Love the team over at 8base, incredible customer support, and an even more impressive product. I really love how easy it is to get up and running. Much better tooling/ui/workflow than appsync/amplify.
As a founder of a tele-health technology company, and I can say from my vantage point that this type of service is the future. We are just waiting for the payers, both private and government, to catch up, as well as appropriate legislation to be changed/enacted.
Cops are in a weird place. People don't like them until they need them. I work with a lot of cops and most of them are good (and yes they can occasionally get overreaching) but that generalization widens the divide between on-duty police officers and civilians. I would say if we treated them like I get treated being part time Military (hand shaken, dinners, etc) that they will be better people. You'll also see less of this.
Humans like positive situations, they like being praised, they like feeling loved and needed. They will defend the things they hold dear.
I live in Nashville and I have lived in Chattanooga and I definitely don't share your sentiment. Maybe it's not obvious to you, but there are some phenomenal happenings here.
"If you want to see a traditionally conservative, "sleeper tech city" look no further than Greenville, SC. Greenville has recently (in the last 7 years) entered a rapid development phase with numerous tech startups, co-work facilities, etc"