Sitting here in Europe, reading this, I can only chuckle. You will get fined if you call a policeman a "buddy" (Hawara) in Austria [1]. You got fined for sitting outside alone on a park bench during COVID or if you played with your kids on a public lawn [2]. All public parks were closed. We had lockdowns until mid-2022. If you insult a politician online, you will be fined or put in jail [3].
It feels like a completely different world that the author of this post is living in.
I wonder if this is in any way related to the fact that ̶r̶e̶d̶h̶a̶t̶ IBM cut down their OpenSource staff, afaik they are the biggest OS that uses XFS as their default FS.
We self host everything ourselves in Latvia (EU country). Mostly in biggest data centre here (DEAC company). One of DEAC data centers is located in former Soviet nuclear bunker so your data is quite safe ;)
Thank you for the answer! Selfhosted in Europe is what I guess I hoped to read. The soviewt bunker is a bit cringy but nice touch. I really consider switching - I just registerd a free address to play with the UI. Is there anything specific I should watch out where the freemium differs from the business plan?
Most of the servers are actually in newest DEAC data centre and not the one in the bunker. The biggest difference I can think of is sending limit. You get the same support even if you are free user (human phone support, support chat, contact form). IMAP access (with custom password) will be enabled only if you validate mobile phone number (Anti spam measure). Our files storage has limited parallel download limit for trial/free users. We also have native iOS/Android apps
It's an off-shoot of startup consulting. Over the years I realized the first step in helping a founder, CEO, or anyone with a project (especially someone struggling) wasn't (usually) the plan, goals, team, etc. It was them and how they planned their day, week, tools, meetings, and so on.
When someone is really grooving, and they find their personal workflow, look out. It's not unusual to check back in with a client just laughing at how much they get done in so little time. Sometimes, of course, ruts and grooves are separated by a serious wall - and it's harder.
These days, I do a deep dive on the project, then bounce back to their workflow and deep dive on their habits, routine, tools, and so on. It makes all the other "business" work easier and the client is usually happier and more productive longer than just knocking out the scary thing that made them call me in the first place.
One of my Covid projects was writing a manual and workbook for it. It's in first draft, but I'll post it here when it's presentable.
You two and the Ali92hm are welcome to a freebie! Thanks for your interest.
Given some of the questions I'm getting off-HN from this thread, it's worth understanding Workflow is NOT a self-help program like coaching or other programs. Workflow is about meeting you where you are and adapting everything else TO YOU. Think, Feng Shui for furniture and Feng Shwet for work. Get nicer furniture if you like, but whatever you got, that's what we'll deal with. Same for workflow - as you are.
Will you be helping yourself, yeah. Can it sort of be self-help, yeah. But that's the side show.
I'll leave my email up on my profile a few days. Write if you are interested.
To answer your other question, I don't know anyone else doing this across industries. My experience runs across factory production lines (don't touch it if you aren't moving it closer to the customer or adding value), kitchen work (mise en place everything), startups, writing, coding, newspaper work, ditch digging, librarian, painting, and so on.
Then there are the more biological aspects - sleep patterns, physical and mental uniqueness. Again, change them if you like / can, but if you don't / can't how do we optimize your work to be the most effective it can be given what who you are?
Within any industry there are best practices, but I really enjoy bringing other work places, systems, and tools to new settings.
I'm sorry but my freebie time is gone for a while! I'll get cracking on the pamphlet and workbook.
If I can find a good on-demand drip email system, I'll put a 12-week class together. An email-based workbook class.
But I have to push back?
Just end middle management and the issue from that article suddenly vanishes.