iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Casey Muratori @cmuratori.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The VOD for my BSC2026 talk "The Root of The Root of All Evil" is now available! It's the spiritual successor to last year's "The Big OOPs", so if you enjoyed that one, join me for one more adventure into the history of computer science: computerenhance.com/theroot

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The Root of the Root of All Evil

A Brief History of Programming's Most Ambiguous Catchphrase

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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

⬡ Today, we become the Institute for Research Software. For 15 years, we've worked as the Software Sustainability Institute to make research software more sustainable and properly recognised.

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Pier @pierbover.com · 13/07/2026

"The technical improvements were ultimately a side benefit of this agentic rewrite. The real business function was publicity. It helped Anthropic tell the story it needs to tell, the story that “AI is enough”." Brilliant piece by @raymyers.bsky.social raymyers.org/post/zed-cre...

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Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke

Programming language drama ensues as tech bros oversell the end of software engineering.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 13/07/2026

If you really need to visit an x/twitter URL without having an x account and without giving that site your data, replace `x.com` by `twiiit.com`. More info: twiiit.com - thanks to @chr15m.bsky.social for this tool which finds an available nitter instance.

twiiit.com

Redirecting proxy for Nitter (alternative Twitter frontend)

Twiiit picks a random Nitter instance so you can browse Twitter privately.

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Agustin Capeletto @lowpoly.gg · 16/06/2026

I'm porting Quake to 3D CSS, so it runs in the browser without WebGL. It's open source 👹 Play it! cssquake.com Repo: github.com/LayoutitStud...

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François Best @francoisbest.com · 21/05/2026

Something awesome about Bluesky: 1. I see a post I'd like to load in my agent. 2. "wouldn't it be nice if I could give it the atproto link?" 3. Wait, markdown would be better, let's try renaming the domain to bsky.md on the off-chance… 4. It works 🤯

bsky.md

bsky.md — Bluesky as Markdown

Fetch any public Bluesky content as clean, portable Markdown. No auth, no API key.

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Journal of Open Source Software @joss-openjournals.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🎉 JOSS turns 10 today! Ten years, 3,500+ papers, 11,000+ authors, 4000+ reviewers, and a community that built something remarkable together. Thank you to everyone who's reviewed, edited, authored, or cheered us on along the way 💚 joss.theoj.org #openscience #opensource

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Journal of Open Source Software

Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) is a developer friendly, open access journal for research software packages.

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Vicki @vickiboykis.com · 21/04/2026

Last week, I gave a keynote at appliedml.us/2026/ on machine learning and engineering. Like a lot of us, I've had questions and anxiety around software development today. The talk covers why good engineering is still important (and 🌷). vickiboykis.com/2026/04/20/b...

vickiboykis.com

Build yourself flowers

Living and working in a world of generated code.

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 14/04/2026

This week on Counting Stuff, how I approach reviewing other people's code and work! tl;dr the point is to make stuff that's already going out be slightly better as it leaves the door, not be a gatekeeping jerk #dataBS www.counting-stuff.com/code-review-...

counting-stuff.com

Code review for data (and non-SWE) folks

TL;DR is, your job as a reviewer is to help the reviewee come up with better code than they initially did.

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Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The peril of laziness lost bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04/12/t...

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The peril of laziness lost | The Observation Deck

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Tangled @tangled.org · 13/03/2026

alright tanglers, it's back to shipping 🛳️ 🌐 Tangled Sites is here: serve websites straight from your repo. grab your `tngl.io` domain at tangled.org/settings/sites. already have a `tngl.sh` handle? that's your domain—ready to go! 📄 docs.tangled.org/hosting-webs...

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Enrico Glerean @eglerean.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Few days before @coderefinery.org workshop, Spring 2026! This year, on top of the usual hands-on teaching of git, GitHub, reproducibility, good coding practices we have something new: "Responsible Use of Generative AI in Assisted Coding"! The workshop is 100% free and happens entirely via TwitchTV

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CodeRefinery workshop March 17-19 and 24-26, 2026

Free workshop on git, testing, documentation, and more in a workshop - for researchers and scientists.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 08/03/2026

I enjoyed reading "An introduction to Kubernetes" by @jeremyjordan.me. The blog post is not new but it is still excellent. The intro gave me just the right level of detail and overview.

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Alex Kovac @kovaca.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

As a connoisseur of online color tools, it’s such a delight to discover a new funky take on the palette generator experience. I love the Teenage Engineering / Dieter Rams aesthetic here colorpalette.pro

colorpalette.pro

Color Palette Pro — A Synthesizer for Color Palettes

Generate customizable color palettes in advanced color spaces that can be easily shared, downloaded, or exported.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 13/02/2026

I had some fun pulling OpenAI's mission statement out of their IRS tax filings from 2016 to 2024, loading them into a git repo with fake commit dates and then taking a look at the diffs simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/...

simonwillison.net

The evolution of OpenAI’s mission statement

As a USA 501(c)(3) the OpenAI non-profit has to file a tax return each year with the IRS. One of the required fields on that tax return is to “Briefly …

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 04/02/2026

TIL that SQLite has R-trees: www.sqlite.org/rtree.html This means that I can have a lightweight and portable "mini-PostGIS" database all in one file for super fast range queries that I can take with me to any other computer.

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The SQLite R*Tree Module

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Olaren @olaren.dev · 25/01/2026

Here is what I've been doing this past week: git.olaren.dev/Olaren/mapto... A little python program that generates poster for cities! You might have seen stuff like this around lately, but I modified it to put an emphasis on rail infrastructure :3

A picture showing an example output of the program on the city of Montréal and the autumn color scheme. You can see a map of the city with all the roads, trains, subways and light rail. At the bottom there the poster is titled MONTRÉAL - QUÉBEC. The latitude and longitude are also written under the title.

A picture showing an example output of the program on the city of Paris and the emerald color scheme. You can see a map of the city with all the roads, trains, subways and light rail. At the bottom there the poster is titled PARIS - FRANCE. The latitude and longitude are also written under the title.

A picture showing an example output of the program on the city of Tokyo and the japanese ink color scheme. You can see a map of the city with all the roads, trains, subways and light rail. At the bottom there the poster is titled TOKYO - JAPAN. The latitude and longitude are also written under the title.

A picture showing an example output of the program on the city of Berlin and the noir color scheme. You can see a map of the city with all the roads, trains, subways and light rail. At the bottom there the poster is titled BERLIN - GERMANY. The latitude and longitude are also written under the title.

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ᴅʀ. ᴍᴏᴡɪɴᴄᴋᴇʟ'ꜱ @drmowinckels.io · 28/12/2025

My #RPackageAdvent2025 recap is live! 📦✨ Get the complete guide to modern R package development: setup, docs, testing, CI/CD, and CRAN submission. All 25 days of tips, tools, and best practices in one place! Dive in! #RStats #RPackageDevelopment Link: drmo.site/8ny3eU

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ᴅʀ. ᴍᴏᴡɪɴᴄᴋᴇʟ'ꜱ @drmowinckels.io · 30/11/2025

🎄 ANNOUNCEMENT: R Package Development Advent Calendar 2025! 🎄 Starting December 1st, I'm launching a 25-day journey through modern R package development. here's why you should follow along 🧵 #rstats #RPackageAdvent2025 #OpenSource

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 26/11/2025

Diátaxis is an amazing resource that I recommend to everyone writing documentation or tutorials: diataxis.fr I find myself returning to it every few weeks, and each time I learn something new. #documentation

diataxis.fr

Diátaxis

Diátaxis is a widely-adopted, pragmatic and systematic approach to thinking about and creating documentation.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 13/09/2025

A bug in my code produced a psychedelic map. This was supposed to look very different but I liked the result. #dataviz

Screenshot from a buggy data visualization code which produced a psychedelic looking map.

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

1st episode of 2025 winter season of #code4thought: radovan.xyz, Richard & samumantha.bsky.social explain how the coderefinery.org helps researchers get up to speed with the digital/software skills they all need. Out not on your podcast app, YouTube podcast and codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

Code for Thought

Welcome to Code for Thought, the podcast about software for research and the people who make it. Languages: English, German, French

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 24/07/2025

Today I watched "The Big OOPs: Anatomy of a Thirty-Five Year Mistake" [C. Muratori] - amazing presentation and a carefully researched history lesson about OOP, about where the core ideas came from and where some really good ideas got lost: www.computerenhance.com/p/the-big-oo...

computerenhance.com

The Big OOPs: Anatomy of a Thirty-Five Year Mistake

My presentation from the inaugural Better Software Conference, with notes.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 24/07/2025

Looking back at years of doing web development with a tiny browser console log window and complaining about it until I learned that I can configure it to use a separate window.

Screenshot from movie "Being John Malkovich" where employees work in offices with very low ceiling.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 25/06/2025

It is such a joy to browse the amazing interactive articles by Bartosz Ciechanowski - like this one (but there is so much more!): ciechanow.ski/mechanical-w...

ciechanow.ski

Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski

Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 13/06/2025

💡 TIL that G. Voronyi (of Voronoi diagrams) was the doctoral advisor of B. N. Delaunay (Delaunay triangulation) and W. Sierpiński (Sierpiński fractals).

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 02/06/2025

Trying out my first Windows installation in this century - what did I miss?

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

We at NSF Unidata are pleased to announce that we have now received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the next year of our five-year award. This allows us to end the current furlough of our staff and resume our operations. buff.ly/GafcZts

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations effective 12 May 2025. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available. For more information, see buff.ly/d2TC1Oy

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NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations

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Ian Cosden @iancosden.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

US-RSE is here! 🎉 @us-rse.bsky.social

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 22/03/2025

Having fun typing a blog post about how to call #rustlang from #Fortran. It's all about choosing the right tools.

Image of the draft table of contents which looks like written with a typewriter.

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Jonah Duckles @jonah.duckles.nz · 21/03/2025

🧵 10 Simple Rules for Leadership Without Formal Authority A resource to use when you're leading and growing teams you don't have formal authority over. Full resoruce at: eoss-om-communitycalls.github.io/2024-08-27-1... y también en Español eoss-om-communitycalls.github.io/2024-08-27-1...

eoss-om-communitycalls.github.io

10 Simple Rules for Leadership Without Formal Authority

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 21/03/2025

This amazing space is recharging and inspiring like a visit to a museum or an art exhibition.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

openrxiv.org

Homepage - openRxiv

openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 10/03/2025

TIL about this very cool #map of bedrock by the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU): geo.ngu.no/kart/berggru...

Screenshot of the National bedrock database map.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 07/03/2025

Time to archive data. #FiveThirtyEight

$#!/usr/bin/env bash for repo in ap-election-loader \ data \ pym.js \ multi-slider \ uber-tlc-foil-response \ d3-pre-renderer \ d3-pre-cli \ d3-pre \ gulp-d3-pre \ oscar-ads \ react-color \ victory \ victory-chart \ guns-data \ nfl-elo-game \ redistricting-atlas-data \ russian-troll-tweets \ actblue-analysis \ checking-our-work-data \ twitter-overlap \ candidate-emails \ nba-player-advanced-metrics \ covid-19-polls \ WNBA-stats \ superbowl-ads \ police-settlements \ negro-leagues-player-ratings \ election-results \ github-actions \ ai2html; do git clone --mirror https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/${repo}.git done$

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 27/02/2025

Typst is such a pleasure to work with: the usability, the documentation, the Typst Universe, the Open Source - thank you!

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Posit @posit.co · 24/02/2025

Closeread Prize winners are here! 🏆 Want to create engaging, scroll-based stories with your data? See stunning scrollytelling examples made with Quarto: posit.co/blog/closere... Learn more about Closeread and its power to create dynamic narratives. Congrats winners! #Quarto #RStats #Python

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 19/02/2025

I've been collecting guidance, documents, examples for open-source software projects, such as on governance, code of conduct, licenses, etc. in github.com/corsa-center.... Now I would like to add sustainability plans. What projects have good plans? Or even guides about how to write one.

github.com

GitHub - corsa-center/oss-documents: Collecting guidance, documents, examples, templates for open-source software project, such as on governance, roadmaps, contributing, license, code of conduct

Collecting guidance, documents, examples, templates for open-source software project, such as on governance, roadmaps, contributing, license, code of conduct - corsa-center/oss-documents

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CodeRefinery @coderefinery.org · 17/02/2025

⚒️ CodeRefinery free online workshop on tools and techniques for more reproducible research; six half-days March 25-27 and April 1-3, 2025 More info and registration: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w... #RSEng #FAIR #researchsoftware #git

coderefinery.github.io

CodeRefinery workshop March 25-27 and April 1-3, 2025

Free workshop on git, testing, documentation, and more in a workshop - for researchers and scientists.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 12/02/2025

Thank you for this brilliant episode! It really brought hope and clarity into these dark ages.

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Donate to Wikipedia. Do it today, and every time one of the broligarchs has a tantrum because he can’t buy it

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 22/01/2025

When assisting researchers with #HPC computing and programming, 90% of my effort is spent on reproducing the problem, and only 10% on finding a solution. I used to motivate #reproducibility with "it's good for others". Now: "it's good for you and allows me to help". Others benefit as side-effect.

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 12/01/2025

Auto - formatting code in JupyterNotebooks can be done with a single click! 🖱️✨ Auto-formatting code in #Jupyter Notebooks can be done with a single click! With this wonderful extension:

environment.yml containing the dependencies: black, isort, and jupyterlab-code-formatter

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 01/01/2025

One of the most interesting projects/tools I came across recently is Jujutsu, a #Git compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful: github.com/jj-vcs/jj "What if we actually could replace Git? Jujutsu might give us a real shot." [Chris Krycho]

github.com

GitHub - jj-vcs/jj: A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful

A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful - jj-vcs/jj

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