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Could you add some details about your scale?

Looks like you’re blaming Postgres for Something that sounds like Sequelize’s fault. You should try prototyping parts of your application in a language that is better supported. La…

I'm sorry Michelin star means squat for Indian food. I have tried both and they are pretty crappy.

I don't share the negative sentiments expressed by others in response to your question. I think things have changed significantly for the better. I'll leave you with these two imag…

Just FYI - India is not a homogenous society. It has 22 official languages, 29 states + 7 union territories, 9 officially recognized religions. So, no, there is no "Indian head wob…

Only 6 weeks to find a boy amongst 7.6 Billion humans with pictures taken 30 years ago. The power of the Internet is indeed humbling.

You obviously have not dealt with the US government. Take it from someone who was, is and will likely be scarred several years from dealing with the US Government (esp. US Immigrat…

I don't think his response was "doubting" but rather disbelief. Given the circumstances, I would expect that.

No. Any company can use existing satellite launch companies to launch their constellation. You don't need to be a "rocket company" first. There are plenty that can do this on the c…

Could you illustrate, preferably with an example, how weak type system would have worked better than a strongly typed system?

This is just great. This is the web framework I have been hoping someone would make!

Could you cite an example of how Scala is unsuitable for the web? Between Scala and JavaScript, I would pick Scala in a heartbeat for one reason alone - it's strongly typed. Both o…

What issues did they run into with Cassandra? It's not easy to build a scalable database like Cassandra. There are good reasons to write your own distributed storage system but the…

I don't get it. How are these voices going to be heard outside of the echo chamber of the community? For voices to be heard by the broader population, the echo chamber needs to be …

A community that is only for people who "identify as women" is _not_ an inclusive community. Perhaps your comment should read - "My goal is to create an inclusive community only fo…

Remote Procedure Call. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_procedure_call

I have a naive question that needs answering. Is there a difference between a community for Women vs a community for anybody who wants a civil community? From the discussion, I gat…

You should try plotting ease of recall vs the size of password. You will quickly realize there is a long tail beyond 16 characters.

Of course. Because the salary is the major cost?

Everyones getting tired of diversity talk ALL THE TIME. Talk about the technology for cryin' out loud!

Looks like TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has an Android version of the app as well ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=trai.gov.in.dn... ). Permissions r…

sigh old wine in new bottle much? Back in the good old days at Yahoo we used to have something very similar called ProxyIO.

For those who don't know what India's prime minister is doing, please read this. It is just part of Swachh Bharat Mission - https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Indias-War-on-Hum…