spo81rty

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by spo81rty 3mo ago
Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite are all my kids play. Everything else is fighting for scraps it feels like. Not to mention a million mobile games.
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The AI Last Mile Is the First Mile(newsletter.productdriven.com)
1 points by spo81rty 3mo ago|0 comments
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Your Definition of Done Is Wrong(fullscale.io)
1 points by spo81rty 4mo ago|0 comments
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Software Developers Are Replacing Software Engineers(newsletter.productdriven.com)
5 points by spo81rty 5mo ago|1 comments
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by spo81rty 10mo ago
And then the hospital charges part of the delivery charges to the baby which has a separate deduction. At least, that is what they did to me. It's all a scam.
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by spo81rty 1y ago
I love that the writer complains about things Microsoft keeps adding that we don't need, and then goes on to recommend more things we don't need, lol
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by spo81rty 1y ago
Why does it take 300-400 employees to run a telescope? As a taxpayer, that's what I want to know.
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by spo81rty 1y ago
The problem is most software engineers are disconnected from why their work even matters. It's hard to be motivated when you can't see the impact your work has on others and you don't get any recognition for it. I just wrote
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by spo81rty 1y ago
I like Cloudflare. I also feel they are doing too many things...
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by spo81rty 2y ago
I think it comes down to ownership. Going forward it will be more important for engineers to show more product ownership of their domain. Product thinking is becoming more important. That doesn't mean you are a salesperson. It means yo
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by spo81rty 2y ago
I wouldn't because it is difficult to recruit and find developers for it.
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by spo81rty 2y ago
If you are building software to build a product, you are on the product team.
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by spo81rty 3y ago
It's never been easier to be writer thanks to AI. You dictate endless thoughts and AI actually translates the ramblings super well.
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by spo81rty 3y ago
What does a CTO do? That changes a lot from a big company to a startup. I came up with the PPAP framework which I hope helps explain it. It also comes with an official song and dance to help you remember it. Being a CTO is about these 4 key
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by spo81rty 3y ago
I love the real world projects!
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by spo81rty 3y ago
I got hired for a job specifically because I knew crystal reports! I don't miss that.
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My 20 year career is technical debt or deprecated(blog.visionarycto.com)
579 points by spo81rty 3y ago|573 comments
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by spo81rty 3y ago
You are exactly right. Things of course change a lot with company size.
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by spo81rty 3y ago
Some people also have hobbies
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CTOs should be writing requirements not code(blog.visionarycto.com)
1 points by spo81rty 3y ago|6 comments
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IT Recruiters: 3 Alternatives and Why Everyone Hates Them(fullscale.io)
3 points by spo81rty 5y ago|0 comments
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by spo81rty 5y ago
Just because you have a degree or think you are a software developer, it doesn't mean you are any good at it and should be hired. Companies are substantially better off having fewer developers than having bad ones. Bad developers take
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Ask HN: How do we prevent Solarwinds type attacks?
5 points by spo81rty 6y ago|5 comments
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by spo81rty 6y ago
Meanwhile, reportedly China has already built one and is testing it now. So the USA is 20 years behind?
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by spo81rty 6y ago
The only thing worse than writing unit tests is writing tests for destroying free speech.
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by spo81rty 6y ago
It is absolute insanity that they charge a 30% fee to buy some services like Fortnite, Tinder, etc, but then charge NOTHING if I buy from Amazon or Instacart.
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by spo81rty 6y ago
Nobody has to work for minimum wage. Nobody is forced to take the job. Companies will only pay it if people are willing to work for it. It's basically supply and demand.
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by spo81rty 6y ago
At my last startup 15 years ago we paid our support staff $12 and had no problem hiring people. But the people we could hire for $12 sucked at the job. They just didn't have the skills or talent. So we started paying $16+ and hired muc
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by spo81rty 6y ago
I'm still trying to figure out why we don't vote via smart phones. Surely there had to be some country in the world doing this? Vote, take a selfie, photo of an ID and submit or something. Can't be that difficult.
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by spo81rty 6y ago
I want a hosted PaaS solution. I don't want to self host it. That is the pricing I am comparing.

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