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yeah the TAP/Forge testing infra is pretty gnarly

this is correct

can someone provide an ELI5 for this critique?

marijuana is psychologically addictive

this sentence also particularly stuck out to me!

incredible piece. If you are thinking of reading this, and have a spare 20 minutes, commit.

glad I'm not the only one

as a data point, keto helped me put on a ton of muscle. I do lift weights 6 days per week, but I attribute it to increased testosterone. I've been fairly principled in my approach to experimenting with keto, including doing regular bloodwork.

Prior to keto my T was around 450. Post keto (~2 months in), it was close to 800. I was/am eating a ton of fat. I don't measure it (I eat intuitively based on hunger) but I would estimate my fat intake to be around 200g fat/day or more.

Just my personal anecdote. We'll see how long I live for ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Not sure why, but this idea of reminiscing on the "old" internet reminds me of old Runescape. If you know, you know.

is there such a thing as available source, closed license?

When I was in college, I didn't eat the same meal every day. I ate the same ingredients every day. I did not know how to cook.

For dinner, I'd just each an entire package of sausage. That's all.

that's where the nutrients are

this could be a comment generated by a HN troll bot

I think dynamically types languages are on their way out. There aren't many good arguments remaining in favor of them.

ah I regret this comment lol

ha yeah good point. tough to give anyone access to bank/transaction info. interesting that paying someone else money and then giving them access to your bank statements would make you feel better!

ha sure. I just meant I know the sort of operational burden cloud customers are able to outsource by not rolling their own, based on my time at the G inside resource planning and management.

you're probably not wrong, but I think this is a good additional data point to have. It's easy to spot disgruntled reviews of anything. But if someone who left or quit has a composed, reasoned description of plausible problems, it should weigh into your decision at least a little

That's a good point. But why not provide a free way to gauge how much the service can save you, then charge appropriately? Why should I pay 10$ to see how much I can save? I'd rather know that for free, then pay a higher amount to actually have you tell me what those ways to save are.

It could be that I'm weird, but 10$ for me triggers some bias in my mind that makes me think the service is not legit, is fragile, won't realy do all it claims, etc. Strange.

agreed. I'm not a contractor. But these days 10$/month is almost too low for me to even think a service is going to actually work. My price point would be closer to 25-30$ per month

if I have one job in this life, it's to hang out on hacker news and repeatedly post about how it's not cost effective to run your own infrastructure. 8MM/month doesn't even come CLOSE to needing your own infra.

- person who knows how hard it is to run your own infrastructure

Most of the other comments here cover the majority of useful tips/techniques.

However for me, one thing I really like doing is reaching out to employees who quit/left. Ask them for honest information about why they quit and what the existing problems are.

those lunches/coffees are critical

It will likely never be a true monopoly. But an oligopoly with two or three players? That's where we are and where we'll remain.

I think you severely underestimate what it means to run a public cloud business. "Probably capital intensive" betrays the naiveté of this comment.

Even if you have 100 billion dollars in the bank, you're years behind. Go buy land, build datacenters (5 year lead time), sign power contracts with utility providers, figure out where to buy all your dram and disk and networking and shit and oh develop your cloud services too. Now keep them running.

certainly exciting!

don't discount the ability for either company to build that stickiness. They know this is important.

Think credit cards, collaboration with last-mile transportation (Uber + Bird), discounts on restaurants, things of that nature. They can and are working towards building more of a brand ecosystem.

endless list of reasons hub cities are good for business;

people want to live and work there. especially young people

as you said, couple's can more likely both find jobs, even if they work in vastly different sectors

talent pool is larger

many other businesses (potential customers) are there

see: gitlab

everyone from high school is a real estate agent