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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 13d

BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies.

martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...

bliki: Frequency Reduces Difficulty

"If it hurts - do it more often". Good advice if the amount of pain raises exponentially with the time between actions, such as for integrating software.

martinfowler.com

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 15d

That Project Manager extension seems pretty nifty!

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 16d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Sep 4

You can also do math with vim. 👀

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hackers:

Your goal is to launch the Calculator.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 14

Someone finally wrote the data-center/electricity inflation story.

@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 16

My personal opinion? Not much better when it comes to the quality of the data. Is it easier to download? Maybe? osm2pgsql is a dope tool too. #gischat #geosky

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 15

I know Ibis integrates well with BigQuery as far as python packages go. I’m a little vendor lock-in averse. #gischat #geosky

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 15

I’m at a Azure/Microsoft shop for the time being. I’ll be sure to keep the GCP solution in my noggin though. #gischat #geosky

Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 14

This is so cute I absolutely love it! #rstats

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 14

Am I crazy for wanting to use Apache Airflow and PostGIS to build a geospatial data platform for my org? Is that a dumb idea? #GISchat #geosky

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 12

I’m tempted to go down the rabbit hole of either GRASS functions or setting up safeguards in PostGIS to solve this problem.

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 12

I’ve found pixi to be pretty darn helpful for geospatial, uv is solid if you need only Python stuff. #gischat

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 12

Are you looking for courses? I’ve got a course on geospatial modeling that has been helpful: ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/geospatial-m...

GIS/MEA582: Geospatial Modeling and Analysis

ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 12

PSA to GIS Professionals: friends don’t let friends create data products with invalid geometries. #GISchat

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 1

Nah, you’re good.

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Apr 1

I was referring to the xkcd comic strip. 🤷🏼 in this case, it is what it is.

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Mar 3

Instead of saving a csv, why not give Arrow a try?

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · Nov 14

None of this is official, but there have been NWS bots setup to get weather info, alerts and warnings.
nws-bot.us

NWS Bots for Bluesky

nws-bot.us

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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · Mar 1

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

We're not done yet | 18F

18f.org

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Mar 2

I remember seeing 18F at Pycon a few years back. Godspeed.

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Lindsay @not-young.bsky.social · Mar 2

The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.

Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Feb 28

Locate Press has a pretty great book on the topic: locatepress.com/book/spatial...

Spatial SQL

What is Spatial SQL? Why is it needed for querying geospatial data in a database?

locatepress.com

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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · Feb 28

You may enjoy ruff as a replacement for your Python linting—it’s wicked fast.

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OpenStreetMap US @osmus.bsky.social · Feb 26

OSM US voting members: make sure to submit your votes for the board by midnight on March 2nd!

Check your inbox for more info

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