Ask HN: When did multiple environments become standard practice?

I recently worked for a company that had a single environment, yes, even development was done against production databases. I worked there for awhile and at first, I was aghast at how weird it was. Then when I left and went back to multiple environments; I am again aghast at how complex it is — not to mention that there […]

Tell HN: How to get your Twitter account fubar

Six months ago, I decided to rename my business and I got the twitter account. Then, finally this past week, everything was good to go, and I updated the photos for profile/icon. For this account’s first follower, I decided to follow it from my personal account. That was a mistake, apparently. Within seconds, my account was locked and kicked out […]