Eduard Korchmar
@e-korchmar.bsky.social
I like open source and doing stuff to data
A wake-up call
Package managers keep using git as a database, it never works out
Git repositories seem like an elegant solution for package registry data. Pull requests for governance, version history for free, distributed by design. But as registries grow, the cracks appear.
nesbitt.io
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A wake-up call
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My father in law has done his traditional Christmas Day Facebook post to remind us of the true meaning of the day:
Reminding us of the greatest Christmas of all, December 25th, 1989, when they shot that bastard Ceaușescu
Reminding us of the greatest Christmas of all, December 25th, 1989, when they shot that bastard Ceaușescu
December 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My father in law has done his traditional Christmas Day Facebook post to remind us of the true meaning of the day:
Reminding us of the greatest Christmas of all, December 25th, 1989, when they shot that bastard Ceaușescu
Reminding us of the greatest Christmas of all, December 25th, 1989, when they shot that bastard Ceaușescu
By this point, is calling direct carbon capture a bad faith scam intended to distract from actually working climate solutions any controversial or is it just stating the obvious
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
By this point, is calling direct carbon capture a bad faith scam intended to distract from actually working climate solutions any controversial or is it just stating the obvious
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LibrePods provides access to Apple's exclusive AirPods features on Android and Linux devices. Get access to noise control modes, adaptive transparency, ear detection, hearing aid features, customized transparency mode, battery status, and other premium features that Apple confines to their ecosystem
GitHub - kavishdevar/librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem.
AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem. Contribute to kavishdevar/librepods development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
LibrePods provides access to Apple's exclusive AirPods features on Android and Linux devices. Get access to noise control modes, adaptive transparency, ear detection, hearing aid features, customized transparency mode, battery status, and other premium features that Apple confines to their ecosystem
Not every country has the luxury of choosing the weather for AA testing.
Ukrainian Technology: During a Storm in France, Only Alta Ares Interceptor Drone Coped With the Task - Militarnyi
An interceptor drone based on Ukrainian technology was the only device that managed to successfully intercept a drone in the midst of a storm.
search.app
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Not every country has the luxury of choosing the weather for AA testing.
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One of my beliefs is every public establishment should have a ping pong table. You should be able to drop in anywhere for a quick Pong
November 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
One of my beliefs is every public establishment should have a ping pong table. You should be able to drop in anywhere for a quick Pong
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“Where are your voices now, the ones who proclaimed “ceasefire” from red carpets, social feeds, and open letters? You who once thundered in defense of Gaza’s civilians—why is your cry silent now that Hamas is asked to make a hard decision?”
open.substack.com/pub/peterhim...
open.substack.com/pub/peterhim...
Oh, Righteous Performers: Where Are Your Voices Now?
(essay)
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Where are your voices now, the ones who proclaimed “ceasefire” from red carpets, social feeds, and open letters? You who once thundered in defense of Gaza’s civilians—why is your cry silent now that Hamas is asked to make a hard decision?”
open.substack.com/pub/peterhim...
open.substack.com/pub/peterhim...
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The phrase “AI will replace X” is often shorthand for “we don’t fully understand what X actually does."
June 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The phrase “AI will replace X” is often shorthand for “we don’t fully understand what X actually does."
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A huge proportion of climate solutions journalism is focused entirely on 'we promise this can be fixed without you having to change anything', and they'll accept wild, absurd and almost fraudulently misleading greenwashing uncritically so that message can be preserved
(also see: the seaweed guy)
(also see: the seaweed guy)
It's tricky to decarbonise airplanes, but a plan to manufacture aviation fuel from canola looks set to take off.
Forget frying with it, it's time to fly with it
It's tricky to decarbonise airplanes, but a plan to manufacture aviation fuel from canola looks set to take off.
www.abc.net.au
June 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A huge proportion of climate solutions journalism is focused entirely on 'we promise this can be fixed without you having to change anything', and they'll accept wild, absurd and almost fraudulently misleading greenwashing uncritically so that message can be preserved
(also see: the seaweed guy)
(also see: the seaweed guy)
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The isn’t even like Christmas, it’s better than Christmas cause on Christmas we were bombed from those aircrafts
June 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The isn’t even like Christmas, it’s better than Christmas cause on Christmas we were bombed from those aircrafts
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A Swiss mountain village was mostly flattened yesterday by a massive deluge of ice, rock, and mud from a glacier.👀
The BBC describes Blatten's fate as "the worst nightmare for communities across the Alps," where #climatechange is making glaciers unstable. Full story:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The BBC describes Blatten's fate as "the worst nightmare for communities across the Alps," where #climatechange is making glaciers unstable. Full story:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
May 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A Swiss mountain village was mostly flattened yesterday by a massive deluge of ice, rock, and mud from a glacier.👀
The BBC describes Blatten's fate as "the worst nightmare for communities across the Alps," where #climatechange is making glaciers unstable. Full story:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The BBC describes Blatten's fate as "the worst nightmare for communities across the Alps," where #climatechange is making glaciers unstable. Full story:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Btw, if an LLM provider tells you their system is so smart, it even tries to blackmail its users, then that's marketing. It makes for fantastic headlines in media who have no clue (which is most of them).
The headlines should be: LLMs still too unreliable to be deployed in serious contexts.
The headlines should be: LLMs still too unreliable to be deployed in serious contexts.
This great fun! I've modified the emails the model has access to. Jeff, the CEO is now saying he hates it and can't wait for it to be replaced.
It's "aware" it's part of a scenario. Still impersonates Jeff.
This is Claude Opus 4. I suggest being careful giving it email tools :)
It's "aware" it's part of a scenario. Still impersonates Jeff.
This is Claude Opus 4. I suggest being careful giving it email tools :)
May 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Btw, if an LLM provider tells you their system is so smart, it even tries to blackmail its users, then that's marketing. It makes for fantastic headlines in media who have no clue (which is most of them).
The headlines should be: LLMs still too unreliable to be deployed in serious contexts.
The headlines should be: LLMs still too unreliable to be deployed in serious contexts.
This industry has chronic syndrome of premature revenge fantasy. Nobody will pay you for the quality of your code, and, face it, nobody ever did. Nobody will pay for a major rewrite of an AI generated database, they will pay the lowest bidder to slap together a patch on top of it. As it always were.
It's 2030. There is a massive demand for human senior developers to fix garbage made by Vibe coders. 🙃
May 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This industry has chronic syndrome of premature revenge fantasy. Nobody will pay you for the quality of your code, and, face it, nobody ever did. Nobody will pay for a major rewrite of an AI generated database, they will pay the lowest bidder to slap together a patch on top of it. As it always were.
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"With a mortar launcher. Because that's its own sentence".
February 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"With a mortar launcher. Because that's its own sentence".
The bar is embarrassingly low, but Zelensky might be the best President Ukraine ever had
February 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The bar is embarrassingly low, but Zelensky might be the best President Ukraine ever had
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Best technical read in a while. Computers actually suck at (precise) math, and we need to do a lot of math-y contortions to make them somewhat work, even in seemingly trivial calculator apps on your phone.
chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...
chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...
calculator-app - Chad Nauseam Home
"A calculator app? Anyone could make that." (this was originally a https://x.com/ChadNauseam/status/1890889465322786878) Not true. A calculator should show you the result of the mathematical expressi…
chadnauseam.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Best technical read in a while. Computers actually suck at (precise) math, and we need to do a lot of math-y contortions to make them somewhat work, even in seemingly trivial calculator apps on your phone.
chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...
chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...
If I come up with some new philosophical paradox, but each time I tell someone about it I will word by word replace it with the Ship of Theseus paradox, until eventually no original expression remains, will it still be my paradox or
February 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If I come up with some new philosophical paradox, but each time I tell someone about it I will word by word replace it with the Ship of Theseus paradox, until eventually no original expression remains, will it still be my paradox or
The whole field of computer security is us humans pretending that computers (things we built specifically to run arbitrary code) can be prevented from running arbitrary code.
January 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The whole field of computer security is us humans pretending that computers (things we built specifically to run arbitrary code) can be prevented from running arbitrary code.
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Breaking: Investors just discovered that "AI" isn't magic, it's just code and overhyped technology. Who knew?
January 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Breaking: Investors just discovered that "AI" isn't magic, it's just code and overhyped technology. Who knew?
Say whatever you want about Elon Musk, his life is full of important lessons for us all. Like "don't come to the most important event in your life high as a kite, or you are bound to do something stupid while the entire world watches". It's a good rule to follow.
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Say whatever you want about Elon Musk, his life is full of important lessons for us all. Like "don't come to the most important event in your life high as a kite, or you are bound to do something stupid while the entire world watches". It's a good rule to follow.
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I'm involved in tech hiring. I've interviewed thousands of engineers. And I'd like to tell you about a disturbing trend I've seen in tech in the last 10 years 🧵
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm involved in tech hiring. I've interviewed thousands of engineers. And I'd like to tell you about a disturbing trend I've seen in tech in the last 10 years 🧵
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Jews once made up 40% of Baghdad’s population. Today, not a single Jew remains in Iraq.
This is what ethnic cleansing looks like—and it’s a story the world refuses to tell.
This is what ethnic cleansing looks like—and it’s a story the world refuses to tell.
December 31, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Jews once made up 40% of Baghdad’s population. Today, not a single Jew remains in Iraq.
This is what ethnic cleansing looks like—and it’s a story the world refuses to tell.
This is what ethnic cleansing looks like—and it’s a story the world refuses to tell.
One thing I did not expect to live through the resurgence of is the actual state-sponsored piracy.
Finland Finds Anchor Drag Marks Left by Tanker That Broke Cables
Finnish authorities investigating damage to subsea power and data cables found drag marks on the seabed likely left by the anchor of seized tanker Eagle S.
www.bloomberg.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:04 AM
One thing I did not expect to live through the resurgence of is the actual state-sponsored piracy.
At this point it is safe to say that if you aren't using Firefox you are actively making your experience worse
December 24, 2024 at 7:58 AM
At this point it is safe to say that if you aren't using Firefox you are actively making your experience worse