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   by vivegi 3y ago

   I would ask you to introspect what you truly love doing and figure out how you can do it (by learning, practice, experiments etc.,). Remember that everyone starts off by having very limited knowledge (on any specific topic). They gain wisdo
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   by vivegi 3y ago

   This question is the cousin of In the North-pole, which direction is South?
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   by vivegi 3y ago

   AWS Lambda + API gateway + S3 + cloudfront Since you have chosen AWS, you can use CDK for Infra-as-code. I had an SPA that was just static HTML + CSS + js that used AWS Lambda + API gateway for the server side functions with the static site
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   by vivegi 3y ago

   Apple actually has Siri. I wish they just made it super usable. It is not a far-fetched or impossible scenario for Siri to start using the latest LLMs under the hood and revamp the user experience.
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   by vivegi 3y ago

   Several years ago, I implemented an application specific load balancer where the LB kept two queues. One was free_workers and the other was open_requests . Initially, upon startup, each worker registers itself with the LB and gets adde
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   by vivegi 3y ago

   Atleast Bing Chat told me that it cannot give me financial advice . The specific prompt I gave it was 1. Pick 10 large cap stocks that have had earnings growth over the last few years. 2. Allocate $x among these 10 stocks to maximize profi
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   by vivegi 3y ago

   Ah! Brings back memories of Oracle Pro*C from decades ago...
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   by vivegi 3y ago

   Not every jurisdiction allows computer programs or algorithms to be patented. Having said that, a jurisdiction such as the US that allows software to be patented, already doesn't require source code as part of the patent application&#x
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   by vivegi 3y ago

   Using that same logic, no one should aim to join (or continue to stay with) Apple or MSFT or Google or $LARGECORP as they are already very large corps with lots of talented people. They should take their talent elsewhere. /s
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    by vivegi 3y ago

    Time, Clocks and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System. Communications of the ACM 21, 7 (July 1978), 558-565. Reprinted in several collections, including Distributed Computing: Concepts and Implementations, McEntire et al., ed.
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Positive psychology and getting motivated by success stories is one thing, probably universal. Failure stories are not necessarily de-motivating. I find a good mental energy boost when I read or see 10 ways in which a certain thing went wro
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Everyone notices a minimal user interface. They also notice when the minimal UI adds an incremental feature. Case in point: Early Google search box and subsequent changes to the Google home page. When features get tacked on to an app, users
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    For a very long time, I had not purchased a single Apple product. My first purchase was in 2016 and it was the iPhone 8, only because my cellular phone carrier in the US offered a second phone free during a holiday special. I gave the free
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Yes, power-apps was on my mind. But their licensing requirements made me feel as if there was unaddressed space. At minimum (there are probably more), it required: - A Microsoft Power Apps license. - Capacity to create a Power Platfor
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Agreed. What I mentioned was, if you were a US market focused SaaS you might not have to worry about UK or Germany etc., and restrict customers (and vendors) from those locations if you decided on your serviceable market as US geography onl
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    The nowhere near this yet remark meant MSFT completing integration of ChatGPT with Bing and releasing it to endusers whereas Google is yet to do it for their search (at least I am not aware of it). I am a daily user of Google search, but
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    I tried the new OpenAI enabled Bing chat yesterday. Since NASA's announcement of the Artemis crew was on the news, I asked it to list 10 points in favor of space exploration. It promptly did that. Nicely. Then I asked it to list 10 cou
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Thanks.
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    I am not familiar with Ruby on Rails. I have made a note to study what you have suggested. Thanks.
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Valid points. Of course, you are right about most systems being brownfield and multi-system integration being very important. That's something I am thinking of supporting out of the box.
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Good they came to their senses.
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    Ask HN: Schema Driven Apps

    17 points by vivegi 4y ago|17 comments
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    1. You have the option of not serving some countries. That is the most obvious one. 2. Ask the question to your payment processor on how they handle this. 3. If you (or your b2b clients) are in a regulated industry (for eg: US Healthcare or
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Since you are in the job search phase, get completely organized for it. Allocate your time for job research and apply for multiple open positions that interest you. Followup on job applications from the previous week where you haven't
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    There are many good ways. Best way is very subjective. Let me suggest what I did. Our company partnered with a local chapter of Habitat for Humanity and we (my colleagues and I) volunteered to help our local community housing projects wit
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Reminiscent of the precedent, 'that depends on what the meaning of is is' when the former President Clinton was asked a question during his Grand Jury Testimony circa '98 ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-s
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    That is difficult. It constrains you to raising additional money at unfavorable terms whereas executing the cost reduction plan under complete control of current management would give you additional time to postpone the raise at possibly be
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    If you have <6mo of runway at current cash levels, your first order of business would be to cut costs to get to breakeven in the next 60-90 days. That means a target of cutting out annual costs of around $11-12M broken down to around $4M
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    Rug pull. That's what this is. The Google Drive landing page ( https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/drive/ ) as of April 1, 2023 still doesn't mention the 5M per user maximum files count limit. Is it an
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    by vivegi 4y ago

    I appreciate the counter viewpoint; Thank you. I had not considered that. > Some workers aren't worth paying minimum wage I don't necessarily agree with the statement above. If a worker is not qualified for the job, don't