matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social
long time techie, perpetual newbie dev, career geo-spatial, attending curiosity
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matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social
· Mar 21
Software Needs To Be More Expensive
Software, like coffee, is too artificially cheap, and we need to make it more expensive. I have one suggestion for how to do that.
blog.glyph.im
wtf is #1p4floss?
One percent 💰 for Free & Libre Open Source Software
Normalize regularly giving to support the uncountable "dude in Nebraska holding up the internet" #XKCD2347 that make our computing life rich.
Because software needs to be more expensive blog.glyph.im/2024/03/soft...
#floss
One percent 💰 for Free & Libre Open Source Software
Normalize regularly giving to support the uncountable "dude in Nebraska holding up the internet" #XKCD2347 that make our computing life rich.
Because software needs to be more expensive blog.glyph.im/2024/03/soft...
#floss
This interview with Scott Hanselman is outstanding - m.soundcloud.com/infoq-channe... - YES, our focus as senior whatevers needs to be growing fresh new human whatevers
How Will We Train Developers If AI Does the Routine Work: A Conversation with Scott Hanselman
Play How Will We Train Developers If AI Does the Routine Work: A Conversation with Scott Hanselman by InfoQ on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
m.soundcloud.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This interview with Scott Hanselman is outstanding - m.soundcloud.com/infoq-channe... - YES, our focus as senior whatevers needs to be growing fresh new human whatevers
youtube.com/shorts/OB0y3... do not mistake generosity for weakness
‘Never mistake our generosity for weakness’: Chretien on Canadian response to 9/11
YouTube video by CTV News
youtube.com
September 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
youtube.com/shorts/OB0y3... do not mistake generosity for weakness
"Hey matt, I'm Larry from ... Talent Desk. ... interested in this lucrative employment offer?" - hazard of having a public profile in places like github.
"etransfer $500 to this address and we'll talk. It's a nuisance I know, but I've found it necessary to filter out the unserious."
"etransfer $500 to this address and we'll talk. It's a nuisance I know, but I've found it necessary to filter out the unserious."
September 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
"Hey matt, I'm Larry from ... Talent Desk. ... interested in this lucrative employment offer?" - hazard of having a public profile in places like github.
"etransfer $500 to this address and we'll talk. It's a nuisance I know, but I've found it necessary to filter out the unserious."
"etransfer $500 to this address and we'll talk. It's a nuisance I know, but I've found it necessary to filter out the unserious."
Go MapQuest!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Go MapQuest!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Hilroy flunks geography: Newfoundland left off new notebook cover www.youtube.com/shorts/xYSE-...
Hilroy flunks geography: Newfoundland left off new notebook cover
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
September 2, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Hilroy flunks geography: Newfoundland left off new notebook cover www.youtube.com/shorts/xYSE-...
NASA ABoVE mission is over (planned for 10 years, ran 11 )
cabinradio.ca/306701/news/..., www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
cabinradio.ca/306701/news/..., www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Nasa’s ABoVE project ends after 11 years of tracking a changing North
After 11 years of flights over the NWT, a Nasa climate science project is ending. Its decade of data can help scientists understand the North for years to come.
cabinradio.ca
September 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
NASA ABoVE mission is over (planned for 10 years, ran 11 )
cabinradio.ca/306701/news/..., www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
cabinradio.ca/306701/news/..., www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
The clearest story I've heard yet of he OpenAI rebel agents that hacked Hugging Face and OpenAI itself www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-hug...
The rise and fall of agent civilizations
The OpenAI/Hugging Face attack, clearly explained
www.dwarkesh.com
September 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The clearest story I've heard yet of he OpenAI rebel agents that hacked Hugging Face and OpenAI itself www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-hug...
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Today we're officially sharing the "Introducing Patchwork-26" video from Lab Day at this year's @localfirstconf.com
We bring you the first look at Patchwork-26, the latest in our ongoing effort to realize Malleable Software, Universal Version Control, and Local-First Software.
We bring you the first look at Patchwork-26, the latest in our ongoing effort to realize Malleable Software, Universal Version Control, and Local-First Software.
Introducing Patchwork-26
YouTube video by Ink & Switch
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Today we're officially sharing the "Introducing Patchwork-26" video from Lab Day at this year's @localfirstconf.com
We bring you the first look at Patchwork-26, the latest in our ongoing effort to realize Malleable Software, Universal Version Control, and Local-First Software.
We bring you the first look at Patchwork-26, the latest in our ongoing effort to realize Malleable Software, Universal Version Control, and Local-First Software.
I made thing: MDO (Markdown Open) - maphew.github.io/mdo/. My favourite part is the file manager integration. It's just sooo satisfying to 2x-click an .md file and have an immediate pleasant reading experience, across all machines, even my phone. Questions, answers, complaints? 🤔🧙♀️💩? All welcome 👇
mdo
maphew.github.io
August 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I made thing: MDO (Markdown Open) - maphew.github.io/mdo/. My favourite part is the file manager integration. It's just sooo satisfying to 2x-click an .md file and have an immediate pleasant reading experience, across all machines, even my phone. Questions, answers, complaints? 🤔🧙♀️💩? All welcome 👇
"You legs may have a comparative advantage at running, but we arms have a competitive advantage at swinging hammers, so unless you accept that we're the dominant limbs and stop hogging the oxygen, that running advantage won't be around for long." xkcd.com/3290/
Trade
xkcd.com
August 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"You legs may have a comparative advantage at running, but we arms have a competitive advantage at swinging hammers, so unless you accept that we're the dominant limbs and stop hogging the oxygen, that running advantage won't be around for long." xkcd.com/3290/
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Fossil fuel demand is still growing — but solar and wind are growing faster.
EVs are surging as oil prices spike.
The transition is happening. The question is whether we accelerate it fast enough to avoid the worst.
Speed matters.
#EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy
EVs are surging as oil prices spike.
The transition is happening. The question is whether we accelerate it fast enough to avoid the worst.
Speed matters.
#EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy
August 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Fossil fuel demand is still growing — but solar and wind are growing faster.
EVs are surging as oil prices spike.
The transition is happening. The question is whether we accelerate it fast enough to avoid the worst.
Speed matters.
#EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy
EVs are surging as oil prices spike.
The transition is happening. The question is whether we accelerate it fast enough to avoid the worst.
Speed matters.
#EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy
Reposted by matt wilkie
Reposted by matt wilkie
"Buteo Books has sold titles for bird and nature lovers since 1971. Recently Lyzy Lusterman took a risk in opening its first brick-and-mortar location" -
@audubon.org
www.audubon.org/magazine/ind...
@audubon.org
www.audubon.org/magazine/ind...
An Indie Bookstore for Birders Is a Dream Come True
Buteo Books has sold titles for bird and nature lovers since 1971. Recently Lyzy Lusterman took a risk in opening its first brick-and-mortar location.
www.audubon.org
August 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"Buteo Books has sold titles for bird and nature lovers since 1971. Recently Lyzy Lusterman took a risk in opening its first brick-and-mortar location" -
@audubon.org
www.audubon.org/magazine/ind...
@audubon.org
www.audubon.org/magazine/ind...
Dolly Parton's America podcast from 2019 is a great listen, educational, revealing, heart opening. Her music and stories have been background threads weaving in and out of my life stream, appreciated more in reflection than in the moment. Thanks Dolly
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts
The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.
www.wnycstudios.org
August 26, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Dolly Parton's America podcast from 2019 is a great listen, educational, revealing, heart opening. Her music and stories have been background threads weaving in and out of my life stream, appreciated more in reflection than in the moment. Thanks Dolly
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
Tool discovery: GPXSee - open source GPS viewer supporting all common formats & most online maps. Drag'n'drop GPX to app window, see immediately if these are what looking for gpxsee.org. Still need a GIS/GPS editor to edit etc but when all want is to see what you've got, this is works #gis #gpx #gps
August 25, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Tool discovery: GPXSee - open source GPS viewer supporting all common formats & most online maps. Drag'n'drop GPX to app window, see immediately if these are what looking for gpxsee.org. Still need a GIS/GPS editor to edit etc but when all want is to see what you've got, this is works #gis #gpx #gps
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#Poetry #Painting #EverdayMagic
Nature is not stingy
with her miracles
We simply forget to look
- Sara Sarna
🎨 Eric Bruni
Nature is not stingy
with her miracles
We simply forget to look
- Sara Sarna
🎨 Eric Bruni
August 25, 2026 at 11:52 AM
#Poetry #Painting #EverdayMagic
Nature is not stingy
with her miracles
We simply forget to look
- Sara Sarna
🎨 Eric Bruni
Nature is not stingy
with her miracles
We simply forget to look
- Sara Sarna
🎨 Eric Bruni
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"There is no quieter place on earth than the third hour of a good long day of walking. It’s alone in this space, this walk-induced hypnosis, that the mind is finally able to receive the strange gifts and charities of the world."
Gorgeous read: www.themarginalian.org/2025/08/09/t...
Gorgeous read: www.themarginalian.org/2025/08/09/t...
Things Become Other Things: Walking, Forgiveness, and Belonging in the Mountains of Japan
Steps are events, experiments, miniature rebellions against gravity and chance. With each step, we fall and then we catch ourselves, we choose to go one way and not another. The foot falls and worl…
www.themarginalian.org
August 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
"There is no quieter place on earth than the third hour of a good long day of walking. It’s alone in this space, this walk-induced hypnosis, that the mind is finally able to receive the strange gifts and charities of the world."
Gorgeous read: www.themarginalian.org/2025/08/09/t...
Gorgeous read: www.themarginalian.org/2025/08/09/t...
Oh good, I was getting concerned I haven't added to my what else could go wrong disaster list lately (because most are repeats of same event in a different place or expression). Fixed now. en.as.com/latest_news/...
In 1977, the U.S. buried 120,000 tons of radioactive waste in a Pacific ‘nuclear tomb’ - Almost 50 years later, the ocean is threatening to expose the Runit Dome
Hidden in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a massive concrete dome measuring 377 feet across stands as one of the most dangerous legacies of the Cold War.
en.as.com
July 30, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Oh good, I was getting concerned I haven't added to my what else could go wrong disaster list lately (because most are repeats of same event in a different place or expression). Fixed now. en.as.com/latest_news/...
I vibed a thing I call `uvs`. It's like `uvx`, but for single file Python scripts. No project TOML, no packaging, just a script that can be installed and removed like any other tool:
github.com/maphew/uvs
github.com/maphew/uvs
GitHub - maphew/uvs: uvs transforms single-file self-contained PEP723-style Python scripts into installable packages using `uv tool install`, making them available as command-line tools.
uvs transforms single-file self-contained PEP723-style Python scripts into installable packages using `uv tool install`, making them available as command-line tools. - maphew/uvs
github.com
July 26, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I vibed a thing I call `uvs`. It's like `uvx`, but for single file Python scripts. No project TOML, no packaging, just a script that can be installed and removed like any other tool:
github.com/maphew/uvs
github.com/maphew/uvs
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There's a band right now loading in $9,000 of equipment in a 98 Toyota to take to a gig that pays $250.
Support local bands.
Support local bands.
July 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
There's a band right now loading in $9,000 of equipment in a 98 Toyota to take to a gig that pays $250.
Support local bands.
Support local bands.
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Infinite growth on a finite planet is a physical impossibility.
July 2, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Infinite growth on a finite planet is a physical impossibility.
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Solar and wind are currently meeting 90% of Britain's electricity demand. grid.iamkate.com
July 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Solar and wind are currently meeting 90% of Britain's electricity demand. grid.iamkate.com