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ankurpatel

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About ankurpatel

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Ruby on Rails/Frontend Web/iOS App Developer/Writer

Socials: - github.com/ankurp - linkedin.com/in/ankurgpatel - x.com/ankurpatel

Publications: - https://amazon.com/author/ankurpatel -http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781939902115.do

Interests: Full Stack Development, Open Source, Remote Work, Technology, Web Development, IoT Devices

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/ankurpatel; my proof: https://keybase.io/ankurpatel/sigs/lLqCHbJG3Pc-G2GhPpYVlFd8bMRvEGOs3O-m1AcRGaw ]

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    For setup you may need iOS device at first but I don't think it is tied to it. I am using a lot of Apple devices so not a problem for me but maybe if you dont and do not have Apple…

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    It would be cheaper to go with iCloud+ service which offers custom email domains. I am now considering that after being on the free legacy plan for all of these years. https://supp…

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    DHH is a software writer :)

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    Thanks for sharing and it is a great idea. I am currently in same situation where we are moving to a new home where it is big enough for my family and parents to live in one place.…

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    In Indian and Asian culture in general you will take care of your parents just as they have taken care of you when you were a child. Old age is just like childhood age where you ha…

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    Comment #27883187

    They don't mean the end result but the process of detecting something requires you to have a copy of that work and hence your software needs the copyrighted material in order to de…

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    I will probably get downvoted as I am in minority who still believe Server Side Rendering is the best approach for most of the web with exceptions to some websites that require Sin…

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    https://fednow.org

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    Comment #27591653

    More details on FedNow Service on their official site https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow

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    You are right but frameworks help with long term maintainability of code and also being able to build out features quickly which is what the comment was referring to originally. If…

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    Comment #27504941

    The tech stack has something to do with it. Stripe has such high velocity because of Ruby on Rails.

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    Right which proves the point that you believed in it and once it was practically put to use you see it is not practical anymore. Why use a currency that is not practical for day to…

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    I would consider you wise then to use BTC for day to day activities considering you have used it many times. Did you use it to buy coffee when it was $60K and then use it to buy mo…

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    My question to you is have you used it to buy anything real with it?

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    In order for bitcoin to be used as valid currency it needs to be pegged to the local government issued fiat currency. If BTC fluctuates so much would you like a coffee or groceries…

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    This is good news in that we will see a real country with decent population use it and fail badly proving that Bitcoin is not viable as a valid currency. Once that is done its valu…

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    Performance is really bad. This is good for running a small HTTP server on an embedded device but if plan is to use it for HTTP server to serve production web traffic performance i…

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    Comment #26504039

    Nice with Twilio a lot of use cases like callcenter are possible.