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Data practitioner (20y) • Writing at ssp.sh since 2015.
Focused on the craft of data engineering & storytelling.
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I use Sync.com for 10 ears, I guess. Do you think Koofr is better?
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Thanks for sharing Gunnar. And congrats to @szarnyasg.org for hitting the top 4. Talk! Amazing.
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I see more engagement on Bsky and more referrals (You don't see it in the analytics).
FYI: You can directly post the link to your post here; you don't need to add an image. Bsky does not punish you.
Plus, Atproto is open, so building a following here is the only way to go if you do it again, IMO.
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This extension: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/socia...
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I read it to get feedback directly as GH-Issues. But I tried that before and didn't get much.
Comments would probably be easier. But I have a static website 😅 But I want to try an Atproto/Bsky integration one day when I have time. I already get comments from Bsky, but not the other way yet.
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Thanks for the feedback. I changed the headers to make it more clear. Is Observable really a notebook? I have it as a BI Tool, but these are probably overlapping in this and the Evidence case.
Re feedback: True, it's all on GitHub but I hide the content folder. 1/2
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And much more. If you like these things, have a look at the «Data Engineering Vault» at vault.ssp.sh, or recent notes: ssp.sh/brain/#stay-updated.
There are also 8+ notes related to the recent Finding Flow article.
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yes, I removed everything, this is what my home page for YT, LinkedIn and Twitter looks like :D —I am waiting for Bluesky update, until then, I post mostly here 😄
PS: For Twitter I use an additional plugin (Control Panel for Twitter) to show me the bird instead of the X design :)
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I tried SVG, too, but they are too complex for my liking. Mermaid and PlanUML focus on the essentials.
But for my image generation, I used SVG as a workaround but had to convert to Webp as SVG is not working as an OG image(?).
PDF might be text in its origin, but not as generated one. the worst :)
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hehe 😅
Nice thanks so much. Added to my list.
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100%. I use LLMs for mermaids all the time. I write a long article and have all the information. I can just generate a timeline or an architecture overview based on my text.
But Mermaid to me is not a "real image". It's text, and it's part of Markdown, so I can update it easily.
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Actually, there is still an image, pretty nice even! How did you automate this? I also did generate my second brain with SVG :) www.ssp.sh/brain/dynami...
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hehe :D but I guess, it's still good to have one. When I started, I just bought an image, or later, I chose one from Pexels, Freepik.
But nowadays, I use my own images and just stamp the title on them. Very cheap, but for social media shares, I like to have an image. But without spending hours.
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I agree; they always look nice at first sight, but over time, they look all the same: complex, unnatural, and busy.
What did you replace it with?
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I used this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jVb...
But I did habit tracking and love the habit stacking from James Cler—lots of good insights.
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Related Notes:
- Daydream: www.ssp.sh/brain/daydre...
- Social Media Addiction: www.ssp.sh/brain/social...
- Productive Procrastination: www.ssp.sh/brain/produc...
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👋🏻
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That's how I always find out :)
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It always needs a trigger that makes me sit down and write it. This time, it was the book about Stolen Flow.
I'm really interested in this phenomenon of writing straight from the heart. This act itself is an art of flow. Perhaps I will write about it in the following rant :)
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I believe this is because when we write fast, we #writefromtheheart. Sometimes, we are angry, or something bothered us over time. Instead of spending "only" a few hours on it, my brain and my subconscious have usually wrestled with it for many days and months. So it was with this topic.
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Still? Maybe it's because I was just updating content 🤔 Should work otherwise. (but thanks for the hint, good to know)
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I think due to many links, it got to the SPAM folder for many. So, I just added it to the newsletter page attached, just in case.
That also gives the chance to read for anyone not on the list yet (or haven't seen it due to landing in SPAM 😅😢).
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More topics shared:
↠ Principles over Goals
↠ New Content Announcement
↠ Book Reading Updates
↠ Finding an Office, and Focus
Please subscribe if this interests you. I won't write often. Every now and then, regular schedule, only if I believe I have something worth sharing.
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The highlights, besides meeting friends in real life, were the talks by Mike about Introducing a SQL-based metrics layer, Rusty about Airport for DuckDB (building extension for DuckDB in Python!), and Christophe about the smallest DuckDB orchestrator on earth, yet.
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DuckCon #6 took place, and I was in beautiful AMS. I had a wonderful time meeting wonderful people from the interweb: @medriscoll.com @blef.fr @mehdio.com @hachej.bsky.social @carlopi.bsky.social @buremba.bsky.social @tobilg.com and many others.
🖼️ Image Credit to Mehdi 🙏🏻.
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Totally, a great list! Love the vim YT video. Great to see you dabbing into it, and if all you get from vim motions is more fun or enjoyment, I'd say the goal is achieved. Everything else is a bonus. And the speed benefits over time is a second bonus :)
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But a good 1-2h flow is still one of the best feelings for me :)
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Yeah, everyone is different. And if you'd interview all data professionals in this world, I guess you'd end up with so many different approaches. It reminds me of "How I Write", where David asks the best writers how they do it, and every single one does it differently.
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Thank you. Yes, that's also what I thought, to have a dedicated writing device. But then again, that's too much friction; with all my hotkeys and settings, it could get very frustrating 😅 dedicated browser so far works well: )
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Related discussion. What's your approach to finding flow? Producing deep work whilst the constant temptation?
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:)
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Yeah. My Avante is also connected to Claude. I like the bigger context it had, at least at some point :)
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I used Obsidian and published with Quartz. You can read all about it here: www.ssp.sh/brain/public... :)
Or in this YT video: youtu.be/myHKHM2mIis?...
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Fantastic, thanks for sharing. Another great TUI for my list!
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amazing. I just listened to the book and now writing a long-form on "Finding Flow: Escaping Digital Distractions Through Deep Work and Slow Living", or similar :) Thank for the link
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yeah, i also hear they are more ergonomic. but yeah, the learning curve is steep, although emacs is even steeper according to this scientific image ;)
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I love the modal editing. It's so nice to have the keyboard to navigate so precisely. I have programmable keyboards plus Karabiner (I use Caps lock `hjkl` and others) as arrow keys. So I can use vim navigation in every app :) But the basics are vim motions when doing work (in Obsidian or Neovim).
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I couldn't think of a deeper state than using vim motions in Obsidian (when I write) or in Neovim when coding. But haven't tried emacs, so I will never know :)
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I have 1000 ideas and things to write. I have a list in my second brain, but also I listen to books and podcasts and go through my brain.ssp.sh.
What I want to write next is an intuition, a feeling about what people might want or what I like to write about. Usually, the latter works better.