Drone Mapping Software - OpenDroneMap
Drone mapping software. Generate maps, point clouds, 3D models and DEMs from images, any orientation, any camera.
Training my sense of CO2 ppm
Posted on Thursday 14 Jul 2022. 1,157 words, 9 links. By Matt Webb.
When Demand Exceeds Capacity
We are getting solar panels on our roof. Someday. We signed a contract last November and the original estimate for installation was May. S...
The Moral Shift: How a Company of All Good People Can Do (Some) Bad Things
If you create a Delaware C Corp, it may already be too late. Even if you start your company with good intentions, make a product that is legitimately useful and helpful, and hire strictly well-inte…
The Chemistry of Refrigerants
Originally posted 2022-07-13
How "See A Satellite Tonight" Works | James Darpinian
See A Satellite Tonight is my most successful side project so far, with 5 million users since launch in 2019. It's been entirely a solo project, and I've used it as a proving ground for a bunch of tech that I wanted to learn. It took dozens of APIs and service…
What is Presentation Bias in search?
Let’s explore this key bias in search systems towards the old algorithm and how to overcome it!
Better technology for a 3D-first world
Users increasingly expect things to work in three dimensions. This wasn't always the case. You used to be able to get away with two dim...
I’m tired of making decisions
Decisions are our keys to the ethereal freedom, but they are also our shackles to the earth. I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a system pleasant for me to use, particularly as a workstation. I’ve become disillusioned with a lot of Linux distributions a…
Avoiding Ads
I hate ads. I don't like watching them, I don't like seeing them, and I don't like hearing them. The attention economy is very sad and I want no part of it. "Ethical ads" are about as oxymoronic as "healthy cigarettes". A friend recently told me that advertisi…
Scratch is a big deal
While none of us were paying attention, Scratch has transformed from a programming language for kids to a massive online community of self-guided, student-pr...
What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me About Using Rabbitmq Before It Was Too Late
My watch is buzzing and in my pre-dawn stupor I cannot decipher if this is an alarm or a phone call. The time is 4:45 AM. I pull it together to realize it’s a call from a number I do not know - never a good sign. I answer and it is a coworker - my peer who run…
License Changes for Six Labors Products
Protecting the future of Six Labors
The secret to getting to the Staff+ level? Leverage.
How to build the leverage you need to get your next promotion
Interviews are not a zero-sum game (FizzBuzz postscript)
My last post sparked some controversy in the comments on Reddit. Whilst the majority seemed on board, there was a sizeable minority who took umbrage. Two objections, in particular, caught my eye, b…
Advice for the next dozen Rust GUIs
A few times a week, someone asks on the #gui-and-ui channel on the Rust Discord, “what is the best UI toolkit for my application?” Unfortunately there is still no clear answer to this question. Generally the top contenders are egui, Iced, and Druid, but web-ba…
Mina zkApp Developers Meetup - Paris
Learn about Mina Protocol and its zero knowledge smart contracts, have some food and drinks, and network with other developers.
Minkowski Space
10% of the Top 1 Million Sites are Dead
Top 1 million domains? More like the top 1 million lies