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Comment · 7 years ago
I'm not against wool/polyester inner layers, they are much better than cotton. But it's not magic, they will also work worse when they are wet, and they don't transport the sweat from the skin perfectly. So what works the best for me is reducing the effect of accumulating sweat, i.e. maximizing the breathability of the jacket (for example, by using a "windshirt" style jackets from materials like Pertex).
Maybe in such exteme conditions as -40°C it's different, but for me a windshirt + thick inner layers (polyester/wool) work well for 6+ hour long bicycle rides in about 0°C.
Comment · 7 years ago
I don't recommend Goretex, or other jackets with membranes, for outdoor activities (unless it's raining or it's really windy). They are not nearly as breathable as regular clothes, which means you will be sweating more. And even when you wear wool or a polyester fleece they won't warm as well as when they are dry.
This sound counter-intuitive but a lighter non-membrane jacket works better for me, both in terms of comfort and longer-term retention of body heat (better breathability -> less sweat -> smaller cooling effect).
Comment · 9 years ago
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah we are struggling to bring a simple description (you might look at the product faq [0]). But it's for a reason - Monique.io doesn't directly compete with similar products like traditional monitoring systems or dashboard frameworks.
If you are a programmer, then probably the most honest description would be that it's a monitoring system for "custom metrics" - anything that a traditional monitoring system or an APM platform can't collect (because it requires application-level knowledge like the data model in your DB). The traditional monitoring systems are focused on system-level metrics (CPU, memory) or performance data, making things like monitoring SQL results or JSON really hard and unnatural. Monique.io makes such tasks much simpler and "natural".
Another view is that the common knowledge about what is "monitoring" cuts out a large portion of things that really should be monitored (SQL results, health checks, API responses). The reason is that we can't collect the metrics automatically. But the work should be done and the traditional products don't provide much help for the task.
(saying all that, we and others use Monique.io also for monitoring CPU/disks, creating "BI" dashboards or sending messages to Slack)
Comment · 9 years ago
Sorry :(. But it makes some sense - it prevents some sorts of attacks.
Comment · 9 years ago
Monique.io is a monitoring system focused on high-level "metrics" (SQL results, API responses, JSON data) that are automatically parsed by AI, with alarms defined in Javascript, plus the feature to auto-create a dashboard by employing the concept of a "template tile".
We created Monique.io because we were tired of the "same old, same old" monitoring systems that didn't help much with a lot of daily tasks.
We launched Monique.io a few months ago and now bring improvements and a free plan (which we are committed to preserve; the plan does not include alarming functionality).
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No (occasional travel is OK)
Technologies: Python, PostgreSQL, Nomad, Elasticsearch, LLMs, Cassandra, Clickhouse, search engines, NER, Java, C++, Golang
Résumé/CV: https://vhex.net/cv.pdf
Email: [email protected]
Senior backend/search engineer (18 years of experience). I worked in corporations, local product companies, and as a founder/sole engineer of my own SaaS startup (a monitoring tool / Heroku addon). For the last 8 years I've worked remotely for a US influencer marketing company.
My main strength is creating custom backend components when off-the-shelf solutions (SaaS, cloud) don't fit the problem well. I've created custom search engines, NERs and task dispatchers that became core parts of the products and brought large value.
I'm quite good at working at the intersection of product development and software engineering - I can propose new products (knowing what's possible in the backend) and work with the product owners.
I'm open to both full-time and part-time work, including short-term and long-term contracts.