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Considering how much of the web is under AWS, there would most likely be far reaching consequences.

It seems very much like poor management. The "go big, or go home" culture of the valley. Where businesses think if they can't be a billion dollar unicorn, then they might as well die. It makes companies push too hard for explosive growth instead of building a sustainable business.

Do you know if Clojure devs are expensive compared to Python and Ruby devs of similar experience? I feel the comparison to Java, .Net, & PHP maybe just a comparison of huge mainstream language to more "niche" languages.

What happens is that those with the skills, even in India, demand enough that they aren't working for these outsourcing companies.

This is why there are different connotations between "outsourcing" and "remote workers". One implies the lowest bid.

While I understand people's frustrations. Couldn't the escape key be on the toolbar when in Vim?

Yea, higher bandwidth, but also lower signal to noise.

Right tool for the right job. Thinking RDBMS is a silver bullet is just as bad as thinking a document database is a silver bullet. There is room in the world for both.

Could you elaborate more on the issues with the default AMI?

I've been very happy with the Logitech solar keyboard for mac. Feels good enough, and you can't beat that it never runs out of juice if you're in a room with a window. https://secure.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-solar-key...

I'm being treated with medications for my depression, and talk therapy for my anxiety. It's helped a little.

Screenhero is an amazing tool also.

Get home between 5 and 7 (if I go downtown). Play with my son, eat dinner, clean up some. Bath and bed for the kid, then spending some time with my wife. Then I either do more work, dink around on reddit, or read.

I second the renting a desk. I rent a desk in a coworking space and it's been great. It's a mile from home, so the commute is very light.

For installing using .deb files, how are db migrations handled. Our deployment system handles running django migrations by deploying to a new folder/virtualenv, running the migrations, then switching over symlinks.

I vaguely remember .deb files having install scripts, is that what one would use?

Two words make this difficult. Health Insurance.

The issue is not with founders, but the rank and line employees.

"Do you code outside of work?"

No, I code for my startup, if I'm coding outside of that, then it must be a really light week.

It would be interesting if the reason we haven't detected signs of other life is that we're quarantined until such time that we create AI.

I would really like to see a list of gifts at the end instead of clicking no a bunch of times to see my options and ending up at a blank page.

It's actually good to hear that the saddest day of your life involves something gettings stolen. There will be much worse days. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's just stuff. It's sad, but don't let it get to you too much.

It feels very much bait and switch cause their big seller isn't eligible. You don't know that until you add it to the cart and try the coupon code though.

Choosing more days on Xmas fits what I said about making time for family.

If they aren't working full-time remote, then your issue isn't tracking, it's trust.

You can put a butt in a seat, but if they aren't doing the work remotely, they are only gonna stare at the screen in an office.

What you need to do is track results and have a development process like scrum to keep everything in line.

Pretty cool and hip till your parents are gone and you wish you'd spent more time with them.

Don't get me wrong, Thanksgiving with friends can be awesome, but you need to make time for family. You can't assume they will always be there.

Every email service I've seen offers an API and SMTP. For many applications, SMTP will work just fine.

Hopefully at that point the demographics of the industry will have smoothed out some.

"unless they are all unattached youngsters with no families and no other ties to their locations"

That's the key phrase. Many startups are just that.

Is it only 3g?

Now if this worked for my commute, that would be amazing. Would take it in an instant when the trains were far apart.

If your company wasn't in the UK I'd be tempted to apply.

You're probably right that they are coming to you because you may have a reputation of being parent friendly.