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Founder of Scarf (https://scarf.sh)
Board @ Haskell Foundation
Startups and open source analytics
scarf-js is now at 4M weekly downloads on npm and growing quickly.

This is your periodic reminder that telemetry in OSS when done properly is Good, actually.
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not bad honestly
December 28, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Yay
December 27, 2024 at 2:59 PM
We've fixed the permissions but now we have cert issues downloading anything. setting SSL_CERT variables doesn't seem to work. Have removed homebrew openssl links, no dice.
December 27, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Hmm definitely some permissions issues still
December 27, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Indeed, things are still messed up. Trying to install something, eg devenv doesn't work yet.
December 27, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Ok, we're making progress! nix binary can be invoked! Now let's see if we can actually use it though...
December 27, 2024 at 2:03 PM
We got a little bit further this time...
December 27, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Let's try deleting all of these users and try again.
December 27, 2024 at 1:45 PM
With the holiday slowness, I finally have time to fix my borked nix setup! Ever since I upgraded to Sequoia, it's been completely broken. Let's see what happens.

So far, both the main installer and determinate nix installer are failing.
December 27, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Good morning
November 29, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Feeds on bluesky just break sometimes?
November 24, 2024 at 4:22 PM
I don’t use Apple Music, so 10 years later this is still the only thing in my library. Just automated in my car
November 23, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Happy Sunday
November 17, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Merging my own PRs like
November 14, 2024 at 6:47 PM
scarf-js just hit 1M downloads/week on npm. This library used to be so controversial that we deprioritized working on it and promoting it years ago in favor of other approaches. Times have changed.
November 14, 2024 at 4:01 PM
npm appears to be behind on download event processing. Every package's download counts this week have dropped by ~80% this week.
November 12, 2024 at 2:18 PM
💀
November 10, 2024 at 6:52 PM
You can now save your queries in Scarf and share them with your team.

Example: "Show (non-automated) OSS usage from Fortune 500s in the top of our funnel who have also looked at our pricing page."

Small tweak but really useful for teams to build workflows.
November 9, 2024 at 7:46 PM
A sudden trip to vet and now a sad cone to top off an already tough day.
November 7, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Neighborhood watch
November 3, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Hotdog or not hotdog?
November 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
October 31, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Bummer this was going to be very picante
October 27, 2024 at 12:28 PM
This is the standard PG&E online experience
October 23, 2024 at 5:08 PM