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Ask HN: Would it cost less for a large scale company to use mainframes?

Very large scale companies, such as Google and Amazon for example, relies on hardware servers infrastructure to support the running of their services.It is in my understanding that these companies use x86 and ARM based rack-mounted servers pushing them to scale horizontally rather than vertically.Why don't these companies use mainframes (IBM System Z for example)?Wouldn't they benefit from the...

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Ask HN: Are there any startups willing to use the ASP.NET Core technology?

Recently, Microsoft has been showing more openness with regards to their products by open sourcing asp.net core and the coreclr runtime for example.I would like to know if there are actual startups that are using or considering to use these technologies to build their product and services, especially in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area?If yes how do you manage (or plan to manage) the risks...

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Re:The Domain-Driven Design Paradox (2016) on Monday January 30, 2017 @07:25AM (#13520591)
I don't think DDD is a silver bullet; building quality software will require DDD but it will also require more.

But don't get me wrong, I always been a proponent of keeping Domain concerns in The Domain layer.

It makes much more things easier in the long run, beginners should be exposed to DDD very soon in the learning process, in my opinion.

DDD and the principle of separation of concerns always reminds of Uncle Bob screaming "DATABASE IS DETAIL!": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_TH-Y78tt4&t=42m45s