mildbyte's notes tagged 'tech'

Introducing Splitgraph: a diary of a data scientist
@mildbyte (link) 3 years, 5 months ago | programming | work | tech | splitgraph |
It's been two years since project Morrowind (which apparently now has been made an official speedrun category). During that time, I've been working on another exciting project and it's time to finally announce it. TL;DR / executive summary Today, we ...

An e-mail template for entrepreneurs investigating an industry
@mildbyte 5 years, 7 months ago | thoughts | tech | entrepreneurship |
This is a quick template for a cold e-mail that can be used for initial reconnaissance and information gathering for a software engineer/entrepreneur that would like to break into a new industry and doesn't know where to start. Feel free ...

You're probably not going to get rich in the stock market
@mildbyte 5 years, 8 months ago | python | thoughts | tech | finance |
source: XKCD Abstract: I examine inflation-adjusted historical returns of the S&P 500 since the 1870s with and without dividends and backtest a couple of famous investment strategies for retirement. I also deploy some personal/philosophical arguments against the whole live-frugally-and-then-live-frugally-off-of-investments idea. ...

I've never felt less in control of my own hardware
@mildbyte 5 years, 9 months ago | thoughts | tech | 1 comment
Introduction Once upon a time I bought a car. I drove it straight out of the dealership and parked it on my driveway. This is a thought experiment, as youth in the UK can't afford neither a car nor a ...