Outbox pattern. @gunnarmorling.dev seems to be burnt by dual writes. For example, if you add two rows into different SQL tables in a single transaction, there are no atomic guarantees after Debezium CDC puts that into Kafka.

The Outbox pattern fixes that by adding a new table.

All you need to make founder happy is a meeting with ideal customer persona (ICP) with some sense of urgency.

SysOps/DevOps meetup at Allegro.

Will be speaking about Observability Query Languages.

Happy new year!

Last year at Quesma we went from zero to one:
No team -> eight of us
No real code -> working product used by a few on prod
Virigin company with $2.5mln funding -> some revenue, low burn

The biggest lesson is to keep shipping while talking to users.

All set with Advent of Code! 50 stars.

The penultimate day (day 24) of the Advent of Code, part 2, is tedious but doable with a tiny trick. I am glad I know a thing or two about hardware.

I am impatiently waiting for the final puzzle.

One star was missing in Advent of Code, though on day 21, part 2 was somewhat hard by my standards. I have an idea how to solve it, though there are a couple of tricks. Am I getting less technical?

Back in the Advent of Code game. I’ve caught up with my delay.

Startups in ZIRP, 2022: Bragging how big their teams are and how fast they hire.

Startups in 2024: Bragging how small their team is.
E.g. Quesma is in that camp.

Converse job ad:

Most PMs hate refactoring, but our PM at Quesma asked for that.

Why?
1. Good overall velocity.
2. Paid clients, so we have to graduate from early-startup mode.
3. One architecture that would cover more use cases.

Full room at DSS conference for my talk about data trends in 2024.

Adam Szymanski, CTO & Founder of Oxla at Data Science Summit Main Stage.

“Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my life looks like.”

ChatGPT

Speaking tomorrow at Data Science Summit: What’s New in Data Platforms for 2024?

Time to come home from a trip to the USA.