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Oops, I just misunderstood.

It seems like this is bound to have security holes at least for a while, right?

Run!

I’m only half joking. Hopefully your company is ‘one of the good ones’ and it will work out, but they are few and far between.

The tech lead job varies a ton from one company to the next, but all too often it comes with high expectations without enough autonomy or authority to deliver on them. Make sure your boss provides clear expectations and work with them to clarify boundaries over time. I’ve been on both sides of this process and it is difficult and necessary.

Too often, tech leads are expected to wear more hats than they are able to wear well. Delegate all that you can and if there is still too much work to do, ask for help.

It’s all about communication so actively work on this skill.

"The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from."

Google Trends data [0] shows TensorFlow being much more popular for now, though the gap seems to be narrowing slowly.

[0] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2017-01-11%202...

But the companies in the metropolis either have to pay good wages relative to the metropolis or hire remote. This won't really be a problem until/unless we hit a tipping point in the number of companies hiring remote and I predict that will take decades (unless something drastic happens).

I hadn't realized this, but it's so true. Thanks for the insight.

Pro rata [1] is pretty standard [edit: at least in early stage startups], so investors typically have the option to maintain their level of ownership by putting money into the round. Everyone else gets diluted. I think in practice investors only get diluted if they actually want to. I'm not sure how often pro rata is extended to founders, but I would guess it's pretty common.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/13/how-pro-rata-works-in-vent...

Quick recommendation: change your DNS servers since this type of thing (and others) could be caused by your ISP.

[1] https://erichelgeson.github.io/blog/2013/12/31/i-fought-my-i... [2] https://www.pcmag.com/review/364418/how-and-why-to-change-yo...

So don't use your ISP for DNS and use something encrypted like https://1.1.1.1/ or others.

Keep in mind that IH'ers are trying to start their own independent internet-based bootstrapped businesses. Having joined the IH community recently, I can attest that the business side of things is where most IH'ers are lacking in terms of achieving that goal (myself included). Their technical skills tend to be "good enough". Hence the value placed on these types of books. Hope that helps to explain.

I was surprised that one didn't make the list.

I'm glad you wrote this article because I think people should put themselves out there more (myself included). By doing so, you open yourself up to feedback, both positive and negative, that can help you improve. You have a good example of this with your 9/29 update.

In the spirit of constructive criticism, I second the "not really good testing" feedback, mostly due to the lack of tuning effort and omission of performance-affecting details like configuration, the wire protocols used, how data is being serialized/deserializaed, etc. (though I am no expert with these technologies so some of this may have been implied). All of that may have been overkill for what you were trying to do, but it's what people look for in benchmarking / "good testing". I hope this helps.

Maybe he's up to some more shenanigans here?

Possible reaction to the recent Webflow Series A ($72M) maybe?

I applied at Toptal recently, but withdrew my application when I heard about how the CEO is hoarding equity that was promised to investors and the co-founder. Now they are suing the co-founder as well (and disputing that he is actually a co-founder). (He seems to be within his legal rights, but ethics is another matter entirely.) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/at-booming-toptal-no...

I'd suggest looking at Facet (facetdev.com) or Arc.dev as alternatives.

I think it's dangerous to say, "I don't know much about X, but X clearly wouldn't have worked in this case."

> Open source development should be funded by companies paying their developers to work on and maintain open source projects.

What are the incentives for these companies to open source their code in this case?

Can't wait for the Google alternative to Slack....

Related: "Ex-Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne says he got 'fishy' orders from Peter Strzok" https://www.foxnews.com/media/patrick-byrne-overstock-claims...

I'm a big fan of giving more feedback to developers at compile-time. A while back I wrote a Java library that makes it easy to add static checks that would otherwise be runtime errors. Link in case someone finds it useful: https://github.com/overstock/annotation-constraints

I heard about AirVend a year ago working in this space. http://www.air-vend.com/home

A nice service, but I'd like to have some idea of the pricing before I sign in / start loading pictures.

I also agree that the site loads too slowly.

Interviewing is a fundamentally flawed process for both parties. It's like moving in together after the first date.

That said, here are a couple of ideas that come to mind to get a better feel for a company. The nice thing about both of these is they benefit both the employer and prospective employee.

1) The best way I know of is if you're referred to a company by someone you know and can trust enough to tell you about the warts beforehand.

2) Failing #1, if you find a company you're interested in and who's interested in you, ask them for a contract-to-hire position with a 3-6 month or so contract. It's a great way to really get to know the culture without a huge commitment. They'll do it if they want you, but if they balk you should be able to convince them it's in their best interest as well. Just don't do anything drastic like relocating until you're fulltime.

Anyway, good luck.

A group of people is stronger than a single person. The simple concept behind gr:)interest is to use the wisdom of crowds to figure out what needs to happen, then do what we can to help make it happen.

Please take a look and give any feedback you might have, pro or con. Thank you.