i'm basically Erik on a 15 year time delay https://
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tatus/1493593885532168193
… I'm starting to suspect there's only two fundamental value props in verticalized tech: offering a better data schema for the problem, and building a better data store for the schema. do both and you win
@swyx
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Two Core Value Props in Verticalized Tech: Data Schema and Storage
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Bootcamp Grads and Database Abstraction: The Full Stack Paradox
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Perhaps my real hot take is that databases are the CS grads abstracting away all the Hard Problems so that us bootcamp grads can cosplay being "full stack" with literally 1 day of SQL experience before getting hired to make 6 figures making rectangles on server vs on client
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Why Every Developer Should Learn Database Systems
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Convinced that all devs should work on a database as part of training. Ever joked about DataStructures & Algorithms only being useful at interviews? Work on a DB Ever wondered why {{ FAVE_APP }} is slow? Probably a DB Prefer compilers? allow me to introduce query planners..
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Twitter Product Fails After Four Days of Launch
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hoo boy… it only took 4 days to break! congrats on making it someone else's problem just as twitter moved into move fast break things mode…
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GALACTUS service aggregator and Omega Star ISO timestamp compliance
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was looking for GALACTUS, the all-knowing user service provider aggregator has Omega Star gotten their shit together and shipped their ISO compliant timestamps yet??
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Open Source Software Pitches Added to Top List
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added to my @DXTipsHQ list of top OSS pitches. please keep sharing if you think of any others!
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Cookie Clicker: A Warning About Automation and AI Dependency
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Cookie Clicker wasnt a game it was a warning
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Technical Tradeoffs in AI Systems: Marketing Claims vs Reality
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what i still want to know is *how* it does both and what tradeoffs are made to get there. asked this before but still havent gotten an answer i can take with me to be an effective advocate for SS. all the marketing is “haha tradeoffs dont exist!” and that doesn’t sit right
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Implementation Details Matter in AI Pattern Design
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ah. hmm. that seems reasonable but i’m not sure it fully addresses what @rdrn_ was calling an antipattern. devil is in the implementation details i guess!
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PSL’s biggest wins: evaluating 30-50% equity for funding structure
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what are PSL’s biggest wins from this structure so far? 30-50% for essentially funding + initial idea seems like a lot