TruthWillHurt

Is this a real cause for concern? Simply don't copy code with strange unicode charecters, just like you don't copy code with blocks of bytecode.

You're forgetting a case where a website offers a garbage API that doesn't provide all the data available via the web interface,

either due to neglegance (Apple Store developer console),

Security (Google Play Store accounting data),

Or financial gain (AppsFlyer "premium API").

You sound pretty bleak to me..

Easy way to earn points.

Too much math..

End of the day you're getting in bed with Microsoft. No matter ho open-source/friendly it seems.

What is this, 2008? "Our team spent months architecting this migration". Maybe you should have gone with a cloud offering like Dynamo/RDS, or a serverless database like BigQuery/Aurora.

What DO they know? Their Python code is sub-par, a procedural script not suitable for production use. They can't use Git, They don't write tests. They don't understand how to deploy/use CICD.

Maybe they should stick to spreadsheets, or upskill a bit so they don't consume so much of the engineers time.

I remember automating the deployment of Oracle DB to OpenStack using Ansible. Finished playbook took 45 minutes to run, and that's starting from a pre-configured snapshot!

Plus, Oracle charges per-cpu core used, so we had to license an entire portion of our datacenter...

+1. I remember modest VPS/Parrallels serving PHP at 350r/s

Yet another SoftBank fuckup...

Yo dawg, I heard you like APIs, so I put an API in front of an API..

YC shooting in all directions, not caring about brand at all it seems..

I'd suggest you stear away from using systemd and a server to launch your startup.

While this is a good writeup, and you end up with a service, you still need to manage a machine with all risks involved - server reboots, updates, networking etc.

AWS Fargate, or the new App Runner will manage a container almost hassle-free

This was recently on HN, seems interesting (didn't try it yet though)

https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey

You can always tell that they're targeting executives when they use the basic slide deck / powerpoint graphics and icons..

I suggest you consider the warranty as well.

My Razer laptop works fine with Linux, but their warranty specifically states it holds for OS it came installed with. Multiple people reported Razer support demanding payment once they discover they had duel-booted Linux.

So either buy a laptop with Linux pre-installed, or be prepared to be "on your own".

I have one and it's a terrible chair.

The seat is too high, even at lowest setting. I had to raise my desk on blocks so I could cross my legs under it, which is just wrong because tables and chairs have standard heights so this shouldn't happen.

I'm 175cm and my feet barely reach the floor. had to add a foot-stool.

The arm rests are too far apart, I need to spread my arms wide to use them.

The seat cushion is hard and rises up near the front, cutting off circulation to the legs.

Posture is all wrong, my back and bottom start hurting after a while and I'm constantly shifting positions to relieve the stress.

A terrible, terrible chair.

The only thing worse than printers - scanners.

A Dynamo wrapper must simplify AND/NOT/AND NOT filters (which are a pain) to be useful in my opinion

And what happens when an investor and your cofounder disagree? What happens when they turn one founder against the other? what happens when they pressure the board?

If you haven't seen one of the above than I doubt you've been involved in more than a couple investments, let alone 20.

Well you now have 44 people looking over your shoulder, giving you advice based on half-baked opinions formed on partial information, and freaking out whenever you do something that slightly surprizes them. congrats.

What is this, the 90s?

I'll be sure to install it on my Palm Pilot

Basically you need to fill out an exhausting 8 part form drilling down on every aspect of your business -

Security - policies, architecture, breach procedures, external review, GDPR compliance, hosting structure, cryptography.

Compliance - proove registration with different compliance bodies, proof of insurance (professional indemnity AND cyber), AML measures, KYC measures, proof of purchase of monitoring systems..

Identity - provide information on ALL directors and shareholdeing structure, provide proof of address and identity of 2 of them, name a company signatory and provide proof of identity and address for him as well.

And more and more... took us 2 months just to compile all the information in endless back-and-forth email conversations.

That is absolutely not true. only thing that's self-registration is development access which is limited to 100 customer connections. Going to production requires submitting a ticket which is picked up a person that transmits requirements from compliance team.

Ooo Plaid.. so advanced, so intuitive, much tech!

So how come going to production with you is a three month process involving endless spreadsheets and email exchanges? not at all as presented on website.

You've left your onboarding / compliance team behind while focusing on the cool stuff.

I guess phpMyAdmin is out of fashion these days ;)

"An open mind is a fortress with gates unlocked"

I'm always amazed at how the simplest solutions have the biggest impact on business users.

Us devs often try to invent groundbreaking software, while all they needed was to automate a rollodex...

As a non-observant jewish person that used to live in Israel - I agree.

It's a total nightmare.