I disagree with this statement on the basis that this assumes all products are made with monetary profit in mind. I'm working on a product right now that is for myself and my spouse to solve a money management issue we have, it is something I will use even if nobody else does.
I will be adding the ability to purchase it as a subscription so that if others want to use the product they can too, but ultimately I'm building something I want to use.
Jason Cohen's statement is based on the idea that all software is written with profit in mind, and there are a good number of years in Open Source that prove that to not be true.
I don't think this is on the side of deceiving a child. This is really a imaginative aid to a normally traumatic experience, the child knows its not a pirate or spaceship, that's rather obvious even to a 2 year old.
I do agree with the example you give tho, that truly is a blatant deterioration or trust. I don't feel that this is on the same level of destructive misrepresentation.
To those who disagree with me. Testing was needed, and is reliable, not saying there is something in place that would have solved this particular instance but saying "not particularly reliable" means that you haven't properly addressed the problem. If you can't write a test that tells you your code works, then how can you as a human verify it passes all required cases manually reliably.
YES, I have written tests in multi-threaded situations before. Your aversion to trying it doesn't make my statement wrong.
Article Title is sensationalist at best. It explains what most data heavy startups do. Start in the cloud and move to baremetal. IMO Amazon pricing is confusing and expensive. Look into Rackspace or Digital Ocean if you want better pricing and more options. There are also a lot of hybrid cloud options now too where you could host web heads in a cloud but have your heavy lifters in baremetal.
Agreed with above. Salaries vary greatly by area. A dev in a non silicon valley type area could make 60% or less of these values. These look like inflated high cost area salaries. NYC, San Fran, Silicon Valley type areas.
People allowed to themselves to be annoyed, and I often find that rage towards cyclist is based on impatience. People get enraged in the same way behind a slow driver. It's hard to both pass a cyclist safely and be 100% sure you will be safe as well. Its the same anxiety people get when passing on a broken yellow line, only with the cyclist you're usually forced into that zone of discomfort rather than choosing it.
All I can think of is this: http://instaearth.me an app myself and another guy wrote at the last company I worked for. View all your Instagram photo's geo-located on a map. It's nice to see Instagram finally integrating it with the app.
I will be adding the ability to purchase it as a subscription so that if others want to use the product they can too, but ultimately I'm building something I want to use.
Jason Cohen's statement is based on the idea that all software is written with profit in mind, and there are a good number of years in Open Source that prove that to not be true.