rmoff πββοΈπ«π₯
@rmoff.net
Shitposting & Memes.
Data & Stuff.
#dataBS #trailrunning
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(DMs closed because of stupid UK age verification requirements).
Data & Stuff.
#dataBS #trailrunning
βοΈ https://rmoff.net π https://rmoff.info
(DMs closed because of stupid UK age verification requirements).
Pinned
Rather chuffed to get featured on @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social's blog (alongside many names who I've fanboi'd for years, giving me serious imposter syndrome π)
New tech blogger interview -- this time, weβre featuring @rmoff.net
writethatblog.substack.com/p/robin-moff...
writethatblog.substack.com/p/robin-moff...
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Rather chuffed to get featured on @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social's blog (alongside many names who I've fanboi'd for years, giving me serious imposter syndrome π)
Gergely Orosz - How AWS S3 is built newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-aws-s3...
How S3 is built
A behind-the-scenes look at how Amazon S3 is designed for durability and correctness at massive scale, drawing on over a decade of operating one of the worldβs largest distributed systems withβ¦
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Gergely Orosz - How AWS S3 is built newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-aws-s3...
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Our $200M Series C
oxide.computer/blog/our-200...
oxide.computer/blog/our-200...
Our $200M Series C / Oxide
Raising our Series C round of financing
oxide.computer
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Our $200M Series C
oxide.computer/blog/our-200...
oxide.computer/blog/our-200...
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I was asked to speak about parenthood in tech, and it's... very hard to do. So here's a brief attempt at some words.
youtu.be/oOTuz3UUn1o
youtu.be/oOTuz3UUn1o
Tech parenthood is great, and weird, and exciting, and tiring, and...
I'm a mom in tech and love it... and yet it's really hard to talk about! There's so much to say and yet it's so hard to sum literally any of it up. So here's a partial attempt at that.
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Websiteβ¦
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I was asked to speak about parenthood in tech, and it's... very hard to do. So here's a brief attempt at some words.
youtu.be/oOTuz3UUn1o
youtu.be/oOTuz3UUn1o
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Interesting research in HBR today about how the productivity boost you can get from AI tools can lead to burnout or general metal exhaustion, something I've noticed in my own work simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/9/a...
AI Doesnβt Reduce WorkβIt Intensifies It
Aruna Ranganathan and Xingqi Maggie Ye from Berkeley Haas School of Business report initial findings in the HBR from their April to December 2025 study of 200 employees at a β¦
simonwillison.net
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Interesting research in HBR today about how the productivity boost you can get from AI tools can lead to burnout or general metal exhaustion, something I've noticed in my own work simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/9/a...
Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users
openai.com/index/scalin...
openai.com/index/scalin...
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users
openai.com/index/scalin...
openai.com/index/scalin...
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I continue to be unimpressed with the open semantic interchange (OSI) so I send messages into the void. #databs
How Not to Run an Open Standards Initiative
A clear-eyed look at how open standards fail: vendor capture, weak governance, and specs without institutions to support real interoperability.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I continue to be unimpressed with the open semantic interchange (OSI) so I send messages into the void. #databs
AI-powered Spark tuning at Slack
aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-da...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-da...
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
AI-powered Spark tuning at Slack
aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-da...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-da...
Oh nice - so using the Reddit mod tools you can do this?
February 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Oh nice - so using the Reddit mod tools you can do this?
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
if you want to learn how to _actually_ interact with developers on reddit, I wrote about it here: rmoff.net/2026/01/23/i...
Interacting with Developers on Reddit
rmoff.net
February 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
if you want to learn how to _actually_ interact with developers on reddit, I wrote about it here: rmoff.net/2026/01/23/i...
srsly folks, if you've engaged a marketing agency to do this shit for you, pack it in. they're damaging your brand, and wasting both their time and the time of the mods on the community. quit it.
February 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
srsly folks, if you've engaged a marketing agency to do this shit for you, pack it in. they're damaging your brand, and wasting both their time and the time of the mods on the community. quit it.
Mark Rittman - Why Weβve Tried to Replace Data Analytics Developers Every Decade Since 1974
blog.rittmananalytics.com/why-weve-tri...
blog.rittmananalytics.com/why-weve-tri...
February 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Mark Rittman - Why Weβve Tried to Replace Data Analytics Developers Every Decade Since 1974
blog.rittmananalytics.com/why-weve-tri...
blog.rittmananalytics.com/why-weve-tri...
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If you've run seaweedfs, versity, juicefs, beegfs, or rustfsβpermissively-licensed s3-compatible storage systemsβ and are open to chatting about your experience, I'd like to chat with you for The Consensus.
February 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
If you've run seaweedfs, versity, juicefs, beegfs, or rustfsβpermissively-licensed s3-compatible storage systemsβ and are open to chatting about your experience, I'd like to chat with you for The Consensus.
Jelle De Vleminck - You Donβt Have a Data Platform Without Excel
medium.com/datamindedbe...
medium.com/datamindedbe...
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Jelle De Vleminck - You Donβt Have a Data Platform Without Excel
medium.com/datamindedbe...
medium.com/datamindedbe...
πΊπΈ Good morning Seattle πββοΈ
strava.app.link/eZsZbkW4q0b
strava.app.link/eZsZbkW4q0b
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
πΊπΈ Good morning Seattle πββοΈ
strava.app.link/eZsZbkW4q0b
strava.app.link/eZsZbkW4q0b
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Spring 2026 Seminar Series: PostgreSQL vs. The World
db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/spr...
First talk on Mon Feb 2nd @ 4:30pm EST. We will alternate between a speaker from either a Postgres DBMS or a non-Postgres DBMS. Open to the public over Zoom. All videos available on YouTube afterwards.
db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/spr...
First talk on Mon Feb 2nd @ 4:30pm EST. We will alternate between a speaker from either a Postgres DBMS or a non-Postgres DBMS. Open to the public over Zoom. All videos available on YouTube afterwards.
PostgreSQL vs. The World Seminar Series - Carnegie Mellon Database Group
Every major cloud vendor now offers an enhanced, opinionated PostgreSQL-compatible database management... Read More +
db.cs.cmu.edu
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Spring 2026 Seminar Series: PostgreSQL vs. The World
db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/spr...
First talk on Mon Feb 2nd @ 4:30pm EST. We will alternate between a speaker from either a Postgres DBMS or a non-Postgres DBMS. Open to the public over Zoom. All videos available on YouTube afterwards.
db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/spr...
First talk on Mon Feb 2nd @ 4:30pm EST. We will alternate between a speaker from either a Postgres DBMS or a non-Postgres DBMS. Open to the public over Zoom. All videos available on YouTube afterwards.
Ben Lorica - Data Engineering in 2026: What Changes?
gradientflow.substack.com/p/data-engin...
gradientflow.substack.com/p/data-engin...
Data Engineering in 2026: What Changes?
Put data, machine learning, and AI to work.
gradientflow.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Ben Lorica - Data Engineering in 2026: What Changes?
gradientflow.substack.com/p/data-engin...
gradientflow.substack.com/p/data-engin...
End-of-month recap for rmoff.net - it's been a busy month!
- AI (ofc) (rmoff.net/2026/01/27/r... & rmoff.net/2026/01/27/c...)
- open-source object storage (rmoff.net/2026/01/14/a...)
- reddit / devrel (rmoff.net/2026/01/23/i...)
- interesting links in Data & AI (rmoff.net/2026/01/20/i...)
- AI (ofc) (rmoff.net/2026/01/27/r... & rmoff.net/2026/01/27/c...)
- open-source object storage (rmoff.net/2026/01/14/a...)
- reddit / devrel (rmoff.net/2026/01/23/i...)
- interesting links in Data & AI (rmoff.net/2026/01/20/i...)
January 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
End-of-month recap for rmoff.net - it's been a busy month!
- AI (ofc) (rmoff.net/2026/01/27/r... & rmoff.net/2026/01/27/c...)
- open-source object storage (rmoff.net/2026/01/14/a...)
- reddit / devrel (rmoff.net/2026/01/23/i...)
- interesting links in Data & AI (rmoff.net/2026/01/20/i...)
- AI (ofc) (rmoff.net/2026/01/27/r... & rmoff.net/2026/01/27/c...)
- open-source object storage (rmoff.net/2026/01/14/a...)
- reddit / devrel (rmoff.net/2026/01/23/i...)
- interesting links in Data & AI (rmoff.net/2026/01/20/i...)
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I enjoyed this Hard Fork interview; very accessible for a layperson like me :)
> Amanda Askell, Anthropicβs in-house philosopher in charge of shaping Claudeβs personality, discusses the companyβs newly released βClaude Constitutionβ
youtu.be/HDfr8PvfoOw?...
> Amanda Askell, Anthropicβs in-house philosopher in charge of shaping Claudeβs personality, discusses the companyβs newly released βClaude Constitutionβ
youtu.be/HDfr8PvfoOw?...
Can You Teach Claude to be βGoodβ? | Meet Anthropic Philosopher Amanda Askell
Ads are coming to ChatGPTβs free and low-cost subscription tiers. We explain what theyβll look like, why OpenAI is taking this approach and whether the company can court advertising dollars withoutβ¦
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I enjoyed this Hard Fork interview; very accessible for a layperson like me :)
> Amanda Askell, Anthropicβs in-house philosopher in charge of shaping Claudeβs personality, discusses the companyβs newly released βClaude Constitutionβ
youtu.be/HDfr8PvfoOw?...
> Amanda Askell, Anthropicβs in-house philosopher in charge of shaping Claudeβs personality, discusses the companyβs newly released βClaude Constitutionβ
youtu.be/HDfr8PvfoOw?...
oh, interesting, I'll take a look. TBH the setup wasn't difficult, it was literally "use playwright" and it did :D
January 29, 2026 at 9:48 AM
oh, interesting, I'll take a look. TBH the setup wasn't difficult, it was literally "use playwright" and it did :D
Following on from my previous post, here's a more of a reflective post on if, as developers, we should be using LLMs (spoiler: almost certainly yes): rmoff.net/2026/01/27/r...
Reflections of a Developer on LLMs in January 2026
Published Jan 27, 2026 by in AI, Stumbling Into AI, Claude Code at https://rmoff.net/2026/01/27/reflections-of-a-developer-on-llms-in-january-2026/
rmoff.net
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Following on from my previous post, here's a more of a reflective post on if, as developers, we should be using LLMs (spoiler: almost certainly yes): rmoff.net/2026/01/27/r...
Along with half the world, I've been experimenting with what you can do with Claude Code. I've written up some notes + tips&tricks here rmoff.net/2026/01/27/c...
Cosplaying as a webdev with Claude Code in January 2026
Published Jan 27, 2026 by in AI, Stumbling Into AI, Claude Code at https://rmoff.net/2026/01/27/cosplaying-as-a-webdev-with-claude-code-in-january-2026/
rmoff.net
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Along with half the world, I've been experimenting with what you can do with Claude Code. I've written up some notes + tips&tricks here rmoff.net/2026/01/27/c...