacy.com to generate a unique credit cards for most purchases/services. These cards are by restricted to the same merchant, and can have a max limit added. It's the same idea as generating unique passwords with 1Password
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   by e1g 8y ago

   I use TransferWise Borderless to collect payments in USD/EUR/AUD/SGD. They give you routing details for a local bank account created in your name. You can hold cash in the original currency, centralized it to one currency, or
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   by e1g 8y ago

   Good article! It reflect my experience, but explains the tradeoffs and techniques very well.
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    by e1g 8y ago

    I use API Gateway to provide an API endpoint powered by Lambda (and deployed via Serverless). It took a few hours to understand the relationships between Gateway and Lambda, the wire a custom domain names with HTTPS, but ones you understand
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    by e1g 8y ago

    The satire might be inspired by a very real lib 'Callbag" from the creator of Cycle.js https://github.com/staltz/callbag-basics
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    by e1g 8y ago

    Similar experience for me - I signed up for the kitchen sink and learnt nothing new. It's a cool product and cool tech, but I saw no benefits. I suppose if the reports showed _something_ unusual, it could have been worth the effort, so
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    by e1g 8y ago

    AppSync is more of a wrapper around GraphQL rather than an alternative (including being based on the most popular GraphQL client, Apollo)
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    by e1g 8y ago

    It might help you to know that you're in good company. For many people, the natural circadian rhythm is slightly longer than the standard 24 hours, so without conscious effort the daily cycle actually would shift back by 10-30 minutes
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    by e1g 8y ago

    +1 for Crucial Coversations. That book, along with “Nonviolent Communication”, was a gift for my analytical mind in approaching the art of lucid communication.
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    by e1g 8y ago

    I’ve met only a few of SWEs who were good at documenting, and only 1-2 of them who also enjoy it. From my experience, changing from SWE to Tech Writer is highly unusual - I’ve seen QA and BA folks change over, but never SWE. Have you consid
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    by e1g 8y ago

    Have you considered building up through freelancing? Having a technical writer available would be a godsend for small startups who lack the time or discipline to document decisions or processes (or anything). I am certain you could find eno
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    by e1g 9y ago

    I am happy with https://insomnia.rest - don’t know whether it’s accessible, but the developer is very responsive so it’s worth asking. If you are primarily interested in testing, perhaps https://www.cypress.io could
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    by e1g 9y ago

    UK: Youth Mobility Scheme for people under 30. This visa is for 2 years, and you can live / work in the UK. Quite easy to get, and does not require a degree / job offer. Germany: Berlin Freelancer/Artist Visa. Do anything you
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    by e1g 9y ago

    This shift in perspective has been critical for me. Similarly, it is critical to ask “Whose problem am I solving?” I am an engineer and tinkering with tech brings me pleasure from creating, I crave mental stimulation, and I get immense sati
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    by e1g 9y ago

    Thanks, I'm with BoA and didn't know about the feature (it's called ShopSafe, for others). I like privacy.com for this purpose - works well plus it can anonymize transactions to make them opaque to the bank.
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    by e1g 9y ago

    > With Amazon MQ support standard protocols for messaging, including JMS, NMS, AMQP, STOMP, MQTT, and WebSocket. This allows you to move from any message broker that uses these standards to Amazon MQ–along with the supported applications
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    by e1g 9y ago

    We migrated from Relay to Apollo after using Relay since 0.1 and then investing to change it for Relay Modern. Never looked back. I introduced GraphQL and Relay into our stack so was biased towards Relay "because Facebook". As the
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    by e1g 9y ago

    Insomnia supports GraphQL pretty well
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    by e1g 9y ago

    Psychological uncertainty is tiring. When I'm dealing with a problem and I have no idea how to solve it, it causes anxiety and I feel drained. When I learn more about the domain and have a framework for processing the problem, then I f
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    by e1g 9y ago

    For years, HHVM had a significant edge in performance and a significant handicap in compatibility. Today, PHP7.1+ is ~at parity in performance but the community still has not fully embraced HHVM. In fact, some flagship projects like Symfony
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    by e1g 9y ago

    I wrote "script kiddie" as a way to describe the relative complexity of this attack vector - I was highly impressed with the pentest process, and think it's one of the smartest things we did this quarter. Filtering user input
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    by e1g 9y ago

    Generating CSV/Excel extracts, which included the user's first name and feedback comments verbatim - thus creating 2 injection points for malicious formulas.
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    by e1g 9y ago

    We recently went through an external pentest simulating a hostile actor with inside information. We had 2 weeks to prepare and successfully defended against timing attacks, DDoS attempts, identity spoofs, request modifications, script injec
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    by e1g 9y ago

    Two thumbs up for @umaar work - absolutely love the bits of knowledge and the GIF format. Thank you for discovering & sharing actually useful tips.