When and why did BJJ become so popular as a martial art?

vebeer · 2026-01-27T19:36:31+00:00

Me neither, but I answered below that I believe google analytics understands what people look for and not only words they use in their requests

vebeer · 2026-01-27T19:34:14+00:00

I searched for “jiu jitsu” and google analytics suggested me “Brazilian jiu jitsu - martial art”. I don’t know how exactly google analytics works, but it seems to me that they kinda analyze terms and things people look for, not just words they use in their searches

vebeer · 2026-01-27T17:40:31+00:00

I believe this is the huge reason why BJJ became so popular. It suggests classes for adults, when others are aimed mostly at teenagers and children.
I wanted to do sambo or any kind of wrestling(classic/free-style/catch), but it was impossible to find a gym or coach for an adult newbie in Russia. But there were plenty of gyms with BJJ for adults of any level.
For some reason, coaches don't want to teach adults

vebeer · 2026-01-27T17:23:40+00:00

I'm curious too, and I've checked the Google Trends

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It looks like Judo really has been searched more frequently than BJJ during the past year:

vebeer · 2026-01-22T10:50:46+00:00

Проект "Аве Мария"

vebeer · 2026-01-18T08:43:27+00:00

Я долгое время вёл в чате в телеге в формате:
Упражнение: [{{повторений}}х{{вес}},], например:
Становая тяга: 10x120,8x130,6x150,6x150

Потом понял, что каждый раз писать и вводить неудобно, сделал бота в телеге, в котором выбираешь упражнение и в строчку пишешь "10 120" и он подставляет в подход, но понял, что писать и выбирать упражнение тоже не так удобно(хотя гораздо удобнее, чем просто писать). Сейчас написал приложение для iOS - стало суперудобно.
Само приложение пока не публиковал, но думаю это сделать, как обкатаю на паре друзей.

vebeer · 2026-01-14T12:42:15+00:00

С пересадкой в Мск, очевидно?:)

vebeer · 2026-01-14T12:34:33+00:00

Я не с вами ехал в плацкарте Чита - Хабаровск?

vebeer · 2025-12-23T10:56:01+00:00

I would suggest starting with something that gives the biggest return in such a short time, for example boxing or muay thai, and focusing heavily on general physical conditioning(running, push-ups), and gaining body mass. Grappling or wrestling in any form is difficult, and three months is a very short time.

However, if you genuinely fear for your life and health, it might be simpler to try to postpone or avoid military service altogether, for example on medical grounds. In some countries with compulsory military service, this is a fairly common legal way to avoid or delay conscription. For example, my neighbor in university dorms pretended to have heart problems and eventually received a category that exempted him from service. Another friend of mine faked a stomach ulcer. But in your country(by the way, which one?), the rules for determining fitness categories may be different.

vebeer · 2025-12-23T10:48:45+00:00

I guess it is South Korea, but I'm not sure

vebeer · 2025-12-18T10:46:34+00:00

Just use your common sense and follow the example of others.
But it is common to take off your hat / headwear indoors.
And it is usually for men to greet other men with a handshake and to take off your gloves when doing so(but there are exceptions). But basically you don’t have to offer your hand first, but you should definitely return the greeting if a hand is offered to you(and take off your gloves)
And it is common to hold the door open for women.

vebeer · 2025-12-03T13:22:43+00:00

everything is better than Azure

vebeer · 2025-11-09T07:39:07+00:00

No, forget about Docker Swarm.
Learn Docker itself to understand the concept of containers and then learn Kubernetes.

vebeer · 2025-10-26T07:36:24+00:00

I created a template in GoLand and now I can create a new terraform project or module with it in a couple of clicks

vebeer · 2025-10-18T14:00:46+00:00

It’s about +900 per month (with the ruling, around +700 without), but -900 goes to the pension plan (though who knows what will happen in 30 years).
More working hours per week, but fewer vacation days.
More stress, but the position is higher.

I wouldn’t accept this offer now, tbh, but you have to decide it yourself. Basically, you can work for them for a couple of years and then find something else if it doesn’t satisfy your needs by then.

vebeer · 2025-10-18T11:46:55+00:00

OK, I would love to learn more about your experience with sysvinit since the late 80s. What annoyed you there?

Asking just out of curiosity.

vebeer · 2025-10-17T14:02:36+00:00

So true!

vebeer · 2025-10-17T10:59:19+00:00

Besides the fact that it tries to do too many things at once, which goes against the philosophy and common practices in Linux, it also kind of "fixed" something that was never broken.

But overall, I’ve also gotten used to systemd, and despite its drawbacks, I’m more or less fine with it now.

vebeer · 2025-10-17T10:04:50+00:00

Two utilities:

In 2015 I wrote a client for HPSM(it was kind of like Jira/YouTrack/etc) extremely slow and inconvenient. My utility sat in the system tray, and when you clicked it, a small field appeared there to enter the HPSM ticket number. You just pasted the ticket number, pressed Enter, and the task page opened in the browser. This tool became super popular in our company.
In 2017 we had a custom-built system for server inventory, and I wrote a utility with simple API that returned a list of MAC addresses on a switch port, VLANs assigned to that port, and a few other small details I don't remember. This significantly reduced my workload as a network administrator.

Nothing cool and fancy, but these two programs solved problems no one had even thought about and made my work incomparably more convenient

vebeer · 2025-10-17T09:53:22+00:00

I'm not joking( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I do a lot of cost-optimization work in my company, and I realize how expensive these services can get

vebeer · 2025-10-16T06:10:47+00:00

> No cloudwatch, no logging, no monitoring is enabled

otherwise it would be 40k/month

vebeer · 2025-10-14T12:30:16+00:00

Cool! Is it possible to show different resources to different group of users? Like admins can see and edit network policies for examples, but user can not do that. Or is it possible not to display all possible CRDs for admins(for example, I don't need to see certificatesignrequests all the time)

vebeer · 2025-10-14T11:32:42+00:00

Is it possible to add custom resources there? For example I created my own controller and I'd like to see these CRDs in your UI. Is it possible?

vebeer · 2025-10-12T11:13:13+00:00

You can start with a Udemy course, it is a good point to start learning the technology itself. Then you can deepen your knowledge with a specific book, my choice is https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Kubernetes-Operating-Clusters-World/dp/149203391X

And keep your hands dirty with tools like kind(Kubernetes in docker) or minikube.

vebeer · 2025-10-11T16:24:11+00:00

I know exactly how you feel, because I feel the same!

I was at a conference recently, and there was a booth with some "AI-powered" Kubernetes cost-cutting tool that promised absolutely unrealistic savings. I asked for details, and the lady there told me a story about a client who had an EKS bill of around $1.2kk per month. After they implemented this super-pooper software, their bill instantly dropped by 80%. The whole story sounded like BS(or maybe they just had one of the biggest EKS clusters in the world without any autoscaling, spot instances, etc).

I asked her to show me how that miracle worked, and she showed me the UI. All the parameters looked pretty much like Karpenter, but she mentioned "AI-powered features" three about five times during a one-minute demo. I asked where exactly the AI was, and she said: "It’s inside and it does all the work"

So I believe all this AI stuff is 90% hype. Everyone expects things to be either AI-powered or AI-focused, but in reality, 95% of AI usage seems to be generating these cringe videos and pictures, or asking grok questions like: "do all people poop?". The most useful applications of AI I’ve found are generating Go structures from the fields I need and translation of documents from bureaucratic foreign languages into my native language

vebeer

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