Armin Töpfer
@armintoepfer.com
Husband. Parent. Dr sc @ETH. Bioinformagician. Father of @PacBio HiFi. C++ Purist. Geek. Digital Artist. Electronic music. Speaks in memes. Opinions are my own!
When a candidate's CV matches the job description too well
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
When a candidate's CV matches the job description too well
No updates from my side today
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
No updates from my side today
No updates from my side today.
July 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
No updates from my side today.
I've been unhappy with my Sonos equipment. Last night, I've decided to take things into my own hands and created a local sonos controller in the browser with LLM help. Once I grok the full API, final frontier will be an Android app. Everything is 100% open source github.com/armintoepfer...
February 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I've been unhappy with my Sonos equipment. Last night, I've decided to take things into my own hands and created a local sonos controller in the browser with LLM help. Once I grok the full API, final frontier will be an Android app. Everything is 100% open source github.com/armintoepfer...
Back in town, this time staying a few nights in SF. Good to be back and looking forward to meeting y'all @pacbio.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Back in town, this time staying a few nights in SF. Good to be back and looking forward to meeting y'all @pacbio.bsky.social
North German breakfast
December 3, 2024 at 12:09 PM
North German breakfast
Performance review time of the year
November 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Performance review time of the year
Tis the season, baking with the kids
November 24, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Tis the season, baking with the kids
What a banger of a disc print.
November 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
What a banger of a disc print.
Tired of chasing streaming providers, I just got this gem, forever.
November 23, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Tired of chasing streaming providers, I just got this gem, forever.
I made fried rice. Uncle Roger would approve.
November 22, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I made fried rice. Uncle Roger would approve.
The upcoming SPRQ chemistry for #PacBio #Revio will be accompanied with a software update to improve the on-instrument 5mC methylation performance and introduce 6mA calling 🎉. Every HiFi read comes with both signals – for free. This will also enable Fiber-seq. Talk to your @pacbio.bsky.social rep!
November 20, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The upcoming SPRQ chemistry for #PacBio #Revio will be accompanied with a software update to improve the on-instrument 5mC methylation performance and introduce 6mA calling 🎉. Every HiFi read comes with both signals – for free. This will also enable Fiber-seq. Talk to your @pacbio.bsky.social rep!
I've recently created a background for a Christmas card using #midjourney. Feel free to use ;)
November 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I've recently created a background for a Christmas card using #midjourney. Feel free to use ;)
I just found my next Christmas work sweater
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
I just found my next Christmas work sweater
What an amazing night. After 20 years last #qlimax ever. 9 hours of dancing, now back at home...time to sleep at 9:30am. I wore my swag from 2006, my first visit
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
What an amazing night. After 20 years last #qlimax ever. 9 hours of dancing, now back at home...time to sleep at 9:30am. I wore my swag from 2006, my first visit
This is it. Me and the boys are going to the last #qlimax. Just found my swag from 2006...will wear it with pride. Back in the days, #hardstyle wasn't that commercial yet. Let's hope for some great old-school sets and DJs.
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
This is it. Me and the boys are going to the last #qlimax. Just found my swag from 2006...will wear it with pride. Back in the days, #hardstyle wasn't that commercial yet. Let's hope for some great old-school sets and DJs.
Attention to detail and minimalism is a virtue that I fully support. I'm afraid to start writing in this beautiful notebook by ia.net/notebook. I would, but I didn't know what. Maybe "Scaling Genomics: My Last Decade from Fridges to Benchtops and Beyond" @pacbio.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Attention to detail and minimalism is a virtue that I fully support. I'm afraid to start writing in this beautiful notebook by ia.net/notebook. I would, but I didn't know what. Maybe "Scaling Genomics: My Last Decade from Fridges to Benchtops and Beyond" @pacbio.bsky.social
Getting ready for the next deep learning #ML project, beefed up my current 2x64c Genoa server with 1.5 TB RAM and 9 GPUs. One PCIe slot is broken...
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Getting ready for the next deep learning #ML project, beefed up my current 2x64c Genoa server with 1.5 TB RAM and 9 GPUs. One PCIe slot is broken...
Winter time means comfy clothes and fresh OJ
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Winter time means comfy clothes and fresh OJ
New T-shirts arrived for me and my Swiss buddy
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
New T-shirts arrived for me and my Swiss buddy