Hi Oliver! Thanks for reaching out! What are you building yourself? Tell me morreeee.
Managed is an opportunity for sure, but it's complex for a boostrapped solo dev like myself. Supporting Helm charts and reference docker-compose files would be a start I think.
For the Kafka deployment, it a lot of places where I worked, to get Kafka streams, it was never just Kafka. It's say MSK, Schema Registry, tying those together, config-as-code for the topics, and setting this up in the local dev environment. That was a major pain to advocate for the first time this the benefits of streaming would be obvious.
3. For Typestream, Kafka is abstracted away pretty much entirely so I'm actually not positioning this towards people who already have Kafka deployed heavily. It's for those who do dual writes in their code, writing cronjobs for syncing, and have other secondary datastores.
I'm very much testing out the positioning by talking to whoever I can! What are you thinking?
Can you add rss feed to your site blog? I found few of the articles interesting and helpful. I would like to subscribe but I don't see rss or email subscription.
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Neat! As an alternative, `home manager (nix)` has an abstraction for defining shell alias[^1] regardless of which shell you use. The main requirement is that home manager also manages your shell for you.
[^1]: https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/options.xhtml#o...
There are a number of fundamental pieces of Scrum that are needed so all the pieces fit together.
In the Sprint, one of the fundamental elements is having a "Sprint Goal". This allows the team to see the big picture and add/remove work during the sprint to get to that goal.
Without a clear sprint goal, then of course it's easy to loose the essence or "big picture" of what the team is trying to achieve during the sprint.
Looking back in my life, I've built sophisticated TODO list and second brain systems to help me manage. Now it's obvious that it's because my working memory is poor because of my neurodivergency. Omnifocus (for GTD) and Obsidian (to be an extension of my brain) are my goto for leveraging my ADHD superpower.
If you're looking for a community to learn more for yourself or for someone else: reddit.com/r/adhd is a great place to start.
Thanks for this playlist. The part describing time blindness and intention deficit hit me on the head. The lack of accountability truly is one of my worst enemies. If I have a task that doesn't have immediate accountability I will not perform it as soon as I should. Looks like I finally found my issue and I can start working on it. You changed my life with just a hyperlink.
originalvichy - You made my week. I hope you find a doc that can support you in this. Don't hesitate to each out to me (email in profile) if you need a sounding board.
If I may suggest, check your magnesium blood levels (and your daughter's).
Magnesium deficiency is also associated with symptoms similar to ADHD. Even for people who really have ADHD, several studies show that magnesium supplementation greatly improves many issues.
Magnesium helps a bit, but sugar in my experience is ADHD in powder form. The least carbs I eat, the better my brain functions. On a complete carnivore (i.e. zero carb) diet experiment, after the initial adaptation, my focus and motivation is increased 10-fold. But then I get bored, I cheat and I go into a deep unmotivated funk for a week.
It makes sense, as ADHD is mostly a dopamine-system imbalance, and carbs tend to increase the levels of tryptophan (serotonin), while proteins increase tyrosine (dopamine). The higher the levels of one, the lower the levels of the other. I'm a layman, this is my pet theory, but there's definitely not enough focus on the dietary aspect of mental health in my opinion.
Managed is an opportunity for sure, but it's complex for a boostrapped solo dev like myself. Supporting Helm charts and reference docker-compose files would be a start I think.
For the Kafka deployment, it a lot of places where I worked, to get Kafka streams, it was never just Kafka. It's say MSK, Schema Registry, tying those together, config-as-code for the topics, and setting this up in the local dev environment. That was a major pain to advocate for the first time this the benefits of streaming would be obvious.
3. For Typestream, Kafka is abstracted away pretty much entirely so I'm actually not positioning this towards people who already have Kafka deployed heavily. It's for those who do dual writes in their code, writing cronjobs for syncing, and have other secondary datastores.
I'm very much testing out the positioning by talking to whoever I can! What are you thinking?