Jake Westfall
@jake-westfall.bsky.social
Software engineer (MLOps), previously data scientist, previously research psychologist. Teetotal vegan YIMBY cyclist in Austin, TX, USA.
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It was a null pointer that caused crash loops that then caused metastable failures. The attempt to recovery unintentionally overloaded the system. I think this case could be added to this paper www.usenix.org/system/files...
June 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It was a null pointer that caused crash loops that then caused metastable failures. The attempt to recovery unintentionally overloaded the system. I think this case could be added to this paper www.usenix.org/system/files...
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This is the best thing written about monorepos I have ever read
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...
The Ingredients of a Productive Monorepo
blog.swgillespie.me
May 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is the best thing written about monorepos I have ever read
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...
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Sick of being taken advantage of by OTHER PACKAGES?!
Use python package {tariff} to show those packages WHO IS BOSS.
Make Reinventing The Wheel Great Again!
pypi.org/project/tari...
Use python package {tariff} to show those packages WHO IS BOSS.
Make Reinventing The Wheel Great Again!
pypi.org/project/tari...
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sick of being taken advantage of by OTHER PACKAGES?!
Use python package {tariff} to show those packages WHO IS BOSS.
Make Reinventing The Wheel Great Again!
pypi.org/project/tari...
Use python package {tariff} to show those packages WHO IS BOSS.
Make Reinventing The Wheel Great Again!
pypi.org/project/tari...
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if you know anyone who claims to be concerned about climate change and still sympathizes with NIMBY arguments, please send them this article
April 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
if you know anyone who claims to be concerned about climate change and still sympathizes with NIMBY arguments, please send them this article
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the study on safety of single stair buildings by pew charitable trusts and the center for building in north america (@stephenjacobsmith.com) is now live
www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
Small Single-Stairway Apartment Buildings Have Strong Safety Record
Policymakers could increase the supply of multifamily housing in their states and localities by revising outdated building codes that require more than one stairway in small apartment buildings. If en...
www.pewtrusts.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
the study on safety of single stair buildings by pew charitable trusts and the center for building in north america (@stephenjacobsmith.com) is now live
www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
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1/11 Today’s technical post is about Bluesky itself. The platform is close to reaching 32 million users, and with that, it has started facing new technical challenges. cc @calvobianco.com @martinelli.ch @sivalabs.in @iamsoham.bsky.social @dashaun.com @jamesward.com @tomcools.be @ilopmar.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
1/11 Today’s technical post is about Bluesky itself. The platform is close to reaching 32 million users, and with that, it has started facing new technical challenges. cc @calvobianco.com @martinelli.ch @sivalabs.in @iamsoham.bsky.social @dashaun.com @jamesward.com @tomcools.be @ilopmar.bsky.social
Interesting FTC sued Pepsi and not (presumably) Walmart, who almost certainly coerced Pepsi into the deal. I suppose it's easier to prove discrimination by comparing Pepsi's prices across retailers. And it still hurts Walmart by showing other suppliers they'll face consequences for giving in.
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Pepsi, alleging it has rigged competition by offering unfair pricing deals to a big retailer at the expense of smaller rivals, resulting in higher costs for shoppers.
Pepsi accused of illegal pricing deals with 'a large, big box retailer' in U.S. lawsuit
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Pepsi, alleging it has rigged competition by offering unfair pricing deals to a big retailer at the expense of smaller rivals, resulting in higher costs for shopp...
www.npr.org
January 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Interesting FTC sued Pepsi and not (presumably) Walmart, who almost certainly coerced Pepsi into the deal. I suppose it's easier to prove discrimination by comparing Pepsi's prices across retailers. And it still hurts Walmart by showing other suppliers they'll face consequences for giving in.
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Kyle Cascade - How to Actually Migrate Complex Systems in Infrastructure https://buff.ly/4g5WgYx
Kyle Cascade - How to Actually Migrate Complex Systems in Infrastructure
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Kyle Cascade - How to Actually Migrate Complex Systems in Infrastructure https://buff.ly/4g5WgYx
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Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases | sean goedecke
Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases
What I've learned from ten years working on projects like this
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January 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases | sean goedecke
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How AI-assisted coding will change software engineering: hard truths. About how these AI tools really work and how they could be the start of the return of software, as a craft.
Based on a guest post by @addyosmani.bsky.social. Read it here: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-ai-wil...
Based on a guest post by @addyosmani.bsky.social. Read it here: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-ai-wil...
January 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
How AI-assisted coding will change software engineering: hard truths. About how these AI tools really work and how they could be the start of the return of software, as a craft.
Based on a guest post by @addyosmani.bsky.social. Read it here: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-ai-wil...
Based on a guest post by @addyosmani.bsky.social. Read it here: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-ai-wil...
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TIL that the NFPA's piece on point access blocks - Single Stair, Many Questions - was their top read article for the entire year.
Good! Codes are a large reason why our housing is so poor in quality and outcomes in the US.
www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-a...
Good! Codes are a large reason why our housing is so poor in quality and outcomes in the US.
www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-a...
Single Stair, Many Questions
The single exit stair debate reveals the tangled intersection between safety, housing affordability, building codes, and politics.
www.nfpa.org
January 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
TIL that the NFPA's piece on point access blocks - Single Stair, Many Questions - was their top read article for the entire year.
Good! Codes are a large reason why our housing is so poor in quality and outcomes in the US.
www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-a...
Good! Codes are a large reason why our housing is so poor in quality and outcomes in the US.
www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-a...
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Buckle up because we're banging into the new year with my annual retrospective of the last year in databases! Highlights include license change blowback, Databricks vs. Snowflake gangwar, @duckdb.org's shotgun weddings, and buying a quarterback to impress your lover: www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/...
Databases in 2024: A Year in Review
Andy rises from the ashes of his dead startup and discusses what happened in 2024 in the database game.
www.cs.cmu.edu
January 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Buckle up because we're banging into the new year with my annual retrospective of the last year in databases! Highlights include license change blowback, Databricks vs. Snowflake gangwar, @duckdb.org's shotgun weddings, and buying a quarterback to impress your lover: www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/...
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I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
December 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
My honest opinion on Python installation/environments/packaging is that it's...Not That Bad? But people constantly shit on it, so then I wonder if it's actually that years of figuring out how to deal with it has made me lose all reasonable perspective on how fucked it really is
December 7, 2024 at 12:56 AM
My honest opinion on Python installation/environments/packaging is that it's...Not That Bad? But people constantly shit on it, so then I wonder if it's actually that years of figuring out how to deal with it has made me lose all reasonable perspective on how fucked it really is
TIL about python-build-standalone. This part of the linked blog post helped me understand why I should care
December 4, 2024 at 12:41 AM
TIL about python-build-standalone. This part of the linked blog post helped me understand why I should care
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Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
So proud of the great work happening in Minneapolis, which shows that boosting housing supply helps make homes more affordable.
December 3, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
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This is a REALLY good interactive demo of Queueing! | An interactive study of queueing strategies – Encore Blog
Queueing – An interactive study of queueing strategies – Encore Blog
In this blog, we go on an interactive journey to understand common queueing strategies for handling HTTP requests.
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November 29, 2024 at 11:36 AM
This is a REALLY good interactive demo of Queueing! | An interactive study of queueing strategies – Encore Blog
I put off migrating from Lastpass to Bitwarden for an embarrassingly long time. It's all the more embarrassing now because I finally did it and it literally took 15 minutes
November 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I put off migrating from Lastpass to Bitwarden for an embarrassingly long time. It's all the more embarrassing now because I finally did it and it literally took 15 minutes
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A list of sort-of-algorithmic general feeds that might make your Bluesky experience more fun:
Thread 🧵 🪡 1/5
Thread 🧵 🪡 1/5
November 23, 2024 at 10:31 AM
A list of sort-of-algorithmic general feeds that might make your Bluesky experience more fun:
Thread 🧵 🪡 1/5
Thread 🧵 🪡 1/5
For my Austin TX followers:
The city is collecting feedback on a proposed redesign of Congress Ave between the Capitol and Cesar Chavez to make it basically much nicer and less car-centric. Please take the survey at the bottom of the page to indicate your support
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6fe9...
The city is collecting feedback on a proposed redesign of Congress Ave between the Capitol and Cesar Chavez to make it basically much nicer and less car-centric. Please take the survey at the bottom of the page to indicate your support
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6fe9...
CAUDI
Project limits here
storymaps.arcgis.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:52 AM
For my Austin TX followers:
The city is collecting feedback on a proposed redesign of Congress Ave between the Capitol and Cesar Chavez to make it basically much nicer and less car-centric. Please take the survey at the bottom of the page to indicate your support
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6fe9...
The city is collecting feedback on a proposed redesign of Congress Ave between the Capitol and Cesar Chavez to make it basically much nicer and less car-centric. Please take the survey at the bottom of the page to indicate your support
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6fe9...
Had a rare day without any meetings today, so I got to spend a lot of time in 'The Pit'
November 16, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Had a rare day without any meetings today, so I got to spend a lot of time in 'The Pit'
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stop the presses
November 14, 2024 at 5:57 PM
stop the presses
Are y'all ready for my first hot take? Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse was goddamn delightful
August 25, 2023 at 8:45 PM
Are y'all ready for my first hot take? Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse was goddamn delightful
Just setting up my bluesky
August 25, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Just setting up my bluesky