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New comment by andreif in "How we scaled Slack to support 1000s of developers"

andreif — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:50:58 +0000

So I have to upload files to enable syntax highlighting. There is probably a reason but the users frustration is helping them to look for alternatives.

New comment by andreif in "How we scaled Slack to support 1000s of developers"

andreif — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:47:04 +0000

Do you enjoy the other parts of MS ecosystem?

New comment by andreif in "JSON5 – JSON for Humans"

andreif — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:57:28 +0000

Actually, right this moment I am writing docs for my mini-yaml to generate JSON Schema Draft 4 for our EDA. Easy-peasy

New comment by andreif in "JSON5 – JSON for Humans"

andreif — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:55:13 +0000

I think main problem people trying to solve is treating JSON as computer-human interface. It was not designed for it and I don’t think we need to expand its use-case. You can perfectly use subset of YAML with much better readability for human interactions. I wrote custom parsers for subset I need with like 100 lines of Python code. JSON should stay as a loggable system-to-system format that you can render in a more readable way.

New comment by andreif in "Go is my hammer, and everything is a nail"

andreif — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:40:57 +0000

Dependencies is a sign of weakness.

New comment by andreif in "Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python"

andreif — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:51:16 +0000

Packages is another story though. Pyenv is for Python versions. For me it’s either that or using Docker images. The later performed poorly with PyCharm when I tested a few years ago. I have seen an issue with Pyenv only once and not even on my machine.

New comment by andreif in "Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python"

andreif — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:43:35 +0000

Pyenv is for Python versions. There is a plugin for virtualenvs that can be useful for some specific cases but I rarely use it nowadays.

New comment by andreif in "Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python"

andreif — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:01:12 +0000

Dependencies are for the weak. You only need Python. Just support a range of versions if you intend to distribute.

New comment by andreif in "Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python"

andreif — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:48:27 +0000

It’s totally up to your knowledge and experience to produce code that supports multiple versions. I had no issue with doing it. That’s what you pay for dynamic language that evolves rapidly.

New comment by andreif in "Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python"

andreif — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:08:52 +0000

Also, when working on packages supporting multiple versions it was very helpful to use tox with pyenv.

New comment by andreif in "Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python"

andreif — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:03:18 +0000

Works fine for me on macOS. I am using venv the same way you do except some global ones for certain tools.

New comment by andreif in "Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret"

andreif — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 13:12:52 +0000

> while other cloud providers feel more like utilities that give you building blocks.

Idk why you don't see AWS as a utility providing building blocks.

> I don't think trying to emulate AWS's support and consistent API makes sense as a strategy for other cloud providers.

Those are such essential things. It's very hard to imagine prioritising something else and succeeding in anything.

New comment by andreif in "A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about Norm Macdonald"

andreif — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 08:56:38 +0000

He should charge the police for hosting training exercises for their swat teams.

New comment by andreif in "Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret"

andreif — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 17:40:20 +0000

You remember any example? I don't call API directly and usually use CLI/SDK/CDK that work a lot better than gcloud. I did see some inconsistencies between services (e.g. updating params for SQS and SNS) and that could definitely be improved. But honestly, comparing to GCP mess, AWS is ten times better.

New comment by andreif in "Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret"

andreif — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 17:29:17 +0000

> few things are cli only

wdym? As far as I see, it's either CLI or Terraform. GCP SDK is complete garbage, at least for Python compared to AWS boto3. I have personally made web UI for AWS CLI man pages as a fun project and can index everything myself if needed. Googling works fine. If you are not happy with it then ChatGPT is to the rescue. I honestly do not see any problem at all.

New comment by andreif in "Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret"

andreif — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 17:11:48 +0000

Have you named any successful product?

New comment by andreif in "Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret"

andreif — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 17:07:00 +0000

How many popular products have you named and launched? Naming products is hard to meet both usability and marketing objectives. This has never been as big of a problem for me, as GCPs APIs for example. Those are the true evil. Product names I care little for.

New comment by andreif in "Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret"

andreif — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 17:03:47 +0000

Why it's weird to blame them for product names? Because their purpose slightly different. I can see where negativity comes from and understand, but product name is a lot less important as consistent API experience. AWS is the best among big players by far, hats off and well-done to their teams and leadership. I hope the others will finally learn and follow.

New comment by andreif in "Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret"

andreif — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:55:08 +0000

I am yet to meet an IRL person who believes Azure has "sane management interface". In my experience it was horribly inconvenient, filled with weird anti-UX solutions that were completely unnecessary. It maybe shows you all at once, or at least tries to, but it's such a horrible idea for a complex system. Non-surprisingly it never worked properly with various widgets hanging or erroring-out. It was impossible to see wtf is going on, what state it is in, or how to do anything about it. Azure will always be an example of a web UI done horribly wrong. This does actually not surprise me at all since Microsoft products are known for this. Every time I need to extend my kids Xbox subscriptions I have to pull my hair out to figure out how to do it in their web mess.

How can you even compare it to AWS is a mystery to me. There are pages showing all your resources, not sure why you think it's a problem. Could be a problem from long time ago?

New comment by andreif in "Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret"

andreif — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:45:14 +0000

I thought you meant API and parameters. Blaming them for product names is weird to me.