… for enterprise analytics and reporting.[^1]

*This post is inspired by DHH's merchants of complexity.

Plotly Dash is a versatile and simple solution for creating interactive dashboards. Over the years, I've seen many teams over-engineer their dashboards. The usual approach looks like a custom backend that interfaces with their various data sources and then uses a custom React frontend. This is great if you have infinite time and resources with relaxed deadlines.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness, usually referred to as OEE, is one of the main manufacturing metrics to measure productivity.

Good managers are hard to come by. There are many things that make a great manager, and very few have all of these qualities. See my post on types of leaders for more on the qualities one can learn to become a good leader.

I've always wanted to have my own domain and to be able to send and receive emails using it. What I haven't wanted is extra monthly subscriptions.

This guide explains how I managed to set up my existing Gmail inbox to be able to send and receive emails without a monthly cost. The only cost is a domain if you don't already have one.

The goals:

• Use an existing email inbox with a custom domain.
• Send and receive emails with the custom domain.
• Be completely free ($10/year)

I recently wanted to access a service on my local computer remotely. The problem was that I generally use a VPN, which means there is no straightforward way to set up port forwarding (at least with my provider).

Leaders come in many forms and have different beliefs, values, and cultures. This post breaks down some of the high-level differences among leaders and highlights what one should be aware of in a leadership role.

Repository templates are a quick way to bootstrap a repository for a new project and then keep it up to date with your best practices.

This post is a summary about what works for me, what I have tried and what I have learned regarding health and fitness.

I intend to update this as I learn more and use it to increase my accountability. As the saying goes, "We know that half of what we know about health is wrong, we just don't know which half."

This is the first post in a multipart series that will investigate various ways to increase the amount of renewable energy on the distribution grid.

It is based on the work of my MSc thesis.

On a holiday in Turkey, I settled down to read the book Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.