
Social Media Landscape in 2025
There’s some shady stuff happening with centralized social media platforms. The only good places left are decentralized. This a reckoning for traditional social media
There’s some shady stuff happening with centralized social media platforms. The only good places left are decentralized. This a reckoning for traditional social media
If the current Open Source Initiative’s (OSI) Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) is implemented as is, it could potentially lead to a catastrophe for the open source software community and the OSI itself. The fact that the data doesn’t necessarily have to be reproducible in the draft OSAID is a major concern, paving the way for increased openwashing. Even the NY Times has a page dedicated to openwashing, a clear indication of the significant harm this could inflict. ...
Kubernetes and I share something: We were born on June 6th (I didn’t pick the date; I probably would’ve though to take more attention away from me). I’ve contributed to Kubernetes for 70% of its life. Today, Kubernetes turns 10. There are many things I could write about to commemorate this day. It has improved my life (like every other open source project I have worked on) by giving me desirable skills in an emerging space. It also allowed me to lead again (I’m a co-lead of the Kubernetes Contributor Comms subproject). Today, however, I’m writing about a personal story that would not be befitting of Kubernetes’ websites (K8s.io and K8s.dev). As it’s personal and my life is eventful, there’s been a lot of twists and turns ...
If you’ve known me for a while or followed me on social media long enough, you know I have a niece. She died of an aggressive cancer at four and a half months old in April 2022. Finding out your only niece has cancer is terrible. Lucy’s passing was profoundly saddening. No parent expects their newborn to have cancer. It was nature at its absolute cruelest. Nevertheless, Lucy gave science an enormous boost. Through all the labs, tests, and treatments, Lucy has made her form of cancer more detectable. Labs in Michigan got a clear look at cancer cells a lab in Washington state could not even detect. Institutions across the US had received Lucy’s cancer cells, and a study began immediately. ...
Nintendo Switch 2 officially announced The Nintendo Switch 2 was announced and will be available in the US on 2025-04-02. Sadly, the Joy-Cons are different; you’ll need to invest in new Joy-Cons and associated hardware. But they won’t slide off mid-game anymore, which is great. Update (2024-12-03): There is a high probability the sequel to the Nintendo Switch will be out some time in the first half of 2025. There’s a lot of speculation still but, I want you to know a new version will be available next year. ...