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James Sinkala

@xinnks

Full Stack Developer | Technical Writer. Breaking apps & writing content.

Katılım Temmuz 2011
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James Sinkala
James Sinkala@xinnks·
What a few days it's been, the mountains were great. Among the most spectacular sights I've hiked and seen (Even got to see the Kilimanjaro peak from a distance 🏔️). 25 kms done, can't feel my legs, and it was all worth it.
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Michael Ludden
Michael Ludden@Michael_Ludden·
After an incredible journey leading marketing at @tursodatabase, where we achieved a whole company pivot to launch the Turso platform - going from zero users to over 50,000 with tens of thousands of paying customers in under eighteen months - I’m energized to explore what’s next. Turso has made the difficult choice to go “back to the lab” and refocus on an aggressive rewrite of a beloved database technology - a decision I agree with on a strategic level by the way. But, that also means growing and positioning the existing platform takes a back seat, and I am one of the casualties of this shift. To be clear, I love this team and I’m still an advisor and shareholder. As such, obviously I feel invested in their success, but I also have a high belief in it. With @glcst and @penberg at the helm, Turso stands a fantastic chance of achieving this ostentatious goal. For my part, I’m considering opportunities to lead marketing for ambitious organizations - particularly those ready to reshape their category, scale rapidly, or navigate market transformation. My sweet spots include technical product positioning, aligning teams on vision, and frankly just getting sh*t done. I’m a builder at heart, and I’m always seeking challenges with teams I can meaningfully help out. While I’m already starting to engage in some conversations, if you'd like to chat with me, send me a DM! Thanks to everyone at Turso, past and present, for being great partners and collaborators over the years.
Glauber Costa@glcst

We unfortunately had to let @Michael_Ludden go. He is simply put, the best developer marketer I have worked with in my entire career. If you run a developer-centric company, I am sure you understand how hard it is to find a marketing professional that understands the developer mind. Michael always makes it look easy.

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Glauber Costa
Glauber Costa@glcst·
If you know Rust, it doesn’t even feel to me necessary to talk about @lucio_d_franco. You probably know him. A star of OSS development, he is behind packages we can’t leave without like Tonic, Hyper, and Tokio. All of that I knew before he worked with us. What I didn’t know was just how ready he was to jump into any issues, take initiative to get things on track. Total A-player.
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João Marcos Gris
João Marcos Gris@joaomarcosgris·
After a year and a half working at Turso, I am now looking for new opportunities. Despite the initial grief, I feel very grateful for all the growth I've experienced during this time and the people I've worked with.
Glauber Costa@glcst

Last but not least, @joaomarcosgris was one of the stars of our backend. He knows Go very well, and was the one-man-show behind all of our data analysis pipelines, our integrations with all of our 3rd party providers, and did a lot of work on the epic Turso CLI, Backend, and even our frontend. Not only Gris made it all happen, he was also always ready and willing to fix anything.

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Giovanni Benussi
Giovanni Benussi@giovannibenussi·
I’m looking for job opportunities! As you may have already noticed, I no longer work at @tursodatabase and I’m now looking for a new job. I’ve worked as a Full-Stack developer for more than 15 years. I have extensive experience working with React, Next.js, and Remix applications, including the planning, scoping, and implementation of new features. Additionally, I’ve contributed to JS/TS packages used by thousands of users. I also have 10+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails, cloud management on AWS and Fly, and Docker. I’m a product-minded engineer who communicates well and cares about the end-user experience. If you know of any opportunities, please send me a message here or email me at giovanni.benussi@usach.cl ✉️ Retweets are highly appreciated 🙏
Glauber Costa@glcst

We also had to part ways with @giovannibenussi. He is is a great frontend developer. He knows React and the JS/TS ecosystem like few others, and combines that with a dependable attitude. A Turso user before we even hired him - he was always on our Discord server, always willing to help, and always willing to jump on issues unprompted and keep users happy.

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Glauber Costa
Glauber Costa@glcst·
I guess now that everyone is debating having kids, this is as good a time as any to share this story: I hate losing. When I started my company, my cofounder @penberg had 3 kids, and I had two. I caught up to him, but I also saw many other of my friends having their 3rd kids, putting me at risk of losing again. I feel especially terrible given that 5 years ago I became Catholic, and as such I am supposed to have a lot of kids. I should have more kids than everybody at work combined, but unfortunately my wife and I started too late. Would 3 be it ? With that, I am ecstatic to announce that my wife is pregnant with our 4th child! It is very early (7 weeks) and usually I would wait more to share, but alas, it seems to be children's day on X,.and I felt like sharing that I am doing my part to repopulate the world. And also, of course, that puts me with more kids than Pekka, and means I am winning. Godspeed!
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James Sinkala
James Sinkala@xinnks·
@notrab So, did "ready to become a farmer" finally work? 😅
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Jamie Barton 🥕@notrab·
One of those "It'll take 5 minutes to configure a build step" moments...
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James Sinkala
James Sinkala@xinnks·
@glcst Listened from start to end. Missed a few parts due to my 🗑excuse of an internet service, but, can't wait for the next one.
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James Sinkala@xinnks·
@glcst Such an interesting subject matter. Can't wait for this to start.
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Glauber Costa
Glauber Costa@glcst·
"I don't believe that a person can be religious and intelligent at the same time." This is from a real conversation I had with a former coworker of mine circa 2010. I wasn't the one saying it, but I didn't disagree with it either, and I had my own share of pronunciations. From around 1998 to 2018, I was a committed atheist (with a brief new age transition period), and I truly believed that was the only rational position an intelligent person could hold. I no longer believe that. And being on the other side of it, I acknowledge that in our industry, being hostile to religion is the fashionable thing to do, while obviously understanding that in other professions and historical times, atheists are the outcasts. So when I started thinking about starting a podcast, not wanting to start yet another tech focuses podcast, I decided to focus on this experience instead. This week, I will be starting "The Save File", where I intend to have deep conversations with true believers about their experiences being religious in STEM. I will host it live on X and plan to publish the episodes to Youtube later. My first guest will be @TejasKumar_, this Friday, May 31st, at 9 AM ET. Stay tuned!
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Cynthia Dunlop
Cynthia Dunlop@c_a_dunlop·
A first look at the weekend project @sarna_dev and I have been working on: writing a book all about writing engineering blog posts! It’s now in early access at mng.bz/Y7oK - use the code mldunlop for 50% off until June 1. The heart of the book is the discussion of “blog post patterns”: The Bug Hunt, We Rewrote It in X, How We Built It, etc. 7 patterns in total, one chapter for each. We also share practical strategies for making your writing clearer and more convincing, ways to reach more readers, and even what to consider if you’re tempted to enter the wild world of book writing. Also -- examples, examples, everywhere. We discuss 5 real blog posts in every pattern chapter, plus we created a fake @ziglang blog post to demonstrate all the writing and revision strategies (including some good fun with AI). Many thanks to the entire @manningbooks team, especially @JonathanGennick for making it happen as well as @ericlippert and Doug Rudder for making it a much better book!
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Glauber Costa
Glauber Costa@glcst·
I'm ordering mine now!
Cynthia Dunlop@c_a_dunlop

A first look at the weekend project @sarna_dev and I have been working on: writing a book all about writing engineering blog posts! It’s now in early access at mng.bz/Y7oK - use the code mldunlop for 50% off until June 1. The heart of the book is the discussion of “blog post patterns”: The Bug Hunt, We Rewrote It in X, How We Built It, etc. 7 patterns in total, one chapter for each. We also share practical strategies for making your writing clearer and more convincing, ways to reach more readers, and even what to consider if you’re tempted to enter the wild world of book writing. Also -- examples, examples, everywhere. We discuss 5 real blog posts in every pattern chapter, plus we created a fake @ziglang blog post to demonstrate all the writing and revision strategies (including some good fun with AI). Many thanks to the entire @manningbooks team, especially @JonathanGennick for making it happen as well as @ericlippert and Doug Rudder for making it a much better book!

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James Sinkala
James Sinkala@xinnks·
What a few days it's been, the mountains were great. Among the most spectacular sights I've hiked and seen (Even got to see the Kilimanjaro peak from a distance 🏔️). 25 kms done, can't feel my legs, and it was all worth it.
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Jamie Barton 🥕
Jamie Barton 🥕@notrab·
I just discovered @CartQL is ranking #1 for `GraphQL Shopping Cart`. Beating BigCommerce and Shopify. The MRR has been $50 consistently for 3 years now, using a PayPal Buy Button for 2 customers. 😂 I need to reboot this side project.
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@tursodatabase @glcst @penberg @lucio_d_franco @notrab @TejasKumar_ @c_a_dunlop @sarna_dev