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@geoplay.bsky.social
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Software developer and developer advocate looking to make the world a better place through better software.

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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looking forward to leaning the new features in ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps that Gaussian Splat features looks interesting youtube.com/live/y_rtxWK...
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ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps: Latest Updates in Version 300.1
YouTube video by Esri Developers
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
lea.verou.me/blog/2026/da... this is a fun read for the UI/UX designers a great diatribe on the light/dark theme, something i've been researching, my favorite outtake from @chriscoyier.net made me chuckle
menu of light/dark options
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am deeply concerned for the future of software development now that the AI era has completely taken over how developers use the internet to seek answers to their questions. dev.to/jf990/consid...
a bot writes code while a human software developer prepares a coffee drink
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Combine maps, elevation, point of interest, and demographic data together to build a first responder map app - www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/... #arcgis #esridevs
esri.com
Develop for Good: Enabling Smarter Rescue Efforts with Location Services
Developers have a key role to play when it comes to rescue operations. Discover how you can develop for good with ArcGIS Location Services.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Let's keep the sun shining! Solar is set to oust coal as the leading generator of electricity within six years, BloombergNEF finds in its latest energy transition outlook about.bnef.com/insights/cle...
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Solar Set to Rule World’s Power Supply: Three Things to Know | BloombergNEF
Solar is set to oust coal as the leading generator of electricity within six years, BloombergNEF finds in its latest energy transition outlook, despite a first ever slight dip in installations in 2026...
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
a comprehensive summary of available developer-focused resources when using ArcGIS technologies to build incredible custom apps www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
esri.com
Your Complete Guide to Esri’s Developer Resources
Esri has a dedicated set of resources to support you at every stage of development. If you are brand new to the Esri developer technology suite or if you have been using it for years, you are bound to encounter something new.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Not a question of IF, only a question of WHEN. georgenoble.substack.com/p/ai-the-big... AI may be the biggest capital misallocation in history 🌷🌷🌷
georgenoble.substack.com
AI: The Biggest Capital Misallocation in History
Gary Marcus, Julien Garran, Nobody Special
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Let's check back in 12 months to see how these complete opposite predictions turn out. garymarcus.substack.com/p/what-happe...
garymarcus.substack.com
What happens next, after the decline of tokenmaxxing?
Two very different sets of predictions
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"I see what I see, and it just doesn’t make sense" - garymarcus.substack.com/p/if-enough-...
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
AEO is fundamentally different than SEO - "The teams that move early here will probably have a real advantage: their APIs will be the ones agents recommend, integrate successfully, and come back to." addyosmani.com/blog/agentic...
addyosmani.com
Agentic Engine Optimization (AEO)
AI coding agents consume documentation fundamentally differently from humans. If you're still optimizing only for human readers, you're leaving a growing sha...
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
This is not a drill. substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
30 seconds to midnight? 15?
The Trump administration is literally playing with fire.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Waiting for me to complete this last test so we can go out and play
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Proposal for a standard HTML element to display a map on a web page would dramatically change how we use maps on the web maps4html.org/HTML-Map-Ele...
maps4html.org
Use Cases and Requirements for Standardizing Web Maps
This report outlines the use cases and requirements for standardizing modern Web maps, in a way that works for map content authors, webpage authors, and website users. The use cases and requirements w...
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Wordle 1,608 6/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Great blog post about managing technical debt: it isn’t just about writing code, it’s about managing complexity, making trade-offs, and keeping the team aligned with the project vision www.esri.com/en-us/softwa...
esri.com
Lessons from Swapping Out Our Authentication System
By implementing the new authentication system alongside the legacy system, we shipped when we were ready and de-risked the rollout.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Gulf fritillary at Fish Haul Beach
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Michael Gaigg @michaelgaigg.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Maximum energy on minimum impact, are you #BikeShedding again? #UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/bike-sh...
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com
12 • Bike Shedding - Hitchhikers Guide to Design
Bike shedding refers to the tendency of teams to spend disproportionate more time and energy debating trivial or easy-to-understand aspects of a project, whi...
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Is Portland Burning? I think not! isportlandburning.com
isportlandburning.com
Is Portland Burning?
No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hacktoberfest starts tomorrow - join us and contribute to open source, let's make great software www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
esri.com
Our Third Hacktoberfest: Celebrating Open Source in 2025
Join Esri for Hacktoberfest 2025! Contribute to open source, learn, and collaborate with the developer community this October.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
share your views about using AI to write code, take our survey on AI for developers survey123.arcgis.com/share/b134e9...
survey123.arcgis.com
Esri Developer - AI Survey
Customer survey on AI-usage for software development tasks.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Another day, another security breach: "Resilience now comes from identity hardening and pipeline policies, not hope that upstream stays clean." www.ox.security/blog/npm-2-0...
ox.security
180+ NPM Packages Hit in Major Supply Chain Attack | OX Security NPM Supply Chain Hack: 40+ Packages Compromised Shai-Hulud,
@ctrl/tinycolor and 40+ NPM packages trojanized in major attack, exposing developer credentials and cloud secrets. Shai-Hulud,
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
SEO is not dead yet. The evidence from this study shows that LLM traffic is not delivering a measurable conversion advantage over organic at this stage. www.amsive.com/insights/seo...
amsive.com
Does LLM Traffic Convert Better Than Organic? A New Data-Backed Study
Our most recent data study tests if LLM traffic converts better than search. Discover the results for a better understanding of how LLMs are driving traffic.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Look into my eyes
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Mission critical
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Hack LLMs from Gary Marcus and Nathan Hamiel "LLMs were hallucinating the names of software packages that didn’t exist. Slopsquatters capitalized on this by creating malicious software packages under those names and waited for developers to implement them" garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-codin...
garymarcus.substack.com
LLMs + Coding Agents = Security Nightmare
Things are about to get wild
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Which is it?
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Beautiful night in Portland
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
since the WWDC keynote on Monday I'm seeing Liquid Glass everywhere, it is such a hot topic, best to stock up before it sells out!
image of liquid glass car polish
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Everyone likes my post! Gotta keep on posting
Everyone likes my post
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I scored 16,304 with 9 correct of 12 questions on The Nutrition Quiz. Can you do better? Play The Nutrition Quiz at killerquiz.com/1040. #trivia #killerquiz
killerquiz.com
The Nutrition Quiz | Killer Quiz
Test your knowledge of good nutrition and stay focused on your best self.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Not unrelatedly, I just learned via @badastronomy.beehiiv.com.web.brid.gy that one of the White House's chosen 'influencers' believed that dark phases of the Moon were proof it was *actually, physically gone*, & went into a public panic over it last October: badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/an-example...
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
An example of why being a skeptic has eternal job security
White House press corps being stacked with believers in nonsense
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Developers - check out our live stream featuring updates to game engine SDKs and developer resources to help you build amazing apps with Esri location services www.youtube.com/live/KTaistH...
youtube.com
What's New: Esri Developer Experience (May 2025)
YouTube video by Esri Developers
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Derek Law @gisbandit.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
In 1 week, #Esri webinar: What's New: Esri #Developer Experience (May 2025) tinyurl.com/3s2d8utp #geodev #esridev #GIS #arcgis #GISChat #geospatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
interactive globe from NYT depicting immigration and emigration www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Opinion | An Interactive Map of Global Migration
Dive into a new data set released by Meta, charting immigration flows among 181 countries over four years.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
It’s a beautiful day, don’t let it get away
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I scored 16,328 with 9 correct of 10 questions on The Killer Quiz: City View. Can you do better? Play The Killer Quiz: City View at killerquiz.com/1109. #trivia #killerquiz
killerquiz.com
The Killer Quiz: City View | Killer Quiz
Test your knowledge of these popular cities around the world. You are given the aerial view of city, you must choose the best match to the city that is represented by the location.
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
AI: it can write code, but do you know it is the right code?
AI generated 3D javascript code
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
When blogging for developers try to get two questions answered as quick as possible: 1. Is this article for me? 2. How will I benefit from reading it? refactoringenglish.com/chapters/wri...
refactoringenglish.com
How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read
Software bloggers can make the same mistakes for years that prevent readers from discovering their writing. I know because I'm one of them. Over time, I've learned techniques that help some blog posts...
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is the least transparent government I ever witnessed. Yeah I know they keep telling us this is great, meanwhile I can no longer afford kibbles and litter
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
All we had to do was nothing things were going just fine, and then for no reason we now have complete chaos
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@mcuban.bsky.social is looking for a map, anyone in the GIS community have a solution to share?
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
this is the most uninformative graph I have ever witnessed, or am I missing something? Why even graph this?
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
cool idea from @cyatteau.bsky.social to build a #geoplay game swapping map tiles AND using #AI reminiscent of the old tile slider puzzle game www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZJ...
youtube.com
Build a Puzzle Map Game with OpenAI
YouTube video by Courtney Yatteau
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
a geographical radio app - really cool 3d globe to find interesting live radio at radio.garden/visit/roseme...
radio.garden
Listen to live Rosemead CA radio on Radio Garden
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
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Raul Jimenez Ortega @rauljimenez.info · 13/12/2024
Check this cool open source project and article by Rachael Ellen using our new ArcGIS Maps SDK for #Flutter to calculate where two vehicles 🚍 🚘 driving in opposite directions will meet, combining 2D visualization, route calculation, and distance calculation: buff.ly/49D9gTc
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GeoPlay @geoplay.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The latest update of ArcGIS Location Platform is live, many updates, improvements, new APIs and new services. Never stop building! location.arcgis.com
location.arcgis.com
ArcGIS Location Platform
Develop with ArcGIS products. Build mapping and spatial analysis applications with powerful APIs, location services, and data management tools.
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