I am building a few catalog workflows in n8n in order to synchronize our ERP data with Akeneo. I know it looks incredibly boring but as I progress I have to get in touch with many departments, and it raises questions about how we manage data within the company. The people I expected to be the most reactionary about it - after all I am sticking my nose into their business - are actually the most helpful because they see an opportunity to make some tasks less painful.

It resonates with me. I live in a small country (luckily an European one) where investments do not flow into tech. I have talked with many of my fellow countrymen that feel the same. Maybe we will never reach our full potential (professionally) by working here. Remote work is part of the solution for now, but it remains rare and requires a trust signal.

My only suggestion is to keep pushing until you make it.

It will get better. They grow up.

Same here!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395540

Drawing! I always loved pencil drawing, but it is an activity I had to put aside because it's time-consuming and we have a 3 yo at home that is also very time-consuming. After years of not doing it, I feel I lack the meditative part of it.

I am evaluating drawing tablets, if you have any recommendation. I am thinking about the Huion Kamvas 13.

I regret buying an okay-ish car. I should have bought a cheap rubbish car, or paid the price for a good car. After 3 years of owning it, I'm stuck paying and repairing a car I want to dump.

This is what I recommend to all my friends. Go cheap ("bangernomics" is what we used to call it in the UK, from "an old banger" car), or go newer (<5 years & <60k miles & full history, or leased from new) because the middle ground is too risky.

It's incredibly hard to convince them though.

What are your definitions of the 3 different levels of car?

Not him, obviously, but for me:

> cheap rubbish car

Something for $1,000-5,000. It's a gamble buying this type of car. It's either going to be a gem that was well-maintained by a senior, or an absolute nightmare of tow-trucks and repairs.

> okay-ish car

$6,000+. Car comes in decent shape, is clean, ready for the road, but is still in midlife. You can probably get at least 5 years out of it, most likely more, but things will start breaking.

> good car

Brand new car. Minimum $15,000+. Can last a lifetime, depending on how much you drive and how well you maintain it.

I felt exactly like this on my last car. That made me decide to never, ever get a car loan again. I'd rather drive absolute trash beater cars before ever getting stuck in a loan.

Best option is to save up ~$10,000 and get something decent outright.

I already felt the need to persist data between different nodes and workflows, so I made a bespoke API with dedicated endpoints that perform CRUD tasks (Yes, it defeats the purpose of a no-code platform but I can code, so...). I have to say I love N8n so far, it is a great productivity tool.

That was so entertaining! I know it was not your intention but thanks for the link.

Makes me realize I hardly spend any money on fun stuff. Not that I can't but I'm the provider and I'm too scared of the future.

I like writing, but I always have a hard time getting started. In that regards ChatGPT has been a real game changer. I can just lay down some ideas, ask it to write an article, hate it, then write it myself.