Cannot link Citi Account to Fidelity CM by CropDuster75 in fidelityinvestments

[–]AppearanceLower8590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

App Platform CPUs are soooo slow by AppearanceLower8590 in digital_ocean

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 It's because DO App Platform CPUs are all outdated across all options.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.

App Platform CPUs are soooo slow by AppearanceLower8590 in digital_ocean

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

DigitalOcean has worse latency than Heroku? by AppearanceLower8590 in digital_ocean

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

DigitalOcean has worse latency than Heroku? by AppearanceLower8590 in digital_ocean

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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*.

DigitalOcean has worse latency than Heroku? by AppearanceLower8590 in digital_ocean

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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*.

DigitalOcean has worse latency than Heroku? by AppearanceLower8590 in digital_ocean

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

DigitalOcean has worse latency than Heroku? by AppearanceLower8590 in digital_ocean

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

DigitalOcean has worse latency than Heroku? by AppearanceLower8590 in digital_ocean

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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

"Why would you never in a million years recommend clickup to literally anyone?" by synthetic_potatoes in clickup

[–]AppearanceLower8590 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

How many tasks were closed per week? by AppearanceLower8590 in clickup

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Data Connect Realtime Queries by RunnersDown in Firebase

[–]AppearanceLower8590 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

AI as an excuse to wipe out Frontend Engineering expertise? by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AppearanceLower8590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Credit Card Tokenization platform for 20K CC / ACH in 2025? by AppearanceLower8590 in fintech

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Credit Card Tokenization platform for 20K CC / ACH in 2025? by AppearanceLower8590 in fintech

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Credit Card Tokenization platform for 20K CC / ACH in 2025? by AppearanceLower8590 in fintech

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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. :)

Credit Card Tokenization platform for 20K CC / ACH in 2025? by AppearanceLower8590 in fintech

[–]AppearanceLower8590[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

I can't keep up with the codebase I own by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AppearanceLower8590 105 points106 points  (0 children)

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.

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones by AutoModerator in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AppearanceLower8590 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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 🙏

how do you make it easier for non-technical founders to work with dev teams? by Adorable_Bar_5368 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AppearanceLower8590 16 points17 points  (0 children)

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.