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pkalinowski

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About pkalinowski

Patryk Kalinowski. I build better data & analytics for modern tech companies.

Contact: hn@patrykkalinowski.com

Homepage: https://patrykkalinowski.com/hn

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalinowskipatryk/

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    I'm using snapdrop.net for that. It requires a server, but clients only need to open a webpage, so it's easier after initial setup. I run mine on Synology server. Too bad it seems …

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    Why build dropbox, you can easily do it yourself just by using (...)

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    I picked up Svelte to build my first non-trivial app, which is flying navigation aid for hot air balloon pilots[1]. Svelte is much, much easier to grasp than React or Vue, especial…

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    Unreal Keanu: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FeHzQizPDNg people in the comments have no idea it's a deepfake. Without knowing beforehand, I wouldn't recognize it too.

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    Vector map of the whole Earth in PMTiles format is only ~65GB[1] and doesn't need any server or database - it's just a static file which you can host wherever you want. bdon (autho…

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    https://forestry.io could help

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    Comment #31246535

    I did different setups over time, but currently settled on forwardemail.net for incoming catch-all custom domain and iCloud+ SMTP servers for sending.

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    Comment #29387915

    40 people web startup. Currently Metabase as main BI tool, but I'm thinking about introducing a tool like hex.tech. IMO classic BI and dashboarding is inflexible and future lies so…

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    Ask HN: Salary discussions – numbers are before or after taxes?

    Every time I'm reading discussion on salaries I'm not really sure what number people are actually talking about. Is it net or gross? Before or after income taxes?

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    Comment #25626063

    So advertising works? If it didn't, those buying ads would not take the pepsi market share

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    Man, this is perfect example of why most open source software has no chance to compete with commercial one. One day I wanted to improve getting started documentation in open source…

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    Comment #25517624

    VR gamedev is pretty exciting for me. There are almost no conventions or good practices, everybody is winging it. It's very greenfield and you work with your own hands and body.

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    Check out headless CMSes: https://jamstack.org/headless-cms/

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    Comment #25106527

    Why single data scientist should be responsible for obtaining data from 2000 stores? Data at scale requires people at scale. Data engineers would do this job.

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    I wonder why it seems nobody wants to use Hugo. Smashing Magazine appears to be happy with it and they tooted about their experience with Hugo multiple times. Instead, everyone cho…

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    Comment #24610197

    Putting advertising outside of marketing is not a nuance. Advertising is part of marketing.

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    Comment #24500898

    In Europe, giving employee less time than it's needed to complete a task is called mobbing.

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    My Slide sorts by hot by default

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    Comment #24119545

    Isnt ActiveRecord using SQL behind the scenes?

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    > Completely agree. For example, why isn't there functionality to define aliases for complex expressions and then reuse those through a query. Simple query-local SQL functions woul…

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    Comment #24064936

    GIS is something I have limited experience with (I'm a hobbyist pilot), but find very interesting. How did you enter the industry?

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    Comment #23727679

    In my experience input lag in Google Docs is very small but noticeable compared to local writing. You can get used to it, but I prefer more snappy experience.

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    https://commercejs.com/ looks like nice platform. They have a plan with 0 upfront cost, you only pay % of transaction.

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    Good adblockers do DNS lookup to see if subdomain points to tracking server anyway. Only completely self-hosted (your domain, your tracking server) solutions are resilient to adblo…