christoff12

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by christoff12 1y ago
crayons vs colored pencils
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by christoff12 2y ago
This is oddly relevant to me as someone who has HN bookmarked and is also pursuing a Master of Accounting so that I can sit for the CPA exam this year. I'm mildly annoyed that I'm met with a "Book a Call" CTA when I clic
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by christoff12 2y ago
Love the PMF journey -- good luck!
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by christoff12 2y ago
You'd be surprised at how useful Stack Overflow and ChatGPT can be at helping to illuminate knowledge gaps. I've found that one of the harder aspects of being unguided is figuring out the unknown unknowns. You might stumble into a
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by christoff12 2y ago
The key is to figure out what your learning process looks like. For example, I discovered early on that I learn in three phases: 1. I get exposed to something (a concept, a process, etc); basically discover that something exists. 2. I then
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by christoff12 2y ago
dbt isn't going anywhere. It's the standard. That said, SQLMesh and other tools are pretty interesting and I look forward to new growth in the space.
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by christoff12 2y ago
I built the first half of my career as "a guy who knows SQL" (and Excel macros but I digress). I then rode the early wave of Analytics Engineering. dbt is kinda like Vite (dbt = data build tool) for folks working with data warehou
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by christoff12 2y ago
I didn't see it mentioned so wanted to add that it's possible that ADHD's impact on working memory[1] leads to issues with long term memory[2]. Basically, we struggle with holding stuff in RAM which corrupts writes to disk. T
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by christoff12 2y ago
nice!
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by christoff12 3y ago
One of the first products I enjoyed using after learning about startups in general, and yc in particular, was Posterous[1] specifically for this feature. Very cool. [1] https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/posterous
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by christoff12 3y ago
I really enjoyed the analogy.
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by christoff12 3y ago
But this isn't redefining the term. Running experiments to discover what's most important, then focusing on building to solve for that is the whole point. If you get far enough along where you're not able to iterate with well
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by christoff12 3y ago
I'm a big believer in easy no code abstractions without black box restrictions on the code underneath, particularly for "power users" who run into the limitations of no code tools after a few iterations (particularly on a cos
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by christoff12 3y ago
I've been waiting on Xata to allow a direct SQL connection to the underlying db to take advantage of the Postgres connector in Plasmic for rapid product development -- that Teable allows this is a killer feature for me.
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by christoff12 6y ago
This is very neat; appreciate the breakdown.
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by christoff12 7y ago
Quasar is new to me, I'll have to check it out. Of course, my preferred method is not writing any front end js if I can avoid it, but I do prefer Vue to React.
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Slender Stack Development(medium.com)
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by christoff12 8y ago
“The Union said that the ETIAS visa is valid for three years and allows Americans to enter the Schengen Area as many times as necessary.” > if I’m understanding this correctly, it’ll make things easier for nomads
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by christoff12 8y ago
Methinks you underestimate carpentry and plumbing as professions. I agree that this is a great way to unearth some talent trying to break through.