Samo Korošec
@samokorosec.bsky.social
Product designer living and working in Vienna. Kicked PDF SDK UI standards up a notch, improved regulated software development tools, helped friends create Audio Plugins and Synths and drew hundreds and hundreds of icons in the process.
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Samo Korošec
@samokorosec.bsky.social
· Nov 12
my additive synth is in early access over at melatonin.dev more soon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygr0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygr0...
Sine Machine is in "early access"
YouTube video by Melatonin
www.youtube.com
Stuff I worked on as a counterbalance to my last job (B2B SaaS for regulated software development yada yada).
Now gonna have to find a real job again, in case anyone needs help with complex B2B apps. Prolly means less colors at my disposal.
Ah well. 😄
Now gonna have to find a real job again, in case anyone needs help with complex B2B apps. Prolly means less colors at my disposal.
Ah well. 😄
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken
YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi
m.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Good thread
Regardless of what happens to the reparations loan, which is still under intense negotiations, the Russian assets will be protected from undue interference.
It's a bold decision and an act of defiance. The Europeans are finally playing their cards.
It's a bold decision and an act of defiance. The Europeans are finally playing their cards.
EU agrees to indefinitely immobilise €210 billion of Russian assets
The EU has decided to keep the assets of the Russian Central Bank immobilised for the foreseeable future. The ban, which is based on a provision for economic emergencies, pushes back against external attempts to release the €210 billion in assets before Ukraine is compensated.
www.euronews.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Good thread
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Discover Dialog - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Back to playing around with three JS, having a lot of fun. If you've never given it a try go for it. Frontend but not the usual DOM etc. Web GL and canvas are a whole other thing. You never know when you might want something in 3d either so good skill to have passing familiarity with (like SVG)
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Back to playing around with three JS, having a lot of fun. If you've never given it a try go for it. Frontend but not the usual DOM etc. Web GL and canvas are a whole other thing. You never know when you might want something in 3d either so good skill to have passing familiarity with (like SVG)
I know at a case where an AI/Agentic AI pivot (in large part) cost the company its UL Certification marks (that they used to sell the product).
You can’t do proper risk management for GenAI tools.
And regulated industries need their risk managed _properly_.
www.cio.com/article/4101...
You can’t do proper risk management for GenAI tools.
And regulated industries need their risk managed _properly_.
www.cio.com/article/4101...
AI churn has IT rebuilding tech stacks every 90 days
IT leaders can’t settle on AI toolchains due to a fast-evolving ecosystem, confusion over product offerings, and dissatisfaction with available components.
www.cio.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I know at a case where an AI/Agentic AI pivot (in large part) cost the company its UL Certification marks (that they used to sell the product).
You can’t do proper risk management for GenAI tools.
And regulated industries need their risk managed _properly_.
www.cio.com/article/4101...
You can’t do proper risk management for GenAI tools.
And regulated industries need their risk managed _properly_.
www.cio.com/article/4101...
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It‘s really fascinating given the whole debate about alleged restrictions to free speech in Europe, that while 59% of Germans say they are free or extremely free to express their opinion, even if unpopular, 61% of Germans think people *in the US* are not too free or not at all free to do so.
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It‘s really fascinating given the whole debate about alleged restrictions to free speech in Europe, that while 59% of Germans say they are free or extremely free to express their opinion, even if unpopular, 61% of Germans think people *in the US* are not too free or not at all free to do so.
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Oh yeah it's Bandcamp Friday!
I made an ambient(ish) album
A bit of an ode to the great EM:T releases of the 90s.
Enjoy
jamesswift.bandcamp.com/album/soft-t...
A bit of an ode to the great EM:T releases of the 90s.
Enjoy
jamesswift.bandcamp.com/album/soft-t...
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Oh yeah it's Bandcamp Friday!
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my new blogpost is out!!
this one talks about a new web vulnerability class i discovered that allows for complex interactive cross-origin attacks and data exfiltration
and i've already used it to get a google docs bounty ^^
have fun <3
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
this one talks about a new web vulnerability class i discovered that allows for complex interactive cross-origin attacks and data exfiltration
and i've already used it to get a google docs bounty ^^
have fun <3
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
lyra.horse
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
my new blogpost is out!!
this one talks about a new web vulnerability class i discovered that allows for complex interactive cross-origin attacks and data exfiltration
and i've already used it to get a google docs bounty ^^
have fun <3
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
this one talks about a new web vulnerability class i discovered that allows for complex interactive cross-origin attacks and data exfiltration
and i've already used it to get a google docs bounty ^^
have fun <3
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
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Having just flown back to Finland from Japan, through the Bering strait, over Alaska, along the Canadian coast and finally cruising down over Greenland, really made me appreciate the global scale of inconvenience caused by the fact that Russia can’t be a normal civilised country
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Having just flown back to Finland from Japan, through the Bering strait, over Alaska, along the Canadian coast and finally cruising down over Greenland, really made me appreciate the global scale of inconvenience caused by the fact that Russia can’t be a normal civilised country
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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That executives still haven't figured this out is a testament to the Peter Principle
Gen Z is spending more on essentials than previous generations, yet their wages aren't keeping up.
It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."
When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."
When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
That executives still haven't figured this out is a testament to the Peter Principle
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One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
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It is a little.bit funny how they're so blatantly throwing that Admiral under the bus. Not even subtle how they're doing it 🙄
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It is a little.bit funny how they're so blatantly throwing that Admiral under the bus. Not even subtle how they're doing it 🙄
Western politicians, 5-10 years from now, in all likelihood: “If only someone told us that before. Someone we could trust to know what russia actually wants. Someone on the inside.“
No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Western politicians, 5-10 years from now, in all likelihood: “If only someone told us that before. Someone we could trust to know what russia actually wants. Someone on the inside.“
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No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
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“Europe is losing confidence, sinking into fatalism and justifying its passivity with the soothing thought that it has no real choice, as its cards are weak. Besides, in the long run, things will work out. Just wait for the U.S. midterms.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe’s psychology of weakness
It’s time the EU ditched its failing strategy of “react, hope, repeat.”
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Europe is losing confidence, sinking into fatalism and justifying its passivity with the soothing thought that it has no real choice, as its cards are weak. Besides, in the long run, things will work out. Just wait for the U.S. midterms.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Opening up good things, we made our most recent #GovDesign call recording on #ServicePatterns public.
@jaskang.bsky.social from @tpximpact.com, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns.
Feel free to share it!
@jaskang.bsky.social from @tpximpact.com, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns.
Feel free to share it!
International design in government call #37: Service patterns 🇬🇧
YouTube video by UK Gov Design
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Opening up good things, we made our most recent #GovDesign call recording on #ServicePatterns public.
@jaskang.bsky.social from @tpximpact.com, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns.
Feel free to share it!
@jaskang.bsky.social from @tpximpact.com, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns.
Feel free to share it!
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It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️🔥
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️🔥
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
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I'll be speaking about "CMS-Free, Editable Websites with Svelte and Svedit" at next week's Svelte Meetup in Vienna.
Very much looking forward to meeting the Austrian Svelte Society. See you there! :)
www.meetup.com/svelte-socie...
Very much looking forward to meeting the Austrian Svelte Society. See you there! :)
www.meetup.com/svelte-socie...
2025/12 - Svelte Society Austria, Tue, Dec 2, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
All current or future Sveltists are welcome!
Come and enjoy interesting Svelte talks and discussions.
Schedule:
* Intro
* CMS-Free, Editable Websites with Svelte
www.meetup.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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Someone needs to make a poster of this!
Is that someone sitting at @publicdigital.bsky.social?
Or do I have to be the someone?
Is that someone sitting at @publicdigital.bsky.social?
Or do I have to be the someone?
User needs first
Service design second
Operating model third
Technology fourth
This order is still reversed way too often.
Service design second
Operating model third
Technology fourth
This order is still reversed way too often.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Someone needs to make a poster of this!
Is that someone sitting at @publicdigital.bsky.social?
Or do I have to be the someone?
Is that someone sitting at @publicdigital.bsky.social?
Or do I have to be the someone?
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Hello from Leeds!
We've just hosted our Introduction to Scientific Computing course where participants got to learn all about using the Linux Shell and Python in environmental science research.
Thank you to everyone who came to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
We've just hosted our Introduction to Scientific Computing course where participants got to learn all about using the Linux Shell and Python in environmental science research.
Thank you to everyone who came to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Hello from Leeds!
We've just hosted our Introduction to Scientific Computing course where participants got to learn all about using the Linux Shell and Python in environmental science research.
Thank you to everyone who came to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
We've just hosted our Introduction to Scientific Computing course where participants got to learn all about using the Linux Shell and Python in environmental science research.
Thank you to everyone who came to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
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As a public servant, I write weekly notes to let people see what I do.
Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany.
I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components
Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany.
I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components
Week #187 at the Digital Service: Notes for 24–28 November
After supporting the cross-government identity and design system since April, Martin co-hosted a 2-hour interactive session with public servants from all over Germany. Martin also co-hosted an interna...
verwaltungsgestaltung.de
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
As a public servant, I write weekly notes to let people see what I do.
Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany.
I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components
Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany.
I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day