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By day, I'm a product manager serving a group of fantastic engineers at Square.
By night, I fight crime and solve mysteries with a robot pal of my own creation.
By midday, I like a snack, generally a cookie.
Part of this biography isn't true (hint, I like cookies and engineering, I don't own a robot)
Author Archives: Chris Heisel
5 warning signs: Does A/B testing lead to crappy products?
5 warning signs: Does A/B testing lead to crappy products? – As big of a fan as measuring things as I am, the author makes some really good points. Realisitically you have to balance innovation and "gut" against metrics and … Continue reading
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Amish Friendship Bread comes with a commitment
Amish Friendship Bread comes with a commitment – Recently got "Amish'd" at work, and it is indeed delicious. Best quote: "But of course it tastes good. It’s a concoction of sugar, oil, cinnamon, eggs, vanilla and more sugar. It tastes … Continue reading
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Simple Guidelines for Workday Quality Over Quantity
Simple Guidelines for Workday Quality Over Quantity – I've got my Mail.app set to open at 10 a.m., 1 and 4 p.m. the way the article suggests. Geekery FTW!
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How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data – Bret Taylor’s blog
How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data – Bret Taylor’s blog – Their decision to plan for write failures and optimize around it reminds me of how Google built infrastructure around expected hardware failures.
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The Book Meme 2009
“In a 60-page directive, Reinhard Heydrich aimed at a thorough review of all security procedures, to sharpen awareness and root out complacency.” From Killing Hitler: The Plots, The Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death **The meme** * Grab the … Continue reading
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