Not invented here Sonar.1

This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lp2qCWa9CH0
Discussion and more at http://www.dmalenko.org/blog/2019/6/nih-27-one-level-deeper

In this episode Dima discusses how going deeper down the technology stack can give a company an important advantage over its competitors.

This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HhVDp0in4rE
Discussion and more at http://www.dmalenko.org/blog/2018/04/nih-26-unlimited-online-backup

A particular example of limitations of an unlimited service: Backblaze is a great service, but the way it markets itself as “unlimited online backup” is a fair bit of exaggeration.

This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ImH4lOtVflU
Discussion and more at http://www.dmalenko.org/blog/2018/02/nih-25-infinite-amount-of-something

We all love getting infinite amount of something for a small fee. That makes all the “unlimited” plans so popular. On practice, however, those plans fairly quickly turn out not to be unlimited, infinite or lifetime and there are reasons why.

This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RuaHUd90a8I

When the way company makes money is misaligned with its values, it can sooner or later lead to decisions that may turn into a disaster of some sort. Similar to what happened to Mozilla with the Looking Glass add-on for Firefox.

* Firefox is on a slippery slope (https://drewdevault.com/2017/12/16/Firefox-is-on-a-slippery-slope.html)
* Update: Looking Glass Add-on (https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/update-looking-glass-add/)
* Mozilla and Pocket (https://twitter.com/dchest/status/942180800782635008)

This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wIoGDOxdv4Q

Masking a problem without really solving it can move the problem to a more dangerous place or time. Do you remember the story about “A a a a a Very Good Song”?

* You are finally free from the first embarrassing song on your phone: http://mashable.com/2017/08/10/blank-song-phone-car-playing-music/
* A silent, 10-minute song is climbing the iTunes charts: https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/10/silent-10-minute-song-itunes-car-stereo-trick/

Despite its popularity back in the day the song did not really solve the problem of Apple CarPlay annoyingly starting to play the very first song in the music collection, when the phone was connected to the car. It postponed that annoyance problem until 10 minutes later, when one could be driving through a busy intersection.

This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ely4wOIwn04

All modern systems are built out of components. Those components can come in different forms: 3rd-party proprietary, open source and developed in-house. Open source seems to be the most popular option nowadays and one may think that using open-source components is an all-around win. It is a win, but not all-around.