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2025/08/04 [GADM-api]
I stumbled upon another problem – my linode VM started throwing OOM errors during GADM geopackage ingestion. Running Postgres, ogr2ogr and docker simultaneously turned out to be too much for cheapest 5$/month, 1GB RAM VM. I was’t expecting this problem since I already successfully ingested GADM into a instance that was running directly on my…
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2025/08/02 [GADM-api]
I created a dedicated migration service consisting of sql migration files and small GO program that will run these migrations. I am making progress dockerizing the services: I am still jumping over a few hurdles related to deployment, migrations, seeding and overall automation but I feel like I am getting close.
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2025/08/01 [GADM-api]
I discovered that Github container repository has unlimited number of private containers. I decided to change my approach to deployment. I will create two docker images. One for the server and one for database. Today I finished working on Dockerfile for initial Postgres image. This approach should simplify linode setup and deployments since it will…
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2025/07/31 [Accelerate]
How to introduce transformational leadership traits: How to enable cross-functional collaboration
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2025/07/30 [Accelerate]
Managers and Leaders Leaders and managers are two different concepts. Leaders inspire and motivate people around them, while managers make decisions regarding resources, staff, and priorities. The real value of a manager or leader is measured by their ability to amplify the work of their teams, including the ability to deliver code, architect good systems,…
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2025/07/29 [Accelerate]
Employee satisfaction, identity, and engagement Employee satisfaction, loyalty and identity are not just feel-good metrics, they are drivers of business outcomes: profitability, productivity, and market share. These metrics can be measured by Net Promoter Score. NPS is most often used to measure how likely a customer is to recommend a product. However, in the context…
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2025/07/28 [GADM-api]
I am still working on the first deployment but new things and ideas are popping up. I had few ideas and discoveries regarding reverse geocoding, tile server and middleware. Regarding the deployment – I populated the server with GADM data. I started researching how to deploy golang server. I the past I used docker images…
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2025/07/28 [Accelerate]
Burnout Burnout is a serious threat to employees’ health. It manifests itself in helplessness, a loss of accomplishment, negative feelings from work spilling into personal life, exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced productivity. Burnout turns things you once loved into something dull and insignificant. A pathological, power-oriented culture is often a primary cause of employee burnout. A…
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2027/07/27 [Accelerate]
Product Development Four methods that make up the lean methodology proved to have positive impact on team productivity, organization profitability, market share. Additionally they improved team culture and reduces burnout. Making work sustainable We aim to ensure sustainable long-term performance through appropriate methodologies, rather than exhausting human resources for short-term bursts of increased velocity. Deployment…
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2025/07/26 [GADM-api]
Once again I find myself refining Postgres installation on remote server. I encountered weird problem where apt-get update was failing on newly booted Ubuntu 24. The cause for this problem turned out be the fact that I am rsync-ing files from local machine into remote server /tmp folder. This action changes the permissions of /tmp…
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