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I can see that happening. However, I also believe that college or some form of structured education will step in to bridge the gap. Historically, education has played a role in transitioning people from knowing little to becoming workforce ready. With AI changing the landscape, the gap will undoubtedly be wider, but education systems may evolve to accommodate that shift. By the looks of it, AI could itself fill that gap.

This isn't really about the floppy disks; it's about the installation of a new signalling system but it does make a good headline.

Using NoSQL might not be the best idea in this case. I've seen it backfire for many companies. They start with NoSQL, but then end up needing relational features as their business grows. This leads to performance issues, redundancy, and data sync problems early on, which shouldn't be happening.

Especially in the early days, NoSQL companies used to market their databases as general-purpose database that scale easily, but that hasn't always been the case obviously.

I usually recommend starting with a relational database like PostgreSQL. If scaling becomes necessary later on, you can invest in sharding the database. Figma's approach seems reasonable given the tools available at the time.

I've helped small companies switch from NoSQL to SQL because the benefits of NoSQL weren't worth the trade-offs at their stage of growth. In case, anyone is in a similar boat: https://mongotosqlmigration.com/

I lost my Google account almost a decade ago. After that, I make sure I have 3 things:

- Email on my own domain - Ideally self host - Make sure you have backups

I wrote an application to help with the last part: https://thehorcrux.com/about/

I have experimented with a lot of different types of living situations during the pandemic - mountain tourist towns, suburban areas, countryside. At the end of the day, I felt the most fulfilled when I was able to connect with a community. I've had better luck with acceptance when they, themselves, are new to the community.

I can understand both sides of the equation. I have been getting weary of spending a whole lot on subscriptions on things that don't need be subscriptions.

However, as a developer of small desktop application (which doesn't have recurring costs), I do want to enable subscription to continue to support the application. I still haven't because I'm torn as a user as well as developer. Of course, there is the fear of angering the existing users.

I think people will have to vote with their wallets to the things that they need. If a developer can't pay the bills, the application will be mothballed eventually.

I got into the exact same problem a few years ago. So, I wrote email backup app: https://thehorcrux.com/why-i-built-horcrux-app/

I still use Google Apps at this point as it's pretty convenient compared to standing up my own server. However, I make sure my email address is on my own domain. https://thehorcrux.com/about/

I was in the exact same position a few years ago. I ended up building an email backup app.

https://thehorcrux.com/about/

I was in a similar situation a few years ago and decided to build an app for that: https://thehorcrux.com

My goal is to make it simple enough for my grandpa to use it. However, I'm still not there yet. Let me know what you guys think.

If you're using Mac, you could try https://thehorcrux.com/

Disclaimer: I'm the developer.

However, there are downsides to this. To compete with Jio. All the carriers have massively decreased the prices to match Jio. This has increased congestion in all metro areas.

Things don't work when I most need it. I cannot book an Uber in the middle of the city. The uber drivers struggle to get the navigation right. I sometimes hear "All channels occupied" error when I'm calling. I never knew such an error existed.

I had tried Jio in the initial days. The coverage was spotty at best. No one I know use Jio as a primary connection. Most people use a dual SIM phone, which I don't have.

Even if the access of internet has increased, the overall quality of cell service has decreased at lot, no matter what the carrier.

Edit: Bypass the paywall - http://facebook.com/l.php?u=https://www.wsj.com/articles/two...

Once you are a high net worth individual, I don't think getting visas would be difficult. My best bet is still to get tax break.

Bypass the paywall: http://facebook.com/l.php?u=https://www.wsj.com/articles/chi...

I build a small personal email backup solution. This is exactly what I suggest the users to do. If you have a profession that has a lot to do with the internet, having an own domain is almost compulsory.

https://thehorcrux.com/about/

Similar thing happened to me. Google randomly disabled my account for no reason. There was absolutely no way to contact them. From that day onward, I do not trust Google or anyone to keep my data.

At least, I got a small product out of the experience: https://thehorcrux.com/why-i-built-horcrux-app/

I'd love to have a Windows version. As of now, I only have enough bandwidth to support the Mac version.

I'm a fan of FastMail and their philosophy. I believe you have to own your data. It is hard to find companies with core values so deeply entrenched in the product. I think it gets a little hard to stick by it when there are variables like investments, hockey stick growth involved. There is an easy incentive to not make your product open. I recently had to think about that.

That's the reason FastMail is small company. It's our collective responsibility to support the company as best as we could. Of course, not many people would have the mindspace to think about data ownership.

One of the examples I can give is, I can easily pull up a polaroid from the 70s from the attic. I'm not sure we can do that 30 years from now in the digital space, unless we make a conscious effort.

I've built a small email backup app[1] for the Mac a few years ago. I try to make the product as open as possible with open standards. I work with IMAP a lot. I love how they are spearing heading the movement (JMAP) to finally update a 20 year old protocol.

[1] https://thehorcrux.com/

I can confirm. It is prompting me to turn on offline sync.

That makes sense. My app[1] is currently priced at $20. The way it's used, it can't be right to limit users with pro features.

I can either increase the price or go the subscription way. If I do increase the price, I'm afraid, it might put people off.

Maybe I can try a hybrid approach. $60 for lifetime or $20 a year.

[1] https://thehorcrux.com/

How comfortable are people with subscription pricing for a Mac App? I've been seeing a lot of them are going that way.

To give a developers perspective, I have been contemplating to implement subscription based model into my app to make it more sustainable. Putting in time for development and as well as marketing (to always get more users) is frustrating.

I think he means square feet.

Agreed.

I always tell people I know to atleast use an email address with their own domain, if they can't set up their own server.

https://thehorcrux.com/about/#advise

Big companies don't owe you anything by hosting the files for you, because you are the product. Something similar happened to me in 2012 but with a Gmail account[1]. So, I built an app to backup my emails.

The whole ordeal, in hindsight, was the best thing that could happen to me, it taught me a good lesson on data sovereignty in the internet world and opened up a small passive income stream.

[1] https://thehorcrux.com/why-i-built-horcrux-app/

Well, I don't think Linux would be my target market.

I feel like Linux users are tech savvy enough to use open source scripts like Gmvault etc.

I must think about Windows however.

I started basically when I stumbled upon a problem myself. https://thehorcrux.com/why-i-built-horcrux-app/ TL;DR: Google disabled my account. So, built an email backup app to not get into this situation again.

I started building the app 4 years ago. I put it on Hacker News and it blew up a tiny bit. That was enough to keep it going until now.

There is still a lot of work I can put into it marketing or coding wise. So far, it's been going well ($800ish). I recently rolled out a UI/UX improvement.

Its 4 year anniversary is in 2 days. :)

I've been developing Horcrux Email Backup[1] over the years. The application had to be desktop by the nature of it. I'm not a living out of it but it is a very good side income. Given the fact that I live in a third world country helps too.

[1] http://thehorcrux.com/

It’s estimated that the average American commuter spends 42 hours a year stuck in traffic.

I'm reading this as Indian (specifically Bangalore) and it brings a smile on my face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

Also, a book with the same name

I totally agree with you. It was such a nuisance. I uninstalled the app 5 minutes after installing.

Also, after the hike fiasco, I kept getting callbacks from many of my contacts that I had given them a missed calls.

Very shady. I don't even know how they do it. I thought it was illegal to pretend as another mobile number.

Finally, got productive after months of burn out. Couple of features for http://thehorcrux.com/ (A backup integrity verification phase exposed to the user). Pressing the "Submit for Review" button today. :)

Also doing a machine learning project at a nice uni. It's probably the reason for my recovery. It's a way better environment than staying at home getting distracted. I think I now get the concept of co working spaces.