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Having used several external orchestrators I can see the appeal of the simplicity of this approach, especially for smaller teams wanting to limit the amount of infrastructure to ma…

What value does an external orchestrator add for managing complexity that an “embedded” solution could not?

Could you describe the scalability issue? Was it due to maintaining a bespoke execution engine in-house, the limits of RDBMS vertical scaling, other?

This issue always boils down to the LOTR argument for me: the surveillance power is too great, and no individual or group can or should be trusted with it, regardless of its actual…

Is there research to back this up? Ie is it really the case that 'non-executive' workers have no negotiating power? Is this true in all sectors or only some? Anecdotally I've seen …

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Edit: @sneak - apologies, my comment may have lacked empathy of its own. It's quite possible you have a really good reason for the anger that came across in your comment. Not all o…

Are you kidding me?! Are you completely devoid of empathy? He's not trying to command that anyone do anything, so drop the indignation. This is what we call a human response to gri…

See this commit: https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1ec64297f9347986a11ce3...

Neat idea. I think reliability is an important feature to call out on the landing page. If I'm a business owner that depends on this service as a funnel for new clients, for instan…

The best way I've found to describe meditation is of giving yourself an opportunity to have no agenda; for 20 minutes a day you ignore the impulse to process every thought, memory,…

All of us have different equations with which we evaluate opportunities. An exciting work environment and a chance to build something you believe in may be a perfectly rational rea…

150 years ago the agricultural sector employed roughly 80% of American workers. Today, it employs less than 3%. It may be hard to imagine looking forward rather than back, but dyna…

While his claims certainly aren't airtight, ie the cynical idea that Yahoo is blaming its remote workers for the trouble, I do think there is some truth to the general sentiment; f…

There's a really pernicious attitude of permissiveness, even encouragement, towards theft and evasion of payment for digital goods in many of pockets of online culture. It is dishe…

I think your concern is legitimate. I imagine that organizations wishing to make use of the app or modify it will imbue it with trust by associating themselves with it - ie a Leagu…

Great ideas. I hadn't thought at all about modifications to the UI - ie focusing on accessibility concerns for older voters, or supporting multiple languages. Another possibility: …