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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 11/05/2025

Using git-for-data time travelling with TerminusDB saved the day. Our static website builder gave up building our RSS feed today... Switched GraphQL endpoint to a specific commit, branching, merging, asserting correctness of the metadata. It was too smooth! Wrote a point on it 🚀 🤩 #buildinpublic

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Saving the day with git-for-data revision control and GraphQL for content management

I sat down this morning to update our website and one of the plugins we use now had a field that was mandatory and inconsistently applied…

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 18/01/2025

Just published up my honest review. I compare the reMarkable 2 and Paper Pro experiences. They are both eInk paper devices, the Paper Pro with colour. Both are great, but I chose not to upgrade in the end. The felt tip experience of the RM2 is irreplaceable. Hoping for a future felt tip upgrade

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Honest review: The reMarkable 2 is better than the Paper Pro

I don’t regret my decision to return my Paper Pro. This is my breakdown of why I returned my Paper Pro within the 100 days.

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 15/12/2024

Finally, it's out there. I have procrastinated this blogpost for too long. It shows how to implement taxonomies and master data management using the software I built. This is super hard to build correctly and in a trustworthy way using traditional databases and knowledge graphs. #buildinpublic

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Build advanced collaborative taxonomies using hypergraphs

In the enterprise you’re often faced with digital business information that is hard to process using traditional approaches. Far too many…

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 12/12/2024

I'm so proud! We're hosting a 2 day workshop with 25 people (!) from one of our enterprise customers at our own offices in Lund, Sweden. So much to do and great results from the first day yesterday! So happy for the progress!

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 07/12/2024

Please help? I'm looking for a specific quote on innovation, it might have been cited in Harari's books. Innovation breakthrough often happens when technology gets a user interface, making the innovation available to broader markets. The browser, app store, ChatGPT for NLP/AI. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 03/12/2024

Graph-structured information + rules-based AI = awesome On Monday we show the power of unification with a user interface. Learn how to leverage old-school logic-based AI, reborn into the cloud age by combining knowledge graphs with a datalog. Join our webinar, Monday at 16.00CET 🚀 #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 03/12/2024

Who's my mysterious 400th follower in the #buildinpublic community? Amazing community growth over the past week here! Love newfound friends and builders out there 🚀

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 29/11/2024

The kinds of AI to use matters. How AI is used matters more. All stochastic AI have biases, such as ML and LLMs. We don't want competitive AI, that compete with us. You want COMPLEMENTARY AI, that makes us better. With rules-based AI, you have no bias. You use rules. Combine for good outcomes

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 28/11/2024

Roast my micropitch. With dfrnt.com, our purpose is to strengthen human agency 💪 We put deep tech in the human loop. Our platform enables easy collaboration and results from model-based structured information with explainable rules-based AI. Making the hard easy. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 27/11/2024

Wow! 10x the followers over the weekend. The #buildinpublic community moved over in earnest. Seems things are settling down a bit since the weekend. I had 35 followers last week, now I have 333 followers 🚀 Honored, looking forward to contributing. We're launching our next webinar soon!

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 26/11/2024

Thank you so much for the kind words @safka.com ❤️

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 26/11/2024

Failed hard yesterday. Was so nervous I failed our demo. The software did exactly what it should. But I didn't follow the right sequence. Got super nervous and stressed from not rehearsing enough. The webinar was about git-like content graph collaboration with push and pull. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 25/11/2024

More than 200 followers over the weekend. #buildinpublic on Bluesky is exploding 💥 And, our purpose to strengthen human agency 💪 seems to relate. I believe the only relevant approach is a human-centric one. Agree?

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 25/11/2024

So tell us, what is the burning purpose for what you are building? Start with why! (Simon Sinek) How do you accomplish that? #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 24/11/2024

We doubled our paid customer base for our pro subscription. From September to November at dfrnt.com. With updated pricing and new features. Since then I have onboarded a team who are learning fast. It's super exciting times for my #buildinpublic project. RDF KGs, git-like collab, and datalog 🚀

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Max Rohowsky, Ph.D. @maxrohowsky.com · 20/11/2024

Created a Build in Public starter pack. 🎉 If you're an indie hacker building in public, feel free to join: 👉 Share your project below 🧡Like this post for the algo push 🔄 Repost this for visibility go.bsky.app/PvitcMe

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 24/11/2024

What's the piece of #buildinpublic infrastructure you find most challenging to have to deal with? That thing, if made easy, would make all the difference. To build faster, cheaper, better?

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 24/11/2024

It's Sunday. Reflect on the week ahead. What key steps to take? I will be thinking about what to ask help for from my ecosystem. What will move your things the most? Will you do it? #buildinpublic

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Thank all that is holy for Bluesky 🦋

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jus @jusdus.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

the following strategy helped me selling my b2b product #buildinpublic my product is full of sharp edges and missing quite some features to fit I was struggling to sell it I switched to sell paid pilots 🧵

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Bluesky, with a well curated follow list, has already replaced Twitter for me as the place to immediately see what's happening of relevance to me as a media producer in the independent media space

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 24/11/2024

For you that code in typescript, how valuable would it be to have a modelling tool for building deep nested types and easily copy them? Idea is to be able to work with object definitions visually and be able to use a graph datalog engine to process objects as a graph with datalog. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 23/11/2024

I have a presentation to make on Monday. I'm torn. Help me choose. Just answer 1. or 2. Bonus points for why! 1. rules-based AI 2. logic-based AI #buildinpublic

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Cole👨🏾‍🚀 @afwcole.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Indiehackers that just joined BlueSky! Are you looking to follow other indiehackers building in public? I created a Build in Public starter pack for you! 🥳 If you want to be included: 👉 Comment what you are building 🔄 Repost to help others #BuildInPublic go.bsky.app/H7Ey2GR

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jus @jusdus.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

so true! i once tried to sell my b2b product to 3 sales dudes they grilled me 😂 “Only from the thirtieth minute did you start asking meaningful questions.“ they told me to start asking questions way earlier during demo calls so that I can align the demo better with prospects needs

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 23/11/2024

Sharing accurate data is costly and painful today. Humans are used as database engines in highly regulated industries. Students in the space industry. Financial accountants in finance. And others But, we're missing 400000 financial accountants world wide. Mainly because of three key factors 🧵👇

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 23/11/2024

Just released 1.6.1 with added support for CSV uploads to our Logical Studio in our datalog engine for knowledge graphs. We further improved our full immutable version history support with git-like content graph sync with a localhost open source TerminusDB instance. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 23/11/2024

Giving up on Excel's VLOOKUP sometimes? Imagine you had the full logic-based AI power of a datalog engine to also process your CSV/Excel files. We go further. Augment the CSV information with model-based RDF graphs (not shown today). A common chore. Getting CSV files to play nice. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 23/11/2024

I build dfrnt.com, a tool that enables you to skip the ORM. Build your graph information model visually, process your data using declarative logic with datalog logic and collaborate using version control and locally synced content graphs. End the struggles with Excel and the database nightmares

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 23/11/2024

Is it foolish to #buildinpublic with enterprise-scale products? Who's joining the enterprise play in due time? What are the challenges you envision?

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 23/11/2024

Any peers in the rules-based explainable AI space for me to follow? #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 23/11/2024

To solve today's messy data issues, we need to transcend to working with facts and information. Data is, by definition, without context and meaning. Information can be exported to data. But you need to add context and meaning for data to become meaningful. Start with a model. #buildinpublic

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Lars @builditn0w.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

New here and in #buildinpublic? I made a 🚀 starter pack with plenty of room! Let me know if you want to join! 😀 And don't forget to share it :)) go.bsky.app/3F5Szx6

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 22/11/2024

Welcome to amazing newcomers in the #buildinpublic space! What are your building?

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 22/11/2024

Our DFRNT enables you to design content graphs with hierarchical records. Objects are guarded, to follow the specification (with schema). Use datalog logic to process the JSON-LD content graph. The hierarchical records are editable with gen. forms. What to improve in the form UI? #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 20/11/2024

I'm furious. The default copy and paste style keyboard shortcuts in Word changed to alt+ctrl+c and v respectively. I have tried to understand why Ctrl+shift+c/v suddenly stopped working everywhere. Argh. The pain. Finally back on track. What digital ergonomy issue upset you recently?

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 20/11/2024

The small things matter too. We had re-enabled TLS1.0 😌 Now we only serve TLS1.2+ again. Having the responsible disclosure program up is awesome, big thank you to the security researcher community! Now we have the A+ SSL overall rating again since yesterday. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 17/11/2024

You don't rise to your level of brilliance. You fall to the level of your systems. Dilbert quipped it as you rise to your level of incompetence. We use people as database engines in highly regulated industries. Equipped with Word and Excel. Madness. But we're on it. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 16/11/2024

Hacking on the weekend? I did. Fixed a UI issue we saw in a customer onboarding yesterday. Also completed some UX improvements for our hierarchical object editor, based on solid feedback. We build an AI rules engine with model-based records editing. What are you creating today? #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 15/11/2024

Is this the time for a shift to headless static website builders with less erratic open source? In any case, getting your information under control in a model-based content graph that you own helps a lot. If it's portable and the core is Apache2 licensed, even better, right? #buildinpublic

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This Man Controls 40% of the Internet and It’s a Problem

Meet Matt Mullenweg.

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 15/11/2024

Managing product information is hard, managing an ecosystem of product information with SKUS, configuration variants, many vendors, brands, models and characteristics in fashion is super hard. Looking forward to showing a potential new customer how to leverage product configuration taxonomies today

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 14/11/2024

"Start with the model" is easier said than done. But they are right. Had the pain for years, doing it manually. So we built a platform. Launched it. Got customers. They needed collaboration. We released the content graph "gitting" process. Join our webinar to learn more #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 10/11/2024

Version Controlled Content Graphs went GA on our platform Friday after an extended beta. You can push, pull, clone, merge and rebase model-based content graphs. Full version control history and a high performance datalog engine for the 100% correct and repeatable graph query results #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 05/11/2024

Startup life can be rough. It can also be amazing. I'm super proud of the dfrnt.com team! In the past two weeks we onboarded three new colleagues to handle our growth. Two rocket scientists and a business information systems M.Sc. student. Let's take it to the moon! #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 05/11/2024

Completely failed our collaborative Webinar yesterday due to a platform not suited for the task. We'll be simplifying things by a lot next. I would love to learn from others that nail it. How do you run good Webinars, and where? What works, what doesn't? Good resources? #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 04/11/2024

Finally sat down to use the logical studio in dfrnt.com to solve logical constraint-based problems with a content graph, such as table seating problems. After some time playing with it I found how to make it for a 6-people table and the mechanics of scaling up the number of seats. #buildinpublic

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DFRNT | Model-based Linked Data Product Management for Tech-Savvy Entrepreneurs.

DFRNT provides entrepreneurs linked data management for complex adaptive systems, to build a better tomorrow using portable data products.

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 03/11/2024

This weekend we cracked the final pieces that takes the content graph version control to general availability in our QA. The push and pull abilities between branches of RDF-based content graphs look to finally go out of beta! You heard that right, it's git for content, with DFRNT. #buildinpublic

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Philippe Höij @hoij.net · 04/10/2024

Joining the global NASA Space Apps Hackathon this weekend. Started by putting in place a Next.JS template and understood how to get App Router, Redux, and APIs to work well together so it will be easy to build. And naturally setup CI/CD as well to make it easy to build and iterate!

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

We're hiring! HMML is seeking applicants for the position of "Assistant Metadata Librarian," a full-time, benefit-eligible position, remote optional. More information: www.schooljobs.com/careers/csbs...

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