Kinda defeats the purpose of doing it private and local.

I wouldn’t trust any claims a 3rd party service makes with regards to being private.

Memememeeeeega MEGA Smackdown! 10k points!

It definitely feels great when I get to remove the

//hack abc due to bug in library xyz version 1.4.5, issue tracker says it’s fixed in 1.5.0. - link

// I told them I'd do this but only if they gave me time next sprint to fix it  - 12-03-1997

I feel like something like https://www.storj.io/ is on the path to what we would want/need?

There might be some additional requirements for a true CDN to ensure data is closer to where it’s needed and in as many regions as needed though with the right amount of bandwidth. The data gets stored all over the place, but that doesn’t mean its optimal. But they do seem to claim it’s faster on their website…

Edit: For those not wanting to click, TLDR is they use excess storage around the world and make it accessible anywhere, and safe from failures. People with excess storage can join the network if they have enough storage/bandwidth and pass some tests. Their API is S3 compatible.

You can format the Mac and put Linux on it and get updates forever as well.

Edit: or you could when it was x86… not sure where Mx stand on that.

Those times you see an oddly specific and very weird rule and you just know there’s probably a great story around it.

“hey I wrote this 6 years ago and it still works but it’s gross … please don’t judge me”

“hey I wrote this 5 years ago and it still works but it’s gross … please don’t judge me”

“hey I wrote this 4 years ago and it still works but it’s gross … please don’t judge me”

“hey I wrote this 3 years ago and it still works but it’s gross … please don’t judge me”

“hey I wrote this 2 years ago and it still works but it’s gross … please don’t judge me”

“hey I wrote this 1 years ago and it still works but it’s gross … please don’t judge me”

“hey I wrote this last month and it still works but it’s gross … please don’t judge me”

“hey I wrote this yesterday and it passed QA but it’s gross … please don’t judge me”

It is highly unsettling. Its real enough and I think it’s the imagining walking past that and it feeling like a glitch in the matrix.

You mean the one that no one asked for, makes it harder to do the primary thing the app is designed to do, and all the involved developers have told management it’s a bad idea with a detailed list of why?

The actual problem is if you don’t add new features, there’s nothing for people to do beyond maintenance and you aren’t going to keep good developers to only stick around for that.

So your option is new features or a new app entirely, but coming up with other good apps isn’t easy and is a huge risk.

So if you actually did good market research and spoke to users, you could find new features to add.

Beyond a tiny company or sole developer, it doesn’t really work.