You could also install am app like Tasker or Macrodroid and set up triggers for handling incoming SMS (e.g. If SMS received, forward using another mechanism)
For outgoing SMS, have Tasker or Macrodroid watch an email inbox and send emails to that inbox with a format like email subject line = recipient phone number, email message body = SMS body. Then parse it through those automation apps and have it send the SMS for you.
I did something like this before and it worked decently well but I haven't had the best luck with getting Android apps to run stable for long periods of time without manual intervention. Not sure if it was battery optimization settings or what.
"at gunpoint"? Seems like you're painting with some very broad strokes there.
In any case, it seems there's more than meets the eye here. Her team INCLUDING her manager appear to be standing by her and they would likely know the details better than any of us.
Through Cainiao, their logistics arm. It combines a massive logistics setup with pick-up points in some places to improve efficiency.
They also have massive sorting machines basically sitting in idle parts of their warehouses until the next singles day to allow them the elasticity to handle such a large increase in orders.
I had the opportunity to see their operations up close a few years back and the scale was insane.
I'm a huge fan of Metabase and I've used it extensively but the pricing model is really tough.
Taking myself as an example: At the growth stage we're at, we'll start to need more data access logging/auditing, per row permissions to guard PII, etc. but I can't justify going from free to 10k/yr to our board quite yet.
It would be great if the cloud option could introduce some of those features (not all) at a price point that makes it easier for more startups to sign on like mine as we keep growing. Right now it feels like I need to leave Metabase as our needs expand and hope that at some point down the line, we can justify the cost and come back to it.
I've always been curious if there is a feature in the works for charting or displaying comparisons across defined timespans (e.g. total page views this week vs. last week)
I'm a fan of your work! We use Metabase pretty frequently.
The only nitpicks I have are around the concept of Metrics (still not quite sure what those are or how they're useful for me) and the initial download size of the libraries takes quite a while (especially over unstable VPN links)
I'm wondering if there's a way to have an option where it tries an external CDN first and then falls back to loading from the hosting server.
This "human" factor was also characterized in the movie Sully when it was apparent that just a few extra seconds for pilots to process the issue made all the difference between landing safely at a nearby airport vs. landing in the Hudson River.
Regarding mobile payments in general, it seems Kenya/M-Pesa is always the standard that people refer to but we don't hear much about mobile payment adoption in other African countries.
In your experience, do you think others still lag behind Kenya in terms of adoption and, if so, why?
For outgoing SMS, have Tasker or Macrodroid watch an email inbox and send emails to that inbox with a format like email subject line = recipient phone number, email message body = SMS body. Then parse it through those automation apps and have it send the SMS for you.
I did something like this before and it worked decently well but I haven't had the best luck with getting Android apps to run stable for long periods of time without manual intervention. Not sure if it was battery optimization settings or what.