doorknobguy

I’m looking for advice on how to select a phone number that works for someone who moves a lot.

*Current state*

- I move to a different country every 3-4 years & travel a lot - I have a UK phone number - I’ll move away from UK to somewhere else

*Wants*

- Single phone number - have it for rest of my life - Receive International SMS - need for banks + application login + 2-factor) - Works with Whatsapp & Telegram - Cost is cheap end (less than $15 per month)

*Other Info*

- Don’t need any data plans. I use AirAlo and buy eSim or Local Sim whenever I move/travel

*Current Solution*

*Pros*

- I’m using a VOIP provider called Hushed - It says it doesn’t guarantee 2 factor, but it has worked with literally every single application & non North American bank. (My main bank is not in NA so doesn’t effect me) - I can get international SMS and calls - Cheap $7/mo - I can extend it forever as long as I pay

*Cons*

- Whatsapp doesn’t work with VOIP

tl;dr

- Current solution handles all requirements except Whatsapp - Do you have any suggestions?

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I'm thinking that Sublime Text could use a re-think like this.

Thoughts?

My boss always asks for 'a number, any number' to show how the team is doing.

It makes sense since every other department has numbers to back their performance but it's tough to put one together for the engineering team.

Before you say "trusting your team is enough" ... it's really not.. My team trusts one another but its no replacement for having concrete data to:

1. Show the larger org 2. Help us improve internally 3. See the effects of our changes

Any suggestions?

I'd like to fix technical debt that we have while still be able to create new features.

If needed here are some details for our system: - Systems that should've been separate are all in a single huge monolith. They integrate with each other all over the place without any proper structure. - Core functions are mostly static functions and test coverage is really low. There are no unit tests but there are some integration tests. - +200k LOC