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Thanks for the pointer! I posted here before properly exploring the other themes. Really nice project. Thank you for contributing to the OSM community. >Editing geometries is out o…

Hmmm, I love OSM, consume their data in my small cycling project and regularly contribute smaller fixes. But I also shy away from anything more complex than fixing attributes and m…

FINALLY! I never understood the issues PG had with hints. Running a non-trivial DB with a non-trivial schema and scale is, well, non-trivial at all. At some point the DB stops bein…

So, how long did it take you to go 100 customers after this pitch?

Well, I am in the situation you are so afraid of. Chemo, radiation and other treatments suck big time, let alone the effects of the cancer itself. BUT ... this is not a binary situ…

Totally agree, the current state of the German grid is not ideal. But I have the naive gut feeling that storage prices will also come down and we will see a similar non-political q…

We have a similar approach here in Germany. Anyone has the right to install a small solar system on their balcony or similar and feed up to 800W into their local grid. You just mou…

I'm working on Cyclonauts ( https://cyclonauts.net ), an addon for Strava to make your commute more fun. It maps your cycling activity data against the OpenStreetMap catalogue to g…

Fully agree. I've been through a number of code red panics in my career. But somehow, even in startups with short remaining runway, "code red" rarely means anything. You still have…

I'm working on a cycling app that analyzes your Strava data and matches your activities to the OSM street grid. You get cool statistics which paths in your city you've already take…

These points are also useful for your own photo library. Forget about your relatives going through your stuff after you die, that doesn't matter. But which of the hundreds of photo…

I know exactly what you're talking about and have been in similar situations many times. For me it's not just limited to speech, but lots of other aspects. Sometimes it feels like …

Have you tried the code owners feature (assuming you're on Github). IMO a good approach is to have the actual code owners (i.e. the team responsible for a specific service or libra…

"I noted, too, that some of these rejections came instantly after turning in an application. [...] I determined that I was automatically being filtered because I didn't have a coll…

I enjoyed reading the article very much. Thanks for the write up!

Is there really anything missing from SQL? I guess adding a few semantic shortcuts like Postgres' SELECT DISTINCT ON (x) are useful. But otherwise this feels like asking what's com…

I have been in a similar situation and am sorry to hear about your cofounder. From a personal perspective things should be pretty clear, no? Understand that your cofounder suddenly…

Well if you ever run into the 'Fresh Prince of Bel Sashimi', that's my world first combination :-D

Looks like it. Which is a problem, because the Strava API Agreement ( https://www.strava.com/legal/api ) specifically prohibits you from replicating features that Strava has.

In my whole professional life (last 15y) there was not a single time where I had anything resembling a private space where I could just close the door and work in peace. The norm h…

There is no magic fat generation. As you age your metabolism slows down. Mystery solved. Eat less and you'll be fine.

This behavior is probably pretty normal for anyone with a job, family and kids. I wouldn't associate it with 'revenge' though. For me 2 things help with the sleep deprivation, powe…

Ha, I can relate to that. What is the name of your leadership style?

Worked in various startups as Engineer, Architect, VPE, CTO, CPO, Founder. Super hands-on, still coding. Had 2 successful exits but did not become rich :-) Looking for a new challe…

The proper way to fight scrum is simply doing scrum properly. Nobody usually wants this. For developers scrum is actually quite nice. The main success metric is predictability, i.e…