mistakes will always be made at all stages, imo the key differentiator is how quickly they course correct and iterate

It is not a mistake when it is a decision made after a well-thought tradeoff evaluation.

the true midwit twitter user

many such cases. imo it's a skill issue but understand the thought process and why it's so prevalent

good article, enjoyed the little storytelling even if a bit distracting. i think most folks on here are going to be super critical about them starting on a NoSQL database in the first place when it was very likely that relational would have been the way to go from the start, but sometimes you just need to get something off the ground and Firestore can be the fastest to do so (not recommending fwiw). we were also one of those “thousands” of startups that started with it and migrated off after a few years too - so might be a bit biased there - but it all worked out in the end

lol I agree re:storytelling - thought it was a nice touch. gave the article a bit of flair that was more interesting to read than many eng blog posts that can be otherwise pretty dry

depends on the stage of the company - but could be a way to attract the talent that they are looking for

Wonder if people will see giving a kid an ipad the same as we see giving a kid a book in a few years with advancements in VR/AR

Was wondering the same thing, if it's a short term contract or pay as you go model I'd find it extremely useful, especially since it works with startup credits

TBH i found the nat.css thing to be funny. Interesting to see so many tools like this building on top of AWS, wonder what AWS thinks about it given their most recent earnings report

True, nothing on AWS seems cheap these days :(