Paul Dix talks with Dave Rael about geeking out, open source, time series data, running a business, and finding a market
Paul is the creator of InfluxDB. He has helped build software for startups, large companies and organizations like Microsoft, Google, McAfee, Thomson Reuters, and Air Force Space Command. He is the series editor for Addison Wesley’s Data & Analytics book and video series. In 2010 Paul wrote the book Service Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails for Addison Wesley’s. In 2009 he started the NYC Machine Learning Meetup, which now has over 7,000 members. Paul holds a degree in computer science from Columbia University.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Paul Dix
- - Paul's experience in software testing
- - Starting a business, motivation, writing code, and impact
- - The story of InfluxDB - origins, identifying a market need, open source notoriety, and becoming a viable business
- - The nature of InfluxDB and the use cases it serves
- - Paul's experience with building teams and an organization and distributed teams
- - Paul's story of failure - building a product without a market
- - Paul's book recommendations
- - The ongoing value of technical books and Paul's approach to using them
- - The things that have Paul most excited
- - Paul's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Paul
Resources:
- InfluxDB
- InfluxDB on Twitter
- InfluxDB Blog
- Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) - Paul Dix
- NYC Machine Learning Meetup
- Testing Computer Software, 2nd Edition - Cem Kaner
- Time Series
- Monitorama
- Telegraf
- Kapacitor
- Chronograf
- InfluxDB 2.0
- GitLab on Remote Work
- The Rust Programming Language - Steve Klabnik
- The Rust Programming Language - Steve Klabnik (free HTML edition)
- David Heinemeier Hansson on the Tim Ferriss Show
- David Heinemeier Hansson on Developer On Fire
- Gien Verschatse on Developer On Fire
- Apache Arrow
- WebAssembly
Paul's book recommendation:
- Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development - Jim Blandy
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - William B. Irvine
- American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road - Nick Bilton
- Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking - Rachel Love Nuwer
Paul's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Become good at expressing yourself through writing
- Ask why and understand the motivations behind a request to truly understand the need
- Optimize for the productivity of your user