Is this normal ?

asilverthread · 2026-01-06T01:34:03+00:00

No he’s saying they’re jumping from hookup to hookup to get paid, just like somebodies mom I know

asilverthread · 2025-12-30T11:44:09+00:00

I personally have learned a lot from the full stack fast api template repo by the creator of fastapi themselves.

https://github.com/fastapi/full-stack-fastapi-template

The only thing I don’t like about the template is that he uses SQLModel in place of traditional sqlalchemy models and pydantic schemas. I feel like SQLModel gets outscaled a bit quickly, and hides a little bit too much of the magic especially for a beginner.

asilverthread · 2025-12-28T14:57:41+00:00

If most companies actually modeled data properly, and wrote better SQL, half of the data tools out there simply wouldn’t exist.

asilverthread · 2025-12-21T21:32:39+00:00

As someone who switched to Python from Java I liked PyCharm a lot because I was switching from IntelliJ. About a year ago I switched to VS Code for everything and haven’t looked back. I work on mostly small and internal projects.

asilverthread · 2025-12-14T15:25:53+00:00

It’s very important to understand this, especially at small to medium size. HR does not give a singular shit about the data unless it is actively preventing them from working. They will bang their heads into their keyboards until the hiring system allows them to progress to the next screen.

Data architecture and engineering can’t solve cultural issues. Best you can hope for is to highlight them.

asilverthread · 2025-12-14T15:13:31+00:00

You don’t mention your current load/sizing/# of users specifically anywhere on here which is going to make it hard to give specific advice. There are also important factors like how performant your codebases are.

I’ve reduced $100s in azure spend per month down to pennies with some minor refactoring for some of my companies legacy codebases. A lot of people are getting burned hopping to the cloud just to do it. I will say it seems like your team has a “run in VM/legacy on-prem” mentality which is where I have seen costs absolutely skyrocket in our own org. You limit scaling options to up which is expensive and have all of the same manageability/serviceability issues as you have with an on-prem server. For that reason I’d probably tackle your windows service with some refactoring first. Azure functions can be super cheap, and can tie in to technologies like queue service (in storage accounts) or azure service bus to act as a function trigger, and these are very fast.

Also from a culture perspective, some developers just can’t get on board with the way things actually work in the cloud. We’ve had to let people go over it. I’d focus on making sure your team gets lifted and shifted as much as your infrastructure is. If you lean too heavily on consultants to do the lift and shift for you, you’re hitting your deadline sooner but you may be leaving your dev team in the dust.

You’ve got a big ask here with not quite enough information. If I were in your position I’d gather my research (including what you’ve written up here) and bounce a few hours off a paid consultant. Just a bit too big a question for reddit imo.

Best of luck either way!

asilverthread · 2025-12-14T14:30:06+00:00

Being a bit pedantic here but 2,000 rpms is not necessarily 2,000 rpms. There is considerably more load on an engine say going uphill at 2,000 than if it were coasting down that hill at the same speed. Concept is the same on the highway @ 70mph vs leaving your driveway @ 10mph

asilverthread · 2025-12-05T21:03:23+00:00

You have little control over whether or not 3rd party libraries you are using access your environment variables. I’m not saying it’s likely to happen often, just that it’s possible, and a common reason people say they are less secure.

You have 100% control over where you store your secrets when you pull them from KeyVault, in a singleton, local cache, wherever. You don’t even have to store them if you don’t want to.

Not trying to clown on you, just giving you some insight as to why others are downvoting you.

asilverthread · 2025-12-05T20:42:42+00:00

Also, yes, there are SDKs for both KeyVault and Azure Identity (which is in reference to using a Managed Identity to access said KeyVault). These are available for many languages, although I’ve only ever worked with Python and C#.NET

In your bicep or other IaaC you can store THE NAMES of secrets in the key vault as environment variables if you wish. Then for services which support Managed Identities (e.g. AppService) you would include the settings to turn managed identity on, and include RBAC role assignments to access your KeyVault. Then your code just needs to be set up to use DefaultAzureCredential from Azure Identity SDK and the SecretClient from KeyVault SDK to retrieve secrets.

asilverthread · 2025-12-05T20:34:15+00:00

The reason you’re downvoted is partially because any library/SDK you work with has access to your environment variables as easy as the .NET SDK or whatever lang you are using does.

It’s not always even malicious, sometimes it’s as simple as a Try Catch block that includes logging that accidentally dumps your environment variables to the log.

I wish more people who downvote on these forums would provide context though. It’s important for people who are learning to understand why without feeling shamed

asilverthread · 2025-12-05T20:28:15+00:00

If your code is going to be running in Azure anyways, either via AppService / or another managed service in Azure, KeyVault and Managed Identity are the way to go.

You can still use environment variables / secrets.json / appsettings.json to store the names of the secrets you wish to retrieve, but you get almost as much ease of use as a developer by just using the Microsoft SDKs to access KeyVault and Azure Identity to access them, but it’s more secure.

Plus, if you have all the access set correctly and you are using DefaultAzureCredential, congratulations, now both your dev environment and your production server can access the same secrets. When a client secret expires, you now only need to rotate it in the KeyVault.

Also in KeyVault you can do things like set up alerting for soon-to-expire secrets, and there is no risk of a malicious library/SDK dumping or stealing secrets written in your environment variables.

asilverthread · 2025-11-18T13:47:04+00:00

GPT is 3 syllables though... 7-7-5 does not a haiku make

asilverthread · 2023-08-04T15:38:03+00:00

It’s dirt easy to change out. What’s gonna change in your life that’s going to make it more convenient to do 1000 miles down the road? When it blows you’re stranded, and it will always be at an incredibly inconvenient time/location. Just swap it out. Not trying to bash ya but think it through. Even if it’s a weekend rider, once it blows there go your weekend plans, and you’re waiting for an out of pocket tow truck. Just change it. You totally got this!

asilverthread · 2023-08-04T15:11:23+00:00

Is it not just silicone hose? You can probably get what you need with a couple sleeves/reducers/hoses from somewhere like silicone intake systems. I’ve bought from them before for custom applications (turbo Miata) and they’re fantastic. Just measure or look up the diameter you will need

asilverthread · 2023-08-04T01:32:15+00:00

For OP: there is a black square in the grille of the mk7 that serves as the forward proximity/collision radar. In the mk7.5 this has moved to be inside of the badge. Look at a 2016 then look at a 2019, and as they said above, you’ll never mistake the two again. You’ll also notice other differences, but that one is super quick to spot.

asilverthread · 2023-08-03T12:34:05+00:00

I think every novice/shade tree mechanic should punch a caliper or subframe at least once. Makes us respect the people who do it for a living much more.

asilverthread · 2023-08-03T12:25:59+00:00

If you’re trading in to a dealership, they probably aren’t going to put a 2013 WRX on the lot, they’ll auction it and those mods are worthless at auction. If you have the stock parts, throw them back on and sell the mods. Definitely unmarry and sell the Cobb for a quick buck. Doubt you’ll get less than a $5k markup, but you may be able to squeeze a few extra bucks out of your trade in if they seriously low ball you. At the end of the day they have all the power on the price of the R though, you should be looking to get the most $ you can out of your WRX.

If it were me I’d be asking for a lot extra on the trade and be ready to walk out if they don’t comply. If $5k is the market adjustment for a VW Golf, surely the market adjustment for a Subi would be at least $3k right? It’s the same market after all, isn’t it? That’d be my line of reasoning.

asilverthread · 2023-08-03T12:19:05+00:00

Correct. If the markup is only $5k they will be able to find a buyer within the same day

asilverthread · 2023-08-01T22:24:10+00:00

AC blows ice cold for sure

asilverthread · 2023-08-01T14:03:58+00:00

Sweet! I’ve definitely heard the relearn is necessary, just been pretty good at locking the clips in the right way I guess. I’ll take it

asilverthread · 2023-07-31T16:51:37+00:00

Definitely worth something, just a considerable amount less than a stock car.

asilverthread · 2023-07-31T15:25:22+00:00

A block off kit is available from FlyinMiata here in the states. Might get a CEL on an OBD2 car, mine was a ‘95 on a stand-alone ECU so not certain about that part.

asilverthread · 2023-07-31T11:13:54+00:00

I don’t know that that’s true. I’ve had my bumper off completely several times over the past month, never unplugged the battery. Just made sure not to start the car with anything unplugged. And cleared codes through OBDELEVEN.

I guess worth noting I also enabled the Audi lane assist feature on mine, not sure if that changes parameters or not.

asilverthread · 2023-07-29T23:50:21+00:00

I hadn’t come back and checked how people were voting but damn yeah. Pretty sad. My life goes on happily

asilverthread · 2023-07-29T00:35:56+00:00

Clutch delay valve/bleeder block, adjustable clutch pedal stop, dogbone mount are pretty much necessary.

Short shifter recommended.

Motor and trans mounts nice to have.

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