Nico Ritschel
@nicoritschel.com
Building @sidequery.dev
Director of Engineering atm.com
nicoritschel.com
Director of Engineering atm.com
nicoritschel.com
Crazy this account / PDS still runs on a free tier Oracle Cloud server
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Crazy this account / PDS still runs on a free tier Oracle Cloud server
I've been working on a universal semantic layer.
It's still a bit early but I'm really excited about its future. Will also be tightly woven into @sidequery.dev
Compatible with definitions from Cube, MetricFlow (dbt), LookML (Looker), Hex, Rill, Superset, Omni & there's a native definition format.
It's still a bit early but I'm really excited about its future. Will also be tightly woven into @sidequery.dev
Compatible with definitions from Cube, MetricFlow (dbt), LookML (Looker), Hex, Rill, Superset, Omni & there's a native definition format.
Sidemantic
sidemantic.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I've been working on a universal semantic layer.
It's still a bit early but I'm really excited about its future. Will also be tightly woven into @sidequery.dev
Compatible with definitions from Cube, MetricFlow (dbt), LookML (Looker), Hex, Rill, Superset, Omni & there's a native definition format.
It's still a bit early but I'm really excited about its future. Will also be tightly woven into @sidequery.dev
Compatible with definitions from Cube, MetricFlow (dbt), LookML (Looker), Hex, Rill, Superset, Omni & there's a native definition format.
The big 3 agent CLIs all have support in @sidequery.dev
September 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The big 3 agent CLIs all have support in @sidequery.dev
Anyone on here into risk analytics / underwriting for alternative lending?
DM or email me nico@atm.com
DM or email me nico@atm.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Anyone on here into risk analytics / underwriting for alternative lending?
DM or email me nico@atm.com
DM or email me nico@atm.com
I wrote a blog post on the @sidequery.dev blog, check it out
Sidequery Blog — Product updates, SQL notebooks, DuckDB
Updates from Sidequery: SQL analytics notebooks, DuckDB, data tooling, and agent workflows.
sidequery.dev
September 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I wrote a blog post on the @sidequery.dev blog, check it out
V pleased with my new hiddenbar setup. No more menubar junk
July 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
V pleased with my new hiddenbar setup. No more menubar junk
Er, how was your weekend?
June 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Er, how was your weekend?
I got a commercial where a lady just kept repeating “Churu” and my cats were disappointed to say the least
June 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I got a commercial where a lady just kept repeating “Churu” and my cats were disappointed to say the least
Why is it that every time I take a day off I get 5x the new Slack conversations compared to a normal day?
June 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Why is it that every time I take a day off I get 5x the new Slack conversations compared to a normal day?
One of my cats is named Jerry. Every time I say his name, my phone activates Siri 🙄
June 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
One of my cats is named Jerry. Every time I say his name, my phone activates Siri 🙄
On Saturday, I built a DuckDB extension that embeds a v8 javascript runtime and exposes a few table functions. You can pass arbitrary js code & natural language prompts for which js code is generated and ran.
June 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On Saturday, I built a DuckDB extension that embeds a v8 javascript runtime and exposes a few table functions. You can pass arbitrary js code & natural language prompts for which js code is generated and ran.
orthogonal
What is the most overused word in your industry?
Let it out.
Let it out.
June 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
orthogonal
As I sit here while the clock crosses 6am, I realize I am now running on permanent cat time
June 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
As I sit here while the clock crosses 6am, I realize I am now running on permanent cat time
Love how my cats know to wait until I'm on a call to jump on the counter / dining table...
June 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Love how my cats know to wait until I'm on a call to jump on the counter / dining table...
Have been busy lately; chipping away at this new SQL notebook UI for @sidequery.dev
Here's CTE ejection for times when you need a little more intermediary inspectability!
Here's CTE ejection for times when you need a little more intermediary inspectability!
June 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Have been busy lately; chipping away at this new SQL notebook UI for @sidequery.dev
Here's CTE ejection for times when you need a little more intermediary inspectability!
Here's CTE ejection for times when you need a little more intermediary inspectability!
In a new boba shop and there’s only kiosk ordering
June 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In a new boba shop and there’s only kiosk ordering
Checks notes registry.terraform.io/providers/co...
June 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Checks notes registry.terraform.io/providers/co...
Claude Code isn't perfect by any means, but it's magical connecting to a playwright mcp server and letting the LLM reproduce frontend bugs, fix them, then check work
May 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Claude Code isn't perfect by any means, but it's magical connecting to a playwright mcp server and letting the LLM reproduce frontend bugs, fix them, then check work
Why waste time read lot word when few word do trick
if Bluesky isn't retaining the zillions of users who migrated over from Twitter when it was breaking my guess is the main reason is that no text-based microblogging site is doing great right now, the real competition, now and forever, is TikTok / Insta
May 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Why waste time read lot word when few word do trick
Nissan Altima energy (entering through the exit gate of a parking structure)
May 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Nissan Altima energy (entering through the exit gate of a parking structure)
People talk smack on GCP heavyweight project setup but have you ever used Azure? Holy shit feels like I'm in 1998 crossed with Temu this is egregious
May 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
People talk smack on GCP heavyweight project setup but have you ever used Azure? Holy shit feels like I'm in 1998 crossed with Temu this is egregious
Using Claude Code for the first time seriously and it feels like a text adventure game & I'm here for it
May 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Using Claude Code for the first time seriously and it feels like a text adventure game & I'm here for it
It's weird that LLM provider tribalism is already a thing. Some people wouldn't really consider using a model not from their preferred brand.
May 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It's weird that LLM provider tribalism is already a thing. Some people wouldn't really consider using a model not from their preferred brand.