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901.
by gregjor 3y ago
You use the best tool and write code at the appropriate layer. I don’t think anyone suggests writing the entire application in the database (though you can with Oracle). UI and interfacing with external services will most likely prove simpl
902.
by gregjor 3y ago
I completely agree with you. I think of relational databases as a fundamental programming skill. I have made a good career from RDBMS and SQL expertise, and that technology shows no signs of going away.
903.
by gregjor 3y ago
I’m ok with disappointing you. I don’t know you or care what you think. You posted here for advice, I didn’t. For the record I count 14 paragraphs in your original post and comments. I’m not diagnosing you, I’m not qualified to do that. I f
904.
by gregjor 3y ago
The stored procedures and views and triggers get replicated too. I think you’re imagining that moving business logic into stored procedures will overload the database server sooner than having that in application code. I have never seen tha
905.
by gregjor 3y ago
The state comes from the data, not the procedural code implemented in the database. Issues around replication happen with any distributed database. That doesn’t get worse with stored procedures, which don’t themselves have state.
906.
by gregjor 3y ago
Does your wisdom include the DSM-5? I don’t know you, but I do have about twice the years of experience to draw on. I detect social isolation, delusional thinking, and narcissism in your post and comments. You may find your tribe in the “ra
907.
by gregjor 3y ago
Scaling vertically and horizontally with relational databases got solved decades ago and continues to get better. Oracle and SQL Server run practically every huge enterprise database. Do you think those don’t scale?
908.
by gregjor 3y ago
There’s nothing wrong with it. Enterprise environments often do it so business rules and logic live in one place, so application code (in multiple languages) doesn’t have multiple implementations. I think a few things came together to make
909.
by gregjor 3y ago
No physician or scientist who studies cancer will agree with this advice. "Biohackers" and other frauds posting online do not count as "experts." You can't "starve out" cancer. Reducing carb intake will no
910.
by gregjor 3y ago
I've heard hiring managers question if a candidate who ran a startup before would stick with the job. Depending on how you present that experience in your resume, it may give the appearance you just want some extra income or breathing
911.
by gregjor 3y ago
No, I don’t know the situation or the people. I had a similar situation once, I just quit and explained to the founder, who is also a good friend, that the job want working for me. He understood. Be honest and try to avoid criticizing peopl
912.
by gregjor 3y ago
Certainly you will remember the difference now, after writing this. I remember the same way I remember anything else — by memorizing. In British English “shift” means “move,” so shifting something off an array means moving it (into a varia
913.
by gregjor 3y ago
Sounds like entrepreneur cosplay. Get some experience and business domain expertise before trying to sell solutions to problems you don’t understand.
914.
by gregjor 3y ago
> only to find out they've been working as a software developer for over a year and a half already Lol. Come back after a few more years. > With emerging technologies all the time and improvements to existing technology… Almost a
915.
by gregjor 3y ago
Please stop reposting vaporware announcements. If Musk ever ships something on schedule with at least half the capabilities he promised, anywhere near the claimed price, that would be news. Otherwise this kind of thing just keeps the hype t
916.
by gregjor 3y ago
Mortality risk, aka "risk of dying," still at 100% for everyone. Many people care about reducing the risk of dying in the next X months or years, but saying that walking or anything else reduces that risks assumes knowing how long
917.
by gregjor 3y ago
Giving root permissions to a complex and opaque web GUI with a history of security problems seems bad. While it’s possible to correctly secure cPanel, the skills needed to do that are the same as those needed to manage the server without it
918.
by gregjor 3y ago
Whom do you refer to as "we" if you need to find employee number one? Plenty of smart people out there, and plenty of talented people. Sometimes those go together. You should put together a description of the product or service, s
919.
by gregjor 3y ago
I have had “freelancers” ask for cPanel too. Sucks to get fired for that but you did the right thing.
920.
by gregjor 3y ago
Can also put set -o vi in your .bashrc or .profile
921.
by gregjor 3y ago
You’re not wrong. Asking someone to send their public ssh key then login to a shell over ssh works as well as FizzBuzz to identify the newbs and posers.
922.
by gregjor 3y ago
Good luck. In 40 years programming I’ve never seen good, updated documentation. Deploying releases always the priority. I’ve worked at places with documentation teams but that was for compliance reasons, not to help programmers. Best to lea
923.
by gregjor 3y ago
People panicking and fleeing tech jobs will reduce supply, creating a better market for those who didn’t overreact to the LLM hype. Over two decades passed from the first automobile to cars outnumbering horses in American cities. It took ev
924.
by gregjor 3y ago
There’s nothing to deal with as far as the layoff goes. Job ends, you move on. It’s not personal, don’t take it that way. Sucks but not worth dwelling on. No use crying over spilled milk. If you think you might get laid off start looking fo
925.
by gregjor 3y ago
I will turn 64 this year. Started programming in 1974, employed since 1979. I never moved into management for long, I don’t like it. If you want to stay employable master the fundamentals. Despite all the surface churn software development
926.
by gregjor 3y ago
What market? Too vague. Generally you either need deep expertise in some business domain, or you have an idea that you think other people will benefit from.
927.
by gregjor 3y ago
Having worked with both on-premises and colocated infrastructure, then having to deal with the problems that come from not having cloud scale redundancy because it costs too much and requires a lot of ongoing maintenance. It’s not really
928.
by gregjor 3y ago
Some countries have visas specifically for digital nomads and remote workers. Those have reasonable requirements that many/most nomads can satisfy. Other countries, such as Thailand, do not offer long-term visas for typical digital nom
929.
by gregjor 3y ago
Pretty sure almost everyone does this.
930.
by gregjor 3y ago
Every time this topic comes up the author either ignores or doesn’t know about the many solutions available in the US, and cites $35 wire transfer fees as if everyone had to do that. PayPal, Zelle, Wise, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, etc. a

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