Rob Lillack
@roblillack.net
CEO and co-founder @vizzlo.com. Super proud father. Digging #motorbikes #roadbikes #mountainbikes #dataviz #golang #reactjs #typescript
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My analysis of the leaked #GDPR overhaul proposal. Some changes are great. Some risk decreasing privacy protections.
The changes are very far‑reaching. Tread carefully! Some of the proposals are very risky. techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
The changes are very far‑reaching. Tread carefully! Some of the proposals are very risky. techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
My analysis of the leaked #GDPR overhaul proposal. Some changes are great. Some risk decreasing privacy protections.
The changes are very far‑reaching. Tread carefully! Some of the proposals are very risky. techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
The changes are very far‑reaching. Tread carefully! Some of the proposals are very risky. techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
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Finally we can show delicious pie charts in the terminal with Rust! 🥧🦀
📊 tui-piechart — A customizable pie chart widget for @ratatui.rs
💯 Supports labels, legends, colors & high resolution braille mode for smooth curves
⭐ GitHub: github.com/sorinirimies...
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #dataviz
📊 tui-piechart — A customizable pie chart widget for @ratatui.rs
💯 Supports labels, legends, colors & high resolution braille mode for smooth curves
⭐ GitHub: github.com/sorinirimies...
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #dataviz
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Finally we can show delicious pie charts in the terminal with Rust! 🥧🦀
📊 tui-piechart — A customizable pie chart widget for @ratatui.rs
💯 Supports labels, legends, colors & high resolution braille mode for smooth curves
⭐ GitHub: github.com/sorinirimies...
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #dataviz
📊 tui-piechart — A customizable pie chart widget for @ratatui.rs
💯 Supports labels, legends, colors & high resolution braille mode for smooth curves
⭐ GitHub: github.com/sorinirimies...
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #dataviz
Updated my ARM Thinkpad support table for today's OpenBSD 7.8 release. TL;DR: CPU power management supported now; display still in limp mode; network, audio unsupported. roblillack.net/openbsd-arm6...
OpenBSD/arm64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G6
Following up on my review, this article lists the current status of OpenBSD's support for Lenovo's ARM-powered 2024 ThinkPad T14s (Snapdragon).
roblillack.net
October 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Updated my ARM Thinkpad support table for today's OpenBSD 7.8 release. TL;DR: CPU power management supported now; display still in limp mode; network, audio unsupported. roblillack.net/openbsd-arm6...
It took me more than 20 years to learn that SQLite is pronounced as “S-Q-L-ite” not “S-Q-Lite” 🫣
July 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It took me more than 20 years to learn that SQLite is pronounced as “S-Q-L-ite” not “S-Q-Lite” 🫣
This is so awesome. 🤯
I wrote something new! It’s a UI design history essay about Mac’s Control Panel, and it uses emulation in some… maybe new and maybe interesting ways?
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
Frame of preference
A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.
aresluna.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is so awesome. 🤯
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Stadtumbau lohnt sich und Paris zeigt, was geht:
✅ Beim Ersetzen eines Parkplatzes durch 70 Bäume: Eine gefühlte Temperatursenkung um 2,5 Grad.
✅ In einem Pariser Viertel mit 300 Hektar Begrünung sinkt die Temperatur allein schon deshalb um 0,5-1 Grad.
Rettet Leben, schützt Ökosysteme.
✅ Beim Ersetzen eines Parkplatzes durch 70 Bäume: Eine gefühlte Temperatursenkung um 2,5 Grad.
✅ In einem Pariser Viertel mit 300 Hektar Begrünung sinkt die Temperatur allein schon deshalb um 0,5-1 Grad.
Rettet Leben, schützt Ökosysteme.
Paris kühlt sich während der Hitzewelle dank der Begrünung ab
Die Vegetalisierung von Paris durch Bürgermeisterin Anne Hidalgo vermag die Temperaturen deutlich zu senken, wie sich vor allem während der sommerlichen Hitze zeigt
www.derstandard.at
July 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Stadtumbau lohnt sich und Paris zeigt, was geht:
✅ Beim Ersetzen eines Parkplatzes durch 70 Bäume: Eine gefühlte Temperatursenkung um 2,5 Grad.
✅ In einem Pariser Viertel mit 300 Hektar Begrünung sinkt die Temperatur allein schon deshalb um 0,5-1 Grad.
Rettet Leben, schützt Ökosysteme.
✅ Beim Ersetzen eines Parkplatzes durch 70 Bäume: Eine gefühlte Temperatursenkung um 2,5 Grad.
✅ In einem Pariser Viertel mit 300 Hektar Begrünung sinkt die Temperatur allein schon deshalb um 0,5-1 Grad.
Rettet Leben, schützt Ökosysteme.
Wow, we certainly see an increase of traffic from AI sources, but I didn't realize that publishers are already losing ~50% of their organic traffic, due to Chat GPT etc. I guess that's a good thing, because we're talking about SEO filler content?
Katy Cowan | How Online Publishers Can Survive in a Post-Search World
It seems ironic that I’m even typing this, but the very thing I’ve deliberately moved away from over the years — putting my face to my brand — has now become absolutely essential. If Creative Boom...
www.katycowan.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Wow, we certainly see an increase of traffic from AI sources, but I didn't realize that publishers are already losing ~50% of their organic traffic, due to Chat GPT etc. I guess that's a good thing, because we're talking about SEO filler content?
Finally! 📊🔒
Plot twist: All new Vizzlo charts are now private by default—even on free accounts! No more confusion about document privacy. Your charts, your control. #dataviz #privacy
Privacy by default: Why we're making every chart private (yes, even free ones) | Vizzlo Blog
We're making all new Vizzlo charts private by default for everyone—including free accounts—to eliminate confusion about document privacy settings.
vizzlo.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Finally! 📊🔒
Proposal for interview question for a new UI designer at @microsoft.com: "What does an app notification badge look like in Windows 11?"
April 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Proposal for interview question for a new UI designer at @microsoft.com: "What does an app notification badge look like in Windows 11?"
And you wonder why the selection of professional software in @microsoft.com's app store is that sparse? This is what the home screen on my "Windows 11 Pro" computer looks like. Why would anyone take that seriously?
April 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
And you wonder why the selection of professional software in @microsoft.com's app store is that sparse? This is what the home screen on my "Windows 11 Pro" computer looks like. Why would anyone take that seriously?
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Teach the children why radio buttons are called radio buttons
March 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Teach the children why radio buttons are called radio buttons
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Jeff Atwood’s “the road not taken”: blog.codinghorror.com/the-road-not...
The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income
The dream is incomplete until we share it with our fellow Americans.
blog.codinghorror.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Jeff Atwood’s “the road not taken”: blog.codinghorror.com/the-road-not...
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Does this still count as #dataviz? 🙋 As of today, Vizzlo supports creating QR codes. Next to the 120+ other chart types.
March 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
👀
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Today we're thrilled to announce our effort to port the TypeScript compiler and language service to native code, gaining a 10x speed boost in build times and editor responsiveness!
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
A 10x Faster TypeScript - TypeScript
Embarking on a native port of the existing TypeScript compiler and toolset to achieve a 10x performance speed-up.
devblogs.microsoft.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today we're thrilled to announce our effort to port the TypeScript compiler and language service to native code, gaining a 10x speed boost in build times and editor responsiveness!
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
Finally. 🥰
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Finally. 🥰
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👋 from the Swift team, now on Bluesky!
February 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
👋 from the Swift team, now on Bluesky!
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Fairlight unveils updated version of its Strael, with a new variant Reynolds 853 steel tubeset and clearance for 39mm tyres. The Strael 4.0 is also said to be lighter, stronger, and more versatile than previously with its designer Dom Thomas saying it “sets a new benchmark for steel all-road bikes”.
“A new benchmark for steel all-road bikes”: Fairlight Strael gets a huge redesign
The road.cc Recommends Bike of the Year 2021/22 gets a major update for 2025; all-season road bike is said to be lighter, stronger and more versatile, joining the all-road category with increased tyre...
road.cc
February 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Fairlight unveils updated version of its Strael, with a new variant Reynolds 853 steel tubeset and clearance for 39mm tyres. The Strael 4.0 is also said to be lighter, stronger, and more versatile than previously with its designer Dom Thomas saying it “sets a new benchmark for steel all-road bikes”.
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rewrite.md
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Lot's of great new features in our Gantt chart during the past few weeks: Background colors for activities and groups, more styling options for dependencies and milestones, creating groups from the selection, … your next #GoogleSlides presentation is going to rock! vizzlo.com/create/gantt...
February 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Lot's of great new features in our Gantt chart during the past few weeks: Background colors for activities and groups, more styling options for dependencies and milestones, creating groups from the selection, … your next #GoogleSlides presentation is going to rock! vizzlo.com/create/gantt...
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Looks like a good replacement for Facebook events if you’re off Meta products
www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people together
Apple today introduced Apple Invites, a new app for iPhone that allows users to create custom invitations to gather friends and family.
www.apple.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Looks like a good replacement for Facebook events if you’re off Meta products
www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
Fantastic piece about the downfall of tech by @benjedwards.com (whose account is worthy a follow for the reposts alone)
The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again
How surveillance capitalism and DRM turned home tech from friend to foe. For a while—in the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s—it felt like nerds were [...]
www.vintagecomputing.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Fantastic piece about the downfall of tech by @benjedwards.com (whose account is worthy a follow for the reposts alone)
What’s your favorite Christmas movie? For me it’s “Le Justicier de Noël.” I mean it’s in Paris, has lots of action scenes, there’s a happy ending, and everybody is so well dressed: youtu.be/muAPJiMho2Y 🎅🏍️
DELIT DE FUITE - le Justicier de Noël
YouTube video by CHRIS-RS
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December 20, 2024 at 6:03 AM
What’s your favorite Christmas movie? For me it’s “Le Justicier de Noël.” I mean it’s in Paris, has lots of action scenes, there’s a happy ending, and everybody is so well dressed: youtu.be/muAPJiMho2Y 🎅🏍️
Just a few years ago, I switched from #Garmin to #Wahoo because the former was buggy as hell and the latter had this clean, functional BW interface. 😘 Now look at @dcrainmaker.com stumbling through the ELEMNT Ace‘s wonky touchscreen UI: youtu.be/LPbvpFmFKu4 — so sad. 😞
Wahoo ACE In-Depth Review: The Beast or Unbaked?
YouTube video by DC Rainmaker
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Just a few years ago, I switched from #Garmin to #Wahoo because the former was buggy as hell and the latter had this clean, functional BW interface. 😘 Now look at @dcrainmaker.com stumbling through the ELEMNT Ace‘s wonky touchscreen UI: youtu.be/LPbvpFmFKu4 — so sad. 😞
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We've always been a fan of blueskies.
December 6, 2024 at 1:44 AM
We've always been a fan of blueskies.