Unfortunately you just have to avoid it. Wheat, flour and bread isn't processed well in the US. For grains and beans, soak them for 10 minutes in baking soda or 5 minutes in activated charcoal. It doesn't get rid of everything, but it's a solution.
I learned this lesson the hard way. I worked for a company that had a huge culture problem. I made the mistake of telling the truth to HR about it, and suddenly I started going from beyond excellent performance reviews to strangely poor performance reviews about my "personality" without any explanation (and even resistance when I tried to ask about it). They were slowly documenting enough negative evidence to let me go. Unfortunately New York is an "at-will" state, so I could never file a wrongful termination suit. The power is one-sided.
One of my favorite things about this article is it's a dad (with a spouse who also works), talking about how important his family is to him and his struggles to have both family and work (AKA "having it all" when some women talk about the same thing). It's refreshing, because it shows that wanting to be both a caregiver and a breadmaker for your family isn't just a women's issue. I wish more articles would come out like this.
This is kind of awesome. Really great landing page. Great testimonials - makes me feel like if I use it, I know many others will already have it (or will easily adopt when I share it). Screenshots are perfect - I know exactly what I'm getting myself into. You guys turned some great insight into a great product. Can't wait to use it myself.
Parse actually seems pretty developer-focused. So does Syncano, except their free tier is limited. I believe they're changing that, though. Pubnub, Kinvey, etc. all seem to target more enterprise clients.
It'll be interesting to see what Google does with firebase. There are already alternatives out there - but question is - which of them will succeed next?
You might want to check out Syncano for real-time apps/data storage. If you're looking just to do just push notifications, check out PubNub. I believe both are independently owned. And yeah, bummer about the whole Google thing.
We actually started using Docker a few months ago and it really sped up our deployment process. It's not only incredibly faster than using virtual machines for testing; it allows you to host multiple apps on one server and to have all versions of your app ready to download and run. More info at http://www.syncano.com/reasons-use-docker/
