- yas_hmaheshwariSame here! I also don't want "the facts to come in the way of a good story", and want to believe B is BEAM.
- I was thinking exactly the same. Maybe someone who understands these terms and deal better shine light on why would Microsoft agree to this
- I never knew that js-joda existed. I love Joda library.
Its surprising that date / time parsing is screwed in multiple languages
- Another way to look at it: Maybe this is the way to prevent those layoffs hitting you :-)
- Can you explain why is Yaml cancerous (Genuine question)
I have always preferred (even without thinking) to use configuration files as Yaml and kept Json for interprocess communication
- The fool didn't knew it was impossible. So he did it
( I don't know who said it, but if forced, I will say Albert Einstein or Mark Twain :-) )
- Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I am bookmarking this article for future use! ( Truth be told, I did not fully understand everything but hopefully future me would )
Reminds of that article about Postgres for everything: https://github.com/Olshansk/postgres_for_everything
- Haha, true
Finally, an interface that matches our enterprise COBOL codebase, perfect for Y2K-compliant enterprises of 1999 :-)
- There was an article from Uber on why they shifted from Postgres to Mysql: https://www.uber.com/en-IN/blog/postgres-to-mysql-migration/
I don't know how much of that article points are still valid.
The other part in favor of mysql (in my opinion) are that there are lots of companies that use mysql in production - so the access patterns, and its quirks are very well defined Companies like Square, YouTube, Meta, Pinterest, now Uber all use mysql. From blind, Stripe was also thinking of moving all its fleet from Mongo to mysql
Perception wise, it looks like companies needing internet scale data are using mysql
- Out of curiosity: Why not mysql? I am also surprised that no one has even mentioned mysql in any of the comments so far -- so looks like the verdict is very clear on that one
PS: I am also a fan of Postgres, and we are using that for our startup. But I don't know the answer if someone asks me, why not Mysql. Hence asking
- A tangential question: For someone looking to start using React Native (targeting both Android and iOS), is Flutter a viable alternative in 2024 ?
- I am also intrigued by this question: What was different for guys like Ramanujan, and how were they able to tap in to this hidden reservoir of knowledge. And how can we replicate it
One guy able to tap into this knowledge in dreams is an indication that it is possible. Now, how do we make this the default for everyone is the question I wonder about
The way we found one variant of wheat in Mexico that was resistant to bacteria, and replicate that to the whole world -- can we do something like that for humans ( even I don't like the sound of it, but I hope you get the feeling )
- This book is definitely worth the read. Or maybe worth 10 reads. Its really that awesome!
- Got it! Thank you for the explanation
Read this line on Wiki: "In Perl 6, we decided it would be better to fix the language than fix the user - Larry wall"
Looks like a very good philosophical statement. Maybe there's a lesson here for other programming language
( The other Perl slogan: "Easy things should be easy and hard things should be possible" is also really good )
- Can you elaborate this comment? Haven't used Perl in the last 12 years, so I fit the persona of "living under a rock"
- [ I have used express in my last company, and I am asking this as a user who had used it and found it to be really pleasant to use ]
I am really confused by this. Is it really that stable ? For any software that was released this back, I would have thought its abandoned. Are there no features that the community had demanded in this time
- On the business side, I am with you and I don't use Threads at all (or know anyone in my circle who does)
This talk is from a technical perspective - and whatever your thoughts on Threads are, it is a great technical feat to launch something of that scale in 5 months!
Can't think of any company that comes close to Meta in the speed of shipping features and products, and Threads app is the best example
- I am with you.
I am personally feeling bad that he died. Can't remember any time in recent history when a person with whom I have no personal connecting died, and it is impacting me so much
- I have no doubt that we humans would find fault with Buddha as well, so I am a little intrigued by this criticism (as someone mentioned he would be 9 years old when coal mining incident happened) but not totally surprised
But yeah, lets find fault with everyone to form a "well-rounded opinion", because that is what we should strive to achieve
- Wow, I came here to write exactly that, and its heartening to see that I am not crazy
Just reading the title, with microsoft.com in bracket, I knew two things: 1. It would be written by Raymond Chen 2. That article is going to be awesome