Reposted by mck 🦎🐬ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰 ☽|☾ 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰 @chaospriestess.bsky.social · 28/04/2026My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it. 86173624486
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Phil Eaton @eatonphil.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I chatted with Branimir Lambov from IBM on a decade of contributing to Cassandra, including his recent work to replace the Skiplist in Cassandra's LSM tree with a Trie. (no paywall) theconsensus.dev/p/2026/04/26... 0193
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 04/04/2026[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra 6.0-alpha1 is out ‼️ This is a quarterly alpha release, for testing and development purposes. Download it at: downloads.apache.org/cassandra/6.... News: github.com/apache/cassa... Changelogs: github.com/apache/cassa... 073
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Marc Brooker @marcbrooker.bsky.social · 24/03/2026New blog post, on the changing role of principal/staff+ IC leaders: brooker.co.za/blog/2026/03... Core message: get building, get learning.brooker.co.zaMy heuristics are wrong. What now? - Marc's Blog 1104
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Chuck Bell @chuckbell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) released a report on the trend of "enshittification" in digital consumer goods and services, suggesting ways for consumers to resist, accompanied by this satirical video. youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQyoutu.beA Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificatorYouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council 165
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026otava.apache.org Great to see leading performance engineering tools coming to the ASFotava.apache.orgWelcome | Apache Otava 122
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Bernardo Botella @me.bernardo.dev · 01/03/2026Apache Software Foundation announced the opening of Travel Assistance Applications for next Community Over Code in Glasgow next October. tac.apache.org If you are planning to be around, please come and say hi on the @cassandra.apache.org track!tac.apache.orgTravel Assistance Committee - TACThe Travel Assistance Committee helps people get to ASF related events that they could not otherwise afford to attend. 033
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 27/02/2026Giving @vivaldi.com a go, switching from Firefox. I like it! Being norwegian is a bonus! The inbuilt proton vpn was a very pleasant surprise, having a proton account already. 120
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬annkspencer @annkspencer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026indeed. "when Holden Karau created FightHealthInsurance, she really was fighting—not just for access to easy and affordable healthcare, but also for a better world for the people around her." stackoverflow.blog/2026/02/12/h...stackoverflow.blogHow everyone and anyone can use AI for good - Stack Overflow 034
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 12/02/2026Bad Bunny's superbowl performance was pure brilliance. Last time I saw anything that good was Childish Gambino's This is America. But it was the opposite of dark and cynical, and live! 010
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 09/01/2026New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery. I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.nbcnews.comSenators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs. 7644031377
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 01/01/2026Aftersun (2022) is another movie rated 7+ in Scandinavia and R in USA. One of the best movies I've watched. watched with the family. So many things in america are now the opposite of common sense. Pilgrims might have gone there for religious freedoms, but the tables have certainly turned now. 000
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 30/12/2025Sharing my 2025 Apache Cassandra Year in Review and Gratitudes – lists.apache.org/thread/ztzzr... 031
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert · 27/12/2025This has everything: malleabile encryption, complex packets, memory safety, unsafe terminal UI, wontfix. Incredible. Plaintext exfiltration if you just click a link. I can’t be convinced gpg can be used safely. 59918
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 26/12/2025"The Holdovers" is the perfect (quality) family xmas movie. it's also hilarious americans have rated it R while Sweden rates it 7 and Italy 6. (ps you can trust sweden and italy) 020
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 23/12/2025The Bear episode "Fishes" (s02e06) is our new pre-xmas tradition. bring on some family time 😁 000
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Stephan Janssen @stephanjanssen.be · 13/11/2025Learned about Wanaku #MCP Router project, a brand new OSS by IBM/RedHat presented by lead developer @orpiske.net at #DevoxxMA Uses Apache Camel for routing 👀 github.com/wanaku-ai/wana… 144
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 10/11/2025Friendly reminder NoSQL ≠ anti-SQL NoSQL (2009, Johan Oskarsson & Eric Evans) is about architecture & needs, not the query syntax It's about scale-out design, multiple writers, no single primary, & predictable growth as you add nodes New APIs don’t define NoSQL; the distributed system design does 011
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Torsten Curdt @tcurdt.bsky.social · 07/11/2025The benevolent dictator model feels tempting for #OSS - faster, fewer debates. Then a PR argument with the single person in charge reminds me: Speed isn’t health. Community is. 1165
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNScnewyorkermag.visitlink.meThe Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of ThousandsThe short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes. 42892165980
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬The Linux Foundation @linuxfoundation.org · 05/11/202584% say open source is vital to finance’s future. 93% report better software quality. The data is clear, open collaboration is driving the next wave of innovation in financial services. 📘 Watch the highlights + read the full report: www.linuxfoundation.org/research/the... #OpenSource 0224
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Proton @proton.me · 31/10/2025Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement. 8838493557
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Todd Rafferty @webrat.io · 31/10/2025Pretty sure I have the scariest engineering costume of the day. 15977209
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 21/10/2025Watched for the second time Stranger Things 4’ Episode 4 (‘Running Up That Hill’) Just as magical as the first time. Has to be one of the best on tv. 000
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 18/10/2025My input on Australia's social media ban for children. Particularly on the implementation of it. … 000
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 17/10/2025"The greatest benefit of an API mock is that it lets consumers perform integration tests even before you implement the API. Being able to test how the API would behave as early as possible is what enables the alignment with consumers." apichangelog.substack.com/p/why-api-mo...apichangelog.substack.comWhy API Mocking Increases Alignment with ConsumersHow can you reduce the risk of implementing the wrong API? 042
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 05/10/2025TIL italians drive boats in venice like they drive cars in rome 😳😬😱 010
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 27/09/2025good article, cause i'm soooo tired of "smart" people and their tech erections over nuclear 010
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Apache Software Foundation (The ASF) @apache.org · 25/09/2025The centerpiece of The ASF's new logo is an oak leaf, which represents the enduring power of our ethos: community over code. To learn more about why we chose an oak leaf and to see our new brand guidelines, check out this blog: buff.ly/lR8XNas #opensource #communityovercodenews.apache.orgIntroducing The ASF’s New Logo - The ASF BlogLast year we shared that The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF) would be evolving its corporate logo and brand system to better represent our enduring ethos of community over code. Today, we are proud… 042
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 06/09/2025Join us at Community over Code's Cassandra Track, Fri Sept 12th for Ensuring Cassandra Operational Excellence at Netflix Cheng Wang and Joshua Lopes www.communityovercode.org– Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 11-14 051
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Kenny (Baas) Schwegler @kenny.weave-it.org · 03/09/2025It's strange to think that patriarchal norms can affect the way we build software, but they do. I'm happy to share that the article my wife, Vanessa, and I wrote has been published in the @nljug.bsky.social Java magazine. It was our first time writing an article together, and it was... 275
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 28/08/2025Pre-commit CI for Apache Cassandra is now available for our non-affiliated contributors+committers pre-ci.cassandra.apache.org Thanks to a significant AWS credits donation from Amazon, and built on a cool K8s Helm Jenkins setup on auto-scaling node groups. Read more lists.apache.org/thread/8pjk4... 021
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Gunnar Morling @gunnarmorling.dev · 15/08/2025Whenever someone shares a performance comparison of programming languages, many folks are surprised to see #Java rank up very high. I think by now it's kinda criminal how underrated Java and the JVM are in circles not familiar with it. This misconception is the biggest challenge for this platform. 3428
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 14/08/2025Yesterday’s meetup was a tremendous success 🎉 Uber welcomed the vibrant Cassandra community to our Sunnyvale office, 80+ attendees from diverse backgrounds & experiences. The energy in the room was incredible. A big win for Cassandra, and a big win for open source! 122
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Alex P @ifesdjeen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Cassandra Team at Apple is searching for a fresh grad / person early in their career to join our ranks in SF/Bay Area! Come work on super interesting problems with world class team. Help us build better Cassandra! Ping me if you’re interested! jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...jobs.apple.comSoftware Engineer, ASE Cassandra Storage - Jobs - Careers at AppleApply for a Software Engineer, ASE Cassandra Storage job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you. 01610
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Otavio R. Piske @orpiske.net · 17/07/2025Folks, our #ApacheCamel #Quarkus team is hiring an engineer in #Ireland. This is a senior level position and a great opportunity to make an impact on the future of open source #middleware, #cloud and enterprise integration. ibmglobal.avature.net/en_US/career...ibmglobal.avature.netBackend Developer 034
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 16/07/2025Spot on. Great write up from @patrickmcfadin.bsky.social www.datastax.com/blog/cassand...datastax.comFreedom Isn’t a Feature—It’s the Whole Point | DataStaxUnlike several other database companies, DataStax has consistently adhered to the principles of open source licensing. 010
Reposted by mck 🦎🐬Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen. 56109383684
mck 🦎🐬 @mck.semb.wever.org · 27/06/2025Going on vacation for two weeks, and this week has felt like a manic friday "get all your shit done in a hurry" every single day on repeat 😳 010