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I've successfully built web platforms for multiple startups across AI, mechanical engineering and statistics.
I work with early stage startups using whatever technology is most suitable for their domain.
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Definitely, pinboard still does exactly what it's supposed to - store my bookmarks. I've got 17780 bookmarks[1] at the moment. I didn't try the auto archiving, but I happily switched to the new basic level payment model when he asked. It's been a stable part of my life for more than a decade.
I love what you're been fighting for and it's great that you're on here. I'd even accept you accepting MS tracking cookies if you're transparent about it - you have to make money and I'd rather you stay in business. But I can't see anything from this post or the answers you gave to the metro specifically refuting this [1]: "The new @DuckDuckGo browsers for iOS/Android don't block Microsoft data flows, for LinkedIn or Bing"
I actually left a top-level comment on this post that responds to the article in depth here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31557587. To be clear, though, we do block Microsoft 3rd-party cookies and their scripts are also further restricted in our browsers with additional web protections, e.g., fingerprinting protection, Global Privacy Control, referrer header trimming, etc.
What this article is talking about specifically is one web protection that the major browsers don't even attempt to do — stopping third-party tracking scripts from even loading on third-party websites. You can see that for yourself at the bottom 'tracker content blocking' section of this audit site: https://privacytests.org/ios.html
Yes he does sound stressed out, I have done similarly drastic things when I felt like he does. Going cold turkey is sometimes the only way out.
But saying that "annoying" is a very cold understated way of describing Google's actions.
I'm in awe of the work this guy has put in. Google I would hope amongst their developers would recognise that this is an important useful project.
The developer himself it appears could handle the negative comments but they clearly ground him down [1]:
> The few euros I receive in return for what's being offered and the fun of developing things are no compensation for the thousands of questions I answer every month, for unfair Play store reviews and for stress about unclear Google requirements.
Note: the stress comes from the unclear Google requirements.
If you do have any access to the Play Store (you're one degree of separation closer at least) then please ask them to find out what's going wrong.
I went through this cycle a couple of times with a mobile game.
I did something very similar, steadily played more and more, got more competitive and ended up dedicating way too much time and money to it.
Similarly the only way I managed to quit the first time was by quitting everything. Discord, uninstalling the game.
At the point I quit I actually had to make a decision - go along to the local chess club for the first time to try and make some real friends in the town where I'd moved to, or play a competitive game with my game team. I picked the chess club and I'm glad I did.
I even went back to the game after about 6 months, through one friend I made. I got very competitive again and won the lower tier of the biggest competition they created in the game (our team got something like 900 euros of in-game prizes).
However again it got too much and again the only way out was cold-turkey.
Personally for me there is no 'healthy' amount - and your personality sounds similar. Plus with these competitive games they make it so that there is no healthy amount, if you want to compete you have to spend lots of money or invest unhealthy amounts of time.
I've stopped completely now, I occasionally chat to my old team - they're still playing. It was a useful escape during a pretty depressing time.
In the end I value the friends I made, which I don't think I would have made any other way, but I'm glad I've stopped.
Yes I also think it's about my personality. I'm also highly competitive. I don't know if I would be able to play just a bit for fun.
For me the fun is in trying to be the best among my friends/discord groups, then the best of the country, then the best of the world (ofc the best of the world streams on twitch and the game is his job and main source of income)
In those 2 years I was able to go reach top20 in my country and without paying for any 1-1 coaching which is common for many to keep improving
