johannsg

Imagine seeing a cancer announcement and thinking, 'This is bad for the branding.' Your lack of empathy is what’s actually detracting here.

I don’t think the article is suggesting this at all. My takeaway from it (and my own view) is that we need to continue hiring, developing, and growing talent as we have in the past.

Today’s AI tools can generate working code, but it is often difficult to maintain -- especially as a codebase becomes large and complex.

Junior engineers working within a team, alongside senior engineers, with proper guidance and mentorship -- and while learning how to effectively use the current generation of AI tools -- are exactly what the industry needs to avoid a talent shortage in the not-too-distant future.

On the hardware side, I wonder if the author has seen the MX Ergo S model. It features a USB-C charger, and they claim it’s 80% quieter.

Released a fix earlier today (Oct 23rd) (v1.0.5)

A typical consultant/consultancy FUD used to sell proprietary/closed-source products (can’t be vulnerable if bad actors can’t see the source code).

> Security becomes a major issue. Anyone can be hacked. However, the risk is far less when it comes to proprietary software.

Also the irony, considering this was published on SolarWinds community site!

Driver is being investigated for DUI, so I’m less inclined to believe his/her word — seems like an easy scapegoat.

I do not enjoy being blunt, but the author seem to have borrowed a page from a “that” conferencing company’s marketing playbook by making very questionable claims.

It’s a nice project, but:

> Zipcall is built radically different. We left behind slow bulky servers, opting for decentralized peer to peer calling. We engineered a platform with maximum video quality and low latency.

Translation: it uses WebRTC or we didn’t invent anything — it uses technology built into your browser.

> State of the art VP9 video compression combined with our scaling optimization makes your calls crystal clear.

Same as above (assuming you’re browser supports VP9).

> Breakthrough peer to peer WebRTC technology means your video goes directly to the other person without a server. No middleman. No extra stops.

Same as above.

> End to end state of the art encryption means your calls are exactly that. Your calls.

How exactly?

I did just that early last year when I realized that they simply don’t have the infrastructure, support personnel or sense of urgency I needed from a broker to handle my money. This is pre-free trades — I decided that I rather pay a fee than roll the dice on when they’ll clear trades and bank transfers (in one instance an ACH took 2-weeks, with canned messages from support).

Rejecting Electron apps has nothing to do with Apple trying to kill web technologies. Just because Electron apps are developed using technologies meant for the web does not mean they are web apps. This would not be an issue if Electron itself did not use private API.

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