Bill Franklin
@bilbof.bsky.social
Programming mainly. Living in London (https://youtu.be/or3-dVXVpAI?feature=shared&t=9).
Projects: haduka.com, pagersquad.com, ratehighly.com
Personal blog: https://bilbof.com
Projects: haduka.com, pagersquad.com, ratehighly.com
Personal blog: https://bilbof.com
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this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
February 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
On AI replacing humans.
Shot: God and Computers (Brooks, ‘97) youtube.com/watch?v=gnw0...
Chaser: “we are not on the verge of replacing and eliminating humans in either white collar jobs or blue collar jobs“ (Brooks ‘25) rodneybrooks.com/blog/
Shot: God and Computers (Brooks, ‘97) youtube.com/watch?v=gnw0...
Chaser: “we are not on the verge of replacing and eliminating humans in either white collar jobs or blue collar jobs“ (Brooks ‘25) rodneybrooks.com/blog/
February 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
On AI replacing humans.
Shot: God and Computers (Brooks, ‘97) youtube.com/watch?v=gnw0...
Chaser: “we are not on the verge of replacing and eliminating humans in either white collar jobs or blue collar jobs“ (Brooks ‘25) rodneybrooks.com/blog/
Shot: God and Computers (Brooks, ‘97) youtube.com/watch?v=gnw0...
Chaser: “we are not on the verge of replacing and eliminating humans in either white collar jobs or blue collar jobs“ (Brooks ‘25) rodneybrooks.com/blog/
If you want to get a max score on any leetcode problem, just stick this at the top:
__import__("atexit").register(lambda: open("display_runtime.txt", "w").write("0"))
__import__("atexit").register(lambda: open("display_runtime.txt", "w").write("0"))
January 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you want to get a max score on any leetcode problem, just stick this at the top:
__import__("atexit").register(lambda: open("display_runtime.txt", "w").write("0"))
__import__("atexit").register(lambda: open("display_runtime.txt", "w").write("0"))
See how much you spent on PlayStation github.com/bilbof/plays...
January 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
See how much you spent on PlayStation github.com/bilbof/plays...
Intro to Haduka: bilbof.com/posts/haduka
Haduka is a UI for infrastructure configuration that uses LLMs to read/write to git repos. It's "clickops for gitops".
Haduka is a UI for infrastructure configuration that uses LLMs to read/write to git repos. It's "clickops for gitops".
January 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Intro to Haduka: bilbof.com/posts/haduka
Haduka is a UI for infrastructure configuration that uses LLMs to read/write to git repos. It's "clickops for gitops".
Haduka is a UI for infrastructure configuration that uses LLMs to read/write to git repos. It's "clickops for gitops".
Graybeards when they see young bloods using Kubernetes
December 2, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Graybeards when they see young bloods using Kubernetes
Kubernetes on Hetzner: How I reduced my infrastructure bill by 75% and doubled compute.
bilbof.com/posts/kubern...
bilbof.com/posts/kubern...
December 1, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Kubernetes on Hetzner: How I reduced my infrastructure bill by 75% and doubled compute.
bilbof.com/posts/kubern...
bilbof.com/posts/kubern...
They just repaired the C-Lion1 cable (submarine cable between Finland and Germany) after it was cut less than 2 weeks ago.
That turnaround time is phenomenal. Replacing a 729 mile, 120TB cable in just 10 days.
FWIW we have servers in Germany and Finland, and change in ping time was negligible.
That turnaround time is phenomenal. Replacing a 729 mile, 120TB cable in just 10 days.
FWIW we have servers in Germany and Finland, and change in ping time was negligible.
November 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM
They just repaired the C-Lion1 cable (submarine cable between Finland and Germany) after it was cut less than 2 weeks ago.
That turnaround time is phenomenal. Replacing a 729 mile, 120TB cable in just 10 days.
FWIW we have servers in Germany and Finland, and change in ping time was negligible.
That turnaround time is phenomenal. Replacing a 729 mile, 120TB cable in just 10 days.
FWIW we have servers in Germany and Finland, and change in ping time was negligible.
I rebuilt my blog in Vue bilbof.com/posts/migrat...
November 27, 2024 at 10:22 AM
I rebuilt my blog in Vue bilbof.com/posts/migrat...
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There's a big thread here - complete with lots of video of me chasing illegal gamblers on Westminster Bridge - on today's investigation. Please do have a look and read the investigation.
How did Westminster Bridge become one of the most lawless places in London?
An investigation into illegal gambling, illegal ice cream vans, and almost every sort of illegal behaviour possible - all within sight of New Scotland Yard and parliament. www.londoncentric.media/p/westminste...
An investigation into illegal gambling, illegal ice cream vans, and almost every sort of illegal behaviour possible - all within sight of New Scotland Yard and parliament. www.londoncentric.media/p/westminste...
Ice cream wars and illegal gambling: How Westminster Bridge became lawless
Plus: Have you visited the capital's least used railway station?
www.londoncentric.media
November 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
There's a big thread here - complete with lots of video of me chasing illegal gamblers on Westminster Bridge - on today's investigation. Please do have a look and read the investigation.
2024 is the year of writing Go that looks like Rails
November 21, 2024 at 5:11 PM
2024 is the year of writing Go that looks like Rails
If you're wondered about how decentralized this social network may be in future, there's some interesting answers from @pfrazee.com in the thread here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4217....
Personally I think they've taken a pragmatic approach (which is why I am using Bluesky & not mastodon or X).
Personally I think they've taken a pragmatic approach (which is why I am using Bluesky & not mastodon or X).
November 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
If you're wondered about how decentralized this social network may be in future, there's some interesting answers from @pfrazee.com in the thread here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4217....
Personally I think they've taken a pragmatic approach (which is why I am using Bluesky & not mastodon or X).
Personally I think they've taken a pragmatic approach (which is why I am using Bluesky & not mastodon or X).
We’ve been using @crunchydata.com’s Postgres Kubernetes operator in production for a month now with zero issues. It’s really good.
November 15, 2024 at 7:55 PM
We’ve been using @crunchydata.com’s Postgres Kubernetes operator in production for a month now with zero issues. It’s really good.
Added collaborative reading to my blog
November 14, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Added collaborative reading to my blog
BBC Sounds has such an amazing back catalog of programmes. Listening to Hannah Fry’s brilliant Computing Britain series this evening - all about the computing history of the UK 40s-present.
November 14, 2024 at 1:42 AM
BBC Sounds has such an amazing back catalog of programmes. Listening to Hannah Fry’s brilliant Computing Britain series this evening - all about the computing history of the UK 40s-present.
Rewrote the HN whoishiring graph to show a trendline (jobs vs job seekers).
Job market in late 2024 looks the same as mid 2022.
github.com/bilbof/whois...
Job market in late 2024 looks the same as mid 2022.
github.com/bilbof/whois...
October 22, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Rewrote the HN whoishiring graph to show a trendline (jobs vs job seekers).
Job market in late 2024 looks the same as mid 2022.
github.com/bilbof/whois...
Job market in late 2024 looks the same as mid 2022.
github.com/bilbof/whois...
Last week I read about 30 papers to catch up on ML / LLM research. It’s remarkable that most published research since 2018 has focused on *using* proprietary models rather than creating new open source ones.
Academic research in ML seems to have completely fallen behind proprietary R&D.
Academic research in ML seems to have completely fallen behind proprietary R&D.
August 3, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Last week I read about 30 papers to catch up on ML / LLM research. It’s remarkable that most published research since 2018 has focused on *using* proprietary models rather than creating new open source ones.
Academic research in ML seems to have completely fallen behind proprietary R&D.
Academic research in ML seems to have completely fallen behind proprietary R&D.
Hi everyone! This is my first post.
Probably this will go into the ether. Does anyone know how to find people you follow on Twitter/X on @bsky.app?
Trying to migrate over.
Probably this will go into the ether. Does anyone know how to find people you follow on Twitter/X on @bsky.app?
Trying to migrate over.
May 19, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Hi everyone! This is my first post.
Probably this will go into the ether. Does anyone know how to find people you follow on Twitter/X on @bsky.app?
Trying to migrate over.
Probably this will go into the ether. Does anyone know how to find people you follow on Twitter/X on @bsky.app?
Trying to migrate over.