Many things about this project are in common with the idea for CybertruckServices.com. So please read that first. NearSuperchargers.com is another idea which can benefit Tesla owners. But it is quite a bit more forward thinking than CybertruckServices.com. As Elon says – “the best part is no part. The best process is no process.” CybertruckServices.com […]
Friction Reduction Blog Posts
One Field that Looked Very Right and Performed Very Wrong
isStock. That is the field. For each product distributor, they either have stock or they don’t. So it makes sense that one would store this field uniquely by distributor. And in a perfect world, it just might be. But this isn’t a perfect world and when you create such a field that impacts multiple dependencies […]
August 30th, 2020
Next Successful EV
If you look at the advantages Tesla has over other companies: Vertical Integration Charging Network FSD Hardware FSD Software OS Body Casting/Wiring + other patents Insurance business Data (miles on autopilot) Exponential Growth Rate Factory Design Battery Technology Engineering/Other Top talent Service Centres Mobile Service Sentry Mode/Fart Mode/*Mode* Purchase via website Social Media Following Brand […]
Why do I not use a Virtual Machine from my local box?
The first place I worked, iSTORM didn’t use virtual machines. They had a staging server and a production server. We developed on the staging server and used CVS to synchronize code into production. Later on in my career there was a project where part of the consistent environment setup is everybody using the same virtual […]
Tesla Test Drives – Tesla Referral Program 2.0 (or 3.0?)
At one point Elon outright cancelled Tesla’s referral program. Why do this? Why discard some well-developed money making program? Because it was losing money. You see, when you have more demand than you can meet, driving up demand doesn’t make sense. And incentivizing people to increase demand is counter-productive. Increasing demand is not good for […]
February 22nd, 2020
Tesla’s Success due to “Make it Better” Attitude
When products are developed, there tends to be a point where most workers will state “Good Enough!”. But not at Tesla. The question is always, “How Can We Do BETTER?”. Technology builds upon itself. In order to improve, most look to the latest superficial customer facing issues. But to really improve, to the point where […]
Redoing the Dishwasher
Not my dishwasher. All dishwashers. Current options: Litres of Water used Dishes clean Rate Size Cost/year Manual wash 15L – 18L 1 – 10/min w: 12″ – 32″l: 12″ – 24″h: 6″ – 16″ $8200 (@$15/hr) Dish Washing Machine 15L – 20L 1.66/min w: 18″ – 24″l: 24″h: 35″ $150 (energy) + $100 equipment/service The […]
January 3rd, 2020
MySQL w/ JSON Support
Man… MySQL with JSON Support is fucking tight! Pull out the keys and save the rest as JSON. It’s that simple.
October 20th, 2019
Did Dyson strike a deal with Tesla not to make EVs?
This article is pure speculation. If I were Dyson, and I were looking at the big business picture, I would recognise my dependency on Li-ion batteries. The cost of my batteries heavily impacts the cost of my vacuum devices to my customers and my margins as well. Having somebody working towards getting the costs of […]