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John Atten

@xivSolutions

Programming (self-taught,), Rock and Roll (guitar, we're ALL self-taught + thieves), Strive to be a man of Shibumi.

 Denver, CO
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Joined June 2011
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Cori Drew@coridrew10 Mar 2023
LOVE the discussion to change, "Strong opinions, weakly held" to "Informed opinions, happy to discuss" in the preface of @robconery's #ImpostersHandbook If you haven't heard of it, I highly recommend checking it out bigmachine.io/products/the-i… Great stuff, indeed :)
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Postgres. That's it. That's the tweet.
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If you get a chance, check out @dianmfay 's new database tool! Looks super cool.
Dian Fay (@dianmfay) profile pictureDian Fay@dianmfay29 Mar 2022
new project: analyzing the organization-wide impact of database schema changes, as a service ectomigo.com
I had a call w/a grad student in computational science today & we got to talking about how ppl learn @PostgreSQL & what it's like to be new to Postgres & the next thing you know we were talking about @robconery's book, A Curious Moon: bigmachine.io/products/a-cur…
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Vess@VessOnSecurity8 Dec 2021
1970: We're going to build a global network that can withstand a nuclear war. 2021: AWS is down and my coffee machine doesn't work.
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Early in career coders: You know how old-heads can magically solve a problem in 5 minutes? It’s amazing. What they don’t mention is that’s because the magic of being senior is YEARS of debugging and HOURS of googling and reading and walking. They’ve seen it before. You will too!
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If nothing else, I hope YAML teaches the industry to not use another indentation-delimited format for another 100 years.
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"Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning." - Unknown
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Isn't it though?
Image from Shawn Wildermuth - @wildermuth.com on bsk (@ShawnWildermuth)
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Adam Jacob
@adamhjk28 Jan 2021
Postgres is a damn miracle.
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Republicans will start pretending to care about the debt in 3.. 2..
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Robs courses and videos over the years (going back to the Tekpub days through present) are some of the biggest factors in my move from self-taught hobbyist to professional developer. There is something here for all levels. Do check it out!
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Social distancing is a necessary evil in Covid world. Watching "Mother" reminds me just how irreplaceable the joy of being in a band is.

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Social distancing is a necessary evil in Covid world. Watching "Mother" reminds me just how irreplaceable the joy of being in a band is.

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We need more of this. Check out Storm Large, live on Instagram every night. She is hands down one of my favorite performers.
Storm Large (@Stormof69) profile pictureStorm Large@Stormof6921 Mar 2020
I'm going to start IG Live Pajamming every night 8pm west coast time. HOW DO I IG LIVE? Can I answer questions in real time? Help me out, my nerd brethren and meine schwesteren (bros and hos) @ Portland, Oregon instagram.com/p/B9-s1NyluRL/…
Fine Tuning Full Text Search with PostgreSQL 12 rob.conery.io/2019/10/29/fin… via @robconery
Develop new algorithms as a PhD student: $30k/year Use pre-built sklearn models as a data scientist: $120k/year Build regression models in excel as a hedge fund analyst: $200k/year Make pie charts as a CEO: $14 million/year
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"There's nothing more permanent than a temporary hack." - Kyle Simpson
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