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>> Entry tickets, if handled properly, could be a great way to fix the issue. I disagree. This seems like a "great way" to damage the tourism industry in Venice. In other words, I …

>> fundamental problem is cargo cult developers trying to copy massive companies architectures as a startup. They fail to realize those companies only moved to microservices becaus…

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Your reasoning is faulty and very probably self-serving. More and more companies can and will outsource their infrastructure. IT guys hate this because it threatens their "paycheck…

Good point! I hadn't thought of that.

Yeah. I agree. I often tend confuse the terms "mirage" and "oasis" in my own mind. After all, they are both things one might perceive in a hot desert, although the first is not rea…

> Then one of the big players comes in and adds the feature to their main product. Poof, everything somebody worked long and hard for disappears. There's a lot of wisdom in the sta…

>> I actually think micro-SaaS is an oasis. Did you mean "mirage" instead of "oasis"?

>> I appreciate your style of acknowledging the points you agree on even as you dispute other statements. Thanks. Hacker News is full of arrogant, ignorant engineers whom I despise…

Good grief. First and foremost I was simplifying to make a point. >> You can’t just hire 1 DevOps superstar Secondly, that assertion is not necessarily true. Obviously, you should …

>> I agree entirely. I agree entirely too. >> Start with a monolith on two VMs and a load balancer. Chips and networks are cheaper than labour, Kudos to you! You are a dangerous ma…

>> Nukes will fade out with a whimper as they become increasingly unable to produce power at a price to match renewables'. The plants will be quietly mothballed, however much was s…

>> So, ammonia, or synthetic methanol, metal hydride, or even mined and refined kerosene. Perhaps one of those would be best. I really don't know. But based on my limited knowledge…

"Imagination is more important knowledge" said some guy with messy hair who knew a thing or two about energy times something squared. Just as castle towns went from refuges to deat…