Bryce
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Working on open source, mostly Apache Arrow (https://arrow.apache.org)
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Claude's 5-hour session usage limit feels a bit like rested XP
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This is a perfect piece of technical writing. alexharri.com/blog/ascii-r...
ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
A look at how I used shape vectors to achieve sharp, high-quality ASCII rendering.
alexharri.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This is a perfect piece of technical writing. alexharri.com/blog/ascii-r...
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did you know there was a tv show in 1998 based on The Net and it was terrible?
archive.org/details/the-...
her trusty sidekick is a talking toshiba libretto
archive.org/details/the-...
her trusty sidekick is a talking toshiba libretto
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
did you know there was a tv show in 1998 based on The Net and it was terrible?
archive.org/details/the-...
her trusty sidekick is a talking toshiba libretto
archive.org/details/the-...
her trusty sidekick is a talking toshiba libretto
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vexed is one of my favorite pixelated font smiths, definitely take a look at these if you are in need! these both have top notch technical particulars and are not afraid to take characterful risks.
Hey! 👋
I have a few more font slots open. If you want one made DM me! 📝
itch.io/s/107531/meg...
Cheers! ❤️🧡💛
#pixelart #ドット絵 #font #pixelfont
I have a few more font slots open. If you want one made DM me! 📝
itch.io/s/107531/meg...
Cheers! ❤️🧡💛
#pixelart #ドット絵 #font #pixelfont
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
vexed is one of my favorite pixelated font smiths, definitely take a look at these if you are in need! these both have top notch technical particulars and are not afraid to take characterful risks.
I'm giving myself a gold star for noticing and fixing this huge bug in 1Password over two weeks before 1Password publicly acknowledged it: mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01...
Michael Tsai - Blog - 1Password Browser Extension Code Injection
mjtsai.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I'm giving myself a gold star for noticing and fixing this huge bug in 1Password over two weeks before 1Password publicly acknowledged it: mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01...
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“If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design”
(Source: mastodon.social/@heliographe...)
(Source: mastodon.social/@heliographe...)
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
“If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design”
(Source: mastodon.social/@heliographe...)
(Source: mastodon.social/@heliographe...)
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Cheeseburgers are not natural.
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Cheeseburgers are not natural.
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
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Having trouble sticking with your projects? Feeling burned out? Check out my #clojure Conj 2025 talk for a helpful guide.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alfq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alfq...
How to stick with your projects, even when they're janky - Wilkerson
YouTube video by ClojureTV
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Having trouble sticking with your projects? Feeling burned out? Check out my #clojure Conj 2025 talk for a helpful guide.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alfq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alfq...
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Choose life.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family.
Choose a printer.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family.
Choose a printer.
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Choose life.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family.
Choose a printer.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family.
Choose a printer.
I came for the tip on Claude Code hooks (for sounds) but this entire post was worth a careful read: matthewrocklin.com/ai-zealotry/
AI Zealotry - Matthew Rocklin
Senior engineers are best positioned to benefit from AI. We're good enough to avoid slop, and there's so much we can accomplish. I wouldn't go back.
matthewrocklin.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I came for the tip on Claude Code hooks (for sounds) but this entire post was worth a careful read: matthewrocklin.com/ai-zealotry/
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How fun is this? Watch an audience cheer and laugh in amazement over pixel zooming and an eraser tool. People had never seen anything like it. You can even hear Jobs saying "incredible" as Bill Atkinson demos panning around an image while zoomed in.
Macintosh Apple event 1984 | Showing off MacPaint and MacWrite
YouTube video by Everything Important
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
How fun is this? Watch an audience cheer and laugh in amazement over pixel zooming and an eraser tool. People had never seen anything like it. You can even hear Jobs saying "incredible" as Bill Atkinson demos panning around an image while zoomed in.
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🚀 We're pleased to open the call for Champions and Mentors for the rOpenSci Champions Program 2026-2027, a 12-month journey in open science, research software, and community building.
🌎 This year's cohort will be run in Spanish and focused on Latin America
More info at ropensci.org/blog/2026/01...
🌎 This year's cohort will be run in Spanish and focused on Latin America
More info at ropensci.org/blog/2026/01...
Open call for the rOpenSci Champions Program 2026!
You can now apply to participate in the 2026 Champions Program. We are looking for people to participate in mentoring roles and to become Champions.
ropensci.org
January 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
🚀 We're pleased to open the call for Champions and Mentors for the rOpenSci Champions Program 2026-2027, a 12-month journey in open science, research software, and community building.
🌎 This year's cohort will be run in Spanish and focused on Latin America
More info at ropensci.org/blog/2026/01...
🌎 This year's cohort will be run in Spanish and focused on Latin America
More info at ropensci.org/blog/2026/01...
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Released this week: Version 22 of the ADBC libraries and drivers.
This release includes updates to the ADBC libraries for 8 languages, and improvements to the 4 ADBC drivers that are maintained in the apache/arrow-adbc repository. See the blog for more details: arrow.apache.org/blog/2026/01...
This release includes updates to the ADBC libraries for 8 languages, and improvements to the 4 ADBC drivers that are maintained in the apache/arrow-adbc repository. See the blog for more details: arrow.apache.org/blog/2026/01...
January 11, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Released this week: Version 22 of the ADBC libraries and drivers.
This release includes updates to the ADBC libraries for 8 languages, and improvements to the 4 ADBC drivers that are maintained in the apache/arrow-adbc repository. See the blog for more details: arrow.apache.org/blog/2026/01...
This release includes updates to the ADBC libraries for 8 languages, and improvements to the 4 ADBC drivers that are maintained in the apache/arrow-adbc repository. See the blog for more details: arrow.apache.org/blog/2026/01...
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Announcing deck.gl-raster: 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐆 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. No server required.
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Announcing deck.gl-raster: 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐆 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. No server required.
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
It's nice to see people bringing up ADBC in conversations like this one: www.reddit.com/r/dataengine... #apachearrow
From the dataengineering community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the dataengineering community
www.reddit.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It's nice to see people bringing up ADBC in conversations like this one: www.reddit.com/r/dataengine... #apachearrow
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We've shipped a major update to the JOSS submission scope requirements, affecting what is eligible for submission and what information we require from authors.
You can read more about the changes and our motivations here: blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/prep... #joss #opensource #openscience
You can read more about the changes and our motivations here: blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/prep... #joss #opensource #openscience
Preparing JOSS for a generative AI future: From code to human creativity and design | Journal of Open Source Software Blog
Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software • <a href='https://joss.theoj.org'>https://joss.theoj.org</a>
blog.joss.theoj.org
January 5, 2026 at 12:31 PM
We've shipped a major update to the JOSS submission scope requirements, affecting what is eligible for submission and what information we require from authors.
You can read more about the changes and our motivations here: blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/prep... #joss #opensource #openscience
You can read more about the changes and our motivations here: blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/prep... #joss #opensource #openscience
Claude's 5-hour session usage limit feels a bit like rested XP
January 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Claude's 5-hour session usage limit feels a bit like rested XP
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Data plumbing has never mattered more. From the maturation of open standards like ADBC and Iceberg to the infrastructure needed for agentic workflows, here are our 10 predictions for 2026 🔮
columnar.tech/blog/2026-pr...
columnar.tech/blog/2026-pr...
10 Predictions for Data Infrastructure in 2026
What we see coming in the year ahead
columnar.tech
December 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Data plumbing has never mattered more. From the maturation of open standards like ADBC and Iceberg to the infrastructure needed for agentic workflows, here are our 10 predictions for 2026 🔮
columnar.tech/blog/2026-pr...
columnar.tech/blog/2026-pr...
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Is there anyone in my network with DuckDB skills who could review a PR that runs a Python script to compare the performance of DataFusion and DuckDB for some simple SQL queries?
github.com/apache/dataf...
github.com/apache/dataf...
feat: Add microbenchmark for string functions by andygrove · Pull Request #26 · apache/datafusion-benchmarks
This PR adds microbenchmarks for scanning a Parquet file and evaluating a single string expression per row.
The benchmark runs against DuckDB and DataFusion and compares the results.
Assuming that ...
github.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Is there anyone in my network with DuckDB skills who could review a PR that runs a Python script to compare the performance of DataFusion and DuckDB for some simple SQL queries?
github.com/apache/dataf...
github.com/apache/dataf...
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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Now @GitHub.com has postponing this to re-evaluate due to community outcry 😂
Have always considered moving to GitLab, whose k8s support is far better than GitHub's half-arsed ARC controller.
At the same time, teaching mainstream platforms has value for students...
Anyone have opinions on this?
Have always considered moving to GitLab, whose k8s support is far better than GitHub's half-arsed ARC controller.
At the same time, teaching mainstream platforms has value for students...
Anyone have opinions on this?
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Now @GitHub.com has postponing this to re-evaluate due to community outcry 😂
Have always considered moving to GitLab, whose k8s support is far better than GitHub's half-arsed ARC controller.
At the same time, teaching mainstream platforms has value for students...
Anyone have opinions on this?
Have always considered moving to GitLab, whose k8s support is far better than GitHub's half-arsed ARC controller.
At the same time, teaching mainstream platforms has value for students...
Anyone have opinions on this?
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dbc is a command-line tool that makes installing ADBC drivers 10× easier.
Haven’t tried it yet? Get started with our new cheatsheet.
📥Download it at t.co/JcD9ElEwqS
Haven’t tried it yet? Get started with our new cheatsheet.
📥Download it at t.co/JcD9ElEwqS
December 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
dbc is a command-line tool that makes installing ADBC drivers 10× easier.
Haven’t tried it yet? Get started with our new cheatsheet.
📥Download it at t.co/JcD9ElEwqS
Haven’t tried it yet? Get started with our new cheatsheet.
📥Download it at t.co/JcD9ElEwqS
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A good news story: local experts able to put buoys in locations important to them and get ocean wave info right on their phones. Backyard Buoys in Alaska are supported by @aoos-alaska.bsky.social #akwx #AlaskaSky @hanners64n.bsky.social @markspringer.bsky.social
alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
Buoy project credited with making fishing safer in Western Alaska and helping hunters land whales
The Backyard Buoys project helps Indigenous coastal communities in Alaska, as well as in the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Islands, use wave data to support maritime activities.
alaskapublic.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A good news story: local experts able to put buoys in locations important to them and get ocean wave info right on their phones. Backyard Buoys in Alaska are supported by @aoos-alaska.bsky.social #akwx #AlaskaSky @hanners64n.bsky.social @markspringer.bsky.social
alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
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Happy to announce that Gem Fellowship applications are now open! If you're a Ruby open source maintainer, this grant program is for you. 💎
https://gem.coop/fellowship/
https://gem.coop/fellowship/
gem.coop
gem.coop
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Happy to announce that Gem Fellowship applications are now open! If you're a Ruby open source maintainer, this grant program is for you. 💎
https://gem.coop/fellowship/
https://gem.coop/fellowship/
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Map showing the coldest season of the year.
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Map showing the coldest season of the year.