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Erik Schmiegelow

@eschmiegelow.bsky.social
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CEO Hivemind Technologies, passionate about FP, data engineering and web scale distribution, loves coffee and a good book, he/him

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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Still playing The Apprentice, and yet we know that in the end it’s always TACO Trump on Iran: I will be making final decision in Situation Room now - Sky News apple.news/A-ndxR9AJRtS...
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Trump on Iran: I will be making final decision in Situation Room now — Sky News
With an initial deal reportedly waiting for Donald Trump's approval, the president has said he's now meeting in the Situation Room to make a final decision. That's after Iran's top negotiator said the...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/04/2026
What counts as victory for Donald Trump “is not what counts for the Islamic Republic. For Iran, what counts is resistance, against arrogant and wicked oppressors, chiefly the United States and Israel,” Graeme Wood argues.
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Trump’s Stone-Age Strategy Will Lead to Tragedy
America and Iran are playing different games.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/04/2026
Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
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Cursor CEO warns vibe coding builds 'shaky foundations' and eventually 'things start to crumble’ | Fortune
While he warned against vibe coding, Michael Truell said Cursor also allows programmers “to take a step back.”
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Hivemind Technologies @hivemindtechnologies.com · 03/09/2025
Agentic GenAI isn’t just about prompts. It’s about pipelines that adapt in real time. On Sept 16 in Berlin, @eschmiegelow.bsky.social explains how they built it — live on stage. → RSVP here: www.meetup.com/applydata-be...
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Data Builders’ Evening: Architecture, Engineering & Beyond | Berlin, Sep. 16th, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Dear data-loving community, we can't wait to present to you our new Meetup event: This time, it will be a collaboration with RisingWave, a platform for real-time streaming
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Hivemind Technologies @hivemindtechnologies.com · 04/07/2025
🧠 Real-time isn’t a feature. It’s an infrastructure shift. We teamed up with RisingWave to explore what streaming really looks like — from dev floor to production stack. 🛠️ Takeaways from two live sessions in Berlin 📚 Practical blueprints, no hype Read: hivemindtechnologies.com/en/blog/risi...
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Unlocking Real-Time Data for Business Impact
Discover how RisingWave & Apache Kafka enable real-time decisions with scalable, SQL-native streaming pipelines.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
#AuDHD ‘AuDHD: ‘How can you be extremely rigid and need routines and structure, but also be completely incapable of maintaining a routine and structure?’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The sudden rise of AuDHD: what is behind the rocketing rates of this life-changing diagnosis?
Just over a decade ago, autism and ADHD were thought to be mutually exclusive. But in recent years, all that has changed
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Italy will list £11bn bridge to Sicily as defence spending. That’s smart. I’d also add cycle lanes, additional public transport and the energy conversion to renewables from fossile fuels to the list. apple.news/AKpkMkiwnTpm...
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Italy will list £11bn bridge to Sicily as defence spending — The Telegraph
Giorgia Meloni reclassifies ailing project so that expenditure can count towards new Nato goal
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
With vibe coding all the rage, we can’t appreciate enough how genAI is changing software development. We shouldn’t underestimate the non-deterministic behaviour of genAI. That puts secure tooling front and centre - CICD, automated testing and security checks in the software delivery process.
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LLMs bring new nature of abstraction
A long-form article entitled: "LLMs bring new nature of abstraction"
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Beautiful roast of Farage in the House of Commons #noreform www.instagram.com/reel/DLEr9lZ...
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
MPs vote to decriminalise abortions in England and Wales. Now it’s time for other countries, especially Germany, to do the same. #no218 #prochoice www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights
Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies
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Hivemind Technologies @hivemindtechnologies.com · 12/06/2025
New blog post: @igallegosagas.bsky.social breaks down #Sangria and #PlayFramework — two popular HTTP frameworks in the Scala ecosystem. When to use which? What to expect in production? Find out here: medium.com/@hivemind_te... #ScalaDev #GraphQL #ZIO #Http4s #Caliban
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Overview of HTTP frameworks for Scala (Part 2)
Sangria and Play Framework
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
So after so many deaths during the pandemic under Trump v1, we’re in for a resurgence of infections under Trump v2. There’s also a new variant coming up.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
See you at booth #U1!
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Hivemind Technologies @hivemindtechnologies.com · 13/05/2025
What happens when you wire GenAI into a real-time streaming pipeline? @eschmiegelow.bsky.social will break it down live — covering validation, scoring and system design using Kafka, LLMs and RisingWave. Join us in Berlin on 15 May. It’s GenAI, without the fluff. 🔗 www.meetup.com/empowering-d...
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
It was a blast! Yingjun and I covered what it take to build an efficient streaming Lakehouse with Kafka, Iceberg and RisingWave, all of that without breaking the bank! Checkout our follow up event on May 15th in Berlin at WeWork Warschauerplatz! meetu.ps/e/P3nbQ/Mdxh...
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Streaming the Lake: Real-Time Data Meets Iceberg & GenAI, Thu, May 15, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Join us for a deep dive into the convergence of real-time data streaming, data lakehouses, and generative AI. Featuring expert talks from RisingWave, Hivemind Technologies
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Volkswagen is putting the Wurst case scenario into action economist.com/business/202... from The Economist
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For Volkswagen, things go from bad to wurst
The carmaker’s sausage sales, at least, are on a roll
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
’m very pleased and excited to co host this webinar with RisingWave’s Yingjun Wu! Join us for a session on how to build state of the art streaming data platforms without breaking the bank!
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I’m dying 😂
Four Seasons Total Landscaping tweet for Pete Hegseth
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Applying the rule of law is the best defence against right wing extremism - what Germans call ‘wehrhafte Demokratie’, democracy that defends itself. The Le Pen ruling is good for liberal democracy, writes Tarik Abou-Chadi economist.com/by-invitatio...
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The Le Pen ruling is good for liberal democracy, writes Tarik Abou-Chadi
The Oxford professor says it shouldn’t matter whether the verdict emboldens the hard right or not
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This short instagram reel celebrates Caroline Haslett, a brilliant engineer who arguably invented the safest plug 🇬🇧 in the world, on of the little things that matter a lot. www.instagram.com/reel/DIMC3y-...
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This paper summarises the security risks of #MCP adoption, notably remote code execution, credential theft, and malicious tool injection. Don't get me wrong, MCP is a significant improvement, representing a standard approach to integration and composition. arxiv.org/pdf/2503.23278
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/04/2025
Thousands join protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk www.ft.com/content/4041b210-0f4a-47…
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Thousands join protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk
Demonstrations mark the first big display of public resistance to president’s frenetic second term
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/04/2025
“For Canada to assist U.S. smugglers might seem an unfriendly act, but the U.S. tariffs are an unfriendlier act,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social:
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Make Smuggling Great Again
Canada’s ultimate retaliation for Trump’s tariffs will be to turn ordinary Americans who cross the border to shop for cheaper goods into latter-day bootleggers.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Word.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Way to go: musk’s $25m candidate loses badly in Wisconsin: “Losing this judge race has a good chance of causing Republicans to lose control of the House. If you lose control of the House, there will be nonstop impeachment hearings. There will be nonstop hearings and subpoenas,” on.ft.com/4lcHd29
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Elon Musk-backed judge loses Wisconsin race as liberals surge
Republicans retain US House seats in Florida special elections but Democratic vote rises
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This is what the rule of law is good for. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office for five years after guilty verdict in embezzlement trial – Europe live
French far right leader found guilty of misappropriating EU funds
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#agile #vibecoding #fearless
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Franziska Wöckel @franziskawoeckel.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This shows you how far along Trump & Musk are from turning the US into a cashier state. Step by step. www.project2025.observer
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Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Here’s the original article to the signal group train wreck apple.news/Ay8ft1edESzS...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans — The Atlantic
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It’s quite a feat and very special when an ultra conservative, usually very Atlanticist paper like the Telegraph publishes such harsh criticism. To be fair, the stupidity and mediocrity of the trump administration is simply staggering. apple.news/A91P2TAZsSj2...
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Opinion: It’s over. America has ceased to be leader of the free world — The Telegraph
Accidentally copying in a journalist to senior officials’ private thoughts about Europe was a gift of Providence
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Max Weber aptly described the government style we’re seeing today in Trump’s 2nd term, and this article offers insights on how to resist and challenge it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
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Hivemind Technologies @hivemindtechnologies.com · 17/03/2025
🎯 We’re hiring a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer! 🎯 You have 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps and deep knowledge of Kubernetes & Terraform. 📩 Apply now: jobs@hivemindtechnologies.com 🌍 Remote (±3h CET) | Inclusive team | No contractors
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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
We are looking for an infrastructure engineer with a strong background in IaC and a DevOps-mindset to help us build scalable and replicable infrastructures for our customers and our own products.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
In Berlin gesehen #btw2025
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The key difference between left and right when it comes to antifa, explained in one short video www.instagram.com/reel/C_oDr76...
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#MLSky is a useful feed for all things ML/genAI, can recommend. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
1/ 🧵 Excellent new @TheAtlantic piece reveals shocking details about how Murdoch media handled #Brexit: Nobody actually thought it would pass – they were just “having a laugh” (including Boris Johnson)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
True words.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Trumps plans for Ukraine are so outlandish, so krass and so extreme that it even shocks the otherwise super conservative Telegraph #trump #ukraine apple.news/A9O7E6JV4RcO...
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Revealed: Trump’s confidential plan to put Ukraine in a stranglehold — The Telegraph
Panic in Kyiv as US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Off for a few days of skiing in Czechia, in the Giant Mountains (spoiler alert: the size is a bit euphemistic), and really lucky with the weather too
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
For 2025, I’d like to propose a new word: ‘desasperation’ A combination of despair about the political situation (Trump, Maga, right wing extremism) and exasperation with the stupidity and mediocrity of the actors
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Hier das Abstimmungsverhalten Der #noAfD und des BSW beim heutigen Migrationsbegrenzungsgesetzesantrag der CDU. Wer den BSW jemals für links gehalten hat, sollte das jetzt endgültig lassen.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Five years on, #brexit is still a bad idea, and the promises from the Leave side can be classified as myths and lies. apple.news/AdgqMz4RqT1C...
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Brexit five years on: What was promised vs what we got — The Independent
Five years after Britain officially left the European Union, Brexit is less popular than ever.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Here’s a reminder of how fragile our institutions are, as they rely on all of us to defend them. #noafd #merz www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
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Erik Schmiegelow @eschmiegelow.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Quite the brazen way of circumventing export controls on chips - model distillation from OpenAI’s endpoints www.theverge.com/news/601195/...
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OpenAI has evidence that its models helped train China’s DeepSeek
Sucking in data you didn’t ask permission for? Sounds familiar.
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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 16/01/2025
I will not be taking any questions at this time
D&D alignment chart
Lawful good: Rust | Neutral Good: Racket | Chaotic Good: Haskell.
Lawful Neutral: Scala | True Neutral: Java | Chaotic Neutral: Typescript.
Lawful Evil: C++ | Neutral Evil: Python | Chaotic Evil: PHP.
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The Scala Programming Language @scala-lang.org · 16/01/2025
🚀 Scala 2.13.16 is here! This release improves compatibility with JDK 24, supports Scala 3.6, improves Scala 3 cross-building and migration, and more. There are also a few minor breaking changes. Details: github.com/scala/scala/...
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Release Scala 2.13.16 · scala/scala
The Scala team at Akka (formerly Lightbend) is pleased to announce Scala 2.13.16. The following changes are highlights of this release: Breaking change On the empty string, .tail and .init now thr...
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