Christopher Winslett
@winsletts
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a unitasker. golf, family, a little of everything. work @Snowflake (via @CrunchyData) Offers free, but not unsolicited, marriage advice.
Birmingham, AL
Joined September 2009
Bought my wife the most advanced technology available ever sold that fits in our pocket just so she can take higher definition photos of the cat
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Product people must understand that in practice there’s no such thing as “making time for strategic thinking”. In practice, every world-class product person thinks strategically through every decision, through all ‘tactical work’. It is embedded into every minute of every day.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures - the coffee grinder at my house has gone out, I hooked up a battery powered drill to my travel grinder.
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The new Land Cruiser FJ comes with a bullet proof straight 4 cylinder. Drive my FIL’s 1995 Toyota Pickup last night w/ a 4 cylinder manual. The engine is perfect for that small vehicle. Let’s hope the FJ is on a diet — the lighter the truck the better for the i4.
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very important in companies. Keep the ones willing to "truth nuke" close. They are load bearing.
The reason it’s incredibly hard to break out of a “kind lie” doom loop is because the longer it’s gone on, the more unkindness is needed to get back on track. And the fact that you’re in this situation to begin with probably means your culture will hate that.
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My wife: I don't like sci-fi. Also my wife: NEW STRANGER THINGS SEASON JUST DROPPED!
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Uh oh, AI has learned to just skip tests that are failing.
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The people want common sense centrists (actual revealed preference) But news likes to promote the extreme and salacious, so we hear about Mamdani 100x more than Spanberger
Reality is socialists running worse than centrist dems. Centrist Dem Spanberger, touting law enforcement, wins Virginia Gov race by 15 points. Socialist wins NYC mayor by < 9 points and < 2 points if you count votes for the long shot Republican, running against worst mayor
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Makes range math easy.
Postgres time range sql: @>: Does range on the left contain date on the right? SELECT '[2025-11-01, 2025-11-10)'::daterange @> '2025-11-05'::date <@: Is date on the left inside the range on the right? SELECT '2025-12-25'::date <@ '[2025-12-01, 2026-01-01)'::daterange
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Yeah — the moderate solution is harder and the chance of getting it right on the first try is zero.
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You don’t fight healthcare issues with free healthcare or by cutting healthcare.
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You don’t fight open boarders with government-endorsed anti-immigration gangs.
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It’s not just the policies, it’s the swing from extreme to extreme of the policies. You don’t fight crony capitalism with communism.
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The open source release of pg_lake yesterday is a godsend for every company dragging around time-series data. Offload that stuff to Iceberg from your application. Then, when you need to query it. It's the most approachable 2-phase data pattern: spend your money on hot data.
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