[1]: https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs

They allow brain drain to happen, without the barriers of having to move countries.

Everybody puts in their calendar each day whether they are going to work remotely or in the office. They also put their working hours or availability, they put when they are going to be off etc. Everybody I interact with shows up to meetings, some later than others, but that's no different than when we were onsite. Work is getting done faster than when we were fully onsite, although slower than during the pandemic.

The office is fully prepared for this working arrangement, with many "booths" for having calls, plenty of meeting rooms, all with great videoconferencing equipment, a meeting room booking system integrated with the calendar that "just works". Everybody is available on Slack while working, although IMO Slack is a bit overused and abused.

Now everyone works where they are more comfortable. Many have moved to smaller cities, others to the countryside. There are people that always go to the office, others that never go. There are teams that agree on certain days to go to the office, but AFAIK is not mandated by their managers, they just like to work and hang out together.

All in all, a great working experience, while staying productive. In fact, the workforce has increased about 20% since just before the pandemic, but the company has more than doubled in revenue, and volume of business and it doesn't feel chaotic at all. So I'd say that's the proof that hybrid is working for us.

AFAIK the only reason why Google Pay NFC payments don't work is because Google Pay keeps a list of hardware and OS that's allowed to use that feature, and GrapheneOS is not in that list. It's not an OS limitation.

There was an open issue to spoof this data so that Google Pay NFC payments, among other Google features behind this check, would work. But it looks like it got discarded 2 days ago: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/1986

There are old versions of GrapheneOS for older devices, and some devices are still in extended support, like the Pixel 4a (although not for long I expect). So if you are OK with the compromised Galaxy S9+, you could also be OK with the compromised Pixel 3a, which received the June 2022 security patch in GrapheneOS[1], while the S9+ received the March 2022 security patch[2]

[1]: https://grapheneos.org/releases#2022081800 [2]: https://doc.samsungmobile.com/sm-g965f/dbt/doc.html

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I'd like to add: if you find the time, try to have a side-project on your own time where you apply all these cool new things you were looking to apply in your company. This will help you keep your sanity and it will let you experiment with that technology so that you can make a better informed decision on wether to implement it in your company or not.