Sinclert
@sinclert.bsky.social
👨🏻💻 Software Engineer @ Canonical.
💼 Worked at Shopify, NYU & CERN.
🇪🇺 Based in Madrid, Spain.
📝 Posts about science, OSS and videogames.
💼 Worked at Shopify, NYU & CERN.
🇪🇺 Based in Madrid, Spain.
📝 Posts about science, OSS and videogames.
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Northern lights in interior Alaska.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Northern lights in interior Alaska.
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TIL: The ‘My House’ mod for Doom.
One of the most confusing and disturbing stories in video games history. All of it using Doom map-making engine
This video does an excellent job ‘summarizing it’: youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo...
One of the most confusing and disturbing stories in video games history. All of it using Doom map-making engine
This video does an excellent job ‘summarizing it’: youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo...
MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod
YouTube video by Power Pak
youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
TIL: The ‘My House’ mod for Doom.
One of the most confusing and disturbing stories in video games history. All of it using Doom map-making engine
This video does an excellent job ‘summarizing it’: youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo...
One of the most confusing and disturbing stories in video games history. All of it using Doom map-making engine
This video does an excellent job ‘summarizing it’: youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo...
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
iOS 26 ‘Liquid glass‘ should be considered a crime against humanity
September 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
iOS 26 ‘Liquid glass‘ should be considered a crime against humanity
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Four days until release! Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available on 4th September.
Release times:
7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST
Game price:
USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300
Release times:
7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST
Game price:
USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300
September 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Four days until release! Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available on 4th September.
Release times:
7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST
Game price:
USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300
Release times:
7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST
Game price:
USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300
So glad to see this announcement!!
A blessing to make the return from vacation more bearable.
A blessing to make the return from vacation more bearable.
Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available September 4 on all platforms and day one on Xbox Game Pass!
Watch the release trailer: youtu.be/6XGeJwsUP9c
Watch the release trailer: youtu.be/6XGeJwsUP9c
Title: Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Trailer
YouTube video by Team Cherry
youtu.be
August 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
So glad to see this announcement!!
A blessing to make the return from vacation more bearable.
A blessing to make the return from vacation more bearable.
Today I learned: wcurl
A CLI tool to easily download files, without having to remember curl parameters
github.com/curl/wcurl
A CLI tool to easily download files, without having to remember curl parameters
github.com/curl/wcurl
August 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today I learned: wcurl
A CLI tool to easily download files, without having to remember curl parameters
github.com/curl/wcurl
A CLI tool to easily download files, without having to remember curl parameters
github.com/curl/wcurl
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The art of non-committal responses on video calls while distracted by a GIF of a cat is something everyone should learn
July 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The art of non-committal responses on video calls while distracted by a GIF of a cat is something everyone should learn
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Billionaires are convinced AI is on the verge of making new scientific discoveries because they don't understand how AI chatbots work.
Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Is Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries
gizmodo.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Billionaires are convinced AI is on the verge of making new scientific discoveries because they don't understand how AI chatbots work.
For those that enjoy LLM: consider using capital letters for more straigh forward answers
www.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
www.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
UPPERCASE IS ALL YOU NEED
DiVA portal is a finding tool for research publications and student theses written at the following 50 universities and research institutions.
www.diva-portal.org
July 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For those that enjoy LLM: consider using capital letters for more straigh forward answers
www.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
www.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
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Need to start making some new time blocks in my schedule for Being Sad About the Careless Destruction of US Scientific Research
June 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Need to start making some new time blocks in my schedule for Being Sad About the Careless Destruction of US Scientific Research
Interesting article about performance testing and CPU core affinity:
manuel.bernhardt.io/posts/2023-1...
manuel.bernhardt.io/posts/2023-1...
On pinning and isolating CPU cores
This year I have been involved in running performance benchmarks of Aeron over at Adaptive on two major cloud providers. I learned quite a few things about the arcane arts science craft of running per...
manuel.bernhardt.io
June 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Interesting article about performance testing and CPU core affinity:
manuel.bernhardt.io/posts/2023-1...
manuel.bernhardt.io/posts/2023-1...
Considering the videos of LA inmigration protests against ICE: should we increase the State travel advisory for US, due to «civil unrest»?
Oh the irony…
Oh the irony…
June 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Considering the videos of LA inmigration protests against ICE: should we increase the State travel advisory for US, due to «civil unrest»?
Oh the irony…
Oh the irony…
📺 The latest Kurzgesagt video just dropped.
I did not know we have been fighting a sub-specie of fly for 50 years, by massively cultivating an sterile version of such fly...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq6...
I did not know we have been fighting a sub-specie of fly for 50 years, by massively cultivating an sterile version of such fly...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq6...
June 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
📺 The latest Kurzgesagt video just dropped.
I did not know we have been fighting a sub-specie of fly for 50 years, by massively cultivating an sterile version of such fly...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq6...
I did not know we have been fighting a sub-specie of fly for 50 years, by massively cultivating an sterile version of such fly...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq6...
Friendly reminder for those in Madrid
I'm pleased to announce that I'll be giving a talk on the topic of Database Schema Changes.
🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
🕒 Time: 18:30
📍 Location: Puerta de Innovación, Madrid
If you are interested, feel free to sign up here: www.meetup.com/madrid-devop...
🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
🕒 Time: 18:30
📍 Location: Puerta de Innovación, Madrid
If you are interested, feel free to sign up here: www.meetup.com/madrid-devop...
May 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Friendly reminder for those in Madrid
Just watched the recent "What's new in Go" video.
The explanation about how JSON `omitzero` flag can correct empty values serialisation is very interesting, specially for dates and string types.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj80...
The explanation about how JSON `omitzero` flag can correct empty values serialisation is very interesting, specially for dates and string types.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj80...
What's new in Go
YouTube video by Google for Developers
www.youtube.com
May 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Just watched the recent "What's new in Go" video.
The explanation about how JSON `omitzero` flag can correct empty values serialisation is very interesting, specially for dates and string types.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj80...
The explanation about how JSON `omitzero` flag can correct empty values serialisation is very interesting, specially for dates and string types.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj80...
I'm pleased to announce that I'll be giving a talk on the topic of Database Schema Changes.
🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
🕒 Time: 18:30
📍 Location: Puerta de Innovación, Madrid
If you are interested, feel free to sign up here: www.meetup.com/madrid-devop...
🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
🕒 Time: 18:30
📍 Location: Puerta de Innovación, Madrid
If you are interested, feel free to sign up here: www.meetup.com/madrid-devop...
May 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm pleased to announce that I'll be giving a talk on the topic of Database Schema Changes.
🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
🕒 Time: 18:30
📍 Location: Puerta de Innovación, Madrid
If you are interested, feel free to sign up here: www.meetup.com/madrid-devop...
🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
🕒 Time: 18:30
📍 Location: Puerta de Innovación, Madrid
If you are interested, feel free to sign up here: www.meetup.com/madrid-devop...