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Thanks. I enjoyed putting this together. It's been satisfying watching the temperature forecast compared to my local station.

I'm not measuring wind for the reasons you stated. The temperature forecast though has been interesting to compare and track. That's what I am most interested in.

Great question. Haven't figured that out yet personally. Will let you know :)

I'm a research engineer on the team behind this at Datadog AI Research. We released a family of open-weight models today, 4M to 2.5B params. It's the first time we've been able to …

Full disclosure, I work at Datadog as a research engineer and this was my team behind this. We’re releasing an open-weights time series foundation model and 350 million datapoints …

I like writing, it's one of my strengths as a Staff Engineer. I've read too many books on how to write well. Here is a list of the best 13 quick fixes you can apply instantly to ma…

Reflecting on this past year, I realized this was a big part of my growth. How do you communicate effectively across your org? Especially if doing glue work.

Here's what I, now a Staff Engineer, would tell my self on day one of my first software engineering job: 1. Slow down. You're building a foundation, focus on learning. 2. Be OK wit…

> From a broad vision, I make a small bulleted list of what a finished MVP might look like I like this approach. It's hard to project far into the future, especially when you've no…

Oh boy. I’m glad you asked. Here’s what works for me: - don’t plan too far into the future, the further you do the less specific you should be I like annual visions for each area o…

We all have "off" days from time to time. Happy to hear, thanks! Best of luck.

I hear you. I'm not a doctor. I don't know how to advise the chronically ill and medically under-served, so I can't speak to those circumstances. What would you suggest? :)

Let's make a distinction. If you're sick -> take care of that first. Don't work. If you're just having an off day, trouble focusing, not feeling in the mood, that's different. I ca…

Thanks!

People change over time. I graduated college absolutely certain I would be a day trader on Wall Street for the rest of my life. And I did that for about 7 years. But 5 years in or …

Wow, I’ve never heard of him. His two most popular books, The Psychology of Computer Programming and Introduction to General Systems Thinking sounds very interesting. Thank you for…

Mine is probably Mindset by Carol Dweck.

1) Keep reducing scope on all critical pieces needed for you to release/publish/finish v1. 2) Don’t do anything else in the meantime. 3) Ship a v1. Don’t wait for it to be perfect,…