Droplets on digital ocean running docker containers. That’s as portable as it gets, but it’s also very DIY. A lot of the reasons you might use a cloud provider is the wide host of services that are meant to make your life easier.
Honestly it’s been my experience with Ruby that it’s Rails that can potentially be slow. Ruby is quite fast and even has a JIT option. Rails is by design opinionated, and for some cases I’ve found that I’ve had to work extra hard to ensure performance. That means refactoring code in slightly non traditional ways and having a deeper understanding of how Rails works under the hood (esp in the ORM). So if you think you can just use Ruby+Rails out of the box in its simplest form without experience and depth of understanding: yes it might be slow. But like with all things, you can go quite far with care and experience.
The best advice I been given: “when your problems seem overwhelming, get busy solving other people’s problems. Not only will you feel good about helping others and get that feeling of productivity, seeing what others are dealing with will also give you perspective on your own problems and a renewed sense of hope and energy”. Volunteer somewhere. Help a friend out. But try to do it in person where you can get more of that human connection.
That’s very much a talk to your CPA question - because it speaks to audit risk. The IRS wants to see you pay yourself a fair salary so you are paying the appropriate payroll taxes, social security, medicare, etc. The problem is “fair” is somewhat subjective and depends on the profitability of the business as well. I’m sorry this isn’t a clear answer, but it’s just not a clear matter. Seek advice and ask “how would you defend this stance in an audit”.
This case seems to largely center around this one point: "the ISP believes that it shouldn’t have to terminate Internet access so easily. This view was supported by several telecom industry groups, who all object to disconnecting subscribers’ internet access based on copyright claims."
and they lost the case. I'm not even sure where to start!
Wonderful write up, thank you! One question I’ve been trying to answer: I’ve been seeing more QR codes in the wild using dots instead of squares, and rounded edges instead of hard corners.
All my research suggests these are reader implementation specific and not guaranteed to work per the official spec.
But I find it hard to believe these codes are becoming more prevalent if they aren’t guaranteed to read.
I’ve seen a number of low-carb breads sold in the frozen section of my local grocery store. They are closer to what you suggest. Also, I now wonder if they benefit from the freezing process in the way this study suggests.
That’s a good question (and I don’t know the answer). As a practical matter, if you’re strapped for time, having fresh meats on the ready isn’t practical. And canned/frozen aren’t great options.
The opposite holds true for many veggies because they are seasonal - for big portions of the year, canned or frozen are the best you can get. Beans/lentils, dried or canned, etc.
If your first thought was “what is The Sad Bastard Cookbook”, here’s an except (and yes, totally worth fighting for :)
“Life is hard. Some days are at the absolute limit of what we can manage. Some days are worse than that. Eating—picking a meal, making it, putting it into your facehole—can feel like an insurmountable challenge. We wrote this cookbook to share our coping strategies. It has recipes to make when you’ve worked a 16-hour day, when you can’t stop crying and you don’t know why, when you accidentally woke up an Eldritch abomination at the bottom of the ocean. But most of all, this cookbook exists to help Sad Bastards like us feel a little less alone at mealtimes.
The Sad Bastard Cookbook is funny, realistic, and kind. It’s vegetarian/vegan. It’s a community-built project. And the e-book is free. It’s hard to survive late capitalism and we want to help.”
I had a production domain with a 10 year paid registration go down 6 years in because of outdated Whois and Domain contact information. Lesson #1 - there is nothing like the false security of set it and forget it.
I agree both ways work! I'm curious what about the many small bets worked in your case. It would be great to have a framework for "when to focus" and "when to diversify".