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Interesting, based on this experience, what must-have criteria would you look for in evaluating a tool? Ability to export the code if the tool proves too constraining? What else?

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What was the specific mistake, what did you learn from it, and how did you change the way you do business as a result?For example, I was told by someone who started a project without taking an advance, only for the client to decide not to pay. So he now refuses to take on a project without at least 30% advance.What lessons did you learn the hard way?I'm setting up my own consulting practice:...

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Re:"DigitalOcean Killed Our Company" on Saturday June 01, 2019 @05:15AM (#20068266)
It would probably be worth it to restore trust: Refund all the money they've taken from this company for the last year, and apply a credit to their account for 3x that amount, say.
Interesting. Regarding developers not caring about security, that's why I suggested it should be the default, with an option to turn it off for performance or other reasons, rather than the other way around.
Re:Apple Announces macOS High Sierra on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:29AM (#14494964)
I don't want even more updates to apply. It's a nuisance. And most of the time they don't make things better for me in any appreciable way.