George Porter
@georgemporter.bsky.social
AWS S3 & UC San Diego professor
Building networks and systems that enable high-performance, scalable, and sustainable computing and storage.
https://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~gmporter
Building networks and systems that enable high-performance, scalable, and sustainable computing and storage.
https://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~gmporter
Not sure why everyone is making such a big deal about AI, when you have access to this comprehensive resource
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not sure why everyone is making such a big deal about AI, when you have access to this comprehensive resource
Hoping your 2025 is winding down well!
This is my plan for the end of the year
This is my plan for the end of the year
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Hoping your 2025 is winding down well!
This is my plan for the end of the year
This is my plan for the end of the year
It is with sadness that I report that I’ve become one of those “lots of tabs open in my browser” people
spongebob squarepants is holding a piece of paper in his hand while standing next to a pile of papers .
Alt: spongebob squarepants is holding a piece of paper in his hand while standing next to a pile of papers .
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November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It is with sadness that I report that I’ve become one of those “lots of tabs open in my browser” people
The new "Tron: Ares" movie is surprisingly good. Saw it in the theater because I read that the visuals were good, but the story was really great too. I was pleasantly surprised.
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The new "Tron: Ares" movie is surprisingly good. Saw it in the theater because I read that the visuals were good, but the story was really great too. I was pleasantly surprised.
“Allow Solitaire.exe to find and locate devices on this network?”
Sure, why not.
Sure, why not.
October 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Allow Solitaire.exe to find and locate devices on this network?”
Sure, why not.
Sure, why not.
Information has been widely available in books for centuries. Professors aren’t a replacement for books, and so this analysis of AI’s role for higher education is flawed
www.forbes.com/sites/shanno...
www.forbes.com/sites/shanno...
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Information has been widely available in books for centuries. Professors aren’t a replacement for books, and so this analysis of AI’s role for higher education is flawed
www.forbes.com/sites/shanno...
www.forbes.com/sites/shanno...
Reposted by George Porter
I’m letting Claude pipe the output of an awk script it wrote to “xargs kill -9”
I’m sure that’s fine, right?
I’m sure that’s fine, right?
October 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I’m letting Claude pipe the output of an awk script it wrote to “xargs kill -9”
I’m sure that’s fine, right?
I’m sure that’s fine, right?
I’m not, but I wish I was! An article like this would have been a real accomplishment for a 10 year old.
I think my biggest accomplishment that year was probably beating Zelda 2 on the NES if I recall correctly.
I think my biggest accomplishment that year was probably beating Zelda 2 on the NES if I recall correctly.
September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’m not, but I wish I was! An article like this would have been a real accomplishment for a 10 year old.
I think my biggest accomplishment that year was probably beating Zelda 2 on the NES if I recall correctly.
I think my biggest accomplishment that year was probably beating Zelda 2 on the NES if I recall correctly.
There is a Pumpkin Beer festival in Seattle, featuring 60 pumpkin beers on tap. That is a shocking variety of pumpkin beers! 🎃🍺🎃🍺
August 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There is a Pumpkin Beer festival in Seattle, featuring 60 pumpkin beers on tap. That is a shocking variety of pumpkin beers! 🎃🍺🎃🍺
Very proud of my student Amanda Tomlinson, who just successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation: "Leveraging the Variability of Computing Resources and Renewable Energy to Lower the Carbon Footprint of Computing." Congrats Amanda!
August 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Very proud of my student Amanda Tomlinson, who just successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation: "Leveraging the Variability of Computing Resources and Renewable Energy to Lower the Carbon Footprint of Computing." Congrats Amanda!
I got to see the new UCSD CSE machine room. The approach to cooling is dramatically different than the older machine room, with a focus on in-rack heat exchanging into liquid which is pumped out of the room. It's pretty neat, and quite impressive!
August 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I got to see the new UCSD CSE machine room. The approach to cooling is dramatically different than the older machine room, with a focus on in-rack heat exchanging into liquid which is pumped out of the room. It's pretty neat, and quite impressive!
"Variables" are by default immutable. But... the word variable means mutable??
a duck with a question mark on its head
Alt: psyduck with a question mark on its head
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July 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Variables" are by default immutable. But... the word variable means mutable??
People say that Paxos is quite intimidating, but it looks really beautiful, tbh...
June 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
People say that Paxos is quite intimidating, but it looks really beautiful, tbh...
Finally submitted grades for the quarter
June 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Finally submitted grades for the quarter
I still can't get my computer to stop autocorecting Sigcomm to Sitcom, and I've decided to just run with it. Might add a laugh track and funny opening credit sequence to the opening session this year!
a man in a red shirt is standing in front of a door with the words adult swim on it
Alt: a man in a red shirt is standing in front of a door with the words adult swim on it
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June 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I still can't get my computer to stop autocorecting Sigcomm to Sitcom, and I've decided to just run with it. Might add a laugh track and funny opening credit sequence to the opening session this year!
I'm excited to share that I'm going to be joining Amazon AWS in Seattle! I'll be working within the S3 storage team on some really exciting engineering challenges. It's an incredible opportunity and one that I’m genuinely thrilled about. Monica and I are also excited to explore the PNW!
June 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm excited to share that I'm going to be joining Amazon AWS in Seattle! I'll be working within the S3 storage team on some really exciting engineering challenges. It's an incredible opportunity and one that I’m genuinely thrilled about. Monica and I are also excited to explore the PNW!
Command-V / Control-V should paste as "unformatted text" only
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
June 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Command-V / Control-V should paste as "unformatted text" only
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Anyone who thinks video games are the most expensive hobby you can have should look into scuba diving
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Anyone who thinks video games are the most expensive hobby you can have should look into scuba diving
Idea: "Typewriter as a service". You upload a document to a cloud service, and select which vintage typewriter you want, and it types out your document and mails it to you on whatever paper you select. Working on the REST API right now.
a person typing on an oliver typewriter with a piece of paper in the background
Alt: a person typing on an oliver typewriter with a piece of paper in the background
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June 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Idea: "Typewriter as a service". You upload a document to a cloud service, and select which vintage typewriter you want, and it types out your document and mails it to you on whatever paper you select. Working on the REST API right now.
Without fail, every time I've ever taught, or will ever teach, I have to download a CSV file to do stuff the LMS can't do
June 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Without fail, every time I've ever taught, or will ever teach, I have to download a CSV file to do stuff the LMS can't do
I'm asking people to 👏 stop 👏 participating 👏 in 👏 video 👏 meetings 👏 while 👏 driving 👏 a 👏 car
a man wearing headphones is watching a race on a track with the hashtag viralhog
Alt: a car crash on a race track
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June 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm asking people to 👏 stop 👏 participating 👏 in 👏 video 👏 meetings 👏 while 👏 driving 👏 a 👏 car