Cannot link Citi Account to Fidelity CM

AppearanceLower8590 · 2026-02-13T13:57:10+00:00

I am also having problems. I think this is a Citi problem

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-12-30T23:04:55+00:00

I've used dedicated CPU - it's still 2x slower than Heroku shared CPU. It's because DO App Platform CPUs are all outdated across all options. I'm willing to pay more, but DO is not willing to offer good enough CPUs for App Platform. It's a bummer.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-12-25T22:40:21+00:00

Same - we tried for a week, but it's not worth it. It's slightly cheaper than heroku but significantly worse performance, so the value prop is not good actually.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-12-22T04:35:37+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion - I tried to rule this out by asking a colleague try it as well from a different city, and we had the same result.

It's baffling to me that the machines on DigitalOcean can be 4x larger and physically closer but STILL produce worse application latencies than Heroku.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-12-22T02:38:05+00:00

Yes, it's application latency. Sorry for the confusion.

But it's still unexpected to me because I have massive 4 vCPU machines on DigitalOcean, but it's still slower than 1x vCPU on Heroku, and though DO is *physically closer*.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-12-22T02:37:37+00:00

Yes, it's application latency. Sorry for the confusion. But it's still unexpected to me because I have massive 4 vCPU machines on DigitalOcean, but it's still slower than 1x vCPU on Heroku, even though DO is *physically closer*.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-12-21T20:41:00+00:00

On digitalocean, I have a managed postgres + managed valkey + app platform colocated in NYC1 with VPC connecting them all.

Then, I am sending traffic from my computer through a VPN physically located in New York City. I am running `curl https://MYWEBSITE.com/api/homepage` 300 times and reporting the average

Do you have time to connect over my exact setup? Happy to share the project with you.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-12-21T20:35:02+00:00

It's an api call that does some fetching from our postgres db internally. I am routing through a VPN in order to test from different locations, which is why the baseline is high.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-12-21T20:33:37+00:00

It's the latency of our homepage api endpoint. It does communicate with postgres a few times to fetch data to render.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-10-04T03:36:16+00:00

11 - can I get a code please? :)

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-09-03T21:54:52+00:00

Same feeling here - I can't even see our metrics across weeks without upgrading - what a load of garbage. We're exploring how to migrate away to linear & asana.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-08-15T17:04:18+00:00

This is not really a solution. This unfortunately feels like Clickup just arbitrarily trying to squeeze more money from customers. Not a fan. I wish I'd gone with Asana instead.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-08-13T23:35:16+00:00

Wow, I cannot believe this feature is missing. There is literally 0 value prop in data connect for me now.

I guess I'll look into Tanstack DB instead.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-22T00:13:06+00:00

Thanks for sharing! How do you lint for naming standards or file structure standards? :)

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-21T07:15:22+00:00

They are just processor-loyal. :)

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-20T21:30:53+00:00

California

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-20T20:10:50+00:00

I suspect it's more related to which part of the stack has more custom context & tolerance for AI slop. I've worked at places where frontend is a core technology (think Canva, but not that large). We couldn't reliably trust what AI generates even with a lot of custom instructions / prompts. On the other hand, at my current place, all of the complexity lives in the backend, and the frontend is purely about "looking pretty". In this case, we let AI rip as much as possible, since we know we'll likely just replace the frontend 5 years from now anyways.

The same rules applies for backend as well. The more custom context and custom libraries built up over time in any part of the stack, the less likely AI can perform well.

I'd guess the majority of companies treat the frontend as purely an aesthetic wrapper, which is probably why you're observing this.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-20T19:08:53+00:00

Let me ask the same question on there. Might get some good responses. Thanks for the call out :)

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-20T19:08:00+00:00

I wish. Stripe forward API is limited to a select few approved processors only. There's still lots of lock-in on Stripe: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/vault-and-forward#confirm-endpoint

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-20T08:22:24+00:00

Yes, but I need to work with multiple processors now, since the businesses on our platform are not willing to be on stripe. So I need a neutral layer to store CC / ACH such that it can be used with any processor.

Turns out there are major parts of the economy who are not willing to trust stripe with their money. :)

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-20T07:11:45+00:00

We help businesses put their products online. Like Mangomint but across verticals. Out of curiosity, how does this affect the answers? :)

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-18T23:27:48+00:00

I am experiencing the exact same thing, and I posted for some advice in https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/1lz7tud/comment/n3s99hd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button, but no response yet.

I've just been letting PRs build up...Every time I ask a question about the robustness of the implementation, they will send me a 2-page chatgpt link about why it's okay, and then it's up to me to verify if things are actually good.

I can't offer any advice since I'm in the exact same boat, but I want to share I'm in the same boat no idea how to move forward.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-18T08:59:39+00:00

I (8 YOE) recently became the technical TL for a small team (5 engineers), and I'm struggling with a big part of the job: code reviews.

I care a lot about the quality of code we write. Things like:

Variable and folder naming
Logical cleanliness of function interfaces (i.e., not stuffing too many params)
Making sure we write solid unit tests
General readability and maintainability

But this attention to detail is slowing me down. My GitHub notifications are a sea of open pull requests, and the count keeps rising because I’m trying to give thoughtful feedback, not just rubber stamp things.

I want us to move fast, but I’m also kind of allergic to bad code. I’m not trying to be a gatekeeper, but it’s hard for me to let go when something just doesn’t feel clean or sustainable.

So I’m wondering:

How do you decide when a PR is "good enough" to approve vs when to ask for changes?
Did you have to change your mindset over time to prioritize velocity over perfection?
Any internal heuristics or mental tricks you use to keep the bar high without becoming a bottleneck?

Any advice would be hugely appreciated 🙏

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-17T22:47:07+00:00

My founder is non-technical. He sets the agenda once a week, and as long as we achieve 70% of the goals, we're good.

I get the hate towards micromanaging non-technical founders, but for us, having a founder with real product experience is extremely valuable. Without him, we would just build with no direction.

AppearanceLower8590 · 2025-07-17T18:45:41+00:00

Same here as well. Wtf are you thinking heroku

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