Mark Greenwood
whitehankey.bsky.social
Mark Greenwood
@whitehankey.bsky.social
Web Development | Data Engineering | ML | Cybersecurity | Medical Informatics

www.forkthis.co.uk
At face value, this seems like a decent outcome to what could have been a privacy nightmare. Hope commitments are upheld.

fortune.com/2025/07/01/2...
23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki just got the greenlight to buy back her company for $305 million after it lost 98% of its previous value
The sale marks the end of a monthslong bidding war.
fortune.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reposted by Mark Greenwood
I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides.
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"You'd mek a better door than a window"
February 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Your team might be agile, but is it this agile? (Cup for scale)
February 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reposted by Mark Greenwood
I wrote up a post about how we hugely improved the write performance for Bluesky's timelines/following feed.

If you want to learn more about how we did it, check it out.

Some nuggets in there about embracing imperfection in some parts of a system to scale better.

jazco.dev/2025/02/19/i...
When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy Timelines
By examining the limits of reasonable user behavior and embracing imperfection for users who go beyond it, we can continue to provide service that meets the expectations of users without sacrificing s...
jazco.dev
February 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"OpenAI says Chinese rivals using its work for their AI apps"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
the word irony is written on a white background
ALT: the word irony is written on a white background
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Don't drive to Manchester, but also the trains are an absolute shambles. Sorry!"

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Transport bosses issue new statement over Deansgate traffic chaos as row deepens
Traffic was at a standstill for the weekend
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM