Nick Santos
@nick-santos.com
Engineer at docker. formerly: tilt.dev, medium, google. 📍 Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Brooklyn. He/him.
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Story about H1B visas. Once met an engineer working at Oracle. He was on an H1B. He didn't want to take a risk on another employer because Oracle was really good at handing H1B apps.
This was in 2005-ish. But I still think about how visa system rules warp the tech industry. 🫠
This was in 2005-ish. But I still think about how visa system rules warp the tech industry. 🫠
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Story about H1B visas. Once met an engineer working at Oracle. He was on an H1B. He didn't want to take a risk on another employer because Oracle was really good at handing H1B apps.
This was in 2005-ish. But I still think about how visa system rules warp the tech industry. 🫠
This was in 2005-ish. But I still think about how visa system rules warp the tech industry. 🫠
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Sums up America in 2025 pretty well I’d say
August 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sums up America in 2025 pretty well I’d say
i ordered $23 of stuff that got charged $10 shipping + $12 tariffs + $29 "brokerage" fees
(UPS is charging "brokerage" fees as the cost of navigating the tariff mess)
(UPS is charging "brokerage" fees as the cost of navigating the tariff mess)
August 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i ordered $23 of stuff that got charged $10 shipping + $12 tariffs + $29 "brokerage" fees
(UPS is charging "brokerage" fees as the cost of navigating the tariff mess)
(UPS is charging "brokerage" fees as the cost of navigating the tariff mess)
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glad he got to the bottom of this for us
How I Came to Be in the Epstein Files
A conspiracy wrapped in a conspiracy theory wrapped in an enigma
www.theatlantic.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
glad he got to the bottom of this for us
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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Ranking Brad Lander first FWIW. Just a classic nerd public servant who has been sending out boring emails for years (complimentary) and he did something important today and spoke after with humility.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Ranking Brad Lander first FWIW. Just a classic nerd public servant who has been sending out boring emails for years (complimentary) and he did something important today and spoke after with humility.
Met a Zohran Mamdani volunteer going door to door today. We joked that it would be nice to have a mayor who is a decent person. Feeling hopeful!!
May 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Met a Zohran Mamdani volunteer going door to door today. We joked that it would be nice to have a mayor who is a decent person. Feeling hopeful!!
Sent a form to the IRS about business tax stuff in January.
Received a response today - "about your inquiry received January 29 2025 ... We need more time ... Please allow an additional 60 days"
My tax advisor told me "the IRS is basically in shambles." 😥
Received a response today - "about your inquiry received January 29 2025 ... We need more time ... Please allow an additional 60 days"
My tax advisor told me "the IRS is basically in shambles." 😥
May 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sent a form to the IRS about business tax stuff in January.
Received a response today - "about your inquiry received January 29 2025 ... We need more time ... Please allow an additional 60 days"
My tax advisor told me "the IRS is basically in shambles." 😥
Received a response today - "about your inquiry received January 29 2025 ... We need more time ... Please allow an additional 60 days"
My tax advisor told me "the IRS is basically in shambles." 😥
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I just published the most personal thing I’ve ever written.
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Housing.
It’s about Atlanta and San Francisco, growth, and grief.
And the decisions that shaped my marriage, my loss, and everything after www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cos...
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Housing.
It’s about Atlanta and San Francisco, growth, and grief.
And the decisions that shaped my marriage, my loss, and everything after www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cos...
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can't Stop Talking About Housing
Atlanta isn't just building structures. It is filling them with life. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, we keep fighting over everything except how to make room for each other. Cities, like lives, are made...
www.dataandpolitics.net
April 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I just published the most personal thing I’ve ever written.
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Housing.
It’s about Atlanta and San Francisco, growth, and grief.
And the decisions that shaped my marriage, my loss, and everything after www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cos...
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Housing.
It’s about Atlanta and San Francisco, growth, and grief.
And the decisions that shaped my marriage, my loss, and everything after www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cos...
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The NYC council voting for this downgrade was just such an own goal.
April 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The NYC council voting for this downgrade was just such an own goal.
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imagine being accidentally added to a second, slightly smaller group chat where they're talking about how to handle this scandal
March 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
imagine being accidentally added to a second, slightly smaller group chat where they're talking about how to handle this scandal
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Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:
March 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:
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“The Great Gatsby is dated and irrelevant.” You’re right. What could a novel about a generation of young men becoming hustlers and white nationalists because they were sold a lie about the American Dream possibly have to say about our current moment?
![[quoting a tweet from bad novelist Brad Torgersen complaining about the teaching of The Great Gatsby in schools]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreiapylpwptfor5gjebc4agjxss4nhvmmos75rkahvqn7zcu4wgevp4@jpeg)
March 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“The Great Gatsby is dated and irrelevant.” You’re right. What could a novel about a generation of young men becoming hustlers and white nationalists because they were sold a lie about the American Dream possibly have to say about our current moment?
My least favorite OSS interaction:
Them: Files a bug that the "getting started" example doesn't work.
Me: hmmm... can't reproduce, can you give more details?
[5 messages later]
Them: btw, I wrote my own container registry, all other registries works fine, could that be the problem?
💀
Them: Files a bug that the "getting started" example doesn't work.
Me: hmmm... can't reproduce, can you give more details?
[5 messages later]
Them: btw, I wrote my own container registry, all other registries works fine, could that be the problem?
💀
February 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My least favorite OSS interaction:
Them: Files a bug that the "getting started" example doesn't work.
Me: hmmm... can't reproduce, can you give more details?
[5 messages later]
Them: btw, I wrote my own container registry, all other registries works fine, could that be the problem?
💀
Them: Files a bug that the "getting started" example doesn't work.
Me: hmmm... can't reproduce, can you give more details?
[5 messages later]
Them: btw, I wrote my own container registry, all other registries works fine, could that be the problem?
💀
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The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
August 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Today I googled if a certain AWS property was mutable.
"No," the AI summary told me. "You have to delete it and recreate it. Here are links."
Spent 5 minutes reading the links and couldn't confirm.
So I reworded the search. And found the cli to edit it.
Thanks I hate it
"No," the AI summary told me. "You have to delete it and recreate it. Here are links."
Spent 5 minutes reading the links and couldn't confirm.
So I reworded the search. And found the cli to edit it.
Thanks I hate it
January 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Today I googled if a certain AWS property was mutable.
"No," the AI summary told me. "You have to delete it and recreate it. Here are links."
Spent 5 minutes reading the links and couldn't confirm.
So I reworded the search. And found the cli to edit it.
Thanks I hate it
"No," the AI summary told me. "You have to delete it and recreate it. Here are links."
Spent 5 minutes reading the links and couldn't confirm.
So I reworded the search. And found the cli to edit it.
Thanks I hate it
i appreciated this explanation of crypto valuation numbers and how "market cap" is a silly vanity metric in general. www.citationneeded.news/trump-memeco...
No, Trump didn’t make $50 billion from his memecoin
Journalists’ flawed math and ignorance of crypto markets turn tokens into fake fortunes
www.citationneeded.news
January 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
i appreciated this explanation of crypto valuation numbers and how "market cap" is a silly vanity metric in general. www.citationneeded.news/trump-memeco...
Last month I went to a talk at the Math museum on how to use AI with formal proof checkers like Lean. This cartoon sums up the reaction perfectly - smbc-comics.com/comic/applied
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Applied
smbc-comics.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Last month I went to a talk at the Math museum on how to use AI with formal proof checkers like Lean. This cartoon sums up the reaction perfectly - smbc-comics.com/comic/applied
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where does the new york times even find these people
January 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
where does the new york times even find these people
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This Fox segment on the search for the shooter is incredible. Look at how the NYPD searches Central Park lol
December 8, 2024 at 7:56 PM
This Fox segment on the search for the shooter is incredible. Look at how the NYPD searches Central Park lol
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My cofounder wrote up our experience with collaborative editing at @momentdev.bsky.social
www.moment.dev/blog/lies-i-...
Surprisingly, CRDTs do not give a good human experience, and we believe collaborative editing is a Human Computer Interaction/UX problem.
www.moment.dev/blog/lies-i-...
Surprisingly, CRDTs do not give a good human experience, and we believe collaborative editing is a Human Computer Interaction/UX problem.
Lies I was Told About Collaborative Editing, Part 1: Algorithms for offline editing / Moment devlog
In early 2024, I began investigating
www.moment.dev
December 7, 2024 at 1:22 AM
My cofounder wrote up our experience with collaborative editing at @momentdev.bsky.social
www.moment.dev/blog/lies-i-...
Surprisingly, CRDTs do not give a good human experience, and we believe collaborative editing is a Human Computer Interaction/UX problem.
www.moment.dev/blog/lies-i-...
Surprisingly, CRDTs do not give a good human experience, and we believe collaborative editing is a Human Computer Interaction/UX problem.
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Continuing the @containerd.dev internals blog series with a post about ctr!
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2024/12...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2024/12...
containerd internals: ctr
Welcome to day 3 of our series on containerd internals! This post will cover ctr, a command-line tool for containerd.
samuel.karp.dev
December 5, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Continuing the @containerd.dev internals blog series with a post about ctr!
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2024/12...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2024/12...