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maxisaurus

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About maxisaurus

Analytics fan. Avid reader.

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    Comment #39010976

    thanks for the feedback! - "automates root cause analysis" -> it means (1) showing which rows have affected the metrics and (2) provide some automated context (is it an update? a d…

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    Comment #39010705

    Hey HN, Sammy and Lucas here. We are building an open-source framework that monitors your metrics, sends alerts when anomalies are detected and automates root cause analysis. Think…

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    Comment #38275579

    Work a lead data in a fintech company based in EU. I built a simple observability tool for key data assets in a data warehouse. It's a python monitor you add to a given table, it c…

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    Comment #38254058

    Congrats for this - Love the bitemporal aspect. It was a real struggle for me in past analytics experiences where we spent a lot of time recomputing key metrics 'as of' certain dat…

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    Comment #38251974

    It's more about engineering management but 'Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations' by Nicole Forsgren (Github VP), Jez Humble and Gene Kim is a …

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    Comment #38217119

    Currently doing it for an open-source metrics observability and troubleshooting tool (15 PoC in production, no revenues yet). Committed about 30% of the amount so far, but it's tou…

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    Comment #38208871

    Have you considered mentoring with platforms like codementor or superprof? Not sure it fits the "reasonable amounts" but it sure is a nice exp.

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    Comment #38193214

    One that comes top of mind is Swedish "startup" H2 Green Steel ( https://www.h2greensteel.com/ ). They're building a steel plant powered by a giga-scale electrolyser to produce hyd…

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    Comment #38174788

    Aligned with the humble way. Have you tried the user research angle like "hey I'm building XXX, thought it might be useful for you because YYY. Would you be open to try it and give…

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    Comment #38160995

    Never tried it myself but check OnlyDust ( https://www.onlydust.xyz/ ) PS: not affiliated with them, just know on dev there

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    Comment #38127160

    Congrats - love this, especially joining across old and current data (or any point in time if i understood well?) I recently stumbled upon the concept of "bitemporal modeling" (ie.…

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    Comment #38113771

    I guess there's plenty of technical solutions to track changes, like scd or snapshots or audit tables - what I find interesting about git approach it's that it's much more user-fri…

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    Comment #38085749

    Same situation as you. Pushing hard on content (quick demo video has been really helpful for us). That and targeted emails to people having their own community (substack NL most of…

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    Comment #38085519

    Been looking for an open-source survey alternative tool for a long-time! Congrats on the launch. (sharing this great article btw => https://staltz.com/time-till-open-source-alterna…

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    Comment #38067830

    Hiya! I'm a former VP Data in a large Fintech. We were using Progression for career path and "level up" assessment, thought it could be helpful for you. It was also used by the eng…

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    Comment #38040635

    Made me think of Excalidraw when I saw it - cool stuff! Will try my 750 words on it.

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    Comment #38025626

    (love what you do at Lago btw!)

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    Comment #38025621

    Same for Chargebee lol. Was an analytics lead at a fintech company. We computed our revenues in our data warehouse based on Chargebee data. It was a nightmare because: #1 - raw dat…

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    Comment #38013009

    Been that person for a long time at work and I had a hard time learn how to say no. I started pushing myself for "1 no / week" (with explanations ofc), started to get used to it an…

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    Comment #38012917

    Been using Brevo ( https://www.brevo.com/pricing/ ) in former companies. Contact are unlimited and it's around $30 per month for 40K emails. Provide loads of other features but nev…

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    Comment #37997016

    Was the employee #1 at a B2B SaaS providing supplier invoice payments. 2 things got us really started in the early days: - design partnerships (great read of A16Z here -> https://a…

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    Comment #37996382

    How I spend my time on the internet is not something I want to see lol. How about privacy issues?

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    Comment #37996333

    Co-founded a startup this summer, growth slower than what we want for now (isn't it always the case?). Every users feedback and business angel calls is an energy-giver. Every VC ca…

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    Comment #37986835

    Hey! Thanks for showing :) I work on a full remote team and we've been using Gather for our virtual office ( https://www.gather.town/ ). We love customizing our space, tables, chai…