Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 20/05/2026The perspective that needs to be added to his excellent talk is a view on the intentional design of network effects in community architecture, in contrast to catalysts for barriers to entry and ongoing participation. In other words, starting the flywheel, keeping it spinning, and accelerating it. 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 19/05/2026Learning from the inimitable @jerdog.dev about his perspective of DevEx as a flywheel at Open Source Summit #OSSummit 141
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 18/05/2026“I want to empower users to fix their own issues [by using AI agents]. That’s how you get contributors coming back.” Love this point from Red Hat’s Kevin Hannon, applied to a real Kubernetes metric issue. #OSSummit 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 18/05/2026Excited that Open Source Summit is in my home base of Minneapolis this year! Come say hi, I’ll be around Mon-Wed. If you’d like to grab lunch or a coffee, ping me. #OSSummit 031
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 23/04/2026I'll be at the GitHub event for the next hour or so. Hope to see some of you there! #GoogleCloudNext #GoogleNext #Next26 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 22/04/2026Whenabouts? Would love to swing by if the timing is feasible 100
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 22/04/2026Did you go to the one in the Arts District? That is my favorite part of Vegas by far, just discovered it a couple of years ago. 110
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 14/04/2026Who's gonna be at Google Cloud Next in Vegas next week? If we're already connected, I'd love to catch up. Drop me a note, and let's find time to grab a coffee or beer. 000
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 20/03/2026A unique, minimalistic design to a coffee shop. It’s called cafe Co.R for “coffee and rainbows,” but I’m not sure where the color is supposed to be. 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 09/01/2026Here’s another expert analysis: www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...cbc.caANALYSIS | How Trump and Vance's accounts of Minneapolis ICE shooting differ from video evidence | CBC NewsThe official White House narrative of what lead a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to shoot and kill a U.S. citizen in her vehicle in Minneapolis is bumping up hard against what can be s... 020
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 08/01/2026“Retired ICE agent reviews deadly Minneapolis shooting video frame-by-frame, questions tactics used” www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesot... —I always prefer to read analysis by a professional who knows what they’re talking about.cbsnews.comRetired ICE agent reviews deadly Minneapolis shooting video frame-by-frame, questions tactics usedCBS News watched bystander video of the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis frame-by-frame with retired ICE agent Eric Balliet to discuss the tactics used. He raised a few key points that dispute the… 130
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 26/11/2025Looks like it'll be a white Thanksgiving this year. 0120
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 12/11/2025Pretty impressive Northern Lights last night. Best I’ve ever seen! 150
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 05/11/2025Just another example of how screwed up it is that employment, healthcare, and self-funded / employer-subsidized retirement are all intertwined in the US. 020
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 05/11/2025Also, I assume an unspent fraction of my HSA will become part of my retirement savings, which is certainly not true this year. So medical expenses are literally postponing my (distant) retirement. 120
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 05/11/2025This is one of those years when I'm grateful that I'm in a position to max out my pre-tax medical accounts (HSA/FSA). Healthcare is so expensive in the US. And the experience and outcomes are both so terrible. 120
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 04/11/2025It's almost more fun to think about the possibilities than to know the answer. Iron Chef breakfast, here's your mystery ingredient. 030
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 03/11/2025Funny, just added a few of their songs to my main playlist the other day 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 01/11/2025Happy Halloween! In true Minnesota spirit, if it’s not snowing, it’s road-construction season. 020
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 30/10/2025Nothing against the city, just the laws in that state. 110
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 27/10/2025Worth emphasizing the importance of unions in forcing business owners to increase pay as productivity increased. Those two began diverging as anti-union laws, regulations & sentiment grew. 030
Reposted by Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D.Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed. 832582808
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 21/10/2025Gemini seems to be getting better at working with Gmail. Try a prompt like this: Write a 2-page summary of emails sent from Oct 5-11 with the label "tech-news" (or whatever label you use for such things) 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 14/10/2025FWIW I'm getting more of it on LinkedIn than anywhere else. But there's less of a "public square" vibe, more about following individual people. 240
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 14/10/2025Hope you have an enlightened VP who explicitly pulls in the technical domain expert(a) to research, short-list options & recommend a solution that's the best technical fit. Not common at your typical enterprise, but as execs get more tech-savvy, it's slowly shifting. 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 14/10/2025Just got mine. Now it's your turn! www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...scientificamerican.comAnnual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study ShowsA new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 08/10/2025Most people don’t appreciate how hard it is to walk this fast (without running). 100
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 01/10/2025Made it to Maine for #monktoberfest! Hope to see many old friends and make new ones. 340
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 08/09/2025Made it to Bali, 30+ hours later! Now trying to stay out so I avoid falling asleep. 110
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 31/08/2025Timeline cleanser www.npr.org/2025/08/31/n...npr.orgHow 3 Hawaiian teen princes brought surfing to the mainlandIn 1885, royal Hawaiian brothers were studying at a military school in California. There, they introduced a sport known as "surfboard swimming." The Princes of Surf exhibit tells what happened next. 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 28/08/2025Thoughts and prayers are not enough. theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...theonion.com‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly HappensISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens… 001
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 21/08/2025Good, thoughtful article on the geopolitical dynamics and differences between the US and China, as well as what the US should change to compete more effectively. www.foreignaffairs.com/china/real-c...foreignaffairs.comThe Real China ModelBeijing’s enduring formula for wealth and power. 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 21/08/2025A national tragedy: Reading for pleasure in the U.S. fell 40% over two decades abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...abcnews.go.comAmericans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: StudyFewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found. 011
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 06/08/2025Unbelievable. I feel like I’m living in the movie “Idiocracy.” This is literally the most promising public-health breakthrough in years if not decades. ground.news/article/heal...ground.newsHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projectsThe Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. 040
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 30/07/2025My bachelor’s degrees (yes I have two of them, for reasons) could order beer, if only they could speak. 010
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com · 30/07/2025People born after I graduated from university are now old enough to drink. 210