Justin Smethers
@justinsmethers.bsky.social
Data & Engineering & Analytics & Semantics & Metrics Person
Have you ever signed up for a meetup talk to force yourself to learn a new tool, then run out of time? Couldn’t be me. I definitely didn’t just do that.
Anyways uv is cool
Anyways uv is cool
December 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Have you ever signed up for a meetup talk to force yourself to learn a new tool, then run out of time? Couldn’t be me. I definitely didn’t just do that.
Anyways uv is cool
Anyways uv is cool
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The website vs app split for Bluesky vs Threads captures the difference in user base and usage patterns beautifully.
Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?”
Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.
Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?”
Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.
November 23, 2024 at 2:30 PM
The website vs app split for Bluesky vs Threads captures the difference in user base and usage patterns beautifully.
Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?”
Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.
Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?”
Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.
I relapsed (re-downloaded Factorio) and it’s ruining my life (I’m having a great time)
November 17, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I relapsed (re-downloaded Factorio) and it’s ruining my life (I’m having a great time)
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I regret to inform you the Mark Zuckerberg acoustic version of Get Low goes at least a little hard
November 14, 2024 at 1:30 AM
I regret to inform you the Mark Zuckerberg acoustic version of Get Low goes at least a little hard
I regret to inform you the Mark Zuckerberg acoustic version of Get Low goes at least a little hard
November 14, 2024 at 1:30 AM
I regret to inform you the Mark Zuckerberg acoustic version of Get Low goes at least a little hard
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Who’s building the federated docs app?
(tbf I guess that’s what obsidian is but who’s using that for docs)
(tbf I guess that’s what obsidian is but who’s using that for docs)
November 8, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Who’s building the federated docs app?
(tbf I guess that’s what obsidian is but who’s using that for docs)
(tbf I guess that’s what obsidian is but who’s using that for docs)
SQL loses the popular vote but wins the electoral college every time
Never bet against SQL.
November 9, 2024 at 7:59 PM
SQL loses the popular vote but wins the electoral college every time
Are you telling me a data made this actionable insight?
November 8, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Are you telling me a data made this actionable insight?
back to regularly scheduled data posting
November 8, 2024 at 1:08 PM
back to regularly scheduled data posting
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Can we please stay here longer. My feed is data people and I’d prefer that over Leon’s Twitter. I’m only there to see the election results.
November 1, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Can we please stay here longer. My feed is data people and I’d prefer that over Leon’s Twitter. I’m only there to see the election results.
Bluesky is discriminating against left-handed people! (I keep hitting the “scroll-to-top” button when I’m scrolling on mobile :( )
November 1, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Bluesky is discriminating against left-handed people! (I keep hitting the “scroll-to-top” button when I’m scrolling on mobile :( )
What’s the best speech-to-text dictation app on iOS? I hear about apps like BetterDictation on macOS but is there anything as good for mobile?
October 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
What’s the best speech-to-text dictation app on iOS? I hear about apps like BetterDictation on macOS but is there anything as good for mobile?
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Total engagement over my last 100 posts with a single query :)
October 30, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Total engagement over my last 100 posts with a single query :)
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hi to all old friends from twitter!
i want to show you this thing: atproto-browser.vercel.app. put your bluesky handle in it and explore :)
this should give you some intuition about how this place works under the hood. happy to answer any questions about it!
i want to show you this thing: atproto-browser.vercel.app. put your bluesky handle in it and explore :)
this should give you some intuition about how this place works under the hood. happy to answer any questions about it!
October 29, 2024 at 12:32 PM
hi to all old friends from twitter!
i want to show you this thing: atproto-browser.vercel.app. put your bluesky handle in it and explore :)
this should give you some intuition about how this place works under the hood. happy to answer any questions about it!
i want to show you this thing: atproto-browser.vercel.app. put your bluesky handle in it and explore :)
this should give you some intuition about how this place works under the hood. happy to answer any questions about it!
Has anyone seen cool things built on top of the dbt semantic layer yet? This package seems interesting medium.com/@dj.lemkes/h...
How to query and materialize your semantic layer metrics directly from your dbt models
tl;dr materialize metrics directly inside your dbt models using the dbt-metric-utils Python package. This mostly brings back the…
medium.com
October 29, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Has anyone seen cool things built on top of the dbt semantic layer yet? This package seems interesting medium.com/@dj.lemkes/h...
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It's straightforward to add a "TXT record" in the DNS entry of your domain hosting. Explained here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
About the direct posting, that's something else. I haven't looked into that, but would be super cool indeed.
About the direct posting, that's something else. I haven't looked into that, but would be super cool indeed.
How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.
bsky.social
October 29, 2024 at 12:45 PM
It's straightforward to add a "TXT record" in the DNS entry of your domain hosting. Explained here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
About the direct posting, that's something else. I haven't looked into that, but would be super cool indeed.
About the direct posting, that's something else. I haven't looked into that, but would be super cool indeed.
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I've done things in SQL I'm not proud of
October 26, 2024 at 2:17 AM
I've done things in SQL I'm not proud of
Huge news - I found the catpics feed, so now I can scroll that when I’m tired of this nerd stuff
Now I just have to figure out how feeds/lists work… (how tf do you link this thing)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Now I just have to figure out how feeds/lists work… (how tf do you link this thing)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Huge news - I found the catpics feed, so now I can scroll that when I’m tired of this nerd stuff
Now I just have to figure out how feeds/lists work… (how tf do you link this thing)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Now I just have to figure out how feeds/lists work… (how tf do you link this thing)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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So how about them SQLs?
October 26, 2024 at 10:53 PM
So how about them SQLs?
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Damn. uv escalated quickly.
We have now replaced pipenv with uv – this makes the developer experience so much better: www.python4data.science/en/latest/pr...
#Python #uv #DX
#Python #uv #DX
uv
uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager. Both the installation of uv and the creation of file structures for libraries or Apps are already described in our Python basics tutorial...
www.python4data.science
October 27, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Damn. uv escalated quickly.
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Data Twitter is dead, long live data Bluesky. 📊
October 23, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Data Twitter is dead, long live data Bluesky. 📊