Agile detractors like myself may find this amusing : "agile doesn’t fit in the context of this particular project, because the client changes priorities very frequently."
Physics and maths papers are published everyday, claiming to have solved this or that long-standing problem. I think Twitter/HN is getting excited about this particular paper for no particularl reason, it's just random the amplification of stuff that sometimes occurs in social media.
Interesting. The OpenGL team used to be one of the most prominent driver teams at IMG, and now it's outsourced. They explain the (market) reasons in the post.
Yes, but then the experiment kinda proves the opposite of the point it was trying to prove. As it were, people largely agree with each other as to what's reasonable and what is not.
Pretty much stopped asking any questions on web forums because of this. Some people tend to "XY" you whenever they don't immediately know the answer to a complex question.
As a freelancer, you want your clients to recoup their investment in you many times over. Generally, 4x is the very minimum you should aim for, give the friction and effort in hiring you in the first place.
So I don't think you should've charged more in this instance.
People get into incredible mental contorsions to justify helping one customer who should really be able to find alternatives, over helping 1000+ customers who cannot.
I still can't make sense of his decision to favour SME customers. Someone who needs 3000 units a year is more likely to have the resources to redesign around a different SBC, than someone who orders a couple RPis a year.
Pichai got promoted from CEO of Google to CEO of Alphabet some time ago. Therefore, as strange as it is, Larry and Sergey are fully on board with whatever it is that he's doing.
If there is no supply problem, why have prices shot up ~30-50% in 4 years ? (Source : I am trying to book an Airbnb in London after a few years away from the platform)