pvh
@pvh.ca
just this guy, you know? (director of research @ ink & switch, coined "local-first", contributor to automerge, former postgres guy, heroku staff, ex-game developer, arctic oceanographer.)
This is just such a nice detailed explanation of why something isn't really feasible: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
Potential Fixed Link to Vancouver Island
Addresses options and challenges for a bridge linking Vancouver Island to the Mainland.
www2.gov.bc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is just such a nice detailed explanation of why something isn't really feasible: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
If you like a Beck track, have you caught this Beck collab with the Hinds? Different vibe but I'm never sad to catch him on a track. Found it in a random Spanish playlist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5I1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5I1...
Hinds - Boom Boom Back ft. Beck
YouTube video by HindsVEVO
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If you like a Beck track, have you caught this Beck collab with the Hinds? Different vibe but I'm never sad to catch him on a track. Found it in a random Spanish playlist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5I1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5I1...
Ink & Switch is hosting another Social in London on Nov. 11th at the Alan Turing Institute. I'll share some early scientific work in Patchwork, & Marcel will give a peek at the Playbook programmable ink system. Also, lightning talks about "surprises in software".
RSVP here: luma.com/71g0lhgo
RSVP here: luma.com/71g0lhgo
Ink & Switch London: Building new tools for Science · Luma
Ink & Switch's mission is to help computers become better tools for thought. We believe that the promise of computers as "intelligence amplifiers" or "bicycles…
luma.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Ink & Switch is hosting another Social in London on Nov. 11th at the Alan Turing Institute. I'll share some early scientific work in Patchwork, & Marcel will give a peek at the Playbook programmable ink system. Also, lightning talks about "surprises in software".
RSVP here: luma.com/71g0lhgo
RSVP here: luma.com/71g0lhgo
At last! We've missed you, @martin.kleppmann.com.
At long last, @chris.blue and I have submitted the final manuscript of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, second edition, to the publisher. There is always more that could be improved but at some point we just have to call it done. Now it goes into production; probably shipping in ~4 months.
October 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
At last! We've missed you, @martin.kleppmann.com.
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Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
MONTECITO, CA—Signaling a new chapter in her career, pop star Katy Perry released a new single Monday about the superiority of Canadian manufacturing. “When I learned about the strength of Canadian au...
theonion.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
IIRC we asked someone nicely for the automerge npm package name many years and they let us take it over. (Or was that a different project...)
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
IIRC we asked someone nicely for the automerge npm package name many years and they let us take it over. (Or was that a different project...)
A good friend once told me this was his approach to open source software maintenance:
Im Out Hand Gestures GIF
ALT: Im Out Hand Gestures GIF
media.tenor.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A good friend once told me this was his approach to open source software maintenance:
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We have a shiny new website courtesy of @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com 🙌
🚀 Check it out: automerge.org
🚀 Check it out: automerge.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We have a shiny new website courtesy of @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com 🙌
🚀 Check it out: automerge.org
🚀 Check it out: automerge.org
New Automerge website at automerge.org. Kudos to @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com for their work building it. The level of craft and detail in the landing page is very satisfying.
Automerge
Automerge is a library for building collaborative, local-first applications.
automerge.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New Automerge website at automerge.org. Kudos to @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com for their work building it. The level of craft and detail in the landing page is very satisfying.
We were discussing yesterday how our goal is that if anyone asks to try out patchwork the immediate response is not to wince and apologize.
October 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We were discussing yesterday how our goal is that if anyone asks to try out patchwork the immediate response is not to wince and apologize.
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You can bookmark any of the labels or settings page. e.g. mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#sn...
Gmail
Gmail is email that’s intuitive, efficient, and useful. 15 GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access.
mail.google.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
You can bookmark any of the labels or settings page. e.g. mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#sn...
I have often needed something like this, and frequently without realizing it until it was way too late.
yo dawg i heard you liked sorting UUIDs so i made you one that sorts lexically AND bitwise
learningproof.github.io/tid-i-d/draf...
learningproof.github.io/tid-i-d/draf...
The Time-Ordered ID and base32lex Binary Encoding
Developed for use in a high-bandwidth distributed social networking context, the
TID is essentially a highly-compact UUIDv6 variant that optimizes for a few
specific properties (most notably being sor...
learningproof.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I have often needed something like this, and frequently without realizing it until it was way too late.
Ah, cool! Is that data available as some kind of data structure, or do you literally just have to call their API for each grid point?
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ah, cool! Is that data available as some kind of data structure, or do you literally just have to call their API for each grid point?
Love to see this work. Have you documented your process anywhere? I'm interested in the tools and infrastructure to support this work.
September 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Love to see this work. Have you documented your process anywhere? I'm interested in the tools and infrastructure to support this work.
This particular project is not really local-first work at all. Ironically, it's the underlying collaboration and version control primitives that Automerge provides that we think are very applicable here regardless, and improvements to that technology will be -- shall we say -- dual-use.
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This particular project is not really local-first work at all. Ironically, it's the underlying collaboration and version control primitives that Automerge provides that we think are very applicable here regardless, and improvements to that technology will be -- shall we say -- dual-use.
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In his playful collection "Forty-Four Esolangs," Daniel Temkin (@dtemkin.bsky.social) challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255308...
September 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In his playful collection "Forty-Four Esolangs," Daniel Temkin (@dtemkin.bsky.social) challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255308...
It's pretty cool that Ink & Switch is contributing to this big ARIA programme now. We get two big things out of it: funding (obviously) but also a community of fascinating creators and problems to connect with. I'm learning all about the UK power grid this week.
www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...
www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...
ARIA Safeguarded AI Programme, new faces, and a splattering of ink lab notes
Peter, our lab director, will announce a major new initiative. You’ll hear about two researchers who have recently joined our staff. Finally, we’ve got a collection of lab notes about Programmable Ink...
www.inkandswitch.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's pretty cool that Ink & Switch is contributing to this big ARIA programme now. We get two big things out of it: funding (obviously) but also a community of fascinating creators and problems to connect with. I'm learning all about the UK power grid this week.
www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...
www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...