Samo Korošec
@samokorosec.bsky.social
Product designer living and working in Vienna. Kicked PDF SDK UI standards up a notch, improved regulated software development tools, helped friends create Audio Plugins and Synths and drew hundreds and hundreds of icons in the process.
Pinned
my additive synth is in early access over at melatonin.dev more soon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygr0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygr0...
Sine Machine is in "early access"
YouTube video by Melatonin
www.youtube.com
Stuff I worked on as a counterbalance to my last job (B2B SaaS for regulated software development yada yada).
Now gonna have to find a real job again, in case anyone needs help with complex B2B apps. Prolly means less colors at my disposal.
Ah well. 😄
Now gonna have to find a real job again, in case anyone needs help with complex B2B apps. Prolly means less colors at my disposal.
Ah well. 😄
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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A bit more niche, but next to fancy things like scroll-driven animations, CSS also introduced new math functions like round() and mod(). With them, you can take a time value like 1045 (without the colon) and calculate the minutes passed since midnight.
bsky.app/profile/ichi...
bsky.app/profile/ichi...
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A bit more niche, but next to fancy things like scroll-driven animations, CSS also introduced new math functions like round() and mod(). With them, you can take a time value like 1045 (without the colon) and calculate the minutes passed since midnight.
bsky.app/profile/ichi...
bsky.app/profile/ichi...
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CSS-in-Graz ist jetzt Front-end Graz und zurück mit einer neuen Location (Mein Büro). Wir reden über HTML, CSS, JS und was uns sonst so beschäftigt.
Für Getränke und Snacks ist gesorgt!
Nächstes Meet-Up: 2.12 ab 18:30
www.meetup.com/css-in-graz/...
Für Getränke und Snacks ist gesorgt!
Nächstes Meet-Up: 2.12 ab 18:30
www.meetup.com/css-in-graz/...
Front-end Graz #8 presented by webclerks, Tue, Dec 2, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**Note: New Location! The meet-up takes place in my office and not at Lendhafen.**
Front-end Graz, formerly CSS-in-Graz, is a meet-up for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript enthusi
www.meetup.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
CSS-in-Graz ist jetzt Front-end Graz und zurück mit einer neuen Location (Mein Büro). Wir reden über HTML, CSS, JS und was uns sonst so beschäftigt.
Für Getränke und Snacks ist gesorgt!
Nächstes Meet-Up: 2.12 ab 18:30
www.meetup.com/css-in-graz/...
Für Getränke und Snacks ist gesorgt!
Nächstes Meet-Up: 2.12 ab 18:30
www.meetup.com/css-in-graz/...
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There is research backing what I have been experiencing, but I'd argue that I'm more energized than even before COVID.
Eight-Week Creatine-Glucose Supplementation Alleviates Clinical Features of Long COVID - PubMed
Preliminary studies demonstrated beneficial effects of dietary creatine across different post-viral fatigue syndromes. Creatine is often co-administered with glucose to improve its potency yet whether glucose boost the efficacy of creatine in long COVID remains currently unknown. In this report, we …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
There is research backing what I have been experiencing, but I'd argue that I'm more energized than even before COVID.
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The grovelling strategy, while imo justified for the sake of getting Ukraine patriots and the PURL scheme set up, always had an expiration date.
Agree that time is up now.
Agree that time is up now.
And Trump is weak right now. He just suffered a humiliating loss in Congress & the GOP was roundly defeated in the recent off-year elections. Trump’s approval ratings on the economy are dismal & SCOTUS may remove his ability to impose tariffs at will. Now is the time for Europe to stand up to him.
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The grovelling strategy, while imo justified for the sake of getting Ukraine patriots and the PURL scheme set up, always had an expiration date.
Agree that time is up now.
Agree that time is up now.
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As a public servant, I write weekly notes to let people see what I do.
Introducing the #ServiceStandard to service owners and designers in the city-state of Hamburg in detail, I travelled there.
I also opened #serviceDesign roles and had chats with colleagues at the European Commission & the OECD.
Introducing the #ServiceStandard to service owners and designers in the city-state of Hamburg in detail, I travelled there.
I also opened #serviceDesign roles and had chats with colleagues at the European Commission & the OECD.
Week #186 at the Digital Service: Notes for 17–21 November
Introducing the Service Standard to service owners and designers in the city-state of Hamburg in more detail, Martin travelled there on Tuesday. He also opened service design roles and had conversatio...
verwaltungsgestaltung.de
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
As a public servant, I write weekly notes to let people see what I do.
Introducing the #ServiceStandard to service owners and designers in the city-state of Hamburg in detail, I travelled there.
I also opened #serviceDesign roles and had chats with colleagues at the European Commission & the OECD.
Introducing the #ServiceStandard to service owners and designers in the city-state of Hamburg in detail, I travelled there.
I also opened #serviceDesign roles and had chats with colleagues at the European Commission & the OECD.
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❄️ It’s freezing cold outside here in Germany, and this is an interesting explainer of why that is: a warming event in the polar region is leading to an early collapse of the polar vortex, so Europe and North America are flooded with cold air, while the North Pole is unusually warm. #weather #climate
Stratospheric Warming Watch: Polar Vortex Collapse has begun, with cold air and snowfall impacts expected
A Stratospheric Warming is now collapsing the Polar Vortex, with polar air and snow forecast across the United States, Canada and Europe in December
www.severe-weather.eu
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
❄️ It’s freezing cold outside here in Germany, and this is an interesting explainer of why that is: a warming event in the polar region is leading to an early collapse of the polar vortex, so Europe and North America are flooded with cold air, while the North Pole is unusually warm. #weather #climate
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After shitty but entirely expected moves of Qualcomm, Adafruit decided to illustrate Other People's Ethical Problems with an ai-generated cartoon.
How much of the article is also 'ai' generated?
And they brag about doing vibe coding consistently. Take that into account when using Adafruit code.
How much of the article is also 'ai' generated?
And they brag about doing vibe coding consistently. Take that into account when using Adafruit code.
Adafruit on the Death of Arduino | Discussion
#opensource #privacy #techpolicy #hardware #iot #surveillance #qualcomm #arduino #makers #infosec #datarights #termsandconditions #cloudcomputing | Adafruit Industries | 68 comments
Qualcomm-owned Arduino quietly pushed a sweeping rewrite of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the changes mark a clear break from the open-hardware ethos that built the platform.
The new documents introduce an irrevocable, perpetual license over anything users upload, broad surveillance-style monitoring of AI features, a clause preventing users from identifying potential patent infringement, years-long retention of usernames even after account deletion, and the integration of all user data (including minors) into Qualcomm’s global data ecosystem. Military weird things and more.
Several sections effectively reshape Arduino from an open community platform into a tightly controlled corporate service with deep data extraction built in. The most striking addition:
users are now explicitly forbidden from reverse-engineering or even attempting to understand how the platform works unless Arduino gives permission. That’s a profound shift for a brand long embraced by educators, makers, researchers, and open-source advocates.
With the cloud having a rough day and many systems offline, yesterday... Anyone invested in transparency, community governance, or data rights should read these documents closely.
Links:
https://lnkd.in/efKSip3e
https://lnkd.in/eKDWCZT4
Somewhere an old Uno is whispering “this is not my beautiful life"...
Forbes did a couple press-release style "features" with incorrect information that Qualcomm or Arduino supplied, obviously Qualcomm has severe issues with fraud, acquisitions, et. this was 3 DAYS AGO - Former Qualcomm executive sentenced to prison for $180M fraud scheme. @Bill Curtis & Steve McDowell please consider a revisit...
Nakul Duggal seems to be the one that will end up taking the fall for this, the CEO of Qualcomm is not in the press release for the sale (and the press release seems like it was made by ChatGPT when you put it through those AI detectors?)..
ANY WAY -
Naukul and the Ardunio better get a ride in the over 10 Gulfstreams, which are a puzzle to investors, why so many? And why get a G800 now that's over $75m ...? That's how much Arduino has in funding...
US's Qualcomm adds G800 to corporate jet fleet...
https://lnkd.in/ddiCikpf
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November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
After shitty but entirely expected moves of Qualcomm, Adafruit decided to illustrate Other People's Ethical Problems with an ai-generated cartoon.
How much of the article is also 'ai' generated?
And they brag about doing vibe coding consistently. Take that into account when using Adafruit code.
How much of the article is also 'ai' generated?
And they brag about doing vibe coding consistently. Take that into account when using Adafruit code.
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
I can’t be the only one getting tired of Figma’s desperate "Design Systems + AI" push. There’s dozens of talks on their socials and youtubes and there is literally no new insights or ideas or examples or anything inspiring, really, shown. Just generic "Big Company X has a design system!" stuff.
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I can’t be the only one getting tired of Figma’s desperate "Design Systems + AI" push. There’s dozens of talks on their socials and youtubes and there is literally no new insights or ideas or examples or anything inspiring, really, shown. Just generic "Big Company X has a design system!" stuff.
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Geneva, and delighted to be soon starting an event with @philipobaji.bsky.social, @mariamlambert.bsky.social and other stars, thanks to the UN delegations of Poland, Estonia and Latvia (and the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia). Join us at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjPd...
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Geneva, and delighted to be soon starting an event with @philipobaji.bsky.social, @mariamlambert.bsky.social and other stars, thanks to the UN delegations of Poland, Estonia and Latvia (and the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia). Join us at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjPd...
Seeing thungs like this always makes me feel slightly bummed that I am based in Vienna. 😬
It’s encouraging to see a significant increase in user-centred design capability across all levels of government and throughout the country.
For my page, people started sending me roles they found or wanted listed. Other people told me that they frequently looked at the page.
➡️ 🔗
5/X
For my page, people started sending me roles they found or wanted listed. Other people told me that they frequently looked at the page.
➡️ 🔗
5/X
Verwaltungsgestaltung
Nutzendenzentriertes Design in der deutschen Verwaltung
verwaltungsgestaltung.de
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Seeing thungs like this always makes me feel slightly bummed that I am based in Vienna. 😬
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It’s encouraging to see a significant increase in user-centred design capability across all levels of government and throughout the country.
For my page, people started sending me roles they found or wanted listed. Other people told me that they frequently looked at the page.
➡️ 🔗
5/X
For my page, people started sending me roles they found or wanted listed. Other people told me that they frequently looked at the page.
➡️ 🔗
5/X
Verwaltungsgestaltung
Nutzendenzentriertes Design in der deutschen Verwaltung
verwaltungsgestaltung.de
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It’s encouraging to see a significant increase in user-centred design capability across all levels of government and throughout the country.
For my page, people started sending me roles they found or wanted listed. Other people told me that they frequently looked at the page.
➡️ 🔗
5/X
For my page, people started sending me roles they found or wanted listed. Other people told me that they frequently looked at the page.
➡️ 🔗
5/X
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We are hiring!
At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are now looking for #serviceDesigners to help us create better government services and policies.
One role in policy space, the other in service transformation space. The work in both areas spans the entire federal government and, in parts, beyond
1/X
At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are now looking for #serviceDesigners to help us create better government services and policies.
One role in policy space, the other in service transformation space. The work in both areas spans the entire federal government and, in parts, beyond
1/X
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We are hiring!
At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are now looking for #serviceDesigners to help us create better government services and policies.
One role in policy space, the other in service transformation space. The work in both areas spans the entire federal government and, in parts, beyond
1/X
At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are now looking for #serviceDesigners to help us create better government services and policies.
One role in policy space, the other in service transformation space. The work in both areas spans the entire federal government and, in parts, beyond
1/X
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We should get serious about sanctions. Russian missiles that kill Ukrainian civilians contain parts made in the West. And this repeated mass murder of civilians by Moscow should bring total boycotts on Russian gas and oil. And the Ukrainians should get everything they need to defend themselves
16 people were killed and 49 injured after russia’s strike on Ternopil. Missiles and drones hit 2 residential buildings and damaged an industrial facility. Rescue workers are still clearing the rubble. u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We should get serious about sanctions. Russian missiles that kill Ukrainian civilians contain parts made in the West. And this repeated mass murder of civilians by Moscow should bring total boycotts on Russian gas and oil. And the Ukrainians should get everything they need to defend themselves
Time to set up a fake website with Stripe payments and later start creating memes with invisible-to-the-eye prompts that go to the same website to order stuff. Just, you know, to see how many people will save the memes and have them synced to OneDrive and then processes by AI. For science and all. 🫡
I do this ish for a living, I am an AI developer and researcher, and *I* don’t fully understand the security implications. What hope do regular users have?
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: "Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications"
Microsoft is pushing ahead with its plan to add agentic capabilities to Windows 11 but has issued an important security warning for anyone who is interested in trying it out.
www.windowscentral.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Time to set up a fake website with Stripe payments and later start creating memes with invisible-to-the-eye prompts that go to the same website to order stuff. Just, you know, to see how many people will save the memes and have them synced to OneDrive and then processes by AI. For science and all. 🫡
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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It’s been 7 years since I ran a workshop on the #ServiceStandard in Hamburg.
Today, I return to pick things up where I left off.
Back then, there was no Service Standard at all in Germany. Not for another 2 years.
We created a first version in Hamburg.
It’s so close to what we have now.
👀
Today, I return to pick things up where I left off.
Back then, there was no Service Standard at all in Germany. Not for another 2 years.
We created a first version in Hamburg.
It’s so close to what we have now.
👀
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
It’s been 7 years since I ran a workshop on the #ServiceStandard in Hamburg.
Today, I return to pick things up where I left off.
Back then, there was no Service Standard at all in Germany. Not for another 2 years.
We created a first version in Hamburg.
It’s so close to what we have now.
👀
Today, I return to pick things up where I left off.
Back then, there was no Service Standard at all in Germany. Not for another 2 years.
We created a first version in Hamburg.
It’s so close to what we have now.
👀
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Nothing makes me not want to support an audio company quite like having a plugin UX acting like a glorified storefront deceiving you by presenting presets (alongside the ones you actually own) you don't even have full access to. There's so much annoying friction like this in Addictive Drums 2.
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Nothing makes me not want to support an audio company quite like having a plugin UX acting like a glorified storefront deceiving you by presenting presets (alongside the ones you actually own) you don't even have full access to. There's so much annoying friction like this in Addictive Drums 2.
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Grammarians and OCD types, look away now.
That’s the third time she has said over the PA: “Once again, this is your last and final boarding call.”
That’s the third time she has said over the PA: “Once again, this is your last and final boarding call.”
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Grammarians and OCD types, look away now.
That’s the third time she has said over the PA: “Once again, this is your last and final boarding call.”
That’s the third time she has said over the PA: “Once again, this is your last and final boarding call.”
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It’s alive and on stage! cc: @nerdy.dev
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It’s alive and on stage! cc: @nerdy.dev
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Research for #longcovid and #mecfs has previously almost only been founded privately - at 1/10 the level of similar diseases - lacking public political will and funding. Another hurdle has been political will to pursue this research in public health.
So at least on the surface this is very welcome
So at least on the surface this is very welcome
The German Federal Ministry of Research has just announced today a National Decade against Post-Infectious Diseases: A total of half a billion euros for further research
13.11.2025
Federal Research Minister @dorobaer.bsky.social: “We are opening a new chapter in the research of these diseases."
13.11.2025
Federal Research Minister @dorobaer.bsky.social: “We are opening a new chapter in the research of these diseases."
Nationale Dekade gegen Postinfektiöse Erkrankungen: Insgesamt eine halbe Milliarde Euro für weitergehende Forschung - BMFTR
Nationale Dekade gegen Postinfektiöse Erkrankungen: 500 Millionen Euro für Forschung
www.bmftr.bund.de
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Research for #longcovid and #mecfs has previously almost only been founded privately - at 1/10 the level of similar diseases - lacking public political will and funding. Another hurdle has been political will to pursue this research in public health.
So at least on the surface this is very welcome
So at least on the surface this is very welcome
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Reminder: there are no trade deals. Nothing binding was actually signed. 90% of news coverage you saw about “trade deals” was wildly misleading. It’s pretty weird. And it will get weirder as “deals” turn out to be not deals, actually.
JPMORGAN: “.. China’s soybean purchases are stalling, potentially putting the trade agreement at-risk, as the 13% tariff on soybeans makes Brazilian / Latin American alternatives more attractive. Further, the elevated purchases made by China in the recent months lowers demand ..”
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reminder: there are no trade deals. Nothing binding was actually signed. 90% of news coverage you saw about “trade deals” was wildly misleading. It’s pretty weird. And it will get weirder as “deals” turn out to be not deals, actually.
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🦀 I've improved the implementation behind all the string formatting macros in Rust: println, panic, format, write, log::info, etc. (Everything using format_args!().) They will compile a bit faster, use a bit less memory while compiling, result in smaller binaries, and produce more efficient code! 🎉
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🦀 I've improved the implementation behind all the string formatting macros in Rust: println, panic, format, write, log::info, etc. (Everything using format_args!().) They will compile a bit faster, use a bit less memory while compiling, result in smaller binaries, and produce more efficient code! 🎉
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Our international #GovDesign community call is returning on Friday, 28 November.
We’ll discuss #ServicePatterns.
Join us—if you are awake at the time—from 9 am GMT, 10 am CET, 11 am EET, 5 pm SGT.
If you’re a public servant but not a part of the community yet, join us international.gov-design.com
We’ll discuss #ServicePatterns.
Join us—if you are awake at the time—from 9 am GMT, 10 am CET, 11 am EET, 5 pm SGT.
If you’re a public servant but not a part of the community yet, join us international.gov-design.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our international #GovDesign community call is returning on Friday, 28 November.
We’ll discuss #ServicePatterns.
Join us—if you are awake at the time—from 9 am GMT, 10 am CET, 11 am EET, 5 pm SGT.
If you’re a public servant but not a part of the community yet, join us international.gov-design.com
We’ll discuss #ServicePatterns.
Join us—if you are awake at the time—from 9 am GMT, 10 am CET, 11 am EET, 5 pm SGT.
If you’re a public servant but not a part of the community yet, join us international.gov-design.com