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Database Design Course notes

Concepts Entity - Table name (e.g. user, article) Attribute / Field / Column Relation: relation between entities 1:1 - One to one 1:N - One to many M:N - Many to many Tuple / Row / Record / Entry Table / File: Collection of tuples or rows and attribute names Database design:

Never split the difference - Book notes

Negotiating tactics. Bending your counterpart reality. Negotiating offers and numbers.

Cause and Effect fallacies

Lately, I have been learning about formal and informal logic. Today, I will share some notes on cause-effect related fallacies, which are unfortunately very common in arguments. Post hoc, ergo propter hocJust because B happens after A, it doesn't mean that A caused B. Example: My car has been working

Building a Story Brand

Applying stories to brands. The hero or customer desires something, but it is hard to get. That’s the problem. When she is on the verge of giving up, a guide appears. This guide provides a plan and calls the hero to take action. The hero then avoids failure and gets something she initially desired.

TypeScript: String to Number

This article is part of my TypeScript series. Please, consider subscribing to my newsletter for tips on programming, entrepreneurship and design. I have noticed multiple questions regarding how to convert a String value to a Number using TypeScript. The answer is that you can convert String to Numbers just the

Webpack Bundle Analysis Resources

To be honest, optimising a Webpack bundle is probably one of the most annoying things I have to do as a Software Engineer. Some resources to help you with it: Blog post with multiple toolsBlog post on how to reduce NextJS bundleToolswebpack-module-analyserTo understand why something is being bundled: whybundled npm

Loonshots: Book notes

These are some of my notes on this interesting book, with interesting ideas on how to create a flourishing innovation driven organisation. Nurture innovation separating soldiers and research Nokia failed to develop the iPhone because it was refused by management Big organisations become risk averse and employees have low stakes.

COVID-19: Anonymous letters to patients

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic cases in April 2020, a couple of doctors and me started a non-profit project with the aim to make some people patients feel better. They were isolated in the intensive care unit and we thought that some anonymous letters from people wishing them

Should I buy the dip?

For quite some time I've been monitoring the markets, and waiting for a dip to invest my cash. However, a few weeks ago I decided to put this assumption to the test. Is buying the dip the best I could do with my hard earned cash? The contextLike most employees,

Software automation musings

Today, I had to automate the migration of inpractise.com's video provider from Contentful to Vimeo. The process implied downloading every video (around 500) and re-uploading it to Vimeo. Then linking the video to the corresponding article. We thought of hiring someone to do this task, but as an engineer,