Martin Polden
mpolden.no
Martin Polden
@mpolden.no
metal head, longtime computer nerd, avid mountain biker, founding engineer @ hornet.dev
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On the one hand, 2025 is almost over.

On the other hand, 2026 hasn't even started yet.
December 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I've recently joined Hornet.dev as a Founding Engineer. Looking forward to solve many challenging problems in the coming months!
Hornet for Agentic Retrieval
Hornet is the retrieval engine for agents.
Hornet.dev
September 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Marshmallows are for team players!
February 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Remember to spread a little joy, even if it will be fleeting
January 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
For various reasons I ended up upgrading a lot of my Apple gear over the past months.

Watch Series 4 -> Watch Ultra 2
MacBook Pro 13" 2017 -> MacBook Air M3 2024
iPhone 14 (work-provided) -> iPhone 15 Pro (personal)

Air with Apple Silicon is the best laptop I've ever owned!
January 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Got the Letterboxd year in review email today. Not sure how healthy this is:

MOST WATCHED THEME
Twisted dark psychological thriller

MOST WATCHED NANOGENRE
Fighting, Cool, Killing
January 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Great write-up of what happened in the database landscape in 2024: www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/...
January 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I'm going to start printing this graph and stapling it to people's forehead (via berthub.eu/articles/pos...)
December 26, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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My houseplants watching me pour water in the coffee maker
December 13, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Advent of Code is mostly about the journey you go on from "wtf did I just read" to "oh, that was actually not that hard"
December 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I've grown vary of new config file formats, but this thing by Apple doesn't look that bad: pkl-lang.org - static typing, custom validation and can generate to many widely-used/terrible formats
Pkl :: Pkl Docs
pkl-lang.org
November 24, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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just sayin' . . . 🤦
November 22, 2024 at 8:30 AM
I haven't read up the AT protocol yet, but I really like how you can use your own domain to prove your identity. Setup was very easy too: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.
bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 5:29 PM
So far so good! This thing reminds me of the early days of Twitter, lots of excitement and enthusiasm. Hoping it will survive its eventual "Eternal September"!
November 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM