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by simpixelated 2y ago
Makes a lot of sense and I don't disagree. They're definitely not a return to the web and I probably misrepresented them that way in my post. I was mostly using them as examples of existing platforms where you can find content wit
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by simpixelated 2y ago
At some point you have to stop exploring and actually consume what you've collected. I think that's one psychological trick of infinite scroll feeds... our minds naturally want to see what's next. Personally, I spend more tim
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by simpixelated 2y ago
The YouTube channel Technology Connections recently made a video [1] about this and used the term "Algorithmic Complacency" to encompass how many people would rather be fed content determined by their algo of choice than seek it o
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by simpixelated 2y ago
Exactly. Also, this _world_ is about money, dude.
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by simpixelated 4y ago
I agree with this. The titles of Staff and Principal, generally, include some responsibility for teaching others (writing articles is one of many good methods for this) and helping to recruit people to your team through external marketing.
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by simpixelated 4y ago
How do you get new contacts that you can pitch in a single email? Is it organic newsletter signups or something else?
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by simpixelated 4y ago
I agree with this and similar posts suggesting they find local non-profits. There's probably no perfect answer to what's most "efficient" and I think that's probably the wrong way to look at it. As a single, non-bil
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How to plan an SMS MFA migration that affects thousands of users(segment.com)
4 points by simpixelated 4y ago|0 comments
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by simpixelated 4y ago
Good answer. I'll add that as a middle manager, it's your job to take a large umbrella strategy and break it down into actionable terms for your team. I think this is the root of the OPs problem. These meetings are for disseminati
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by simpixelated 4y ago
I think this form of imposter syndrome is fairly common. I feel the same way, quite often. I no longer feel like I don't belong because I'm not smart or skilled enough, but that I'm not passionate enough to keep my skills as
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by simpixelated 5y ago
The capitalist machines do indeed grind up most attempts at simply helping humanity; I don't think that's unique to tech. So I doubt you'll find solace by simply quitting tech entirely. Also, be aware that your contributions
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by simpixelated 5y ago
Yet another reminder to always negotiate.
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by simpixelated 5y ago
That's probably part of it, but I think the root is that a college campus is designed for people to use it without cars. Food, stores, classrooms, places to sit and meet are all built in and connected via walkways. Cars become unnecess
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by simpixelated 5y ago
Some of the best advice I've ever heard regarding this is that you don't have to be an expert, you just have to know a little bit more than someone else. So take whatever you've recently learned, write it up, package and sell
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by simpixelated 6y ago
I personally don't move anything into git until it's close to ready. WIP writing is kept on Bear (Markdown editor). But there are tons of other apps, including ones that sync to a cloud.
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by simpixelated 6y ago
I have a similar setup for my blog and I'm using Netlify for both CI and hosting (free). It's been great! GitHub Actions could probably work well for you if you already have decent hosting.
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by simpixelated 6y ago
Congrats on the launch/relaunch! The site looks great! One thing I would like as a job-seeker is a way to sort/filter by full time jobs where everyone works 4 day weeks vs. hourly jobs. I know I can work less than 40 hours as a co
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by simpixelated 6y ago
One point that I disagree with is "Every question asked in an internal Slack is a policy failure. It means the existing information systems failed to deliver an answer, and the user falls back to manually asking the hive mind's ta
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by simpixelated 6y ago
Thank's for sharing! I hadn't heard of him until now. Love the suggestions for how to have better meetings especially.
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by simpixelated 6y ago
Pretty good analysis, but I don't know if I agree with some of the final lines. Hard to see this as a "Molotov cocktail through the front window of the country and the global financial system". I mean they are literally playi
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by simpixelated 6y ago
OP here; I gained ~30 points on my PageSpeed score by switching my blog from WordPress to Gatsby.js + Netlify. Really happy I finally did the conversion. It was easier than I thought! I've lost a lot of CMS and SEO features from WordPr
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How to Get a PageSpeed Boost by Ditching WordPress for Gatsby.js(simpixelated.com)
1 points by simpixelated 6y ago|1 comments
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by simpixelated 6y ago
Along with the unionization at Google, I think it's a good trend to see them happening at big tech companies. As it says in the article: "Unions are a prominent presence at Amazon in Europe, but the company for years successfully
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by simpixelated 6y ago
Awesome! Glad it has worked out for you. I still feel like I might go back into management someday, but it will need to be an ideal situation.
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by simpixelated 6y ago
OP here; yes, definitely! However as a tiny company, we don't have any of the same incentives to make it work like Google does. But it still manages to work because we enjoy the freedom/low-stress environment and want to maintain
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by simpixelated 6y ago
No, http://ghostinspector.com/
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by simpixelated 6y ago
Yeah, we see plenty of churn on smaller/newer accounts, but a good chunk of our customers, especially on the larger plans, have been with us for years. It's partly platform lock in, because it's probably a pain to switch, but
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by simpixelated 6y ago
I don't think so. Everyone seems to put in a solid day working. No one is counting the hours, but we seem to be productive enough. Still, I definitely joined the company to get away from working more than 40 hours per week and feeling
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by simpixelated 6y ago
I'm sure there are specifics for Gumroad, but there are lots of insights available via other remote companies: https://blog.doist.com/asynchronous-communication/ https://zapier.com/blog/how-to
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by simpixelated 6y ago
I work at a similar company (less than 10 employees, no deadlines, (almost) no meetings), but unlike Gumroad we actually have health insurance, 401K with matching, donation matching, etc. So it is possible to to have "freedom" wit

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