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Bruce Williams

@bruce.io

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Polyglot programmer, language dork, serial hobbyist. Works in ⚗️ #ElixirLang, supports ⭐️ #GleamLang, interested in ♾️ #UnisonLang. ✍️ 2 x @pragprog.com author & co-creator, Absinthe GraphQL. 🌲 PNW, USA and wherever travel takes me

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 26/07/2026

Gardening tip: Just let the artichokes bloom sometimes.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 14/06/2026

Please remind me to take a vacation more often.

A view of the setting sun in clouds, reflected by a stream near Glencoe, Scotland.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 11/06/2026

Destination: an old favorite

A view of Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 10/06/2026

And off I go.

A picture from inside the PDX (Portland, OR, USA) airport showing its new timber ceiling and signage reading “Have a Nice Flight.”

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 27/05/2026

I love how deliciously chaotic peonies can be, and how that’s a defining feature of their beauty. (Filed under “consoling thoughts that I tell myself any time I `git push` something to other human beings.”)

A big red peony from my container garden. About the size of a softball.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 16/02/2026

Bash, my favorite clingy dog

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 05/12/2025

A screenshot of what Google News saw as related coverage of Pete Hegseth yesterday—maligning a comparatively harmless raccoon.

Google News included a headline for “A drunk raccoon left a trail of bottles strewn across the floor of a liquor store in Ashland, Virginia” alongside coverage of Pete Hegseth.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 14/09/2025

My favorite photo from our family trip to the aquarium here in Copenhagen, Den Blå Planet, yesterday: a Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) hanging out in the rainforest. (Many thanks to @sasajuric.bsky.social for the recommendation; we had a great time!)

A photo of a large Victoria Crowned Pigeon from below. It’s standing on a taut rope in light rain, with a background of rainforest foliage. Its red eyes and fancy plumage make it a very striking looking bird!

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 10/07/2025

South Korea was amazing. I’ll be back (but not in the summer 😅)!

View in Muju, South Korea—green hills around Taekwondowon).

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 08/07/2025

I like a concession stand that sets reasonable expectations. (At Lotte World, Seoul)

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 05/07/2025

Buy this inexplicably 3kg keyboard [y/n]?:

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 03/07/2025

Thoroughly enjoying my trip to South Korea, though the weather may succeed in melting me into a puddle. (Last summer I took on a UK heat wave, so I guess I had to ratchet up the difficulty level this year.)

A view near Gyeonggijeon Shrine, Jeonju.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 17/06/2025

Related: this stuff is pretty great.

Black Dust Coffee Cowboy Rub, from Savory Spice.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 03/04/2025

I had an absolutely wonderful time at #AlchemyConf meeting old #ElixirLang friends—and meeting plenty of new ones. Great talks and conversations, and the location certainly didn’t hurt, either! Off I go to Porto, then Matosinhos. (I just had to stay a bit longer.) Obrigado!

Sign art for Braga, Portugal, the beautiful location of the conference.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 02/04/2025

What a beautiful conference venue #AlchemyConf has chosen here in Braga, Portugal!

The interior ceiling of Theatro Circo, Braga, Portugal.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 04/12/2024

Tried out various new frames today—not sure I can live up to the creative expectations that these set.

Me, wearing black and gold frames. Made in France.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 28/11/2024

🦃’ing

A Big Green Egg grill/smoker—a turkey presumably inside—with a bottle of white white (Portuguese, but inexpensive), a glass (not a wineglass because I don’t care when I’m cooking all day), and various associated tools.

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Bruce Williams @bruce.io · 15/11/2024

Quote post your favorite pet pic. (This is Ziggy, who enjoys chairs.)

Ziggy, our bernedoodle, sitting oddly in a too-small chair.

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