brianhama

To answer the question regarding bloat in adobe software just look at the creative cloud app and how you have to use it to update and install individual applications. Look at the Adobe Genuine Software service that runs on Windows. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Have any books you’d recommend I check out?

Stored procedures can be such a performance hack. Removing the need for multiple round trips to the database can make a huge difference.

I’m not sure I agree with you about the second case being fraud, but I agree with you on the other two. Just curious, why do you call it fraud?

I couldn’t disagree with this more. And at least anecdotally I’ve seen the opposite. I have one friend who has built and launched an app for diagnosing skin disease from a photo. Do I think it’s a good idea? No, but he built it. I have another friend that has completely automated her job in accounts receivable. She literally doesn’t have to work anymore and her employer has no clue. And another friend of mine is cranking out a new consumer app every few days. None of these people are even remotely technical. This is just the beginning.

I feel like I was reading a summation of my career.

A start-up needs to have an exit to pay back investors. A company that isn’t hoping to exit is just a lifestyle business. Both are valid options, but very different tactically.

Only if the owner happens to be a lawyer. Otherwise it would be the illegal practice of law.

Wild it still exists at all though.