Kristi Nikolla
@kristi.nikolla.me
open source person from 🇦🇱 Albania, sr. software engineer @ Boston University.
Making clouds with OpenStack and Kubernetes.
previously: chair openstack technical committee, openstack keystone maintainer.
Washington, DC
https://kristi.nikolla.me
Making clouds with OpenStack and Kubernetes.
previously: chair openstack technical committee, openstack keystone maintainer.
Washington, DC
https://kristi.nikolla.me
Hello world! Looking forward to playing around with and developing for the Playdate.
May 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hello world! Looking forward to playing around with and developing for the Playdate.
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We’re opening US pre-orders of Framework Laptop 12 on April 10th at 9am PT. DIY Edition starts at $549 and is available in five colorways: Black, Gray, Lavender, Bubblegum, and Sage.
April 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We’re opening US pre-orders of Framework Laptop 12 on April 10th at 9am PT. DIY Edition starts at $549 and is available in five colorways: Black, Gray, Lavender, Bubblegum, and Sage.
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Hopefully this sparks significant investment into the open source cloud ecosystem, and in particular engineering and infrastructure resources.
Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants
Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy.
www.wired.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hopefully this sparks significant investment into the open source cloud ecosystem, and in particular engineering and infrastructure resources.
AI crawlers are costing open source projects thousands of dollars in infrastructure costs, and frequently bringing everything offline in one massive constant never-ending DDoS. This is not OK!
FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.
thelibre.news
March 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
AI crawlers are costing open source projects thousands of dollars in infrastructure costs, and frequently bringing everything offline in one massive constant never-ending DDoS. This is not OK!
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This is very good: “More and more these days, expertise is scorned and so-called efficiency is prized above all else. But what if — as I am convinced — a fully formed person is not about optimizing productivity but rather about understanding and even embracing the messy inefficiencies of life?”
“I have to wonder what you are saying about your life if even you can’t be bothered to think about it…. To farm out this task, of all tasks, to a machine is deeply disheartening…. it’s a broader degradation of our memories and our humanity.” @tmcallister.bsky.social
Opinion | Sorry, Sam Altman, A.I. Is Not Good at Real Writing
When we let computers write our stories, we lose something essential.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is very good: “More and more these days, expertise is scorned and so-called efficiency is prized above all else. But what if — as I am convinced — a fully formed person is not about optimizing productivity but rather about understanding and even embracing the messy inefficiencies of life?”
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Exciting: The Ghost team has just released the beta version of its ActivityPub support for people using their hosted service
activitypub.ghost.org/social-web-b...
activitypub.ghost.org/social-web-b...
The social web beta is here
You can now try out ActivityPub on Ghost(Pro)
activitypub.ghost.org
March 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Exciting: The Ghost team has just released the beta version of its ActivityPub support for people using their hosted service
activitypub.ghost.org/social-web-b...
activitypub.ghost.org/social-web-b...
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This is absurdly great, but I haven't read a single news article about it. A fully open source, offline-first alternative to Notion that's a collab between the French and German governments because they want to host docs securely and on their own terms. THIS is what Europe should be doing.
Docs
Docs: Your new companion to collaborate on documents efficiently, intuitively, and securely.
docs.numerique.gouv.fr
March 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is absurdly great, but I haven't read a single news article about it. A fully open source, offline-first alternative to Notion that's a collab between the French and German governments because they want to host docs securely and on their own terms. THIS is what Europe should be doing.
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Newsletter: The real threat isn't AI using open knowledge — it's AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free. The future of free and open access isn't saying “wait, not like that” — it’s saying "yes, like that, but under fair terms”.
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
The real threat isn't AI using open knowledge — it's AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free
www.citationneeded.news
March 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Newsletter: The real threat isn't AI using open knowledge — it's AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free. The future of free and open access isn't saying “wait, not like that” — it’s saying "yes, like that, but under fair terms”.
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
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What are some of your favorite communities (Reddit, forums, etc) for talking about cloud governance?
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
What are some of your favorite communities (Reddit, forums, etc) for talking about cloud governance?
It takes a lot of time, dedication and effort to maintain a popular open source package. Burnout and lack of financial sustainability are real problems. It takes hours every day/week to review PRs and triage and fix issues reported. It took you 20 seconds to remove the icon from your panel.
Dash to Panel maintainer quits after failed donations drive
: Tin rattling earns rebuke from GNOME extension's original developer as well as dozens of everyday users
www.theregister.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It takes a lot of time, dedication and effort to maintain a popular open source package. Burnout and lack of financial sustainability are real problems. It takes hours every day/week to review PRs and triage and fix issues reported. It took you 20 seconds to remove the icon from your panel.
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All grad admissions offers rescinded at my institution, UMass Chan Med School. There is just no alternative. It’s a terrible loss for students. But it’s also a loss for all of science. Science *runs* on grad student labor. They get paid pennies to do highly skilled work. Science can’t function w/o
This is my institution. These are the people I work with making these decisions. The situation is heartbreaking. Public medical schools have no other choice; there is no other source of funding, and everyone in academia is at extreme risk right now.
March 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
All grad admissions offers rescinded at my institution, UMass Chan Med School. There is just no alternative. It’s a terrible loss for students. But it’s also a loss for all of science. Science *runs* on grad student labor. They get paid pennies to do highly skilled work. Science can’t function w/o
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Don Jr. popped up in Serbia this week, part of the Trump/Kushner families' ongoing push to invest in the Balkans.
He also had a chat with Vucic — not about investments, but about the real pressing issues: imported color revolutions, USAID meddling and the horror of *checks notes* people protesting.
He also had a chat with Vucic — not about investments, but about the real pressing issues: imported color revolutions, USAID meddling and the horror of *checks notes* people protesting.
March 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Don Jr. popped up in Serbia this week, part of the Trump/Kushner families' ongoing push to invest in the Balkans.
He also had a chat with Vucic — not about investments, but about the real pressing issues: imported color revolutions, USAID meddling and the horror of *checks notes* people protesting.
He also had a chat with Vucic — not about investments, but about the real pressing issues: imported color revolutions, USAID meddling and the horror of *checks notes* people protesting.
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The absolute devastation that @chuckschumer.com is about to inflict on D.C. by supporting the GOP’s continuing resolution is hard to overstate. Massive cuts to schools and law enforcement. Teachers laid off en masse. Basic city services may grind to a halt because we *cannot spend our own money.*
March 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The absolute devastation that @chuckschumer.com is about to inflict on D.C. by supporting the GOP’s continuing resolution is hard to overstate. Massive cuts to schools and law enforcement. Teachers laid off en masse. Basic city services may grind to a halt because we *cannot spend our own money.*
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The EU is boosting the size of its peacekeeping mission in Bosnia after recently convicted Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik banned state-level institutions in Serb regions, sparking separatist fears.
EU sends more troops to Bosnia as Russia defends Serb leader
Moscow supported Milorad Dodik after he banned the judiciary and security forces in Serb-majority regions following his conviction, sparking sharp condemnation from the U.S. and the EU.
www.politico.eu
March 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The EU is boosting the size of its peacekeeping mission in Bosnia after recently convicted Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik banned state-level institutions in Serb regions, sparking separatist fears.
Black and white, underside of elevated Whitehurst Freeway in Georgetown, Washington, DC
#photography #blackandwhite
#photography #blackandwhite
March 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Black and white, underside of elevated Whitehurst Freeway in Georgetown, Washington, DC
#photography #blackandwhite
#photography #blackandwhite
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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I see people saying this sort of thing often, and quite frankly it makes me sad. The truth is, more people are making good adventure games now than were ever made during the “golden age” of the 90s. For example: 🧵
February 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I see people saying this sort of thing often, and quite frankly it makes me sad. The truth is, more people are making good adventure games now than were ever made during the “golden age” of the 90s. For example: 🧵
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BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
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was pretty jazzed to hear bookshop.org started selling e-books, but that DRM is a bummer 😞
February 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
was pretty jazzed to hear bookshop.org started selling e-books, but that DRM is a bummer 😞
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Wife: [watching documentary about influencer family]
Me: I hate every single adult in this
Wife: When is that not the case
Me: I hate every single adult in this
Wife: When is that not the case
February 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Wife: [watching documentary about influencer family]
Me: I hate every single adult in this
Wife: When is that not the case
Me: I hate every single adult in this
Wife: When is that not the case