I have this exact build of MacBook Air and in day to day use browsing the web, doing some light coding, and connecting to Kubernetes clusters hosted in the cloud, I don't really notice. There is definitely some disk swapping occurring but you don't really notice it in small amounts due to how fast the SSDs are.
Would I recommend the 8GB of RAM to someone who wants to use it as their primary development machine or for heavy photo editing, absolutely not. Would I say it's OK for casual use, yes.
Do I think Apple is being stingy considering their incremental cost for an extra 4GB or 8GB of RAM in the base model would be tiny, yes.
I always thought the sums people were paying for MBAs was absolutely outrageous. In tech I feel like MBAs can actually work against you and can be perceived as a red flag. I knew someone a decade ago who paid I believe $120k to Duke Fuqua for a mostly online MBA that also required travel to multiple international destinations. This was a person in their late 20s.
Battery preconditioning for DC fast charging is available on some CCS cars as well and is getting more common. Sometimes it's manually trigger-able and sometimes it's integrated into navigation.
Exercising NSOs generates taxable income on the difference between the exercise price and the Fair Market Value (FMV) as determined by the current 409A valuation.
Exercising ISOs does not generate taxable income nor immediate capital gains when the option is exercised, but you will generate capital gains in the future on the difference between the sold price and the strike price when you sell your exercised options. If you are higher income, which is common if you work for a startup on the product and engineering teams, the difference between the strike price and the FMV when exercising the option counts towards AMT calculations.
It's common to pay AMT when exercising ISOs but you do generate AMT credits that can be used in future tax years when your taxable income and capital gains are below the threshold for triggering AMT.
The vast majority of candidates below the VP level will not be successful in negotiating the exercise window. Certainly not a startup past the seed round.
Also this title is clickbait, no one forced this person to pay anything. Walking away from equity for free is always an option that some people take.
Thanks for the information! I am tempted to upgrade my 2018 when the next revision (M1X or M2?) Mac mini comes out to improve the display refresh rate issues.
I have a 2018 Mac Mini driving two 4K displays with Display Port over USB-C cables. I previously was driving 2 x 24" 2K displays (same cables) and had no performance problems. Once I upgraded to the 4K displays I've observed very noticeable display draw performance issues. It's not enough for me to give up the 4K displays but I'm wondering if this is improved on the current M1 Mac mini?
Fluentd (https://www.fluentd.org) is a great alternative to Logstash that I've had a lot of success with. It is easy to pair with Elasticsearch and Kibana and myriad other inputs and outputs.
I also remember the extremely poor customer service provided by taxi cabs. Dirty cars, rude drivers who acted as if they were doing you a favor instead of engaging in a business transaction. The taxi cartels are no better than Uber and Lyft corporations for sure.
Would I recommend the 8GB of RAM to someone who wants to use it as their primary development machine or for heavy photo editing, absolutely not. Would I say it's OK for casual use, yes.
Do I think Apple is being stingy considering their incremental cost for an extra 4GB or 8GB of RAM in the base model would be tiny, yes.