I can see that happening. However, I also believe that college or some form of structured education will step in to bridge the gap. Historically, education has played a role in transitioning people from knowing little to becoming workforce ready. With AI changing the landscape, the gap will undoubtedly be wider, but education systems may evolve to accommodate that shift. By the looks of it, AI could itself fill that gap.
That's the exact problem though. Companies have been outsourcing training to colleges for decades now, further and further reducing available career paths as mentioned and causing degree inflation, higher education costs for everybody, etc.
It's also unlikely to change because it's just one more symptom of how companies are run these days, and that mindset has societal-scale momentum now.
Why wouldn’t they? Despite what idealists think that people should go to college to “expand their minds and be better citizens of the world”, most people can’t afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars and not expect to be ready for careers.
I didn't intend to sound crunchy like that. College for practical means has long been the norm in the US vs. elsewhere, going back to agricultural schools in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is nothing wrong with that; what is NOT good is the whole-sale replacement of job training to colleges, as it cannot properly encompass every eccentricity of a particular job, leading to the problems mentioned before.
College is about getting the knowledge to perform your field, not the knowledge of every particular procedure one could possibly expect to see. The modern emphasis on internships softens the blow somewhat, but it's a half-hearted replacement and is easily abused in many fields.
It's helpful for people to know just how "sticky" antiquated interfaces can be in a complex, mission-critical system - and how expensive they can be to replace (even though it's just one part of the overall upgrade of course).
So in that sense I find the reference to be useful, and not clickbait.
Using NoSQL might not be the best idea in this case. I've seen it backfire for many companies. They start with NoSQL, but then end up needing relational features as their business grows. This leads to performance issues, redundancy, and data sync problems early on, which shouldn't be happening.
Especially in the early days, NoSQL companies used to market their databases as general-purpose database that scale easily, but that hasn't always been the case obviously.
I usually recommend starting with a relational database like PostgreSQL. If scaling becomes necessary later on, you can invest in sharding the database. Figma's approach seems reasonable given the tools available at the time.
I've helped small companies switch from NoSQL to SQL because the benefits of NoSQL weren't worth the trade-offs at their stage of growth. In case, anyone is in a similar boat: https://mongotosqlmigration.com/
I have experimented with a lot of different types of living situations during the pandemic - mountain tourist towns, suburban areas, countryside. At the end of the day, I felt the most fulfilled when I was able to connect with a community. I've had better luck with acceptance when they, themselves, are new to the community.
I can understand both sides of the equation. I have been getting weary of spending a whole lot on subscriptions on things that don't need be subscriptions.
However, as a developer of small desktop application (which doesn't have recurring costs), I do want to enable subscription to continue to support the application. I still haven't because I'm torn as a user as well as developer. Of course, there is the fear of angering the existing users.
I think people will have to vote with their wallets to the things that they need. If a developer can't pay the bills, the application will be mothballed eventually.
I still use Google Apps at this point as it's pretty convenient compared to standing up my own server. However, I make sure my email address is on my own domain. https://thehorcrux.com/about/
Hmm, I don't see "Do you have to destroy another email account in order to set it up?" on the FAQ list. I suppose, arguably, a user would be impelled to use the service by witnessing the destruction of an account near and dear to them, perhaps enough to split their soul...
IANAL but with my 10 mins of googling I've found the following:
* Items/characters cannot be trademarked unless they are the source of goods or services (so therefore this service would have the right whereas JK. Rowling et al wouldn't) [1]
* Items/characters are copyrighted when featured in a copyrighted piece of fiction (which Horcruxes are). [1]
* JK Rowling et al are crazy litigious [2][3]
* JK seems to endorse/praise fan collections of stuff, but the team come down hard on people trying to sell that commercially. [2] That does, however, seem to be for publishing books eg. fan fact books.
