After scrapping a plan to more than double the property taxes of owners of Airbnbs and other such short-term rental properties, Douglas County officials are struggling to explain what comes next. What they are not saying is that Air...
This is what Airbnb is working on now. The micro and macroservice hybrid model focuses on the unification of APIs. Monorepo vs. Microrepo. Which is the best? Why do different companies choose different options? Monorepo isn't new; Linux and Windows were both created using Monorepo. To impr...
What is an Offer? When referring to the Contracts Act, 1950, the first element within a contract should be related to the offer. An offer is defined as a promise, outlined by specific terms and conditions. Demonstrated by a willingness to enter into an agreement alongside another party. Ther...
The tools provided to the developer are there to make sure that they have all the things needed to build the application (languages, frameworks, libraries, dependencies), as well as making sure that their software stack aligns to what is expected by operations once the application eventually gets...
Being a humanitarian worker doesn't mean that there isn't more to our lives. Plurality is what this website is about. I want to talk about humanitarian work, explain why it's more than just a job and how it affects someone's entire being and their lives.
One of the biggest technology megatrends being witnessed is the move to a SaaS-based model for consumer services. The SaaS model has proven itself with Netflix, Uber, Airbnb in the consumer world and with Salesforce in the enterprise. The business benefits of executing a successful business pl...
“I have a pretty townhouse centrally located in Atlanta. When I joinedHome Exchange, it cost $85 a year and the website is set up much like Airbnb. But instead of submitting money you email someone and ask if they would like to trade. It can be simultaneous non simultaneous or just ...
Spider-Man Strikes Backis the dictionary definition of inessential, but I do enjoy the conclusion where, for very little reason other than what must have been cheap access to a backlot, Spidey fights the bad guys in an old Western town....
But if I had a partner I’d definitely worry about what he would think about me travelling solo. It obviously takes a lot of courage and trust on both sides in that situation. This makes me want to be more open to finding a guy, just needs to be one who is on board with the ...
What’s your secret? Carney:We have made a deal with Satan, Beelzebub [laughs]. You know, I think that we wouldn’t be having this conversation if Dan and I had not taken the break. The true trick to our success is a few things: one of them is that we felt successful years and...