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shaneprrlt | 5 years ago | on: Teaching our five year old to code by cheating

This mirrors my experience. My father was a software engineer, he tried teaching me BASIC and C++ when I was 7-8. I didn't take to it at all until I discovered programming on my own around age 12-13 when I wanted to learn how to build my own websites.

Generally I find a lot of my interests align with my parents, but I always had to discover a passion for them on my own.

shaneprrlt | 6 years ago | on: The plans to reopen the economy are scary

You really think everybody is enjoying being isolated inside, alone, with no human contact, no mass gatherings like concerts or games?

> As a society I think that we've outgrown the idea of just going to a movie theater and hanging out with friends.

This is an antisocial and unhealthy perspective. We've yet to see the mental health ramifications from this extended period of isolation. We're not built to sit inside by ourselves all day. Even as great as online connections can be, they are no replacement for the real presence of a human being. Saying we've "outgrown" it is preposterous.

shaneprrlt | 6 years ago | on: Google is shutting down Neighbourly

Never heard of Neighbourly, judging by the spelling, perhaps it wasn't available in the US??? But I would suggest Nextdoor as an alternative if it's available in your region. A ton of people are active on it (at least here in Chicago and I assume most major metros), and it's been a great way to coordinate community efforts. I've seen it used to warn people of crime trends, and lately I've seen it used to coordinate efforts to help elderly people get groceries. Most of all, the discourse is incredibly positive and healthy compared to other social networks.

shaneprrlt | 6 years ago | on: Square eGift Cards

I hope they leave this up after the crisis because this is actually just a way better tool to find local restaurants than googling "restaurants near me".

shaneprrlt | 6 years ago | on: CoreJS: State of the project? Looks like dead. Any official fork?

Considering he's sitting in prison, I'm sure he has much more pertinent things to be worrying about.

Add to that the fact that when he reached out to the community he worked hard (for free) to support, and they told him to basically FO, I doubt he's going to spend even a microsecond trying to be helpful in this situation.

shaneprrlt | 6 years ago | on: Facebook sues Namecheap

So if you started a small consulting company helping people advertise or build a brand on Instagram, and your website was instagrambusinesshelp.com, Facebook has the right to say "not allowed"?

Do I also have the right to impose rules on other businesses naming conventions [1], or no because I'm not a $500B company?

[1] In a fair use context, not blatant copyright/trademark infringement or posing as the company in a phishing context.

shaneprrlt | 6 years ago | on: Handling 350k Requests for $3 using Lambda

API Gateway is the definite gotcha with serverless architectures. Whenever someone tells me how cheaper serverless is, I figure they haven't actually dived in to see how many AWS resources besides Lambda are required for a production deployment.

It is convenient in several use cases, but for an endpoint or even an entire API that is going to receive a lot of load, managing servers is the more economical approach.

If you need to get a one-off endpoint built that won't receive any significant amount of load, I think a serverless solution is great. But I wouldn't use it as my primary API architecture. Like most things in tech, there's no silver bullet. Context matters, and the best approach depends on many factors.

I still recall this article by the creator of ipify on how he's able to receive upwards of 30 billion requests per month on Heroku for a fraction of the cost of API gateway: https://blog.heroku.com/scaling-ipify-to-30-billion-and-beyo...

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