intelVISA

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by intelVISA 2y ago
Distributed systems always ends up a dumping ground of failed tech solutions to deep org dysfunction. Weak tech leadership? Let's "fix" that with some microservices. Now it's FUBAR? Conceal it with some cloud native horr
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Finally, someone gets it.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Software is results driven, there's no value in simply warming a seat for X YOE, talking about code instead of actually executing.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Some might see horror but I see a few genius level engineers 'working' 1hour a month rebuilding the same getrandom syscall. They hiring? :]
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Is fractional CTO worth it? The rare times I've been free enough to look into freelance prospects they seemed mostly IC oriented.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
You thought too much, that makes investors uneasy.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
If you're not easily replaceable then the company has failed on some level. This is why I think current org structures, and incentives, don't map properly to SWE and fuels this employment theater of "trust me I'm not a c
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by intelVISA 2y ago
> No multiple focus on their face or their appliance. Just the essential. Wunderbar! The result is they don't need to spend $3500 for each video. How are you going to get paid if you don't focus on the actual products sponsorin
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by intelVISA 2y ago
You can only be productive 'talking about something' if you understand the concepts to later 'do what needs to be done'. In the absence of tech leadership it might as well be magic. I wouldn't understand the working
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by intelVISA 2y ago
It is quite possible, bit surprised a minor systems detour would burn months but alas. This inspires me to figure out how to sell it, sounds expensive...
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by intelVISA 2y ago
It's a grift as far as I can tell.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
As one HNer aptly put it: coding is to SWE as cutting is to surgery.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
The debate that cemented Tanenbaum as a smug clown in my mind since '92, his poor students!
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by intelVISA 2y ago
I guess this is the 'power' of regulatory capture equal to banks? Are telcos invulnerable to innovation?
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by intelVISA 2y ago
What route(s) did you go through for funding? As an outsider the bureaucracy fascinates me, I trust it's all open and transparent like the EU?
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by intelVISA 2y ago
I thought that was the point?
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by intelVISA 2y ago
It begins...
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Indeed it's future reduction, an equal or better output with less labor required.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Things are more expensive now.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
If you need to put your mind at rest change the words around and have a Stanford alum send it next time.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Plugging in random USBs is brave!
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by intelVISA 2y ago
DACH is like the reverse Silicon Valley?
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by intelVISA 2y ago
"Drive this car with 3 wheels and if you crash it's all on you, if we get to the destination I'll be rich and DON'T even think about stopping to add a 4th wheel. DRIVE FASTER. STOP THINKING ABOUT THE WHEEL." Really
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by intelVISA 2y ago
You'd obsolete 30% of tech 'work' without it. Unless you're a shareholder why would you want to cut bloat?
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Nicely done, huge amount of grit and craftsmanship.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Well in their defense it would hard to get funding for JavaScriptCoreWrapper.sh so it's a useful misunderstanding to curate.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
How far we've fallen...
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Damn it was that easy to obviate financial obligations? Guess the bank also won't care if we stop paying our mortgages? To give credit to your position, over in Europe they've a generous welfare state yet very few successful start
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by intelVISA 2y ago
Hell, I'd roll in the mud if that's what it takes to upsell $10k worth of compute to $1M.
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by intelVISA 2y ago
They do implicitly: you can only be accidentally productive without those preconditions.

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