In a hole, building things. Prev: co-founder hyperquery.ai (acq Deepnote, Khosla-backed), DS @ Airbnb + Wayfair, physics @ MIT + Harvard.https://bsky.app/profile/ryi.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lmkadprqc22eone of my favorite ways to read slowly as of late has been to read only until I find something to think about it takes a lot less time to get something out of what you read. higher utility density per word, and you can make sure you don't miss anything11 Apr 2025 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkadprqc22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lmabzhzyvk2fthe real problem with lack of sleep for me is not that my intelligence or energy are suboptimal. it's that my ability to stay mindful plummets. I'm generally mindful for less of the day, and even when I am, I'm not able to muster as much awareness as I am when well-rested.07 Apr 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmabzhzyvk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lko5vbwjhc2wHello everyone! Excited to share what we've been working on for the last few months: an open source framework for prompting LLMs for analytics. Repo: github.com/oxy-hq/oxy Read more here: https://www.oxy.tech/blog/introducing-oxy-and-the-future-of-agentic-analytics https://github.com/oxy-hq/oxy18 Mar 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko5vbwjhc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3ljnskcub7c2bso much sass from 4o05 Mar 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnskcub7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3li5uuksink2jWithout introspection, everything is a waste of time. With introspection, nothing is a waste of time.14 Feb 2025 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5uuksink2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lgrxjgq62n2rPeople will often tell you that building a company is about grit, about execution, about long hours and sacrifice. But I've been reflecting on this lately, and I think it's generally incorrect. 28 Jan 2025 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgrxjgq62n2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lclgna7j2k2edoes anyone know of any speed benchmark comparisons between duckdb and standard warehouses (e.g. bigquery / snowflake) execution times? remember some floating around last year, but can't find them for the life of me05 Dec 2024 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclgna7j2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lcgatorggc2qI nearly switched to iphone this year, but the one thing keeping me: Gemini + Kindle is an exceptional user experience. It has fundamentally changed how I read, particularly for esoterica Tap hold bottom bar -> select confusing section -> get answer from Gemini03 Dec 2024 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgatorggc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lcedtkcbms2aMe: the worst analysts are zero value-add Friend: no, the worst analysts are negative value-add Anyone have any horror stories? Trying to figure out how bad a bad data team can actually be03 Dec 2024 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcedtkcbms2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbwya73fck26imagine if the real modern data stack was oracle all along [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2024 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwya73fck26https://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbwuxmao4s26Over the last few years, I've found that my greatest obstacle to doing anything is that I don't feel like doing it Being mindful of that feeling has been a huge unlock in doing hard things for me.27 Nov 2024 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwuxmao4s26https://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbqgsxm3w22yI'm starting to think that the data-driven movement of the late 2010s/early 2020s was a mistake #databs, esp where A/B tests became the principal measure of success. It's a surefire way to make teams focus on shots on goal, not finding asymmetric value great for optimization, dangerous for culture25 Nov 2024 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbqgsxm3w22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbpbyfzvlc2kthe jump from cron to airflow always baffled me. why isn't there something lightweight that improves on cron, but isn't so heavy as an orchestrator? I just want retries tbh cron is walking and orchestration is piloting a helicopter [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2024 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbpbyfzvlc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbl2jjbetc2cSome things you have to experience firsthand - no amount of description or illustration will ever do them justice A good reminder that words and even images are lossy representations of underlying concepts22 Nov 2024 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbl2jjbetc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbkki2vxbs23this is the real #databs I've been looking for22 Nov 2024 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkki2vxbs23https://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbkbbkw6dk2jthis is so helpful for anyone routinely switching btwn psql and more ergonomic warehouse dialects ... it also (partly) explains why I dislike writing postgres queries so much [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkbbkw6dk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbiem7ljek2qThere needs to be social media that is truly social, and [tentatively] bsky feels like it's captured that essence. Traditional algorithms (and so the posts) are so formulaically virality-optimized, but really I just want to talk to thoughtful people.21 Nov 2024 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbiem7ljek2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbhxjlx7ic22finally cut the cord on my planck 😍21 Nov 2024 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhxjlx7ic22https://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbhvwfw7qc22something I enjoy about bluesky is that there seem to be a lot less people with motive and more people just having conversations21 Nov 2024 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhvwfw7qc22https://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbg5zpv2pk23guy at Panera typing on cherry blues like he's summoning every cicada in a 5 mile radius21 Nov 2024 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbg5zpv2pk23https://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbddhh5fgk2uIs there a world where data people make more decisions? Esp as AI automates technical work, I wonder if giving an analyst context > giving a stakeholder raw access to a text-to-sql engine? We're strong thinkers, just missing context. wdyt #databs @machsci.bsky.social @imightbemary.bsky.social19 Nov 2024 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbddhh5fgk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbddhh5fgk2uIs there a world where data people make more decisions? Esp as AI automates technical work, I wonder if giving an analyst context > giving a stakeholder raw access to a text-to-sql engine? We're strong thinkers, just missing context. wdyt #databs @machsci.bsky.social @imightbemary.bsky.social19 Nov 2024 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbddhh5fgk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lbat53g6tc2tdoes anyone know any good libraries / resources for data anonymization? #databs18 Nov 2024 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbat53g6tc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lb5o5p5j722mKatie is spot on here data won't absolve you of personal responsibility when you can't make a decision some folks take "data-driven" way too far [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Nov 2024 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5o5p5j722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lb4pmxoepc2mmy daughter just called a volcano a vanana today imo she's right though they should be called vananas [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Nov 2024 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4pmxoepc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lb4dpvlpik2mpower's out and I'm running out of arm strength to read books to my 5yo by flashlight and kindle recs to tide us over until bedtime?17 Nov 2024 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4dpvlpik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lb37i3mkj22ethis should be a warning in front of every viz tool [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2024 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb37i3mkj22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3laynhuk3yk2bdo you primarily view your bi tool as a constructor for dashboards or visualizations? data products or one-offs? and why? #databs feels like there's some correlation here to tool choice, corporate culture, etc. (excel, eg, is obviously not a db creator, and best suited for a heavily ad hoc world)15 Nov 2024 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laynhuk3yk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryi.me/post/3lax3o6oans2kso what's the best BI tool at this point? have we reached any sort of consensus? #databs15 Nov 2024 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:e7rhiq7cho4dwx32c2ue5bc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lax3o6oans2k