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I worked at a startup for 6 years before moving to FAANG and other larger companies.

I can confirm this is true.

Re:Laravel 9 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @02:55AM (#30270109)
Yuck.
Re:Distributed locking with Postgres advisory locks on Monday January 24, 2022 @06:22AM (#30056188)
I don't believe "distributed locking" is a thing.

Since the lock is centralised, the use case could be either redesigned to also be centralised, or could be switched to use a different distributed algorithm.

Re:Ask HN: What are the downsides of working at FAANG? on Sunday January 16, 2022 @08:46PM (#29962480)
I work at AWS. The scope of work is much smaller than my previous job. Can sometimes get bored.
I don't know, a blockchain?