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thomasmarcelis | 1 year ago | on: ChatGPT Pro

Yes, daily. It's extremely useful, superior to internal search while combining the internal knowledge base with ChatGPT's

thomasmarcelis | 4 years ago | on: Real-world stories of how we’ve compromised CI/CD pipelines

>>In our final scenario, the NCC Group consultant got booked on a scenario-based assessment:

>>“Pretend you have compromised a developer’s laptop.”

Most companies will fail right here. Especially outside of the tech world security hygiene with developer's laptops is very bad from what I have seen.

thomasmarcelis | 4 years ago | on: Search engines and SEO spam

I also can't help but wonder this. I'm certain people at google search want to provide the best quality search results and do this with integrity. But at some point in the business hierarchy you are at a level where people set objectives for both these departments ( search & ads ) and are trying to optimise for things like total revenue/profit.

thomasmarcelis | 4 years ago | on: Rqlite 6.0: the evolution of a distributed database design

Thats close to our use case. We use it to sync a small amount of configuration data across a small amount of servers (2-50, depending client).

RQlite was perfect as our software is an addon for a legacy platform. We needed an easy low-access way of installing a distributed datastore.

thomasmarcelis | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Developers, how do you estimate projects and write proposals?

Excel for entering all the estimates. I write down tasks, one-offs (eg license purchase) and subscription costs. For the tasks I add columns for different roles, because the rates differ. The fixed costs are also entered. Some tables are made based on this data, and added to a written word document.

It might seem old school, but a lot can differ based on project basis (e.g cooperation with other companies, 1 month vs 2 year projects). Word and excel are just flexible and easy enough for me.

thomasmarcelis | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Developers, how do you estimate projects and write proposals?

I like the idea and could see myself using this. After trying the tool a bit, I liked it and had some thoughts.

I think your landing page communicates well, it was pretty clear what it was going to do. The only thing I wasn't sure about is if the tool is also meant for teams larger than one. Then I would need to be able to enter different costs based on different roles, but I'm not sure if that's the target audience.

You said the project is half finished, so I assume you have tons of small UI improvement ideas already... But I would really prefer a different method of adding new lines/tasks over just adding every type on add :), for example a dropdown with an add button.

thomasmarcelis | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What influenced your personal growth the most?

I took 'truffles' (scletoria, Psilocybe tampanensis), which are legal where I live, multiple times in increasing dosages. I'd love to send you my 'trip report', but am not comfortable posting this online.

If you are interested you can contact me on my username at gmail dot com.

thomasmarcelis | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What influenced your personal growth the most?

I find it weird people keep saying they lose the ego-based view of the world after taking psychedelics, it has had the complete opposite effecf on me. I know the experience is very personal but I have never read about experiences similar to mine. I become very ego-centric and just think about how I can get the most out of the world.

I do think it has affected me positively overall. I find it easier to work through tough times in order to reach what I want these days.

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