Ben Foxall
@benfoxall.bsky.social
I love the web, data, spatial, robotics and hacks.
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Prev, Robot Web at Wayve 🫶 🤖 🚗
Thanks Paul 🙏! Sorry to hear the search has been rough, is there an end in sight?
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thanks Paul 🙏! Sorry to hear the search has been rough, is there an end in sight?
Thanks! And thanks for sharing my post that I was searching. I got a few good leads who mentioned you specifically.
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Thanks! And thanks for sharing my post that I was searching. I got a few good leads who mentioned you specifically.
… does anyone know where I can buy a cat wig?
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
… does anyone know where I can buy a cat wig?
And it all packages up well. Now I've got a self-contained docker image (around 440mb) that I can deploy wherever I want.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And it all packages up well. Now I've got a self-contained docker image (around 440mb) that I can deploy wherever I want.
There's something cool about making a local map server, this one is only really useful if you're in Dublin.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There's something cool about making a local map server, this one is only really useful if you're in Dublin.
1. Download open streetmap data for the area you want to route through
2. Process/extract/partition your data into a bunch of osrm.* files
3. Run the server
github.com/Project-OSRM...
2. Process/extract/partition your data into a bunch of osrm.* files
3. Run the server
github.com/Project-OSRM...
GitHub - Project-OSRM/osrm-backend: Open Source Routing Machine - C++ backend
Open Source Routing Machine - C++ backend. Contribute to Project-OSRM/osrm-backend development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
1. Download open streetmap data for the area you want to route through
2. Process/extract/partition your data into a bunch of osrm.* files
3. Run the server
github.com/Project-OSRM...
2. Process/extract/partition your data into a bunch of osrm.* files
3. Run the server
github.com/Project-OSRM...
oh wow, that map view is cool. There's so much train data that I know nothing about.
Dunno if you've seen trntxt.uk by Dan Pope? It's very very data optimised (most page loads are <2k single rt)
Dunno if you've seen trntxt.uk by Dan Pope? It's very very data optimised (most page loads are <2k single rt)
Train Text
A data-friendly train times service for Great Britain.
trntxt.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
oh wow, that map view is cool. There's so much train data that I know nothing about.
Dunno if you've seen trntxt.uk by Dan Pope? It's very very data optimised (most page loads are <2k single rt)
Dunno if you've seen trntxt.uk by Dan Pope? It's very very data optimised (most page loads are <2k single rt)
Everything comes from a single endpoint `getCurrentTrainsXML` api.irishrail.ie/realtime/
I did some git-scraping for a few days, pulled everything into DuckDB and generated a csv file to pull into the frontend.
I did some git-scraping for a few days, pulled everything into DuckDB and generated a csv file to pull into the frontend.
Our central signalling system is subject to ongoing work to support this real-time
facility. However real-time information has weaker coverage in certain areas, these
include:
api.irishrail.ie
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Everything comes from a single endpoint `getCurrentTrainsXML` api.irishrail.ie/realtime/
I did some git-scraping for a few days, pulled everything into DuckDB and generated a csv file to pull into the frontend.
I did some git-scraping for a few days, pulled everything into DuckDB and generated a csv file to pull into the frontend.
Additional point: I don't want to store user emails at all if possible. Nice way to do this is storing a hash of the email to check against when they request a magic link.
October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Additional point: I don't want to store user emails at all if possible. Nice way to do this is storing a hash of the email to check against when they request a magic link.
My ideal auth flow is using a Magic Link to validate a Passkey, and then use that for future logins. That way, the user gets fewer emails and can log in more quickly.
This post is really good – rmondello.com/2025/01/02/m...
This post is really good – rmondello.com/2025/01/02/m...
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My ideal auth flow is using a Magic Link to validate a Passkey, and then use that for future logins. That way, the user gets fewer emails and can log in more quickly.
This post is really good – rmondello.com/2025/01/02/m...
This post is really good – rmondello.com/2025/01/02/m...
I like how copilot uses the PR description to explain the plan.
Is this a tool for letting people add their own feeds to your reader? (I added mine 😎)
Is this a tool for letting people add their own feeds to your reader? (I added mine 😎)
October 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I like how copilot uses the PR description to explain the plan.
Is this a tool for letting people add their own feeds to your reader? (I added mine 😎)
Is this a tool for letting people add their own feeds to your reader? (I added mine 😎)
Were you at the Future of Coding meet last April by any chance? I was talking about using qr codes to transfer data and showed a signalling demo with it.
July 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Were you at the Future of Coding meet last April by any chance? I was talking about using qr codes to transfer data and showed a signalling demo with it.
Aligning video to viewport. I'm quite happy with this!
Driving this from the native <video> element is handy, here I can increase the playback speed through the native controls.
Driving this from the native <video> element is handy, here I can increase the playback speed through the native controls.
July 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Aligning video to viewport. I'm quite happy with this!
Driving this from the native <video> element is handy, here I can increase the playback speed through the native controls.
Driving this from the native <video> element is handy, here I can increase the playback speed through the native controls.
Rendering the video aligned to the interpolated pose (plus some fixes to how I was converting colmap frames).
Not sure what's going on with the bouncing in this corner, but overall it feels pretty nice.
Not sure what's going on with the bouncing in this corner, but overall it feels pretty nice.
July 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Rendering the video aligned to the interpolated pose (plus some fixes to how I was converting colmap frames).
Not sure what's going on with the bouncing in this corner, but overall it feels pretty nice.
Not sure what's going on with the bouncing in this corner, but overall it feels pretty nice.
Interpolated pose linked to <video> element playback.
TIL `.requestVideoFrameCallback`, pretty neat for syncing other elements to video timestamps.
TIL `.requestVideoFrameCallback`, pretty neat for syncing other elements to video timestamps.
July 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interpolated pose linked to <video> element playback.
TIL `.requestVideoFrameCallback`, pretty neat for syncing other elements to video timestamps.
TIL `.requestVideoFrameCallback`, pretty neat for syncing other elements to video timestamps.