Another POV here, I moved from Visual Studio after using it for over 15 years. For me, Atom is fucking fast. Lack of UML diagramming, database designer and TFS integration is a blessing in disguise.
I love Atom. I've been using it since the day it was announced. But I don't use it for the speed. It still chokes on huge files. When I need to open something big, I reach for Sublime, and it handles it with ease.
I'm was still on 2013 and my install is almost 2 years old. VS seems to get slower over time. And this is without powertools or resharper. Maybe it is just me but Atom sure feels quicker.
But don't think you're safe there. If you have the slightest hesitation at all in your tonality, the driver will all of the sudden get a case of "I don't know that location, can you give me directions". I experienced that when I first moved here back to back one night because I didn't understand the "process" of getting a cab in New York.
Point is, cabs are completely shady, and nearly all have horrible service.
Since I've been here in NY, I've been using Uber regularly and every single experience has been nothing short of great. 99% have been spotless vehicles that smell good, with A/C in summer, and drivers with an awesome attitude. I've had a few rides where the driver took a non-optimal route and Uber refunded credits each time.
It's unbelievable to me that people dislike Uber and think they're just some "scam" backed by venture capital.
> It's unbelievable to me that people dislike Uber and think they're just some "scam" backed by venture capital.
There is a flip side to that, as well. Uber has engaged in questionable tactics, and their drivers are from the same pool as Taxi drivers.
I've had uber drivers accept the fare, then immediately cancel when they figured surge pricing will kick in. I've also had drivers not pick me up from my location, one who would not turn down their christian music when asked 3x.
Uber's support staff is good, and any hint of poor performance results in a 1-star review.
When I first used Uber, the drivers were great. Now with more uber drivers on the road, there is more variance in the service you get.
"Uber's support staff is good, and any hint of poor performance results in a 1-star review"
This is roughly how the market "responded" (0) to Uber in Moscow - Yandex ("Russian Google") rolled out its Yandex Taxi service/app which provided Uber-like experience to user and integrated with taxi companies at the backend. Same experience same driver ratings etc - but on a legal platform. The prices are compatible with Uber too.
(0) I put "responded" in quotes here because Uber launched in Moscow a few years after Yandex Taxi.
Agreed. I'm native, born and raised, and learned about "gypsy cabs", "car service" and how to hail a yellow cab back when yellow cabs still had "jump seats". Uber has democratized what affluent people have always known, money can buy anything, including someone to drive you somewhere.
I think you need to reexamine the meaning of the word "monopolized".
Having a single state-sanctioned business (and therefore backed by the threat of violence) is somehow less monopolistic than having a free market where the best service provider is rewarded by becoming the most popular and profitable one?
This is a false equivalence. There isn't one and only one State Taxi Company. There are hundreds if not thousands of successful private taxi companies in each state.
There's one Uber and maybe Lyft if you're lucky. In the grey-area taxi market, they might fit the definition of a monopoly. I wouldn't argue that though because I know nothing about that market and reading that sentence back makes me laugh.
Microsoft operated in a relatively free market and was the arguably the best software provider as they were the most popular and profitable one for quite some time. They were also deemed a monopoly.
In strong agreement with task_queue here. The taxi industry is legislated on the city level. Uber is poised to become an international actor, with larger gross revenues than the GDP of many small countries (projected $10bil in 2015).
> "I don't know that location, can you give me directions"
On the other hand, sometimes I've been pleasantly surprised at how knowledgeable some cabbies are. I've gotten in a cab at LGA, told them my home address in Brooklyn, and they went there with no directions. I never tip less than 20%, but this efficiency earns a much larger than usual tip.
I take cabs daily and my experience does not match yours. Most NYC cabbies are quite friendly. Most are also immigrants with interesting stories.
In Harlem, where I live, cabs will actively honk for any potential fare, especially to the airport. You'll have multiple cabs trying to get you if you have a suitcase. From my conversations with drivers, they prefer airport fares.
I don't doubt that they are friendly but honestly that's irrelevant to most people. The problem is, while they may be friendly, nearly all of them will want to pickup and drop off in the same location because they know it's harder to pickup outside of Manhattan.
This doesn't happen with Uber's model.
Also, I'm paying for a ride somewhere. The top priority for me is not sitting in hot, smelly, filth. I'll stick with Uber.
1. NYC taxi cabs are actually pretty clean. Most have AC. Most are only a few years old. You can pass on the hail if you don't like the vehicle.
2. Today Uber has clean, nice smelling cars because it is new. Let's talk after Uber matures a bit like the cabs. We'll be back to where we started, only under the influence of an international monopoly. That does not bode well for the consumer.
3. Uber cannot really solve the imbalance of demand between Manhattan and the peripheries. Uber forces drivers to have a certain acceptance rate threshold. NYC forces drivers not do discriminate based on destination. In either case, drivers will try to game the system to avoid the less profitable journeys.
4. Look to places like Russia and India for the future of Uber. Drivers have 4+ cell phones, subscribing to different services in parallel with holding a cab license.
I'm almost done with seveneves and the thing that gets me is how defensive his wrighting has become.
He explains every semi-technical concept in excruciating detail as if he expects an army of angry nerds to tear the book to shreds if he doesn't explain early research into how whips work or the theoretic underpinnings of how swarming algorithms work.
Subway has a brand problem,most people no longer want the cheapest food around and those that do will go to food trucks or places more "authentic". Subway is now viewed as everything wrong with American food.
For one thing, it is insufficiently "artisanal" for today's consumers. If I was opening a sandwich shop, I would actually offer less options. I would offer a "curated" selection of sandwiches, changing daily/weekly, based on local ingredients. I'd charge 10-12 for a 6" inch sandwich.
If you ever decide to execute on Artisanal Sandwich Shop Inc, I highly encourage you to speak to someone with restaurant experience prior to doing so. It seems that everyone has the idea "I know, I'll just move up the price/quality curve from fast food." Chipotle succeeded at that... and they're not in very good company.
Briefly, the reality of fast food in America is that that they're sustained by poor people who use them for 10+ meals a week rather than by middle class people who use them for 1~2 meals per month. If you charge a multiple of the fast food pricepoint, you have to locate the store somewhere where you can get high traffic of well-heeled customers. That implies expensive real estate. A lot of stores get broken by it simply being impossible to sell enough $10 foozits to cover the rent necessary to sell a single $10 foozit.
Running a restaurant, QSR or otherwise, is by all accounts a brutal business to be in. I think the number usually quoted is 6% margins for the business owner -- i.e. if you sell $1 million in artisanal sandwiches in a year, you make $60k. You will be cutting a lot of bread yourself to earn that.
You are right, I have no idea of the economics and would probably fail quickly.
I wouldn't try to open it not where rich people live or work, but a marginal area that serves as a destination for after work drinks and the like where there is some sort of scene. Someplace like Red Hook in Brooklyn.
Maybe do cross promotion with other local artisans as well.
Really, I don't want to run a restaurant, I just want good sandwiches. I'll stick to supporting good sandwich shops.
You are not their target market. They cater to students and working people who eat it everyday, for subsistence. $10-12 for a small sandwich is too expensive, and even those of us who can afford it would rather save our money and, or pack our own homemade sandwiches and salads for <$5.
You are right of course. I'm no longer the target market. I Spend most of my time in the bubble of Manhattan or the rapidly gentrifying parts of Brooklyn, where subways seem to be disappearing, replaced with cute little brunch places.
From my personal experience, if I'm not on Windows I use PyCharm for my IDE, but when I am, and I have VS installed, Python Tools for Visual Studio is really what I consider, Microsoft's hidden secret for VS. It really is a powerful tool, it would not surprise me if NTVS is right up in the same level of quality. Really great tools. Otherwise I try to go for JetBrains.
Let him go on good terms. If he stays with the understanding he can do various side projects on company time you are both compromising. You get half a developer and he still has to do tasks he doesn't want to do. This is a recipe for resentment.
In my experience, every time someone leaves another person blossoms and steps up. I've seen "irreplaceable" developers come and go, they were all replaced.
I am not a coach or trainer. I am just a developer trying to remain sane. I tend to believe that any thoughtful process can work as long as you stick to it. It just so happens I do agile/scrum.
I believe that at its core, agile is about two things. Planning on a shorter time frame so you can react quickly as unknowns surface, and continuously improving your process. The ceremony is meant to achieve those two things. If you are are doing the rituals, and fail to achieve those two things, I can see how it would seem worse than useless.
Here is what they don't tell you, it doesn't make software development easier. In fact, it can make it harder. What it does for me is make it sustainable and sane.
As a "tech lead" I think this is a great list of expectations. I don't allocate tasks on an individual basis, but I may suggest an individual dev work a track of features. I also work with devs from other companies who work with our products and APIs. I like to think I have a tactical view of the problem space while my VP or CTO works strategy.
I'm a huge iced coffee drinker and I'm not a big Blue Bottle New Orleans iced coffee fan, it doesn't taste much like coffee to me.
Similarly, artisanal "cold brew" at most places nowadays seems oddly bitter to me, without any depth. I been drinking iced americanos instead of cold brew for the last couple months and am happy now.
Indeed; 've always found "cold brew" or "toddy" coffee incredibly boring and empty. (Which makes sense, of course; so many of those flavors are extracted by heat.) I'll mix it with some milk and simple syrup on a hot day, but it's still not really coffee to me.
But you say "nowadays" - I wonder what changed. I'd be surprised if there was a significant shift in technique. A general move to a different roast? Perhaps just your tastes preferring a more acidic coffee?
I gotta think that this is because reddit admins don't seem to present a united front to users or mods and they can't figure out how to fix it.
It seems like there is serious dissension among admins regarding fundamental ethical issues and how to handle things like celeb nude leaks and they think getting everyone in a room together will help.
The admins are a complete joke on the site and empower sub-cults of reddit to flagrantly break the rules (SRS, anyone?) on a regular basis. I doubt putting them all in the same room will fix anything, except to maybe terminate the bad ones.
My smallish company even has an ombudsman on retainer, and we deal in physical goods. It exists for customer-company disputes and internal affairs issues. We've never used it, but it's totally ridiculous not to call up the local premier law firm and just get one on retainer. Very common service.
