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Yo, why are you doing BI queries on MySQL?
I'm no fan of MySQL either, but probably because they were already using MySQL and they had some Business questions they wanted answered Intelligently without setting up a bunch of new infrastructure. Sometimes at a startup you just need to get things done, and fix it later when (if) it becomes a pain point.
> Don’t hire someone to do something you’ve not yet figured out Hum. I would say the reverse. Bring people that are smarter and know more than you.
I find this hard to believe. Do others CTOs / team leads find this to be the case?
I've been a CTO of two small startups with 3-7 developers. We've had resistance to tests at some points (myself included). We've solved it fairly simply. All pull requests (PRs) require tests. PRs are rejected immediately without tests. If a PR doesn't have tests and it is critical to get in, we open a new ticket to track adding tests. It isn't fool proof, but it does result in a high degree of test coverage.
And once developers understand how and where to write tests, they usually see the benefit quickly and want to write more tests.
Yo, why are you doing BI queries on MySQL?
I'm no fan of MySQL either, but probably because they were already using MySQL and they had some Business questions they wanted answered Intelligently without setting up a bunch of new infrastructure. Sometimes at a startup you just need to get things done, and fix it later when (if) it becomes a pain point.
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I'm no fan of MySQL either, but probably because they were already using MySQL and they had some Business questions they wanted answered Intelligently without setting up a bunch of new infrastructure. Sometimes at a startup you just need to get things done, and fix it later when (if) it becomes a pain point.
Definitely the kind of thing you use a dedicated replica for
> Don’t hire someone to do something you’ve not yet figured out Hum. I would say the reverse. Bring people that are smarter and know more than you.
I've seen people who don't know how to market their product go out and try to hire a marketing guy. You might luck out and get someone perfect for you, but I've never seen it.
Usually they just end up wasting a lot of money and learning some hard lessons.
> Don’t hire someone to do something you’ve not yet figured out Hum. I would say the reverse. Bring people that are smarter and know more than you.
If you don't know how to do something yourself, you wont even be able to identify someone who is better than you in that field. I've seen people who don't know how to market their product go out and try to hire a marketing guy. You might luck out and get someone perfect for you, but I've never seen it. Usually they just end up wasting a lot of money and learning some hard lessons.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm no fan of MySQL either, but probably because they were already using MySQL and they had some Business questions they wanted answered Intelligently without setting up a bunch of new infrastructure. Sometimes at a startup you just need to get things done, and fix it later when (if) it becomes a pain point.
Definitely the kind of thing you use a dedicated replica for