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Almost feels like running a code profiler to find the hotspots

What about upgrades due to the environment and not the app. Like OS changes etc. That’s not bug fixes but those are very real issues with very costs.

Everyone would be willing to buy a Laptop for $5 but pricing one at $500 doesn’t mean demand isn’t matched or the business model is flawed. It costs more than $5 to make a laptop. This is an extreme case but often I see the argument that it’s ok to pirate because it’s too expensive is a flawed argument. Lots of people want things that are cheaper but it isn’t always possible. That being said some companies abuse this and over charge a lot, but nonetheless the argument that free is because it’s too over priced is a flawed argument. Otherwise I could use the same logic and steal a laptop and say it’s he business fault for selling it at $500 instead of $55

Yes but what he’s saying is that if you take that money from high executive pay then you can offer both. You have three variables rather then just two, most businesses ignore the executive pay. That’s where the example breaks down. Now if you want to keep executive pay high then yes a lot of people select price over service and you are correct. But those aren’t the only two variables then it’s a lot more variable. Pardon the pun.

It's about the price of generating the electricity in terms of the damage it does to the environment (rather than dollar amount) compared to the value the cryptocurrencies generate. Most people look just at electricity costs and not electricity costs AND environmental costs.

We’re cobstantly dealing with environmental issues and global warming yet burn incredible amounts of energy and carbon compared to the value this gives us. It would probably be more environmentally friendly to not use crypto currencies then to stop using all the electricity you do each day...

I’m amazed that your comment isn’t higher. That was my first thought as well. They may be great design wise but if they don’t covert at all it means very little. Many tv commercials than win awards are terrible at converting for example.

From a higher level maybe don’t start a software company. Just because I have an idea say on how to make a better oven I should not open one until I at least have some industry experience and knowledge first. In other words if your whole business model depends on a specific set of skills then you should at least have some knowledge or expert on your team as a starting point. If you start a plumbing business you don’t just open it up with zero plumbers on staff and no experience in plumbing. But for some reason this is fairly common in software...

The answers I read here are classic over engineering. Sometimes the simplest answer is the best answer, and you don't need to build a complex system. That is to say the same methods that are used to defend against a gun, either another gun to disarm the assailant (be it a person or drone) body armour. Killing the GPS, etc. are all good methods too, don't get me wrong, it's just that they may be more Factory.getFactory().getFactory().getInstance()... type of solutions. Initially just the same methods should work.

They have the choice to build their own OS. The reason they don’t is clear, it’s too expensive. Google instead of charging money requires certain licensing conditions. If they truly want full control they could build it themselves but obviously they’re prefer google’s licensing model.

I think it’s a blip caused by people upgrading their cpu due to spectre and meltdown. Not always because their cpu may be exposed but also as an excuse.

My view is that microservives is more of a workaround to company culctures and silos than a software solution. At least in most cases.

Why do raises and bonuses have to match up with yearly performance reviews? Why not make them more immediate. Great launch everyone here’s a bonus. You went above and beyond for this release so we’d like to give you this bonus. You’ve been working very hard the last while and we think you deserve a raise. Nothing says it has to be at specific times.

I wonder how long before the GDPR starts to act AND if it will have teeth...

Anything with a decent tempo (except for Dance Music - too much thoomp thoomp) that is decent but that I don't know the words to. The important part is not knowing the words. If you know the words it can pull you out of the zone without you realizing. As for type I have no specific type, I'm all over the place, just as long as it follows the above criteria.

The cpu on that computer must be running quite hot. That would definitely be a way to do a computer burn in test. Plus it’s more fun ;)

I believe this is the first real test as to how much teeth GDPR will actually have.

I hope it comes to Canada. I'm willing to pay to remove commercials from YouTube. I don't really care about the extra shows, etc., I just want to be able to remove the ads. $12/mth is worth it for me.

One of the most common things I’ve seen over and over is under powered hardware. It’s so cheap in comparison but since it’s easy for an accountant to total compared to lost time it’s very frequently done. It’s not a solve all but in so many cases it would make a significant difference ignoring all else.

Sometimes it can just be that you’re tired and want to try something else.

Think of a job, Say after 10-20 years of very hard work. You probably either want a promotion or have changed companies. Just done something different. Sometimes for an owner the only way to do something different is to sell.

Another common reason is to get some skin out of the game. As an analogy do you invest all your stocks into one company? As an owner often all your finances are directly tied to the company’s success. It can be wise to diversify from just your company.

There are a number of reasons but these are just two common ones unrelated to how the company is doing, good or bad.

Exactly, it could have gone the other way and the value could’ve crashed. As long as you got a fair price you should never look back at what could’ve been.

Back in the dot com days I had a friend who sold his options early. He made enough to pay off his house cash. The price kept going up and he could’ve been a millionaire. But then as we all know the bottom fell out and his company crashed hard, almost overnight. He was happy he sold out. Had he waited he may have gotten nothing. He may not have cashed out st the peak but he definitely got a good deal for his options. And every time some tells him he should’ve waited to get millions he tried to remind them he probably wouldn’t gotten zero if he waited. Most people still don’t get that, they just focus on what the highest value could’ve been, even if that’s the least likely price he would’ve gotten in reality.

Any data on older processors? For example I run a sandy bridge 3930k but didn’t see anything?

Also how far back are they going to patch?

I would love to see an analysis of the productivity an hour before meetings. My guess is that it’s generally much lower than the baseline. And especially half an hour before

My guess is that it will help cloud providers. In most cases they don’t guarantee x operations per second but rather the type of cpu you get. If that type now gets 30% less performance you’re most likely going to have to pay 30% more. Again the guarantee is not on operations per second but either exact processor, class of processor, or processor units.

How many people actually program software for the Mac? Not develop on the Mac but program for the Mac? It’s my experience that those who program on the Mac versus FOR the Mac have different opinions on the quality of the OS :(

I know from experience that we deal with a ton of Mac specific issues that are annoying and frustrating and are due to either low quality or they just won’t fix cause it will be obsolete soon. So many items.

I’m OS agnostic but I will say that in terms of OS specific issues we’ve had to deal with many more Mac spaecifc issues then Windows specific issues. All kinds of random stuff just not working that should be. I can’t speak for Linux distros cause we don’t support Linux directly, but in terms of OS specific issues we’ve had to implement many a workaround to Mac specific OS bugs. Like things just not working. In some cases Apple stated thue had no intentions on fixing it. Not esoteric bugs but big ones that required big workarounds.

Anyways I suspect the results would be the same her between people who develop on a Mac vs those that develop FOR the Mac :(

I think the bubble is starting to burst. When just adding something related to crypto currencies in your company name can result in a 500% stock increase https://www.marketwatch.com/story/long-island-iced-teas-stoc... you there is a bubble. That like adding dot com in the dot com bubble or a tech sounding name in the early 80’s.

It should really be re-phrased why you’re having trouble hiring developers at the rates you want because if for example you paid double market rates you would most likely be rejecting a lot of good developers. Money isn’t the only thing but it’s definitey a very big issue.

Especially 1). So many different people view what is an MVP differently, especially for an OS.

Interestingly enough I've found through my own company that it's not so much whether or not you're solo but rather the price of your software that determines if you can economically offer phone support or not.

I wrote about it here: http://www.followsteph.com/2006/10/10/is-technical-phone-sup...

I then followed it up with an article discussing whether or not companies should charge for support based on my findings in the previous article: http://www.followsteph.com/2010/10/19/should-software-compan...

The short version, under the $1000 price point it's very hard to economically offer free phone support as part of your product. If you're product is subscription based then the same metric applies using the total lifetime value of your customer. Under that price it's very hard to do, whether your a solo developer or a company without charging for support.