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by dzonga 9mo ago
having an embedded column database for analytics in your traditional db is a massive win for productivity + operations simplicity. at the moment I use PG + Tiger Data - couldn't find a mysql equivalent so this as one.
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by dzonga 9mo ago
Anyone remember the quote by Russ Hanneman on SV [0] - "No Revenue, means you're potential pure play" We know datacenters in space - sound plausible enough - yet not practical - hence they're potential pure play - also y
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by dzonga 9mo ago
investors are panicking. however those system of record apps - will outlast most "A.I" companies - since the effective data is within their systems
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by dzonga 9mo ago
zeeker ? Wow that is news. thought Waymo was partnered with Jaguar-LandRover ?
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by dzonga 9mo ago
> It is generally believed that the next generation of computers will involve massively parallel architectures. To this day - we have only taken advantage of parallel architectures in GPUs - a lot of software still runs on single CPU thr
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by dzonga 9mo ago
> faces | sound before A.I - video calls replaced in-person - coz you could tell emotions from faces now with A.I - we're going back to an in-person world you also look at entertainment - what's getting scarce & more valuab
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by dzonga 9mo ago
could've made it in PHP ;) to be zuck-like
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by dzonga 9mo ago
> Used by smart, distractible, individuals at ..... the more I see that - the less I trust
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by dzonga 9mo ago
anything that has to do with google avoid at major cost or have an alternative ready for serious work -- don't use google & don't use google devices either
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by dzonga 9mo ago
I once wrote a swift server app - hell even did a show hn over here last time when I used Swift was v3 - and transition from v2 was a little rough. the language kept adding features becoming a baby C++ if they had invested in bringing outsi
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by dzonga 9mo ago
> The drill doesn’t ask how you’re enjoying your experience drilling. It doesn’t upsell you on premium hole-making Damn you wonder how we as a Software Industry lost the plot - hell - I have a product in e-commerce analytics one of the f
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by dzonga 9mo ago
the author thinks the inaccurate population numbers are just an African / 3rd world phenomenon - where dodgy officials inflate | understate numbers due to corruption etc same mistake - westerners keep on making - mostly of the liberal
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by dzonga 9mo ago
no wonder Tim Cook hangs around Trump a lot. Both employ mafia tactics
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by dzonga 9mo ago
Tesla has no moat - but one thing I will give to Elon is his incredible strategy in building Tesla 1. Build sports car 2. Use that money to build an affordable car 3. Use that money to build an even more affordable car 4. While doing above,
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by dzonga 9mo ago
now that's next level scumbaggery
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by dzonga 9mo ago
> We need to move the cheaper labor here Very smart & pragmatic. however political sentiment is going the other way - which is an own goal
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by dzonga 9mo ago
Insightful Comment from X - https://xcancel.com/PlumbNick/status/2016500347053773198?s=2... I was an L7, I led global AI enablement. I built systems executives depended on, moved wherever the company needed me and
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by dzonga 9mo ago
Needs to be merged with - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794995 I'm guessing coz of "A.I" when the real cause is outsourcing
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by dzonga 9mo ago
maybe its just me doing stuff that's out the usual loop even dealing with api's that have MCP servers the so called agents make a mess of everything. my stuff is just regular data stuff - ingest data from x - transform it | make i
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by dzonga 9mo ago
at one point Taxes in the US were 70-90%. did the people ever leave ? NO
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by dzonga 9mo ago
in short learn by doing.
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by dzonga 9mo ago
you remove "managers" then simply rate of output goes up. specially the middle managers i.e engineering managers, senior engineering manager, director of engineering duh duh there's less coordination to do - to keep managers
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by dzonga 9mo ago
exactly my thoughts as well - if LLM really were massive productive booms - then we would see the number of bugs in major software platforms going down - we would see more features - but neither is happening so yeah we're being sold a
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by dzonga 9mo ago
or stick with known frameworks documented - so you don't have to pay for this nonsense since they're likely telling you things you know if you test and write your own code. oh - writing your own code is a thing of the past - a.i
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by dzonga 9mo ago
yeah -- this is all made on assumption you're running a b2b | b2c saas you know the ones were a customer pays you less than $1k a year
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by dzonga 9mo ago
buy a domain. only register i.e form an LTD | LLC when the company can generate predictable revenue for at least 2 months. nothing is a nightmare - dealing with issues for an LLC that can't pay its own bills and being forced to file fo
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by dzonga 9mo ago
cz as successful YC is - the graveyard is littered with thousands of graves in each batch only 2 - 3 startups really work out and make it big.
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by dzonga 9mo ago
but don't buy a Google Pixel. such shitty phones. battery will explode on you, they overheat - it will try store your photos in 5 different places
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by dzonga 9mo ago
if AI reall worked for software engineering then all these bugs would've been fixed
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by dzonga 9mo ago
fenix 5 - I have one too - within the 6+ years I have had mine - some people have replaced their Apple Watches 2 - 3 times maybe for a light weight version I will go for a gshock

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