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It sounds exactly like that. You are right.

Like teachers complaining about students using tables or sliding rules.

Or Socrates complaining writing makes people lazy to remember facts.

Good engineers reflect and avoid blaming. Generalizations and tribal thinking are bad habits. Stackoverflow, the internet, and a keyboard are tools to be mastered. Good engineers prefer to think for themselves no matter the tool they are using.

mariocesaron How ChatGPT made me lazy

A good painter does not blame but reflects. That could be the whole sentence

mariocesaron How ChatGPT made me lazy

"How StackOverflow made me lazy"

"How Google made me lazy"

"How Internet made me lazy"

...

And so on

mariocesaron Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a serverless DB

Interesting DIY project! It reminds me of a startup called OccuSpace (https://occuspace.io/), which offers a similar occupancy solution but as a service. They may be leveraging similar technologies to provide real-time occupancy data, which is incredibly useful for managing space in offices, public venues, etc. It's a good example of how these concepts are scaling up commercially.

I wonder How well can your DIY sensor or OccuSpace figure out what kind of devices are in the room or who's using them. Can they tell different users or gadgets apart?

mariocesaron Embarrassingly Simple Text Watermarks

It's interesting I remember an article that explains how Genius.com utilized a unique method of watermarking their lyrics by embedding patterns of straight spaces and non-breaking spaces within the lyrics, that approach seems to be a more robust method of avoiding "text cleaning", which is a common when you scrape text. The method from the article uses Unicode characters that could be easily "clean".

mariocesaron How Bad Is Your Resume? – Get Your Resume Roasted by AI

Two page resume not supported

mariocesaron You can now left-pad a string online

Great SaaS idea, there is a coupon code 0000LEFTPAD for 30% off.

mariocesaron Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2023)

SEEKING WORK | Full Stack Developer | Remote

- Technologies: Python, Django, FastaPI, Docker, Terraform, JavaScript, Ansible, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, React, Vue, Next.js, Vercel, AWS, Zapier, Airtable (Scripting), Notion (API integration)

- Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariocesar/ you can ask for for my CV by email

- Email: mariocesar@humanzilla.com

I have most of my experience working remotely with startups and SaaS projects throughout my career. I was the sole developer in over half of the projects, taking on everything from sysadmin to backend and frontend work.

My expertise lies in scaling applications to support more users or matching resources to a budget. I specialize in creating custom CRMs for niche industries. I can help market your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) while converting your homemade tools to Software as a Service (SaaS). Additionally, I am skilled in creating complete and robust automation projects using tools such as Zapier, Notion, Airtable, and AppSheet. I can also develop integrations for your SaaS or in-house tool for Zapier, Make, and other Automation Services.

To see my coding skills in action, please feel free to check out my GitHub profile https://github.com/mariocesar. I also frequently post code snippets at https://gist.github.com/mariocesar, and you can find most of my links at https://mariocesar.xyz/.

mariocesaron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023)

- Location: Bolivia, B1 visa.

- Remote: Yes

- Willing to relocate: Yes

- Technologies: Django, FastaPI, Python, Docker, Terraform, JavaScript, Ansible, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, React, Vue, Next.js, Vercel, AWS, Zapier, Airtable (Scripting), Notion (API integration)

- Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariocesar/ ask for for my CV by email

- Email: mariocesar@humanzilla.com

SEEKING WORK | Full Stack Python Developer with 10+ years of experience. | Remote and available to Travel

I have most of my experience working remotely with startups and web-based projects throughout my career. In over half of the projects, I was the sole developer, taking on everything from sysadmin to backend and frontend work.

My expertise lies in scaling applications to support more users or matching resources to a budget. I specialize in creating custom CRMs for niche industries and can help bring your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to market while also converting your homemade tools to Software as a Service (SaaS). Additionally, I am skilled in creating complete and robust automation projects using tools such as Zapier, Notion, Airtable, and AppSheet. I am also available to create integrations for your SaaS or in-house tool for Zapier, Make, and other Automation Services.

mariocesaron Citus 12: Schema-based sharding for PostgreSQL

Thank you!

mariocesaron Citus 12: Schema-based sharding for PostgreSQL

I'm having trouble getting CitusDB to work with RDS, even though I'd really like to use it with AWS. Whenever I try to research how to make it happen, I get stuck in a lot of challenges and end up concluding that it might not be possible. While I could use Azure instead, I'm hesitant because I have a lot of resources and infrastructure in AWS and it wouldn't make sense to move the database layer. The idea of having to do DBA and Ops work on my own EC2 instances is overwhelming. I would appreciate any guidance on how to use RDS with Citus on their documentation. It's concerning that Citus might be withholding information about the possibility of using RDS, given that Microsoft is its partner.

mariocesaron $250k for your AI-first product startup

Forgive me for this unrelated comment to the post. This website feels like it was designed and optimized to avoid typical HN commenters saying: Please change your site font size! This website is tracking me! This website isn't loading in X.

mariocesaron Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2022)

SEEKING WORK | Full Stack Python Developer with 10+ years of experience. | Remote and available to Travel

- Technologies: Django, FastaPI, Python, Docker, Ansible, JavaScript, Terraform, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, React, Vue, Next.js, Vercel, AWS, Zapier, Airtable (Scripting), Notion (API integration)

- Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariocesar/

- Email met at: mariocesar@humanzilla.com

I have worked most of my life remotely, primarily for startups and related to web-based projects. 6/10 projects I have been a solo developer, building from ground doing sysadmin to backend and frontend work. I now enjoy a day job but still, take on exciting and challenging projects with my software agency https://humanzilla.com.

We're a small software agency, and we're all family and close friends. We typically help scale apps to support more users or match resources to a budget. Work on creating custom CRMs for niche industries. We can help you get an MVP on the market. Convert your homemade tools to SaaS. We can create complete and robust automation projects with Zapier, Notion, Airtable, AppSheet, and other services. Recently started to automate Content Generation and tools for Sales Lead generation projects.

You can get an idea of my coding skills by looking at my GitHub profile https://github.com/mariocesar, and I often post code snippets in https://gist.github.com/mariocesar. Most of my links are in https://mariocesar.xyz/

mariocesaron The impact of digital media on children’s intelligence

Games and Watching Videos are two different dopamine rewards systems, but both are still dopamine rewards systems. I encourage my kid for games more than watching youtube or doing anything less challenging. However, I still worry about when the stubbornness of leaving the games appear.

One rule I made to myself is simply don't encourage anything just for dopamine rewards. I try to mix things with effort, contemplation, or interaction. Doing something like this specific rule: No more than 1h playing Minecraft alone. If you want to keep playing, ask Dad, Mom, or your cousins to play together; the same for Watching videos.

mariocesaron Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://mariocesar.xyz

Soon to be also a Blog :/

Code that generates my site → https://github.com/mariocesar/mariocesar

mariocesaron Python Design Patterns (2018)

Most of the patterns I haven't seen in practice. Aiohttp, Django, FastAPI, PyTest. They have a blend between monkey patching and metaclasses. It's strange not seeing them more deeply on that list. It kind it touches what you will study in pre academia for Java or C++ workshops courses and not what you will see applied in the industry.

mariocesaron Ask HN: Where do you hang out virtually online?

I do Slack for Work, and recently lot of Discord for my many interests like Programming, Python, Cowork Spaces, Activism, Woodworking, No-Code tools, Minecraft-Parenting. And WhatsApp/Telegram for Family and close Friends

mariocesaron Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions?

I think Binances BUSD is the closest to legitimate

mariocesaron Databases, Types, and the Relational Model: The Third Manifesto [pdf]

You don't need to master it, but it serves as a map in your head. It will bring you in, in the worst case, an intuition on how things work. The "retain" part isn't an essential thing if you have at least the hints. Even if they are few, they are far more helpful than not having a clue at all.

I always recall two fundamental programming books and one DB design book I read years ago. And still, for today, my mind comes back to them, and it makes me faster when looking for documentation or just googling things more properly :)

Knowing a complex subject, even not deeply, is always a benefit.

mariocesaron My Room in 3D

Part1 is here -> https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1110939896

mariocesaron Ask HN: How do you create a cross-platform GUI without using Electron?

Qt has been mention a lot, it's confusing all the license deal. I kind of understand that is free of use if it's not embedded.

But flutter looks like a good option.

mariocesaron Ask HN: How do you create a cross-platform GUI without using Electron?

I need to read/write to the filesystem, think the app is like a personal document manager. Also will like to associate filetypes with it, and for the most important thing is being able to send notifications and make sure my backend is syncing data all the time

mariocesaron Ask HN: How do you create a cross-platform GUI without using Electron?

Python, JavaScript a little of C, and similars

mariocesaron Progress Beats Perfect

I honestly read "Postgres beat perfect" and imagine an article about just using PostgreSQL for all your early features. Features like Full-text search, Documented DB, distributed tasks running, etc., and not worrying about scale and always know that is better to have it ready for customers than keep them waiting for the best tool for the work

mariocesaron Vue.js is Wikimedia Foundation's future JavaScript framework

I'm part of the community, several big production projects, several migrations from v2 to v3.

I was never confused.

The backward compatibility has a clean plan. For the bits that were complex changes, it was possible to do partial upgrades. From the beginning, the partial upgrade was in consideration. There was always early documentation, and you have access to v3 in alpha and beta all the time with complete documentation and complete guides. You also have standalone packages to start testing migrating bits of v3 to v2, like the composition API, class components, etc. It was one of the most seamless transitions I experience.

mariocesaron Why Young Developers Don’t Get Knowledge Graphs

I started using https://github.com/athensresearch/athens I quickly fill with lot of information, I miss code feauteres like markdown github fencing ```, but so far is great, searh is fast, adding new data is good, refereces links and back links really adds to the information, and the daily page is useful. I just would like to have more features about code

It has a developer mode, where you can run clojuru to query the nodes, I'm starting to use it to create code references between nodes, nothing useeful, but you definitevely can start playing with it

mariocesaron Show HN: Make spaced-repetition flashcards

Love at first sight. I started making cards. 45 minutes later ... extension not available for Firefox! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

mariocesaron Anime Girls holding programming books

Surprised and also not surprised that this exists. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Here is a browse version made by a contributor → https://anime-girls-holding-programming-books.netlify.app/

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We are watching together with others Crypto guys and gals, just in case :)

And will be switching to the market to see how it goes

If anyone want to hangout -> https://w2g.tv/rooms/i8uvsbtxtw5ktqnxwu