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lauriswtf

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Co-founder at Calmer (https://gocalmer.com/), anti-anxiety app.

Founder at Datazenit (https://datazenit.com). Datazenit is a database administration GUI for MySQL and PostgreSQL. Also featuring Heroku Data Explorer https://datazenit.com/heroku-data-explorer.html

Working on a trading simulator and financial educational app https://stockmarketgame.net/

Personal Blog: http://lauris.github.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/lauriswat

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lauriswtf··on Postico: A Modern PostgreSQL Client for OS X
Have you checked out this database admin tool for PostgreSQL and MySQL [0]?

[0] http://datazenit.com/

lauriswtf··on Postgres pushes past MySQL in developer hearts
Similar results here – Favorite RDBMS http://www.databasefriends.co/2014/03/favorite-relational-da...
lauriswtf··on Yahoo Open-Sources MySQL Performance Analyzer
pgAdmin is a disaster, and honestly all the tooling around PostgreSQL is not in the best shape. I am currently working on a new cross-platform database admin for PostgreSQL and MySQL - Datazenit[0]. It tries to solve a lot of problems other DB tools have and provides a nice UI on top of it. If you are interested, check it out.

[0] - https://datazenit.com

lauriswtf··on Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition
The phone itself looks great, but the "game" [0] doesn't do a very good job showcasing the usability of the OS.

Also shipping comes around 25€ in Europe. Quite steep for a phone priced at 169€.

[0] http://www.bq.com/gb/game-ubuntu

lauriswtf··on Expired SSL certificate
Why is this on the frontpage?
lauriswtf··on Postico – A modern PostgreSQL client for OS X
Check out Datazenit[0]

[0] https://datazenit.com/

lauriswtf··on Show HN: PSequel – a free PostgreSQL GUI Tool for Mac OS X
Sadly it looks that SequelPro was never built as a platform for cross-database support. After glancing through the source the integration with MySQL seems really tight. Also SequelPro is OSX only which is a shame because I think that Sequel is better than most of the alternatives.

Hopefully Datazenit[0] will solve this and provide great cross-database, cross-platform support. Currently it is beta stage and supports MySQL/PostgreSQL, but other database systems are on the way.

[0] https://datazenit.com/

lauriswtf··on Pgweb: Web-based PostgreSQL database browser written in Go
Looks a bit similar to what Datazenit [0] is offering, another simple way to browse a database.

[0] http://datazenit.com/

lauriswtf··on Ask HN: As a busy founder, how to address a website best?
Have you seen Squarespace[0]? It is one of the quickest ways to launch a website. It even lets you register a domain, so it is all-inclusive.

[0] - http://www.squarespace.com/

lauriswtf··on Show HN: Picnic.css, a lightweight Bootstrap alternative
Buttons in top nav have incorrect line-height - https://www.dropbox.com/s/xqqg1hpovghk827/Screenshot%202014-...

I added ``line-height: 1.4em;`` in dev tools and now they look ok - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ksxu15t9rrofxti/Screenshot%202014-...

lauriswtf··on Show HN: Recently started working on an open source data grid editor in JS/HTML
The README.md file and linked blog posts have more info on the topic (e.g., goals and roadmap of the project). Sensei Grid will always be simple and there won't any fancy or extra features than the bare essentials for a data grid. Additional functionality will be provided through plugins or implemented by users.

After first glance it seems that Dgrid requires dojo framework which I have no interest to depend on and also provides too much functionality for us. Datazenit needs something simple, stable and extensible. Sensei Grid will definitely have just a tiny fraction of Dgrid features. If you need something fully featured and complex, then Sensei Grid is not for you and you should stick with Dgrid or any other alternative.

lauriswtf··on Show HN: Recently started working on an open source data grid editor in JS/HTML
I feel the same way, because I really liked Handsontable.

Sensei Grid will be kept simple, but additional functionality will be provided through plugins. I don't want to flood the core grid with functionality that would lead to complexity. However smart pasting is something I would consider including in the core.

Btw I just updated README.me file and added goals, blog posts and other info related to Sensei Grid - https://github.com/datazenit/sensei-grid/blob/master/README....

lauriswtf··on Show HN: Recently started working on an open source data grid editor in JS/HTML
Actually I am still using Handsontable (while Sensei Grid is under development) and have been using it for quite some time. Handsontable is not stable enough and has too many bugs, at least for our particular use cases. Handsontable is also resource heavy and quite complex - we rather prefer something simple and straightforward that is not a pain to maintain.

There are currently 571 open issues[0] for Handsontable on Github. Each new release breaks something major and we can't wait forever for them to fix the issues. I wrote two blog posts regarding this (without mentioning Handsontable, but it was the library in question):

* http://lauris.github.io/development/2014/08/25/work-and-open...

* http://lauris.github.io/datazenit/2014/08/29/open-source-wor...

These articles may shed some light on why did we start development on our own library.

[0] Handsontable open issues on Github - https://github.com/handsontable/jquery-handsontable/issues

lauriswtf··on Show HN: Recently started working on an open source data grid editor in JS/HTML
SlickGrid may offer similar functionality - http://mleibman.github.io/SlickGrid/examples/example5-collap...
lauriswtf··on Work and open source #2: Sensei Grid
Just created the repo - https://github.com/datazenit/sensei-grid
lauriswtf··on Work and open source #2: Sensei Grid
Thanks! Keybindings will be fully customizable, so it will be easy to implement the functionality you suggested.
lauriswtf··on Gogs: a self-hosted Git Service written in Go
I hope that's a typo.
lauriswtf··on Servers are fun: Ansible
If you want to learn more about Ansible, the article links to the official docs http://docs.ansible.com/intro_getting_started.html.
lauriswtf··on Ask HN: What do you do to blow off steam?
This! Either I go alone or with friends it is the best steam remover for me. Also living near a river or lake helps a lot.
lauriswtf··on Curated list of Scala frameworks, libraries and software
The list is open source and community driven. It means that everyone can improve it and suggest edits. There has already been 19 pull requests with additions and deletions.

Currently the list is just a work in progress, but I am certain that after several iterations of pull requests it will be up to date and useful.

lauriswtf··on The SSL Co-operative: A Member-Controlled Certification Authority
With all the cheap SSL providers[0] today, I don't really have an issue buying the certificates anymore. When they used to cost a small fortune, I was really restrained to buy a certificate for every small web project, but now the situation has improved.

[0] - https://getssl.me/

lauriswtf··on Ask HN: Did you start a company whilst employed?
Thanks for your feedback. Hiburo Media kit link seems to working from here (tried from Incognito). Did it load at all for you?

And your are right about the right tool for the right task. Datazenit naturally evolved into what it is now. Customer feedback and feature requests initiated the switch to Scala.

Thanks!

lauriswtf··on 0xDBE: JetBrains IDE for DBAs and SQL developers
Great news! Looks like they are going in the same direction as Datazenit ( http://datazenit.com )

Proper database management tools were long due.

lauriswtf··on Ask HN: Did you start a company whilst employed?
Thanks.

Kohana was slowly dying at the time and the development had almost stopped (currently the framework is completely dead). But really I just wanted to try a new stack and Django looked promising. Also had prior Python experience.

In the next project [0] we went from Python/Django to Scala/Play :)

[0] - http://datazenit.com/

lauriswtf··on Ask HN: Did you start a company whilst employed?
Yes, I founded https://hiburo.com and had the idea while being employed and started building an early prototype on weekends/evenings.

However after I left the company, we changed the design and did a complete rewrite (switched from PHP/Kohana to Python/Django). Now it is up and running for a few months and growing slowly but steadily.

lauriswtf··on Sweden’s proposed six-hour workday
The same chart as in article, just visualized on a map: https://datawrapper.de/chart/85fbQ/preview
lauriswtf··on Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one
What other options do you see? Searching and manipulating DOM in JavaScript wouldn't be faster than a single CSS stylesheet. Remember that there are >20K rules in play.
lauriswtf··on What do you use scala for?
Interesting topic, would love to see more answers here.

I am currently building a web based database management tool in Scala and Backbone.js. Our initial prototype was built in Python, but Scala proved to be multiple times better fit for this kind of project.

Also we now offer both self-hosted and in cloud versions mainly thanks to JVM.

lauriswtf··on Poll: What database does your company/you use?
Relevant – http://www.databasefriends.co/2014/03/favorite-relational-da...

It's a recent poll about favorite relational database and Postgres came first by far.

lauriswtf··on Exec($_GET
Also relevant - https://github.com/search?q=mysql+%24_GET&type=Code&ref=sear...
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