jarl-ragnar

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by jarl-ragnar 5mo ago
I think this misses one of the key points of Elixir, Phoenix and LiveView. How do your benchmarks look when under load? How does each handle 1000 concurrent users or 10,000 etc. In Elixir each LiveView has its own process, how does Django h
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Show HN: Free browser-based vector tile inspector – paste any MVT/PBF URL(marinecharts.io)
2 points by jarl-ragnar 6mo ago|0 comments
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by jarl-ragnar 7mo ago
We binned any form of coding questions or take home task. Our preference now is to focus on architectural concepts and ability to apply those to a problem. So, as happened last week, if I’m interviewing for an Elixir dev I’m going to be int
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by jarl-ragnar 8mo ago
Maritime vector charts for use in mapping applications https://marinecharts.io Current coverage is the US, more countries coming soon.
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by jarl-ragnar 8mo ago
It is. I’ve found it so useful I created an Elixir library to act as a cache in front on a pmtiles file. https://hex.pm/packages/ex_pmtiles
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by jarl-ragnar 1y ago
I just use Quickbooks. Takes a little getting used to but I can just give my accountant access and they can get what they need to prepare the end of year accounts for filing.
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by jarl-ragnar 1y ago
There was a similar project in the UK back in the 90’s aimed at using remote sensing to detect mass graves in Bosnia.
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by jarl-ragnar 2y ago
A mix of cursor and claude. I’ve just used cursor to help me write a radar data visualisation tool using SwiftUI and Metal. Never used either before. In essence I treated it like a junior dev who already knew the tech stack. So tell it what
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by jarl-ragnar 2y ago
I followed a similar approach recently to create map layers with Sentinel-2 imagery. Webp encoded tiles extracted from the CoGs available on AWS then embedded within a pmtiles file. I was seeing almost an order of magnitude reduction in fil
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by jarl-ragnar 2y ago
I’d recommend listening to Lenny’s podcast.
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by jarl-ragnar 2y ago
Clojurescript. I used it to build an MVP proof of concept for work and now have to watch a small team re-write it using Typescript and Angular They’re still not at feature parity with 2x the team, 2x the time and 3x the lines of code.
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by jarl-ragnar 2y ago
Sounds as much a problem of too many Product Managers all trying to make a mark so they can progress their career. Hence features keep getting added or re-designed.
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by jarl-ragnar 2y ago
Completely agree. Though I’ve also found an Elixir backend works well because of the power of the Beam VM.
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by jarl-ragnar 3y ago
That’s pretty much the destination I’ve arrived at though in my case via the Elixir route.
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by jarl-ragnar 3y ago
I’ve been impressed with Elixir. At my current gig it’s easily replaced a bunch of java microservices using RabbitMQ as the messaging backbone that struggled to handle the workload. To try and handle the load we kept upping the hardware spe
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by jarl-ragnar 3y ago
I did something similar to this last year. Went from site Engineering manager at a multi-national aerospace company to IC role and don’t regret it. I did resign, and started in a software architect role at a smaller company. Did that for a
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Scrum master – like being a nanny for adults(dailymail.co.uk)
3 points by jarl-ragnar 3y ago|1 comments
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by jarl-ragnar 3y ago
Can’t argue with that assessment.
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by jarl-ragnar 3y ago
Elixir and Phoenix Liveview. It really is the most productive framework I’ve found.
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by jarl-ragnar 4y ago
Watching slightly incredulous as a newly elevated CTO instigates Scrum, I was drawn back to this gem.
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by jarl-ragnar 4y ago
Any large aerospace company. Especially those that have been bought and merged with others as the sector has consolidated over the years. Having watched it from the inside of one through 4 aquire/merge cycles over 10 years I speak from
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Ask HN: Software architects – what’s your typical day look like?
222 points by jarl-ragnar 4y ago|102 comments
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by jarl-ragnar 4y ago
All project management is risk management https://www.infoq.com/presentations/risk-project-management/ Know what you’re building but risk of schedule and budget overruns - waterfall and possibly earned value manag
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by jarl-ragnar 4y ago
Start by reviewing your company process for performance management. Then follow it. At each step notify HR of your intentions. Document all meetings you have with the individual concerned and HR. Set clear achievable short term goals with
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by jarl-ragnar 4y ago
I’d encourage anyone who sets high standards for themselves and others to listen to this from Jonny Wilkinson https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-high-performance-p...
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by jarl-ragnar 4y ago
This rang so true. I recently left a large multi-national aerospace company where I and my team had developed local processes that put systems engineering first. Unfortunately our main contract was developing a component of a larger system
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by jarl-ragnar 4y ago
3 months in as the “old guy at a startup” and I can concur with a lot of this. Especially that my emoji game is weak.
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by jarl-ragnar 4y ago
I’d highly recommend Most Secret War which covers the role of Scientific Intelligence in Britain’s battle with Germany during WWII. https://www.amazon.com/Most-Secret-Penguin-World-Collection/...
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by jarl-ragnar 5y ago
No idea. I think the demo schedule drove him to find something that he could get working. To be fair, I think he was fighting not just Kotlin JS but using React within it and his own lack of web technology experience being predominantly an
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by jarl-ragnar 5y ago
One of our lead developers at work pushed this for a rush demo job last week (he’s a Kotlin advocate). He spent the week fighting with lack of documentation and has now given up and reverted to plain old javascript. I’d just use Clojurescri

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