Xavier Drudis
@drud.is
Barcelona native, Seattle transplant
https://drud.is/linktree
https://drud.is/linktree
Finally got access to Sora!
December 13, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Finally got access to Sora!
Agree. Big tech can adapt and mitigate risks but small innovators can't keep track. They can only hope to fly under the radar.
I'd like a Small Innovators Protection Act.
I'd like a Small Innovators Protection Act.
We should make sure that only really big companies can afford to pay really big copyright holders to access the data needed to do stuff with AI, and keep everyone else out.
Wouldn’t that be just super?
Wouldn’t that be just super?
November 28, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Agree. Big tech can adapt and mitigate risks but small innovators can't keep track. They can only hope to fly under the radar.
I'd like a Small Innovators Protection Act.
I'd like a Small Innovators Protection Act.
Using the domain name as handle looks like a vanity thing (it definitely is in my case). But what an efficient way to know which entities are legit.
Remember when blue check meant something more than I give Elon $3/month?
Remember when blue check meant something more than I give Elon $3/month?
November 28, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Using the domain name as handle looks like a vanity thing (it definitely is in my case). But what an efficient way to know which entities are legit.
Remember when blue check meant something more than I give Elon $3/month?
Remember when blue check meant something more than I give Elon $3/month?
Black Friday deal alert: upgraded to a dedicated Xeon v6, 32GB, 2x450GB SSD at $24.80/mo from OVH. Incredible value. Does anyone come even close?
Migration finished already. I've used it also to upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 and to PostgreSQL v17.
Migration finished already. I've used it also to upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 and to PostgreSQL v17.
November 28, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Black Friday deal alert: upgraded to a dedicated Xeon v6, 32GB, 2x450GB SSD at $24.80/mo from OVH. Incredible value. Does anyone come even close?
Migration finished already. I've used it also to upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 and to PostgreSQL v17.
Migration finished already. I've used it also to upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 and to PostgreSQL v17.
I saw and copied @molly.wiki's idea of a self-hosted Linktree-like page. I also like control, and it was straightforward to do with Claude.
drud.is/linktree
Pagespeed likes it too.
drud.is/linktree
Pagespeed likes it too.
November 25, 2024 at 4:49 AM
I saw and copied @molly.wiki's idea of a self-hosted Linktree-like page. I also like control, and it was straightforward to do with Claude.
drud.is/linktree
Pagespeed likes it too.
drud.is/linktree
Pagespeed likes it too.
Keeping your cache pre-warmed is trickier than I'd have imagined, so I wrote about it.
drud.is/today-i-lear...
drud.is/today-i-lear...
Cache is king
The old investment adage says cash is king. In networking, cache is king. And you should learn to cache like a king. I'll show why it matters, a few things to know, and I'll share my ad-hoc solution t...
drud.is
November 24, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Keeping your cache pre-warmed is trickier than I'd have imagined, so I wrote about it.
drud.is/today-i-lear...
drud.is/today-i-lear...
Nice, and so easy! Now I'm @drud.is
I've moved to a custom domain, so I'm now @howard.fm. All links to my previous bsky id (jph) should have auto-updated. I created a new "jph" id to avoid anyone taking over external links to my account.
Directions here for anyone interested in doing the same:
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
Directions here for anyone interested in doing the same:
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
bsky.app
November 24, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Nice, and so easy! Now I'm @drud.is