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Ask HN: What are you vendor lock-in war stories?

The typical argument to choose a proprietary solution is this: "Focus on your delivering value to your customers now and you will see the rest later."While I think this is a very valid argument, I am curious if you had some worst-case scenarios or "war stories" to share about vendor lock-in that had a really bad impact on the business, like a database vendor that drastically hikes its prices or...

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How does your company manage open-source dependencies?

I am reading more and more about software supply chain security[1][2] and wondering how companies are managing open-source dependencies, especially big corp.Eg:- Can you just install any dependency without an audit?- Does the top management takes those issues seriously?- Do you have some horror stories to share? (outside Log4j of course)Would love to have some insight on that, and the company...

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Ask HN: Where can I find exercises on problem domain solving?

I am reading books on Software Design and Java/Jakarta EE and I am looking for exercises to practice it.All the resources I found on "Programming Exercises" are either focus on Data Structure/Algorithm or are just very simple CRUD app.Ideally I am looking for exercises like: "I want a software to calculate taxes, here are the tax rules etc..."Is there any books or website that provide that kind...

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