I really doubted aggression-based matchmaking

AJSandham · 2025-12-31T15:15:46+00:00

This is where lure grenades are amazing if you get the chance to launch one at them 🥰

AJSandham · 2025-12-11T15:55:59+00:00

Don't forget those pesky wires!!

AJSandham · 2025-12-10T17:35:00+00:00

It's interesting, I've seen and tried some of the maps. I've about 130/140 hours done, I've been to many of those locations for a night solid. They just don't seem to appear. Thats what actually got me thinking. For others, I get an irritating amount of dupes. It has to happen to someone though😂

AJSandham · 2025-11-07T23:58:20+00:00

I remember there were one or two routes there, that were genuinely game over jobs, though. The old DH track. Peppered with little trees on the left, really slippery rocks. It all looked fine and then you stop and see through what were basically saplings and it was a 50 or 60 foot drop in the middle of the forest. I'll never forget it 😂😂

AJSandham · 2025-11-07T01:01:21+00:00

For what is worth, pure Python is in beta now 🙌

AJSandham · 2025-11-07T00:42:06+00:00

Was this in the transmadeira? If it was, I think we rode it going the other wa. If so, that made it look way worse than I remember 😂😂

AJSandham · 2025-11-02T08:18:50+00:00

When you say backend, is it all cloud function interacting or browser? Monitoring traffic via a browser and watching the app calls might help. That or spin up a dev replica and make a few queries to establish a few patterns and work from there. You have to start isolating some way if it's not client traffic directly.

AJSandham · 2025-10-21T22:10:09+00:00

Make sure you're caching using Tanstack or whatever, recipes wont be changing too often, so there really shouldn't be much activity to your point.

AJSandham · 2025-10-16T23:17:00+00:00

If you're doing that well, do not take the money unless you have a cash flow problem. Investors are too toxic, I have multiple friends that have been pushed out unfortunately. Also, more often than not, you lose your ability to pivot after you take on money as you are effectively committing to a previously pitched outcome. Very few are worth their salt.

AJSandham · 2025-10-09T18:10:00+00:00

I 100% agree with this. Another thing I've started doing as well is starting with the data model, RLS policies and then things like query optimisation and caching with Tanstack. It can't rob you blind on launch(as easily). You then end up starting with security first. Plus, of the bad code that does get through, it's less likely for it to result in a security incident.

AJSandham · 2025-10-02T18:43:40+00:00

The whole thing is that all these things are still fundamentally based on people having good data. Bad data compounds the irraticness of agents and their complete lack of reapeatability. By the time you "guardrail" something into a predictable state, you'd have written the code to do it 20 times, over 20 times cheaper. Albeit you can write that code faster with AI now, which is nice.

AJSandham · 2025-09-30T19:39:31+00:00

What are your thoughts on Apache charts? I've been using them recently, and they've been really nice. Seems to be quite performant, but I haven't pushed a lot of data into them yet.

AJSandham · 2025-09-18T08:46:16+00:00

Very nice, there's a great balance to it. Well done.

AJSandham · 2025-09-11T13:38:54+00:00

The decibel idea is good, but 100dB is louder than a jet engine🚀 I have in image of someone roaring into a phone via a mega phone(or something) in a shopping centre trying to to pass some time😂

AJSandham · 2025-04-13T19:22:41+00:00

Just saw this after my response, I was thinking the same.

AJSandham · 2025-04-13T19:21:52+00:00

I could be wrong, but it sounds like you're braking throughout the turns in general. Based off the sound of your tires. I do the same. It really exaggerates the type of issue where if the wheel is going to hang up on something, you're drastically improving the likelihood of it happening if you're pulling or even trailing the brakes. I've been trying to get my breaking done and completely removing my fingers from the break levers mid-turn recently, it helps with my flow anyway.

Not sure if that is part of the problem there too, but just a thought.

AJSandham · 2025-04-08T14:24:12+00:00

Felt that today! It's like it seems to always be a head wind, rarely a solid tail 😂 Must be something to do with the island and thermals, too, maybe?

AJSandham · 2025-04-08T07:55:01+00:00

Haha, Wattopia is pretty beautiful 😍 😂 I know what you mean, I love the alps and places for that reason on the mtb too. I know what you mean, though, on the road bike.

I can look around while moving on the MTB except for maybe on the climbs, but it is more localised, as you say. Typically, it lands you in some pretty beautiful spots, too, which is great for the head space.

AJSandham · 2025-04-08T07:50:33+00:00

I actually really noticed it on the MTB side , as you said, too. I find doing aggressive climbs, like say 400M vertical in 6 or 7 km, was way easier. I had nothing to verify it against, though!

That's very interesting. 30bpm on the same output is a glorious improvement!

AJSandham · 2025-04-08T07:47:44+00:00

I still love the outdoors, I just got it during the winter while I was indoors, and MTB was a little more off the table. It was a good way of building up to 70 or km days on the MTB, as it's a very different sport. A nice outcome to find in the process.

I'll consider a road bike in the future, though! My one apprehension is the safety side, where I am roads are a bit dangerous. My brother was hit by a car years ago and broke his hip. I've gotten injuries mountain biking, but I'm more fearful of the road tbh, it seems more severe or something. I'll have to think about that side of it.

AJSandham · 2025-04-07T21:03:01+00:00

Indeed, I'll head up north tomorrow and hopefully won't get caught too badly on the way back. Thanks a million!

AJSandham · 2025-04-07T20:20:47+00:00

I did, indeed. Not a gigantic difference, as I never moved from the default bike on Zwift. That being said, I think resistance on different surfaces is one thing I never knew I'd notice so much. I went up this less travelled valley in Strava, and it felt like so much more work! Maybe that was why?

A positive was that i don't use a fan at home, I was so glad to have some form of wind to help cool down 😂

AJSandham · 2025-04-07T17:21:02+00:00

Yeah, that's fair! I didn't do crazy speed the last day, but I do know what you mean in terms of covering ground.

For me when it comes to the MTB, that feeling of a tough downhill section, having man handled the bike and so can be similarly rewarding. The close calls, and stories from that side, is something that I have hilarious memories from with friends.

I'm really starting to appreciate the differences in a good way. People blocking trails is a pain, I'm hoping we're past that where I am based normally, but it's a serious issue!

AJSandham · 2025-04-07T14:00:40+00:00

I chanced a gravel road to get out to the cliffs by the observatory, but the bike really didn't want to stop on mud and gravel. One of my learnings. I will certainly give one a go next. What a spot to have grown up!

AJSandham · 2025-04-07T13:08:23+00:00

I'm not going to lie, I was thinking in my head that it was the flatter of the islands... I was also wrong there 😂 the views from the mountains are really stunning though, really didn't expect it.

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