There is a current effort to document and verify sourcing of parts for unmanned systems, you can read more about it here: https://www.diu.mil/blue-uas/framework
There are some related efforts to boost domestic manufacturing. I do not disagree and think we have a very long way to go.
I call it fast-food software, but that doesn’t mean everyone holds the tool in the same way, the collaboration and use of an assistant to research or modify specific things is the key value-add.
But many people will use unrestrained tool-enabled agents to do all of their work. And so be it, there’s already bad software out there, always has been. It’s easier to make and distribute software. It’s high calorie and tastes great and is FAST.
But you have to hope it will be more of a tool than a full meal.
We're hiring full time engineers and engineering management to work on HashiCorp tools such as Terraform, Vagrant, Packer, Vault, Consul & Nomad. Our engineering team (~30 people) is remote and has been from the start.
They don't get enough credit for their humour. The covers sometimes have me cutting them off and hanging them on the wall – a great recent example was the "Hiyatollah!" cover.
My old roommate just emailed me about this, he and his girlfriend are both working on the project. One thing they noted:
> The project is getting kicked out of our current building in November. We are looking for a new home for a few months. Somewhere in the south bay. Light industrial facility would be great but some office space with some large open areas (former cube farm) would work too. An aircraft hanger would be awesome....but we are not holding our breath....any decent space will do. Please get in touch if you have such a space / know someone / can pull some strings :).
They are also having a 'Friends don't let friends build alone' day in Mountain View in early october. Email me (profile) and I'll forward it along if you're interested!
I think you're absolutely correct about the writers having potentially equitable quality, but I would challenge the following statement:
> The publication is less relevant as an institution and a brand
Journalism, and journalists, need to be trusted to deliver researched and verifiable content. This seems to be enforced because of reputation – i.e, the reputation of a publication.
When an organization does what BuzzFeed does to earn eyeballs, dollars and readership, it makes you question what they would do in more serious, "important" topics, such as describing world events to future voters.
I have trouble trusting BuzzFeed as an organization, as with Vice, due to this "trashiness". I think we all should.
BMO has American dollar accounts[1]. That way, you can convert only what you need. Or, when you feel is the best time due to rate fluctuations and so on.
Additionally, if you ever travel and spend money in the US, you can spend in US currency, again avoiding exchange rates.
Terraform saves partial state as it creates resources for these exact scenarios.
In your example, Terraform would create and save the ID of the server to state before going along to create the DNS record. If the DNS record failed to create for some external reason, the next `terraform apply` you ran would simply refresh the server and go on to create the DNS record.
Additionally, Tugboat[1] will be moving from my github account over to the 'boats' org and using the new API. If you're interested in helping with an existing project (such as Tugboat or Barge), or a new one, please let me know!
In my personal experience, and from watching others, the lock-in and absorption in your work comes with a succession of tasks and exertion, towards a meditation of sorts. You don't simply "fall in" to this state, but rather makes a concerted effort in reaching it.
> is it something you must be born with?
A motivation to reach this state, to keep trying and pursuing it, may be a fact of your nature. Or, it is an understanding of what your work will create. Fame, money, fulfillment – extrinsic motivators that drive you towards a definitive conclusion.
To meditate in your work might just require you to find your motivator.
To paraphrase the Bhagavad_Gita "you are not guaranteed the fruits of your labor, but you are guaranteed your labor."
For me flow is achieved most effortlessly when the problem is interesting and I have the tools necessary to attack it.
Extrinsic motivation is simply a non - factor in this case. To the degree that it may or may not exist and is immaterial to the labor at hand.
On the purpose of a tight feedback loop. The magic of the repl is a perfect implementation of a flow like feedback loop. Unfortunately my language of choice doesn't utilize it.
There are some related efforts to boost domestic manufacturing. I do not disagree and think we have a very long way to go.