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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Does the latest #PISA study results show that humanity already peaked? Going forward the human civilization is no longer getting smarter? www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Like other North European countries, also #Estonia 🇪🇪 has its garbage properly sorted out - countries like USA and Canada should copy this, and also other things I listed in optimizedbyotto.com/post/estonia...

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Best outdoor gyms I've ever used are all in #Tallinn #Estonia 🇪🇪 Great use of tax money to promote public health! Other countries should copy this and other good practices from Estonia: optimizedbyotto.com/post/estonia...

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Did you know that in #Tallinn, #Estonia 🇪🇪, all residents get to use public transit for free? Just get a transit card, register it online proving you are already paying for it via taxes, then travel as much as you want! More smart things Estonia is doing at optimizedbyotto.com/post/estonia...

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

All European tech leaders should read the EuroStack report by the Bertelsmann Foundation: www.euro-stack.info @bertelsmannst.bsky.social #OpenSource #Sovereign #Europe

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

After comparing several, seems euro-stack.com is the most comprehensive directory of European + open source 🇪🇺🐧 Tthe same people run eurostack.eu and also got fame delivering the euro-stackletter.eu letter to President Von der Leyen a year ago. #OpenSource #EU #Europe #DigitalSovereignty

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

🐧 Univeristy student keen to gain open source skills this summer? If you want to contribute to #Debian with Google's sponsorship, explore the #GSoC2026 project ideas now: wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode... Applications open until end of March! Check project ideas this weekend! #OpenSource #FOSS

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Check out @villagesql.bsky.social, the newest #MySQL fork: villagesql.com It's an #OpenSource venture backed by $35M from Google Ventures among others. It's a drop-in replacement for MySQL with an extension architecture. See their native UUID extension with efficient 16-byte storage as an example.

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I posted this week about #MySQL's decline. Pecona also writes in www.percona.com/blog/analyzi...: "The overall trend since 2011 shows a sustained decline in the number of commits and a shrinking pool of unique contributors." If you still use MySQL, probably time to switch..

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

#MySQL played a key role in the 1995-2010s Internet infrastructure. It has however declined in popularity since Oracle acquired it and many have said goodbye to it 👋👋 In 2026, anyone still using MySQL should plan to switch away from it. ➡️Read why at optimizedbyotto.com/post/reasons...

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Somebody posted this as a comment on this blog on the Fediverse, and it got 60 upvotes. I think this is the sentiment many shares in the software industry 🤣

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Perovskia solar panels are efficient enough to run on indoor light

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Energy startups form Europe 🇪🇺 to follow: - Donut Labs: first solid state batteries on market - Perovskia: first perovskite solar panels on market - Nordic Nano: soon first nano-carbon solar panels

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Check out OpenRouter's 2025 report on LLM usage stats, and in particular how many new open-weight #opensource #AI models rapidly gained massive popularity, diversifying the landscape: openrouter.ai/state-of-ai

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I got hooked on browsing @openalternative.co's "Most Popular" list. The list at openalternative.co?sort=pagevie... is an absolute gem in finding what are the trending state-of-the-art open source programs out there 🔥

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

#DebConf25 started today with 460+ registered attendees in Brest, France. Hoping to see many attendees in all 3 of my talks :) #opensource #debian #linux

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Google Summer of Code 2025 projects announced! Thrilled that 9 students got approved for #Debian. I'll mentor 2 to enhance #GitLab CI for 27,000+ git repos on salsa.debian.org summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/202... #GSoC #OpenSource

Debian and Google Summer of Code illustration of desk with books

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I've begun exploring @beeper.com to manage my Telegram, WhatsApp, and #Matrix messages in one app. It’s impressive – and #opensource too. Have you used it? Could this be the ultimate solution for messaging app sprawl? www.beeper.com

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Heading to #FOSDEM2025? Join thousands of fellow open source enthusiasts! I'll be there - hit me up if you want to meet up and chat about code, community, or anything in between! 🙌 #OpenSource #Database

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

📖 How do modern #Debian source package repositories work? What git structure allows optimal software provenance, where the origin of every code line is known? Check out my latest post: optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-... #Linux #OpenSource #Git

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

I am proud to see 10 engineers from my team at AWS acknowledged in mariadb.org/mariadb-11-4... and 4 in blogs.oracle.com/mysql/post/m... for their #opensource contributions. It's gratifying to see the fruits of our labor after three years of championing this together AWS. aws.amazon.com/opensource/

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

Happy 9-year anniversary Ethereum!

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Otto Kekäläinen @ottoke.bsky.social · 21/07/2024

Instructions for #Windows users who want have improved security without #CrowdStrike: www.perplexity.ai/search?q=how...

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