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Alex Borger
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Building Dashgrid.io and ClimateChangeTracker.org sustainability enthusiast, software dev, data junkie, tech-entrepreneur.
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You can track whatever you want with Dashgrid. Spin up a data bucket, create a dashboard, share it or make public. If you are comfortable with data handling (API), setting up Dashgrid is a matter of minutes.

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If those AI and vibe coded startups are like vending machines, it’s gonna be a very funny age of AI🍿

Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPh...

Full article
archive.is/2025.12.18-1...
We Put an AI Vending Machine in Our Office. It Gave Away Everything. | WSJ
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🤯Very scary. Some mechanism in Claude Code seems to remove/overwrite code (full feature implementations). When asking claims it never existed. Luckily I make reports for all features imps. with specs + daily backups. Happened multiple times. No git branching involved. Anyone experienced similar?
December 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Greenland, Europe, Northern Africa, Australia , Southern Pacific (roaring forties): alexborger.com/earth/
December 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reposted by Alex Borger
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Another short Dashgrid.io demo: dashboard tracking my MacBook's realtime vitals
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
👀Sneak peek: free public Hacker News dashboard @ Dashgrid.io 🥷
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Dashgrid.io

** not real health data — generated purely for demo/testing purposes **
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
more of 🌍
try here: alexborger.com/earth/
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Built a small Earth 3D sim/scene on weekend (v.0.1). Earth, Moon, Sun. 4k textures. Runs in the browser.

Try here: alexborger.com/earth
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Built a small Earth 3D sim/scene on weekend (v.0.1). Earth, Moon, Sun. 4k textures. Runs in the browser.

Try here: alexborger.com/earth
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"a lie will go halfway around the world in the time it takes the truth to put on its shoes" - Mark Twain
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Enjoy the new ”Natural” Mode 🖥️📱
climatechangetracker.org/global-warmi...
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Reposted by Alex Borger
Worried about Chinese EV exports? Perhaps we should be worried about this instead.
China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home
While Western nations focus on the competitive threat of Chinese EVs, a different challenge is reshaping the auto industry. Beijing's legacy automakers are saturating emerging and second-tier markets ...
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Reposted by Alex Borger
SCOOP: Carbon Brief has exclusively obtained a list of 84 countries "opposed" to adding a fossil-fuel roadmap to COP30 deal – but our analysis found a series of contradictions & likely errors

For eg 14 on list are also roadmap "supporters"

Read more➡️

www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Data tools should feel magical 🧙🏻
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by Alex Borger
Building and running a company can be pain in the ass. But building and running a non-profit is another level... so much to learn!
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I find a "brain is a language compiler" analogy quite fascinating. It shows how far natural language is from having anything like rigorous validation.

The brain is a very permissive runtime. It will "execute" almost anything: nonsense, contradiction, vague gestures.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Reposted by Alex Borger
Track the progress of human-induced and observed global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, the remaining carbon budget, sea levels, radiative forcing, emissions of nations.

Up-to-date:
✓ 5 critical dashboards
✓ 40 critical indicators
✓ 190 national dashboards, 1140 insights
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Reposted by Alex Borger
If you are a data nerd, follow us!
Very cool stuff coming to dashgrid.io

🎉 We have started inviting first users! I hope you are on the invitation email list🤞
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If you are a data nerd, follow @dashgrid.bsky.social. Amazing stuff coming!

🎉 And, we have started
inviting first users! I hope you
are on the invitation email list🤞
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It always feels like some skew and some music will save the world.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Btw: you can spin up as many data buckets and dashboards as you want.
You can track whatever you want with Dashgrid. Spin up a data bucket, create a dashboard, share it or make public. If you are comfortable with data handling (API), setting up Dashgrid is a matter of minutes.

Follow @dashgrid.bsky.social
Get an early access invite:
dashgrid.io/newsletter-s...
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You can track whatever you want with Dashgrid. Spin up a data bucket, create a dashboard, share it or make public. If you are comfortable with data handling (API), setting up Dashgrid is a matter of minutes.

Follow @dashgrid.bsky.social
Get an early access invite:
dashgrid.io/newsletter-s...
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM