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I had an interview like this, I got annoyed and just responded with "I don't know" to all of his questions. Then the CEO of the company offered me a position, politely declined ofc

I love claude, but looking at google it seems like it will just be a matter of time before Google/Gemini will be a better product. Just looking at how much Google have improved their AI game the last couple months. I'm putting my money on google, I assume the reason they are doing an IPO right now is to be able to cash in on the investment before google surpasses them.

It's a hot take, I know :D

What fixed it for me was to stop consuming caffeine. One month after removing caffeine I noticed my sleep got waaay better and my ability to focus got way better. I feel like caffeine gives you a false sense of being alert and focused when in reality you are exhausted.

Looks very similar to redpanda-connect/benthos

Not OP, but if you charge $100 per hour: $100 * 40h/week * 52 weeks/year = $208k

I know very little about compilers or bolt.

But what you just described sounds awesome!(and crazy)

Yes all the time for Python, JavaScript and golang

I hate it, it annoys me that content behind a paywall gets good page-rank.

+1, he is entertaining :)

Props to encore to writing interesting blogs, also I just want to say I tried the encore product and it's awesome(I only used it for a hobby project but still)

They should rename their site to 403media, the article is behind a paywall.

I actually don't use GraphQL in my current position, so I don't think to much about it any more. Intresting tools which I might consider in the future(If I have to write GraphQL).

I find it to be more complex(Hence more error prone), less performant, harder to resolve bugs.

For a queries and mutations you still need to write business-logic and database access which is very similar to how you would develop a REST-API.

I enjoyed reading the book "Building Microservices" available at https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/building-microservices-.... The book covers various aspects modern software development, such as observability and resiliency. Despite its title, the book is not exclusively focused on microservices, and the author does not unequivocally assert that microservices are the ultimate solution.

I agree with the other posts.

I would also like to add that our taxes are rather high on income but very low on dividends from business. If you own a business you take out a salary which is under a certain tax bracket and then pay yourself dividends using the company profits which is very lucrative. It adds incentive for you to start a business.

We also have a good startup ecosystem, if you are going to start a startup it helps if you have worked at a startup and can bring your experiences. Germany to me feels much more like a country of enterprises compared with Sweden.

For the Americans, we don't worry about healthcare, saving for our kids college fund etc. so we might have more risk tolerance due to this.

I switched to firefox since it has ublock origin as a plugin on phones. AFAIK chrome does not hence browsing on my phone is useless with all the ads I get using chrome

RiF is still working for me, I can't login but I can still read. It's pretty annoying tbh, I got a feed that I absolutely don't and I can't comment posts. Other than that, it's still much better experience than the official app(I'm salty af)

You can get ublock origin on Firefox mobile

I don't think so, I think the tax is only 20% on the dividends

In Sweden it's pretty easy as an developer:

1. Start a business

2. Start contracting anything north of 80$ will give you a really solid income

3. Through your business give yourself a ~45k SEK a month salary

4. Pay yourself dividends from the business profit. You pay very low taxes on dividends

This is a model many many SW engineers in Sweden follow, also running your own business it super simple and for finding clients you can use bigger contracting firms(AFRY) which will take a % of your hourly salary.

What kind of protection does a team need?

Makes sense, a lot of companies did not want to do layoffs right before the holidays. What we are seeing is an ketchup effect

Grammarly - Because I misspell all the time(Not supported on HN)

uBlock origin - Because I'm not a big fan of ads. Also works on firefox on android if you are tired of ads when browsing on your phone.

Bitwarden - Just switched from lastpass, and wow what can I say, such a breeze to use and it's free!

Stop using social media and start reading more. I will start reading more as a result of consuming less social media. Right now I enabled a schedule of when I can use Instagram etc on my phone. Fingers crossed it will work out

Got laid off in June, was contacted with a lot of different opportutities but most of them were start-ups with no revenue. I joined a start-up which has been a horrible experience(Toxic culture) and I'm back looking for a new job again.

I think I had something like 3-4 offers rescinded and a couple of interviews where I reached the final stage just to be informed that the company halted hiring.

I have enjoyed all my interviews I had in Sweden, and disliked all my interviews in US.

The typical process in Sweden is to just talk with the HM about a past project or your experience, no leetcode, no bs. Then you have another call with HR when they tell you if you got the job or not.

Typical process in US: Intro call with recruiter: 30 minutes

Technical screening: 3-4h, design questions and leetcode

HM interview: Asks you to walk them through your resume one more time, asks behavioural questions like, "Tell me about a time you had an disagreement with a collegue".

Followup call with recruiter: They will inform you that they are working on an offer

Offer call: You got the job!

No wonder it's hard to find good developers in the US, who got the time to go through a process like this unless you are unemployed?

  Location: Remote/SoCal
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Golang, Python, Node.js, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes
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God jul!

Not necessarily a fan of scrum. Most of the times it feels like companies strive to do scrum instead of striving do work iteratively, closer to the customer and all of that jazz.

Scrum could be a consequence of a goal it shouldn't be the goal.

I was surprised when I moved to the US from Sweden. to login into your bank you just use a regular password.

For other government-related login you usually just use your SSN, if someone gains access to your SSN you are screwed. Compared in Sweden I will happily yell out my SSN to a cashier :)