simmschi

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by simmschi 7d ago
In the USA.
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by simmschi 3mo ago
Thanks for the pointer! I posted here before properly exploring the other themes. Really nice project. Thank you for contributing to the OSM community. >Editing geometries is out of scope for this project. Out of curiosity, may I ask why
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by simmschi 3mo ago
Hmmm, I love OSM, consume their data in my small cycling project and regularly contribute smaller fixes. But I also shy away from anything more complex than fixing attributes and meta data of existing objects. Especially editing relations,
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by simmschi 3mo ago
FINALLY! I never understood the issues PG had with hints. Running a non-trivial DB with a non-trivial schema and scale is, well, non-trivial at all. At some point the DB stops being a black box and starts being a tool that you have to know
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by simmschi 3mo ago
So, how long did it take you to go 100 customers after this pitch?
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by simmschi 4mo ago
Well, I am in the situation you are so afraid of. Chemo, radiation and other treatments suck big time, let alone the effects of the cancer itself. BUT ... this is not a binary situation, where suddenly life becomes unbearable. There's
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by simmschi 5mo ago
Totally agree, the current state of the German grid is not ideal. But I have the naive gut feeling that storage prices will also come down and we will see a similar non-political quiet revolution here as well. I.e. people and companies will
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by simmschi 5mo ago
We have a similar approach here in Germany. Anyone has the right to install a small solar system on their balcony or similar and feed up to 800W into their local grid. You just mount it and plug it into your house/apartment grid. Techn
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by simmschi 7mo ago
I'm working on Cyclonauts ( https://cyclonauts.net ), an addon for Strava to make your commute more fun. It maps your cycling activity data against the OpenStreetMap catalogue to generate all kinds of exploration statistics.
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by simmschi 10mo ago
Fully agree. I've been through a number of code red panics in my career. But somehow, even in startups with short remaining runway, "code red" rarely means anything. You still have to attend all the overhead meetings, run thr
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by simmschi 1y ago
I'm working on a cycling app that analyzes your Strava data and matches your activities to the OSM street grid. You get cool statistics which paths in your city you've already taken. The goal is to make your commute more fun :) h
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by simmschi 2y ago
These points are also useful for your own photo library. Forget about your relatives going through your stuff after you die, that doesn't matter. But which of the hundreds of photos you took over the past few years would you look at ag
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by simmschi 2y ago
I know exactly what you're talking about and have been in similar situations many times. For me it's not just limited to speech, but lots of other aspects. Sometimes it feels like being a ghost or some weird Star Trek like phase s
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by simmschi 2y ago
Have you tried the code owners feature (assuming you're on Github). IMO a good approach is to have the actual code owners (i.e. the team responsible for a specific service or library) review the PR. If they think a shallow LGTM review
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by simmschi 2y ago
"I noted, too, that some of these rejections came instantly after turning in an application. [...] I determined that I was automatically being filtered because I didn't have a college degree. Sure, the job posting says it's r
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by simmschi 2y ago
I enjoyed reading the article very much. Thanks for the write up!
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by simmschi 2y ago
Is there really anything missing from SQL? I guess adding a few semantic shortcuts like Postgres' SELECT DISTINCT ON (x) are useful. But otherwise this feels like asking what's coming next for Algebra.
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by simmschi 2y ago
I have been in a similar situation and am sorry to hear about your cofounder. From a personal perspective things should be pretty clear, no? Understand that your cofounder suddenly has a very different perspective on life and must change hi
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by simmschi 3y ago
Well if you ever run into the 'Fresh Prince of Bel Sashimi', that's my world first combination :-D
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by simmschi 3y ago
Looks like it. Which is a problem, because the Strava API Agreement ( https://www.strava.com/legal/api ) specifically prohibits you from replicating features that Strava has.
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by simmschi 3y ago
In my whole professional life (last 15y) there was not a single time where I had anything resembling a private space where I could just close the door and work in peace. The norm here in German startup world seem to be open floors. And if y
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by simmschi 3y ago
There is no magic fat generation. As you age your metabolism slows down. Mystery solved. Eat less and you'll be fine.
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by simmschi 3y ago
This behavior is probably pretty normal for anyone with a job, family and kids. I wouldn't associate it with 'revenge' though. For me 2 things help with the sleep deprivation, power naps and going to bed super early once in a
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by simmschi 3y ago
Ha, I can relate to that. What is the name of your leadership style?
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by simmschi 3y ago
Worked in various startups as Engineer, Architect, VPE, CTO, CPO, Founder. Super hands-on, still coding. Had 2 successful exits but did not become rich :-) Looking for a new challenge as tech lead, architect, VPE or similar. Location: B
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by simmschi 3y ago
The proper way to fight scrum is simply doing scrum properly. Nobody usually wants this. For developers scrum is actually quite nice. The main success metric is predictability, i.e. the team is held accountable for delivering the sprint suc
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by simmschi 3y ago
Companies that grow naturally form a kind of immune system that fights all kinds of change. That's just the way it is. I guess the lesson to be learned is to be very careful when scaling up your organization. Past a certain point chang
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by simmschi 3y ago
So one Lambda execution per tile?
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by simmschi 3y ago
At a certain scale you start to break many things that you're used to abstract away into a neat little box. This can be anything, from kernel, libraries, network stacks to anything running in the cloud. "Serverless" is not re
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by simmschi 3y ago
Must ... not ... open ... Cookie Clicker

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