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Re:We only hire the trendiest by anton_gogolev on Monday March 21, 2016 @06:38AM (#11327175)
> I think most startups I've seen are using some form of POSIX back end.

Typical hip startups use "tools" (frameworks, libraries, etc.) that abstract underlying platform to such an obscene degree, that it doesn't really matter, if the platform is POSIX-compatible or not.

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Re:We only hire the trendiest by dunkelheit on Monday March 21, 2016 @07:01AM (#11327258)
On the contrary, when these tools invariably break, knowing your way around POSIX environment is indispensable. Something as simple as invoking strace on a binary to find out where this damn thing looks for files it needs can save you hours.
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Re:We only hire the trendiest by marcus_holmes on Monday March 21, 2016 @07:03AM (#11327266)
agreed, but if docker's not in your system path, and you don't know how to diagnose and fix that, you're stuffed ;)
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