How to Build LightDash from Source
November 11, 2021 § Leave a comment
LightDash is a super-cool Open Source business intelligence tool built on top of DBT (which I think of as node for SQL). While it is distributed as open source, the usual way to deploy it locally is by simply running a docker container.
If you want to actually built lightdash directly from source yourself, you need to follow the instructions under CONTRIBUTING. However, what was written there (as of November 11, 2021) did not quite work for me, so here are my workarounds.
I will also file this as a GitHub issue, and they are super-responsive so hopefully this page will be obsolete soon!
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February 6, 2015 § 7 Comments
In our first installment of my series on Transforming the Bay with Christ (TBC), we talked about how platforms enable us to tackle problems and markets too big for any one entity to manage directly. Because of that, though, it is much harder to create a successful platform than it is to create a successful program. In this installment, we will talk about how to do that.
Characteristics of a Platform
The first thing to realize is that every platform is characterized by three distinct but interrelated factors:
- Policy (governance)
- Incentives (business)
- Infrastructure (engineering)
The health of a platform is determined by how well these three factors support each other and the overall purpose of the platform.
This has two interesting implications:
Leopard UNIX Links
January 29, 2008 § Leave a comment
Since someone else asked, I figured I’d capture a list of UNIX-related resources for Leopard (Mac OS X v10.5).
iHack, therefore iBlog 