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What projects, study plans, books, etc. would you recommend to someone that (1) has undergrad CS experience but (2) is in a non-SWE role at a software company?

What steps did you take to "cultivate self-control"?

Looking to learn about best practices, specifically for Django, Mongo stack but open to other Python codebases as well.

Dagster (orchestration tool) is complementary to dbt core (open source CLI tool for defining data transformation jobs) but competitive to dbt cloud (SaaS, orchestrates dbt jobs).

On Tuesday, Loyal for Dogs announced that its first-of-its-kind longevity drug received the first of three green lights needed for FDA approval. The decision, made in early Novembe…

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Is there any review(er) in particular you used as inspiration here? Curious if you treat this more as personal notes, or a public-facing review?

Readwise reader is my go-to for articles; just hard to ingest from physical books.

This is a beautiful app - my problem with tools like this is I don't use a Kindle so ingesting highlights is painful, but I'll plan on giving this a shot nevertheless.

When you read nonfiction (i.e. Designing Data Intensive Applications, Thinking in Systems) how do you 'lock in' your understanding and apply it to your daily life? Have tried note-…

Reader is expensive, but the best as you can save and annotate PDFs & Youtube videos as well.

Assuming many of you live in SF, what are some "off the beaten path" places / events that you'd recommend for someone visiting alone for a couple weeks in the spring?

Having the same debate - feels like this supports a better variety of sources, but Matter has a better/simpler UI for web articles & newsletters specifically.

That's a good data point, the market is surprisingly small which could account for lack of competition. But the last annual report has the ticketing org alone at 37% EBITDA margin …

My thought too- charging higher prices in the first place & passing the same % on to the venue would allow you to offer the venues a better deal while still allowing fans to pay le…

It seems there are a variety of solutions to prevent value from being transferred from artists/fans/venues to resellers. Why does it seem like there have been no significant attemp…

I actually read your blog on this while applying :). It was very helpful and part of my initial decision was exactly your quote to yourself at the top of the post. I do think I und…

This is a helpful way to look at this thank you

I am attempting to complete a MS in CS part-time and am struggling with the workload alongside a full time job and hobbies. The main issue is I am not sure if this is a worthwhile …

Considering building an analysis tool for customer retention in small SaaS businesses, but don't know which ERP to start with. Salesforce application? NetSuite API?