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That's really interesting. Could you give some examples?

The amount of bureaucracy a typical adult deals with is astonishing. I remember hearing once that it may be economical for some families to group together and appoint one person re…

Intentionally shifting the meaning of the term opensource is unacceptable. Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commercial exploitation of your code. See Drew DeVault'…

Could you expand on the ROM game commands bit? Does it mean that all actions are serialized?

Hmmm, it seems I repeatedly have this discussion with others re: ORMs are inferior. If there is one point I initially wanted the article to make is to use relational databases firs…

This is a different author at Monadical. The author of this article still uses Linux. (Source: I work at said company.)

If you have a marketing budget of <100k to grow a consulting company, which avenues do you think are worth pursuing, bang-for-the-buck wise?

How can I DM you?

B2B apps developed in the west are unlikely to be useful for developing markets given the disparate priorities and market structure between developing and developed economies. Howe…

Would you be kind enough to post more information about this?

It's sad and upsetting, but when will people learn that Facebook, Google et al do not care at all about individual users? Their model simply does not factor in the worries of a sin…

David Spivak and other folks at Azimuth Forum[0] have been great at providing high quality discussions on ideas in this course and others. Many thanks. [0] https://forum.azimuthpro…

Seconding this as employee of said company : )

The program was suspended in the latest immigration reforms: https://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settl...

That's great to hear. I have had the same impulse when I joined the previous organization I worked for - documenting how things are done not just by me, but by as many parts of the…

Software, sorry if it wasn't clear.

Sounds wonderful, will wait for your email.

It seems that Quebec is now a place you can hire from, so I guess I have to start by applying for a job at Gitlab then. :) It's wonderful you have this initiative - Gitlab seems to…

Shadowing is an excellent way to learn how experts work. Sadly it's mostly overlooked. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to shadow a consultant/senior engineer, and I'm wi…

Hello, I'm happy to edit this for free or lunch in Eastern Canada - email in profile.