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Honest question: why would I want a distributed scale-out RDBMS based on SQLite when there are others based on more performant server-based solutions (see Citus for PostgreSQL, Gal…

Agreed. If you look solely at my comment in response to the one I replied to, it probably seems like I missed the mark. However, take it in context with the OP's comments for the t…

Ok, sure, but the OP didn't qualify his/her statements that 90%+ of us are lying when we say we're anything other than financially motivated. I'm attacking the assertion that we si…

I said money itself is irrelevant. Saying we work for money is stupid, because we don't. We work for the things money could buy. It's an arguably arbitrary distinction, but in this…

"That I need money and this is my best choice. I would guess 90+% of people who say theres anything more to it than this are lying to you and probably themselves." I'm not sure how…

I have to strongly, strongly disagree with this. First, let's talk about your assertion - we're basically all just in this for the money. If you want to make that claim, you have t…

For better or worse, SV is home to a lot of incredibly high-risk investments, and a large of early startups. Startups with a lot of money on the line and no path to revenue will do…

My observation is that this is far more a function of the business' product/market fit than it is the size or age of the business. When you're struggling to pay salaries and bills,…

See aianus response for some examples, I would also add: - Windows Mobile (pre WP8): Customers may have asked for a mobile computer, but most did not actually want a weak version o…

This. There's also a difference between holding your customer's hand and building unsustainable expectations. The only expectation you've built by holding their hand through the on…

offering to build (tiny! like, 5-minute one-offs!) features _just for them_ sort of blows their minds It seems worth noting that this can also be a dangerous strategy. It's really …

This reinforces the general problem that strings of characters are bad candidates for authentication. Users generally fit into two categories: those who will use the same password …

I'll second this. I have built a lot of ideas and prototypes over the last year or two. I used to spend a lot of time focusing on the architecture design of these things, building …