canergl's comments

On: Oncall shift should be Tuesday to Tuesday

[canergl]

wrong, oncall shifts should not even exist

[guessmyname → canergl]

I agree with the sentiment, but on-call support is an unavoidable necessity given the critical nature of many systems that underpin modern society.

When we talk about on-call, we’re not referring to systems like Netflix streaming a major fight for 65 million users, but rather essential infrastructure like healthcare systems, nuclear power plants, military operations, financial markets, and the vast array of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems that monitor and control industrial processes.

These systems are crucial to our safety, economy, and everyday lives, and downtime or failure is not an option.

Before Apple, I worked at Microsoft in the Azure team, where I logged over 2,016 hours of on-call support each year. This involved six 24/7 on-call rotations, each lasting two weeks, with responsibilities alternating between primary and secondary support. While there were certainly tough moments and challenging issues during those rotations, they also provided valuable learning experiences and helped me develop problem-solving skills under pressure.

On-call support is a necessary evil.

[smitelli → guessmyname]

I’ve always felt it should be split among a geographically distributed team where support hours follow the sun. It really sucks to be awake at 3am, alone, groggy and unsupported and responsible for saving the world.

If the company/product isn’t large enough to be distributed, is it really important that it have a 10 minute time-to-acknowledge?

[sed_zeppelin → guessmyname]

I was once paged over thirty times in a span of 24 hours while working for a website that, in the grand scheme of things, could unilaterally improve life in the United States by shutting itself down.

[azemetre → guessmyname]

Are you willing to discuss how MSFT compensated you for on call.

[harimau777 → guessmyname]

Then the people who have to work on call should be compensated accordingly. In my experience they are not.

On: Show HN: I have published a mobile HN client to have coffee chat with HN users

[canergl]

I can add such features if I see enough people enjoy and there is a potential in the app.

However, I am not sure if I should spend more time on it as of now.

On: Show HN: I have published a mobile HN client to have coffee chat with HN users

[canergl]

Hi, It is normal that you see "1 online users", which means you are the only online user using the app at that specific time.

I had a chance to have coffee chat with a few people as the founder of the app but I accept that the number of online users throughout the day is pretty low.

It is generally between 1-3 nowadays.

Perhaps we can have more active users if this post goes to the homepage and we have thousands of HN users downloading it.

On: Show HN: I have published a mobile HN client to have coffee chat with HN users

[canergl]

I think you should be able to download it from the market if you become a tester after you joined to the group.

Are you able to download from here?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps.bette...

[ddtaylor → canergl]

Thanks. I was just missing that last part.

On: Show HN: I have published a mobile HN client to have coffee chat with HN users

[canergl]

Sounds cool, I may add such functionalities to the app if the app is used by a certain number of users.

[toomuchtodo → canergl]

What if you made it so any group could use the app? Like Meetup?

[Gorath → toomuchtodo]

In that case, you should just use meetup and not this?

[toomuchtodo → Gorath]

No, it potentially replaces Meetup functionality.