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I'd like to compile a list of all the remote companies that pass the joel-remote test.

Has anyone got any examples?

I'm generally not an Apple fan, I only use it for work and have never bought an Apple product with my own money.

Saying that the M1 MBP is pure bliss, so much that I'm for the first time considering spending my own money on an Apple product. And that is even though I still had a few issues here and there with Docker but the 'no fan, no heat' and strong battery life make well up for it!

I'm from Europe, surrounded by much natural beauty, but to this day the Grand Canyon was one of the most profound experiences for me.

I had the torture to look for a new phone recently and one of my requirements was also a small size coming from a Pixel 3a (about 150mm iirc).

If you're looking for a small but flagship Android then there's currently only the Asus ZenFone (expensive) or the Galaxy phones (s21, a52) which are reasonable in size. But at least the Samsung are full of bloatware.

I think the main reason not more are being built because it's hard to fit in a decent battery and the latest hardware needs more power so phones get bigger.

We're launching our next startup in less than a month and were faced with the same decision.

Ultimately went with Rails. As said in the article: so, so much comes out of the box or from a very well maintained ecosystem.

Real-time dashboards (action cable), background jobs (active jobs, sidekiq), auth, tooling, etc. was each less than a day's work which allows us to launch so freaking fast.

Only real downside in my eyes is the hiring for our location (central Europe) and future UI complexity, where my solution will probably be to just drop in a Vue app where it makes sense.

In general I do share your negative view on subscription business.

However, not all aspects of subscriptions - and not all players - are shady or bad. I wrote about the different aspects of subscription businesses recently[0] if you're interested.

[0] https://trive-studio.medium.com/do-you-hate-subscriptions-th...

Your first job is definitely the hardest to get in your entire career. I wrote a few words of advice about this [0].

The summary of my advice is:

* Don't "spray and pray" your application, but look for companies that fit your tech preferences and specifically hire for junior devs.

* Prepare for the interview process. That can be as easy as asking the recruiter what questions you can expect in the interview (often they spill the beans without thinking)

* Build, build, build. The best way to show them you can in fact deliver is by having at least one up-and-running side project, the code on Github, etc. Give them something to look at even if you think it's not terribly impressive.

[0] https://andreschweighofer.com/career/how-to-get-the-right-jo...

1. "Helgoland: The world of quantum theory" It's relatively light on physics but I loved the philosophical mixin.

2. "Seed of knowledge, stone of plenty". Mostly about the electromagnetic properties of ancient monuments and how electromagnetic fields can impact seed fertility. I can not believe how this is such an invisible book.

3. "Humankind. A hopeful history". I thoroughly enjoyed this fact based retelling of human history.

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5x growth in what timeframe?

- barefoot shoes (brands: vivobarefoot and mukishoes). I could write a long rave now about barefoot shoes but I'll try to keep it short: No more knee pains after long walks, every time I go out the amount of sensations is pure joy and a powerful mindfulness experience.

- A used Garmin Forerunner 920XT. It's a pretty old model but it still works well for many different sport types. That was great when I did triathlons, then focused on running with the advanced HR and now I mostly use it as an alarm clock that doesn't wake the kids. Battery lasts forever.

- Kindle. I'm a "physical book" person and I'm not a fan of the Amazon lock-in but I got one for my birthday and my reading has exploded. It makes my reading just so much more accessible.

Over the years I built so much stuff which was never used or never created any value. So over time I realised I can create more value by not writing code.

But knowing when not to write code meant understanding the business, the stakeholders, product management and deal with all those people! Something I definitely didn't consider my job when I started.

I believe the differentiation between product and platform engineers are creating an unnecessary divide:

A platform engineer builds something for a customer, just that in this case the customer is a developer, usually within the same organisation.

If anything applying product thinking to the problem helps the platform engineer: They have a clearer persona for their customers. They can more easily speak to their customers (if internally). They want to deliver value to their customers and fix their problems.

Why create this artificial divide and silo thinking? If your customers are not happy with your work you're doing a bad job and your product sucks.

If Satoshi is identified he might also still be alive.

This means that Satoshi's BTC (~1mio.) are potentially liquid which would mean a gigantic influx of fresh bitcoins.

It's quite plausible that any movement of these old wallets would crash the Bitcoin price for quite a while.

To everybody who is interested in the possible purpose of Stonehenge and other megalithic structures I can recommend this book: Seed of Knowledge, Stone of Plenty (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/780619.Seed_of_Knowledge...).

It has nothing to do with ancient aliens and the like and is rather scientific about the electromagnetic properties of such structures.

I can't find the video but I'm pretty confident this was in fact Ayrton Senna.

Totally blows my mind as well.

This post[0] was #1 on the front page for a day and I had 0 issues serving requests running on the cheapest shared Wordpress hosting with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin enabled.

[0] https://andreschweighofer.com/agile/anxiety-in-product-devel...

citation needed.

This is an all too easy narrative. Synthetic fertilisers might simply have caused an arms race for short term, higher efficiency which destroyed less efficient production techniques.

That does not make it long term efficient, see research on sustainable farming[0].

[0] https://rodaleinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/RI-FST-Brochu...

As a Mac user who has not fully bought into their ecosystem this is an important productivity tool for me. Also I find it sad how such basics are missing from OSX.

The latest Android version has a focus mode: https://www.blog.google/products/android/android-focus-mode/

Hey! I also saw that page not long ago on HN and I quite like it. I think under certain circumstances it makes sense to view software engineering processes mainly under the lense of risk. There are a few thoughts I have about this though: it reminds me of the saying that if your only tool is a hammer every problem looks like a nail.

I think what it really is about is managing uncertainty and talking about risks is one of many tools for that.

Thanks! If you have anything you particularly like or dislike please let me know. I'd really appreciate any feedback.

Although I have never been in a situation like yours, for me personally A Guide to Rational Living (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22673.A_New_Guide_to_Rat...) and meditation with the Waking up app helped tremendously.

Author here. I think you have a point here. Anxiety can certainly stem from the point you mentioned. But I also think anxiety from other sources can affect your development negatively.

I started blogging about PM, agile and engineering topics: https://andreschweighofer.com

Scrum sprints limit work in progress just like kanban. It's just that with kanban you can set more granular WIP limits. I wrote about this here: https://andreschweighofer.com/agile/kanban-as-an-evolution-o...

It's similar to new offices being built when there is enough empty office space in the city already.

If the government incentivises construction there will be big infrastructure projects. The government might not need the actual project and its output but rather the construction itself for fueling employment and economic growth.

Brave uses Chromium under the hood, so if you're paranoid you could assume that Chromium has some kind of backdoor integrated.

Also, to my knowledge Brave Software Inc. is a For-Profit organisation.

Despite those facts I am personally using Brave. In my opinion you already cut out most of the "bad stuff" of Chrome with this choice.

There are more and more phones produced without a headphone jack: https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/news/always-updated-list...

I completely agree that the reality is far more nuanced.

Have you questioned your assumptions yourself that food cost has to go up using alternative approaches? There is research out there painting a different picture[1].

[1] https://rodaleinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/RI-FST-Brochu...