I'm a fan of whimsical.com - it's not code-driven, but does a pretty good job at aligning nodes when making, say a flowchart. Plus, they have a decent library of icons to use.
Between AI and apps like this, the days of homework are coming to an end. At the very least, Maths and English “homework” will become in-classroom only.
Wow this is really cool! I asked how Microsoft is leveraging all the AI hype:
“Microsoft is leveraging the new AI hype to drive growth, productivity and streamline operations across consumer and enterprise products. They are investing in OpenAI, building solutions on Azure and investing in AI technology to drive innovation and competitive differentiation.”
This is going to save so much time in processing earnings calls…
A classic tale of building it before even knowing they would come…
This makes me appreciate services like Cometeer.com - high quality coffee delivered frozen for a little over $2/cup. I’m not affiliated, just a very happy customer. They address the two most important pain points for me in regards to coffee drinking: time and quality.
I’m too lazy to make my own (high quality) coffee. And I don’t have the patience, or frankly the counter space, for a grinder/roasting machine. Enter a service like Cometeer, one that immediately addressed my issues, and now I can’t fathom sustaining my addiction any other way.
Interesting. How good is the coffee? I was about to come at you for being too lazy to fill up a coffee pot with some water and grounds and hit "Brew" but then I read again and you're talking about _good_ coffee. Yeah, that takes effort. Need a scale, fancy setup, etc.
I've had coffee concentrate before and it's been mixed results for me. What makes Cometeer great?
Cometeer is much, much better than any home brewed coffee I've ever made (I've used drip machines, pour overs, french presses, fancy grinders, hand crank grinders, etc.). Will it beat a cup of coffee from a local fancy brewer? Probably not. But I can confidently say that their variety ranges from decent to really freaking good (e.g. Onyx Southern Weather, George Howell Alchemy, to name a couple of favorites).
If I remember correctly, they brew and freeze the coffee quickly with liquid nitrogen to keep everything incredibly fresh. I believe James Hoffman took a tour of their facility and has a good video on what makes them different. I was a subscriber for a bit, but it personally is bit more expensive if you do have the equipment and the time.
I am just starting the process of migrating away from Heroku, so this is perfect timing. As a full stack dev, I've always done the bare minimum with deployment as I never found the process particularly enjoyable. In the past, I would always just copy-paste build configurations from past projects, or some online resources, and wouldn't spend much time digging into the details or really understanding the ins and outs of the build & deploy process.
Needless to say, I'm looking forward to this book.
I work on a team of 6 devs that use this process and I can attest that it works wonders. At all my previous companies we used agile and it's remarkably slower than the "squeaky wheel process".
As long as there's trust, accountability, and a sense of ownership by everyone on the team, you don't need a structured process to be effective. It just slows everything down.
You could probably even scale this to larger companies by keeping team sizes small and have managers be the "squeakers".
