superdex's comments

On: Ask HN: Has anybody shipped a web app at scale with 1 DB per account?

[superdex]

What’s ‘scale?’

We do it, but everyone gets the same schema and same app. .net/IIS/sql server and when we update the schema, we apply to all dbs via in-house scripts. It provides security warm fuzzies to our clients that their data is separated from other clients. If you want to try and version the app/schema for different accounts, that’s where your headaches are, regardless of db model

On: Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ever seen work?

[superdex]

if it works, it's not bad code

[k_ → superdex]

I don't think I want to work with you, ever :)

On: Ask HN: If you had two months off between jobs what would you be doing?

[superdex]

Riding my bike. A LOT.

On: Ask HN: How do I get $2.2M dollars?

[superdex]

You forgot a key variable in your equation: WHEN?

When do you want to retire with this $2.2M? That might guide your investment choices. Sounds like you might want to take some financial/econ classes as well ;P

On: Ask HN: Sell my startup for $14M because I can't raise $2M?

[superdex]

If you're not profitable enough to hire without borrowing money, then that's something to really look at. You don't have to hire 15 people. And taking on money is giving away your control; you'll have to bow to the VC's wishes because they bankrolled you. If you can go without, I'd go without and keep on chugging.

And depending on how you're structured now, $14M is a LOT or it's quite a bit and you can take your time looking for the next thing....

On: Ask HN: As a developer, how can I take advantage of time spent driving to work?

[superdex]

commute by bike. 3 hours in the car every day is brutal.

[grogenaut → superdex]

3 hours by car is likely minimum 60 miles which is 4 hours by bike every single day minimum. If they're getting to highway speeds at all then it's even worse. It'd be like black mirror episode 2 every day

[quicklime → grogenaut]

Another way of thinking about this is that the marginal cost of biking is only 1 extra hour per day. And there's no reason why this needs to be done every day - he could just bike in once a week.

[grogenaut → quicklime]

He's already complaining about the actual cost.

If he manages 60mph the whole time are you saying he should do 180 miles once a week? That's not really possible without a lot of training. What if he lives in issaquah and commutes to Seattle. How about on the oil fields in nd?

Bigger question what else does he do to better himself during the bike rides?

[NinoScript → grogenaut]

Unless a big portion of those 3 hours are spent in traffic jams, then bike could be an option, or at least an e-bike.

[randomdata → NinoScript]

Other than it was stated that he lives quite far from work.

[m3talridl3y → superdex]

Wouldn't you arrive sweaty and gross?

On: Why C# is not a good choice for web development?

[superdex]

so you blame a compiled language for your poor dependency management and app architecture? it's not C#'s fault, it's how your app is put together.

And your excuse for not having the app under source control is a cop-out and shameful. Enjoy your scripting languages and short-cuts...

On: Poll: Which RSS reader have you switched to?

[superdex]

Feedly for me: keyboard navigation very close and display is nice and compact