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Interesting. So Talos is both a Linux and a k8s distribution?

I am less interested in running k8s itself in Firecracker (or kata, or similar), but the pods started by it. I think there are advantages to that.

You confuse flexible working hours with a demand to work more than 40 hours a week (including nights and weekends).

If you (like to) work overtime on the weekend or week nights, I hope you are compensated well.

Just take into account that there’s a cap on what you can do and no amount of money will make up for that.

Current tech stack is:

The iOS-Frontend is UIKit and RxSwift. The backend is pretty lean — TypeScript, Firestore with the beginnings of PostgreSQL (with Prisma!). The recommender piece for the daily tips is Python. We also use cloud functions to run async updates (e.g. for daily updates and migrations).

Otherwise — lots of hosted services in the mix (Brave, Circle/Github, HoneyComb to name a few).

As for the future, we're exploring Flutter and a few other options to provide different experiences.

Hey — I am part of this journey and currently support the Bunch team in the role of the CTO. If anyone has questions, I am happy to answer them. :)

I'm somewhat of a newbie in regards to developing on mobile devices. Got any documentation how this is done from the phone?

How do you backup this database? Does it integrate with iCloud or whatever is available on the device?

In general, and especially for people freelancing in Germany, I'd add: Not getting a tax consultant.

I'm pretty sure this is the same everywhere, but regardless, it's the first thing I tell people which they have to get in order so they don't get screwed later on. ;)

I agree with this. Call servers after their purpose. I don't grow attached to servers anymore — especially in the cloud.

I'm not a Jira fan, but TCO usually includes more than just the actual price of the product. So e.g. setup, maintenance and ongoing support. :)

Thanks Amazon?

This is probably in reference to Amazon forbidding the use of another software load balancer than ELB.

I also read on reddit that there is in fact just ELB. Especially when if you require a loadbalancer and don't host on AWS, you're pretty much screwed.

[Note, sarcasm.]

> Data are encrypted directly by the provider, which means customers need no specific technical know-how and incur no extra costs. All data are stored in secure data centers located in Germany.

Not sure how this is the solution. People need to learn how to do encryption themselves. For the average John Doe (or Hans Wurst :-)) there need to be tools to accomplish that without a degree in Math or CS.

I don't think provider-side encryption is a solution at all. Collecting vast amounts of meta data would still be possible.

This is basically what I wanted to write.

In addition, I'm not a huge fan of linkedin either. There are no guarantees to it. One is that most of what's on there is hard to check and linkedin endorsements are just unreal to start with.

I know people who just endorse each other for random things. I have endorsements from people who I have never worked with for technologies I have never worked with.

So in the end — Github or similar wins. Allows me to see their code (and contributions), and that's what matters. For the rest (compatibility on a social level), there are interviews and probation.

Thanks!

I am surprised by this trend — put a project on kickstarter and promise to open source it. Build it on tech that's been open sourced for free.

Trying to stay positive here. But haven't they heard of the millions of people who contribute to (quality) open source software every day?