Alex Chevsky

Slow reader, slow thinker

[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

@dvvolynkin There is an old problem is philosophy: you can’t derive an ought from an is. A good science can tell you what is really going on. But even the best science can’t tell you what to do about it. Leadership is about vision and belief.

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@zalexis Quick fix: while evaluating people look for their growth, not for their final results

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A very good historical review on how did we get here https://t.co/fDrjWl3u1O

[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

My top 10 books https://t.co/E9Tk5IZ0Ce

[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

@alexphq I feel your pain. :)
My full name is Alexey Kulichevskiy. In English I shorten it to Alex Chevsky.

[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

@zalexis I think it very much depends on your definition of culture and on the type/stage of the company. It's like "war-time CEO vs peace-time CEO" dichotomy coined by @bhorowitz

Here are my thoughts on the matter: https://t.co/wEJp0mH66a

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@burovgleb Years. But in both our cases it did not matter because we were optimising fun instead of efficiency. Both of us really loved the process of learning to code. For us it's more like art.

[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

💡I am not the target audience

This phrase has been a cliché for a long time. I learned it when I started marketing in the early 2000s. But it was not until today that I really felt it.
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[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

Well, this is my story as well. I learned mainly from books, Youtube videos and free courses.
I would not buy my own course. Not because the course is bad, but because I prefer to figure it all out on my own.
Unfortunately, I am not the target audience. Oh well.

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Emotionally, I immediately want to decide, "That's right, I should make a product for people like him and me! It's decided!".
But then I ask, "How much money did you pay for your education?"
"Oh, nothing! I learned from books and free materials on the Internet."
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@evgenyq I totally get this. For years I was trying to be as self reliant as possible. Heck I still try to do it. On one hand I see the limitations of this approach. But on other hand it’s hard to rely on others. It’s a general lack of trust and anxiety I guess.

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And then, suddenly, you lose your notes. That must be terribly frustrating.

But 700 years later, the notes are found. And, well, what can I say, just look at them yourself and I bet you start smiling!

https://t.co/U8Fk2r93RY

[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

Today I was lucky enough to find a real treasure on the Internet. It did not make me more productive, richer or smarter, but it gave me a huge boost of good humor.

[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

Imagine you are 7 years old, living in Novgorod, Russia, and by the way, it's the 13th century. You are doing your reading and writing exercises, writing letters on birch bark, and in during the recess, drawing yourself, your friends, and your neighbors.

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@zalexis There is a cool definition of the perfect UI, derived from TRIZ: the perfect interface is the one that does not exist, but whose function is still fulfilled.
I think VR is a step that direction

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@zalexis I think that in the case you mentioned the same is going to be true. Command line did not go anywhere, it still populates its niche doing fine. I think that both sites and mobile apps are here to stay as well.
VR is most likely going to be another level on top of them

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And, as I mentioned earlier, even this tedious part was a lot of fun. I enjoyed building the site, I learned a lot. But probably this root is not for everyone

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@vladkooklev I tried them all and decided to stick with Django.

For me, it's just the most fun. I built my blog from the ground up, I know exactly how it works.

And the best part is that I do not feel limited by what the platform can do. If I need a new feature, I just build it.

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But that was only difficult in the beginning. Now I have automated the deployment process with Ansible and it works like a charm. Another option would be to use Docker or something else.

[Alex Chevsky @AChevsky]

The main problem with using Django was a significant initial overhead.

The most tedious part was setting up the deployment. There was no "publish to the web" button, you know. I had to provision a server, install dependencies, upload the code, set up nginx and Gunicorn.