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New comment by bmallerd in "Hell is other people: performance management at Big Tech"

bmallerd — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 04:00:24 +0000

For some narrow definition of problem - sure.

New comment by bmallerd in "Ask HN: How to cope with pressure to be the best?"

bmallerd — Mon, 29 May 2023 21:23:31 +0000

You need to read finite and infinite games. The book addresses this exactly.

New comment by bmallerd in "Ask HN: Using Markdown Files for Notetaking?"

bmallerd — Thu, 19 May 2022 18:25:04 +0000

Seconding obsidian. Throw the files into Dropbox and voila - synced notes.

New comment by bmallerd in "We Still Don’t Get Things Done"

bmallerd — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:53:38 +0000

I tracked my productivity pretty rigorously in college for about a year. My maximum sustainable productivity was somewhere between 6 and 8 pomodoros a day. If a deadline was imminent, I could "crunch" and put in something like 12 a day for a week. Interestingly, I would crash afterwards and can only do about 3 pomodoros-per-day until my brain recovers. The average productivity in the crash + recovery cycle was also 6! So I was just borrowing from future productivity.

New comment by bmallerd in "Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles"

bmallerd — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:35:08 +0000

Hello from Vancouver! Great work.

One piece of feedback - would be great if there was an "import from Linkedin" feature. It seems like a lot of the information has already been populated, and it's annoying to c/p it over.

Hit me up if you need some help.

New comment by bmallerd in "Ask HN: A/B tests on low traffic site – is it possible?"

bmallerd — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:28:59 +0000

It really depends what you mean by "low". It's certainly possible at the hundreds-per-day type volume. The key is to just look for bigger effects. If 200 people show up, 10/100 convert on A, and 25/100 convert on B then B wins (p < .01)

As your traffic scales, you can look for smaller and smaller effects. But the whole idea of testing variants can be applied pretty damn early.

New comment by bmallerd in "The Modern World Has Finally Become Too Complex for Any of Us to Understand"

bmallerd — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:17:23 +0000

I would read this!

The Rise of Data Science, or why isn't BI “the sexiest job of the 21st century?”

bmallerd — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:19:36 +0000

Article URL: https://louiedinh.com/2020/rise-of-data-science/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24042122

Points: 2

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New comment by bmallerd in "HiDimensional (Leveraging expert referrals to improve technical hiring)"

bmallerd — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 22:56:52 +0000

I have experience going through the HD funnel and I only have good things to say. The team is professional, know what they are talking about and can connect you with great companies.

For me, the most valuable part was the interview feedback. Since they want you to succeed, they offer interview feedback that is honest and insightful - unlike when you actually apply to jobs.

10/10 would do again.

New comment by bmallerd in "Ask HN: Does anybody follow the Pomodoro Technique religiously?"

bmallerd — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:50:03 +0000

I've used the Pomodoro technique religiously for the last year. Some interesting conclusions that I drew from my yearly review:

1) I have a maximum sustainable rate of about 8 pomodoros (4 hours) high focus work per day. This can be temporarily overridden, but I work much less the following days.

2) Bimodal days seem to work best for me. One big block in the morning, followed by a long-ish lunch, and then another big block in the afternoon. Similar to PG's essay on maker vs. manager schedule.

3) Having many small unrelated tasks is inversely correlated with number of pomodoros completed. Usually I get the most pomodoros in when I have 2 big tasks for the day.

Python Practice Projects: Go Build A Static Site Generator

bmallerd — Mon, 19 May 2014 19:40:35 +0000

Article URL: http://pythonpracticeprojects.com/static-site-generator.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7769346

Points: 3

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New comment by bmallerd in "Python Practice Projects"

bmallerd — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 09:11:34 +0000

louie [at] pythonpracticeprojects dot com

New comment by bmallerd in "Python Practice Projects"

bmallerd — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 01:56:35 +0000

Author here. JadeNB you've hit the nail on the head! I have found that each language is better suited towards certain problems. This was a key motivation for making a set of problems specific yo Python. Sounds like you have some great ideas. Hit me up (contact is on the page), we should chat!

New comment by bmallerd in "Python Practice Projects"

bmallerd — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 01:52:11 +0000

Thanks for your idea. I am aiming for very specific boundef problems with quality references. A Google app engine app is much too broad. Do you have more specific suggestions?

New comment by bmallerd in "Python Practice Projects"

bmallerd — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 01:49:34 +0000

Author here. Adding a community aspect is definitely an end goal. Right now I'm trying to create a reasonable project list and perhaps a few sample solutions. I'm toying with the idea of test suites but that really adds constraints on the final solution.

New comment by bmallerd in "Python Practice Projects"

bmallerd — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 01:46:24 +0000

Author here. Great idea! The problem is that I would be hard pressed to come up with projects that are universally appealing. Crowd sourcing for ideas seems like a good option here. If you have a list of ideas please reach out. My contact can be found on the page :)