iamskeptic

I work for a company that does not use any kind of cloud services on the basis that they could be in a situation where there's no money to pay the monthly bill. So we buy servers, equipment, licenses, etc. It's insane. We spend a lot of time implementing open source solutions that are half-baked.

Any cost analysis would clearly show what we do is inneficient but fear trumps it all.

Yes but, like Brendan says (and I agree 100%), it's a long shot.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13081465

I was heavily involved with OpenSolaris at the time Oracle bought Sun. It was never an open source project and there was a lot of resentment from Sun employees that their beloved code had been exposed to the mass of ignorant developers. After Oracle bought Sun, the issues only accelerated to their inevitable outcome.

I wish the Illumos community all the best but, having seen first hand how the old Sun mentality is still going on there too, I makes me depressed.

What's a good codebase for reading Go code?

My cats hate wet food (of which I can only find 2-3 brands and I've tried them all). On the hand, they love their premium dry food so much that when I buy these small treats that we're are supposed to reward them with, they reject them. They want their dry food. I also make sure they always have fresh water available (and the litter box doesn't lie).

If I were to cook for my cats, they would want meat, chicken and bacon every day.

Anonymous Cowards are something from Slashdot, right? I don't think that applies here.

I also have a few different accounts, while keeping my main account more 'professional'. I do it for a few reasons: the HN hive mentality hates dissenting opinions in general (doesn't matter how well written and based on facts), everything has to be super politically correct these days and the 'cultural fit' mantra could mean I would have a disadvantage getting a job (since many employers/startups will check your comment history to decide if you're a "fit", while simultaneously posting on their blog about diversity efforts).

I'd say keep using your throwaway accounts. It's not the end of the world you didn't get to promote your side project in this thread.

If only OpenSolaris had been a true open source project under Sun's leadership, perhaps it would have had more momentum to withstand Oracle's steamroller.

All Solaris diehards that refused to accept external contributions, make the build process transparent, discuss new features, etc, when OpenSolaris was alive... well, enjoy the death of your beloved OS now.

I'd be curious to understand how driving a Uber fits into that strategy.

You could have written something about how Arnold's behavior in interviews/debates is bad because of $reasons. You could have explained that while it's what's expected of high-ranking personalities/candidates, the outcomes of such debates are poor compared to $something.

But you decided to call the person you're replying to a coward and conformist. Yeah...

Do you use Salt from within a Dockerfile to make the changes inside the container?

Actually I translated all the configuration that would be done through RUN commands in a Dockerfile, into Ansible roles and playbooks that are applied at build time.

Immature software is sure a stressing place thing to get involved with. Thanks for explaining your point of view.

I think this article is pertinent: https://medium.com/@thejameskyle/dear-javascript-7e14ffcae36...

I've heard Toptal isn't as bad as oDesk/Elance/Upwork. Why do you think it's bad? I'm trying to avoid the same bad experience I had with Upwork.

Maybe you don't realize it but you're coming across as bossy and confrontational:

"I (and others) would kindly appreciate it if you'd stop"

"If you'd like to find a place to help, I'd suggest"

"engineering teams need to do a better job of integrating community PRs "

"Finally, I'd like to see deadlines and decision-makers appointed"

"What facts do you think I don't possess?"