velocitypsycho

Considering how much of the web is under AWS, there would most likely be far reaching consequences.

It seems very much like poor management. The "go big, or go home" culture of the valley. Where businesses think if they can't be a billion dollar unicorn, then they might as well die. It makes companies push too hard for explosive growth instead of building a sustainable business.

Do you know if Clojure devs are expensive compared to Python and Ruby devs of similar experience? I feel the comparison to Java, .Net, & PHP maybe just a comparison of huge mainstream language to more "niche" languages.

What happens is that those with the skills, even in India, demand enough that they aren't working for these outsourcing companies.

This is why there are different connotations between "outsourcing" and "remote workers". One implies the lowest bid.

While I understand people's frustrations. Couldn't the escape key be on the toolbar when in Vim?

Yea, higher bandwidth, but also lower signal to noise.

Right tool for the right job. Thinking RDBMS is a silver bullet is just as bad as thinking a document database is a silver bullet. There is room in the world for both.

Could you elaborate more on the issues with the default AMI?

I'm being treated with medications for my depression, and talk therapy for my anxiety. It's helped a little.

Screenhero is an amazing tool also.

Get home between 5 and 7 (if I go downtown). Play with my son, eat dinner, clean up some. Bath and bed for the kid, then spending some time with my wife. Then I either do more work, dink around on reddit, or read.

I second the renting a desk. I rent a desk in a coworking space and it's been great. It's a mile from home, so the commute is very light.