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Show HN: Analytics Tycoon: I built an Age of Empires like game for data

12ian34 — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:51:37 +0000

Day 1. You're the new Head of Data and you inherit a stack nobody has touched in years, along with a single database administrator.

Can you advance through the ages of data, from 'typewriter' through 'modern data stack' to 'agentic analytics' and beyond?

Can you do it whilst keeping an eye on your opex?

Can you bring the company to IPO within 155 days, before the board give up?

This weekend, I built Analytics Tycoon.

Your very own chance to build out the data stack of your dreams, with an age of empires like tech tree and some nice surprises :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49154526

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12ian34 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:56:04 +0000

this is very cool, but i want to see photos!

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12ian34 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:45:53 +0000

well said, reminds me of the Kuleshov Effect[0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect

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12ian34 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:18:46 +0000

he is known for speaking all sorts of bs in interviews just for his own amusement, so I wouldn't take it personally :)

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12ian34 — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:50:24 +0000

> Rich guy has a job so easy he works until old age.

How would you know how difficult his job is? It's not easy to run a company, let alone a hugely successful one responsible for a vast amount of assets.

> Never made anything, just leant money to companies that weren't as rich as him and his cronies, to get a share of profits for doing nothing.

Providing capital to companies helps them grow which in turn helps add value to an economy. And it's not even like it's easy to lend money because this is an inherently risky process so requires a lot of hard work and intelligence to perform sustainably.

I'm curious as to why you're so judgemental of him and presumably by logical extension of your arguments: capitalism in general.

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12ian34 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:13:01 +0000

I host Supper Clubs in London :)

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12ian34 — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:22:32 +0000

hilarious seeing so many folk here turning their nose up at spending so much on an accessory from a well known designer brand. Apple devices could be considered by many (particularly outside of Californian circles) as of the same ilk.

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12ian34 — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:34:13 +0000

I agree - I am overthinking it a bit. Kudos to the poster for publishing something and it getting to front page. I suppose where my trouble comes from is that my bar is different. However, indeed, one bar isn't necessarily better than another.

New comment by 12ian34 in "KDE is now my favorite desktop"

12ian34 — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:10:44 +0000

this is one of the most unsubstantiated claims and blog posts I've ever seen. How something can be presented as a "favorite desktop" with this little justification, and a heavy focus on a few features which provide such little value to most of the population, is absurd to me. This is not a useful feature comparison for 99.999999% of people. However, it seems to have sparked some good discussion here so I guess that is valuable!

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12ian34 — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:10:12 +0000

we have effective public transport in most major cities!

New comment by 12ian34 in "Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy"

12ian34 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:14:38 +0000

> the ongoing public scare about sharing data

I think this might be a bit of a social bubble thing - I think it isn't a forefront concern for the vast majority of people.

New comment by 12ian34 in "Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy"

12ian34 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:58:57 +0000

Thanks for this considered response. I find it difficult to disagree with anything you said in this particular comment :) however I do think each instance you mention in this message is quite different to the topic at hand, regarding the big tech data machine. Additionally, I think I would rather our UK level of privacy regarding healthcare data than the commercialised free for all in the US. One counterpoint could be that Palantir got a significant amount of UK NHS data.

New comment by 12ian34 in "Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy"

12ian34 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:05:36 +0000

So you are projecting sociopathy on those that choose to keep their lives more private than you? Like you said, basic personal details are essentially public knowledge anyway. Where do you draw the line personally on what should be private?

New comment by 12ian34 in "Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy"

12ian34 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:02:03 +0000

Sweden is a very poor example, all that is public is personal taxable income. That's it. You're comparing apples to oranges. And how is your home address, and AI chatbot history going to cure cancer?

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12ian34 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:44:30 +0000

not remotely worried about leaks, hacks, or sinister usage of your data?

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12ian34 — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:27:45 +0000

claude code is a nightmare compared to cursor. terminal is not an appropriate UX unless you want to do stuff from your phone in a pinch. the main thing they got right is selling the idea of vibing to skeptical engineers by making it a CLI. i think it has more sensible defaults than cursor though which is another reason folks like it out of the box. cursor with a planner/executor system prompt works much nicer and is way less destructive. cc more for vibing IMO

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12ian34 — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:53:26 +0000

There was a lot of outcry, just like there was with the anti-semitic labelling of human rights protestors at US universities.

New comment by 12ian34 in "Why Semantic Layers Matter (and how to build one with DuckDB)"

12ian34 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:38:29 +0000

oh nice resource! Another one for you: https://docs.lightdash.com/guides/lightdash-semantic-layer#l...

New comment by 12ian34 in "Why Semantic Layers Matter (and how to build one with DuckDB)"

12ian34 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:23:30 +0000

are you using Malloy in prod? Do you know of anyone? I remember the Malloy hype during Data Council in 2023. Haven't heard about it since.

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12ian34 — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 19:06:31 +0000

wow your threat model is very different to me