Updated March 18, 2025

about ----- * * * Bienvenue, mes amis! I've always been fascinated by the idea of the Unreliable Narrator, and how memories and time change the stories you're _sure_ are true. In a way, any writing is only mostly true. Originally this started as a place to only tell stories, but I'm also using it as a digital garden for my thoughts and ideas about life and accessibility. My name is Tim Eaton, but all my friends call me Virgil. It's nice to have a real name that I chose, one that I always dreamt I was called. I stick with Tim for work and legal reasons, but Virgil is way more fun. A few things to know about me: I've spent my whole life traveling. My parents moved from Worcestor, where I was born, to Missouri and Vermont and New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. I left home for Spokane and Seattle, and found myself in nearly every city in the US, playing music and making friends. As I grew older, my circle expanded to include Ireland, The Philipines, France, China, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, and Colombia. These days home is Switzerland, with my lovely wife Julie, and two cats, one old, one young and diabolical. There's also a roommate, her son, and her dog. We have a grand apartment together, near the Lake, 15 minutes from Geneva by train. Botched surgeries ended up with several years spent in the hospital as I turned 40, and now I use a wheelchair for my travels. This is new enough that I'm still processing all the implications. I try to work through them by writing about my thoughts and feelings on this blog. I fully expect them to change over time. Anger and despair do flair up, but in general I remain myself, curious and happy-go-lucky. > "Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."― Isaac Asimov I have been a writer and a programmer for most of my life, but I've had many jobs, from volunteer fireman to disaster relief, barista to chef, street musician to animal caretaker, day laborer to director to teacher - all around the world. During this time I've met many people and gathered many stories to tell. As for the rest, you'll discover that over time. I can't ever say no to an adventure, not even though I need a wheelchair now, so I'm going to sit and write about people and happenstances. Please enjoy! > "The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see." - Edward Abbey ### A note on AI: I never use AI to write, but I have found one prompt that I find very engaging and will continue to use. > _Acting as an editor, are you engaged by this story? Are there any confusing parts? If so, please explain._ The response is great, like notes from an editor. I find this to be ethical, because I use the notes (or ignore them) to rewrite entirely in my own words. I never use it to change or generate content. ### Colophon: I designed this site myself to be fluid and easy on the eyes, using Astro as the engine and Vercel for hosting. The only font used is Arvo, which I love for readability and headers. The main image was created with OpenAI, and any photographs will be attributed in the stories. I have an RSS feed if you'd rather view it in your own preferred program. If you or anyone you know need design or programming help, I charge on a sliding scale - anything from cups of coffee and a _pain au chocolat_ for bit of help, to hard Euros for corporate work. You can find my freelancer site at timeaton.dev. I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have about building your own Astro site! I'm also thrilled to meet anyone who passes through Geneva, and emails from strangers make my day. ### Enjoying this? Let me know or send me a story via email. Send me your blog and I'll read it! Subscribe to my newsletter. More of my stories are below. You can follow my feed, tip me a coffee on ko-fi, or move on to my favorite links. Thanks for visiting! All Stories -----------

Updated March 18, 2025

now --- * * * This is what I'm currently working on, reading, and thinking about. Inspired by Derek Sivers' now page movement. ### currently working on * Learning some elements of digital game design, for fun (and profit?) * Getting a solid wheelie on my chair so I can jump onto/off sidewalks and other obstacles (skateboard?). * Heading to Italy for the first time, in two weeks! * Learning more songs in French - I'm being largely influenced by the Quebecois neo-folk scene, which is probably ruining my French pronunciation. ### currently reading * "The Bad Muslim Discount" by Syed M. Masood * "Chokepoint Capitalism" by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow * "The Anti-Ablist Manifesto" by Tiffany Yu ### currently thinking about * Ethics in AI - My takeaway comes down to "Ethics are good, I mostly like them." * How can I increase my French level? And what about Swiss German? In general, I'm continuing to learn how I can be myself in a wheelchair. So much of my history is based on adventure and climbing or running or walking... Now all of that is far more complicated. Often I respond to new things with a bit of rebellion even if I say "yes, our course!" This is no different. I'm not sure what I'm doing, but I'm doing it. I'm trying to maintain kindness and curiosity, and not immediately assume people are looking down at me or forgetting about me. Right now, this means giving my friends specific instructions about how to help me: don't touch without asking, or at least letting me know... Always take public transportation if possible because cars are much more painful... Try not to leave things in the doorway so I get trapped... And so forth. People need to keep being reminded, gently. ### because kindness is punk as hell. _Last updated: 14 julliet 2025. Vive la France!_ ### Enjoying this? Let me know or send me a story via email. Send me your blog and I'll read it! Subscribe to my newsletter. More of my stories are below. You can follow my feed, tip me a coffee on ko-fi, or move on to my favorite links. Thanks for visiting! All Stories -----------

Updated March 17, 2025

my github my 𝕏 2025-03-17 Places in London 2024-12-18 My LÖVR workflow 2024-11-29 Drag & drop in VR with LÖVR 2022-03-19 I do understand the \* operator in Rust now (updated) 2021-04-27 My Rust workflow 2021-04-21 Chromatic aberration 2020-07-17 Low level stuff pt. 1 - Booting to 'Hello Rust!'

Updated March 17, 2025

Biography --------- I am currently a final year Ph.D. student in the School of Computer Science of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), supervised by Prof. Qing Wang. My research interests lie in 3D vision and computational photography, with a particular focus on Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF), Neural Camera Models, and 3D AI-Generated Content (AIGC). From 2021 to 2023, I worked as a research intern at the Visual Computing Center, Tencent AI Lab, under the mentorship of Qi Zhang. I also interned with the 3D Vision and Computational Photography Group at Tsinghua University, guided by Prof. Yebin Liu. I was a research intern at Shanghai AI Lab, collaborating with Tengfei Wang and Ziwei Liu. I obtained my Bachelor's degree from the School of Computer Science, NPU, in 2020. News ---- \[2025/03/17\] Material Anything got accepted by **CVPR 2025 (Highlight)**! 🎉 \[2024/08/23\] LTM-NeRF got accepted by **IEEE TPAMI**! 🎉 \[2024/02/27\] HumanNorm got accepted by **CVPR 2024**! 🎉 \[2023/12/26\] The code of HumanNorm has been released. \[2023/02/28\] Two first-author papers LIRF and NeuCam got accepted by **CVPR 2023**! 🎉🎉 \[2022/06/08\] The code of HDR-NeRF has been released. \[2022/03/03\] One first-author paper HDR-NeRF got accepted by **CVPR 2022**! 🎉 \[2021/08/14\] I started an internship at Tencent AI Lab. Publications ------------ **Material Anything: Generating Materials for Any 3D Object via Diffusion** **Xin Huang**, Tengfei Wang, Ziwei Liu, Qing Wang _Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2025 (**CVPR 2025 (Highlight)**)_ Home  Paper  Code  **LTM-NeRF: Embedding 3D Local Tone Mapping in HDR Neural Radiance Field**  **Xin Huang**, Qi Zhang, Ying Feng, Hongdong Li, Qing Wang _IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (**IEEE TPAMI 2024**)_ Home  Paper  **HumanNorm: Learning Normal Diffusion Model for High-quality and Realistic 3D Human Generation**  **Xin Huang**\*, Ruizhi Shao\*, Qi Zhang, Hongwen Zhang, Ying Feng, Yebin Liu, Qing Wang _Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024 (**CVPR 2024**)_ Home  Code  arXiv  Video  **Inverting the Imaging Process by Learning an Implicit Camera Model**  **Xin Huang**, Qi Zhang, Ying Feng, Hongdong Li, Qing Wang _Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2023 (**CVPR 2023**)_ Home  Code  arXiv  Video  **Local Implicit Ray Function for Generalizable Radiance Field Representation**  **Xin Huang**, Qi Zhang, Ying Feng, Xiaoyu Li, Xuan Wang, Qing Wang _Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2023 (**CVPR 2023**)_ Home  arXiv  Video  **HDR-NeRF: High Dynamic Range Neural Radiance Fields**  **Xin Huang**, Qi Zhang, Ying Feng, Hongdong Li, Xuan Wang, Qing Wang _Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2022 (**CVPR 2022**)_ Home  Code  arXiv  Video  **Stereo Unstructured Magnification: Multiple Homography Image for View Synthesis**  Qi Zhang, **Xin Huang**, Ying Feng, Xue Wang, Hongdong Li, Qing Wang _arXiv 2022_ arXiv  **SA-AE for Any-to-Any Relighting**  Zhongyun Hu, **Xin Huang**, Yaning Li, Qing Wang _European Conference on Computer Vision Workshops: (**ECCV 2020 Workshops**)_ Paper  Talks ----- * 高动态范围神经辐射场—HDR-NeRF (深蓝学院) Honors and Awards ----------------- * **China National Scholarship**, 2024. * **Outstanding Graduate Students (6%)** in Northwestern Polytechnical University, 2020. * **Champion** in China Robot Competition - Dancing Robots Project, 08/2019. * **Champion** in China Robot Competition - Dancing Robots Project, 08/2018. * **Meritorious Winner (7.2%)** in International Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), 02/2018. * **Outstanding Students** in Northwestern Polytechnical University, 2017 and 2019. * **First Prize ($7,200)** in Face Recognition Hackathon, Shaanxi, China, 11/2017. The source code of this website is borrowed from Yuliang Xiu **The page is last updated at**

Updated March 16, 2025

Now --- Here's what I'm doing \_now\_... * 2025 has been a heavy one. We lost my sister to colon cancer. She was 41. * Meanwhile, I’ve been in the middle of planning my wedding… * But otherwise, I’ve been laying low. * I refreshed my portfolio site as I’m making myself available for freelance work this spring. Have a peek. * * * Inspired by nownownow. Last updated: Mar 16, 2025

Updated March 16, 2025

wrote this post 2012-11-01 2025-03-16 My Public Key -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- xjMEZeTtrhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAIHrdS0jXQUc1s328E/xvfe11+yFU4Nrd /ICegyrHMYnNL2plcmVteUB0YWtlb25ydWxlcy5jb20gPGplcmVteUB0YWtl b25ydWxlcy5jb20+wowEEBYKAD4FgmXk7a4ECwkHCAmQ8PPztur3ShYDFQgK BBYAAgECGQECmwMCHgEWIQShq6VwmMSCXC7LYzPw8/O26vdKFgAA51gBAIvp e/5hEpZGAIbQ1BkjTrBkONosT6J7Ka/Aznl7Zto5AQDZdwhQikvHdzTl25RV ymQht+4dLH/ckoOIWX4cnuyAAM44BGXk7a4SCisGAQQBl1UBBQEBB0DO/ZoO 2c6s76FZo54mXMsTgm2MAlLrl+aNrsODMujAeQMBCAfCeAQYFgoAKgWCZeTt rgmQ8PPztur3ShYCmwwWIQShq6VwmMSCXC7LYzPw8/O26vdKFgAAseMA/237 XWODmWDNmW9RSR1xLpyNlXGyeJM17Haj4sKm4uREAP0T/19Ca4AtMtRJlbRC i4bk0fZADawBKRibhm5XChMGDA== =3Jel -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Welcome to Jeremy Friesen’s personal blog. My blog. It’s an E/N style blog. (Sidenote: The website’s content means everything to the publisher, but it could mean nothing to the rest of the world.) I often write about games but don’t limit posts to games. Please contact me if you’re so inclined. You can subscribe to my site’s Atom RSS feed, RSS XML feed, or JSON feed. I am available as a consultant for a variety of services . Or maybe you’d like to review my resume; I love what I do but that doesn’t mean I’m not open for other opportunities. I have published and sold some game materials . I release some content on this site as Open Game License (OGL 📖) . Checkout the different licenses I've published under . I do my best to tag posts and group some posts into series . You may be interested in my reviews , interviews , or session reports . I have created a Site Map page to help you navigate a site I’ve been maintaining since 2011. I also committed, for the time being, to host S John Ross’s Medieval Demographics Made Easy . You’ll notice that I link to a lot of games. I often use affiliate links; I choose this as one small way to get a bit of jingle for my blogging efforts. In working on this website, I’ve ensured it works _well_ without Javascript. (Sidenote: The site works without Javascript. When you enable javascript, the Search feature shifts using DuckDuckGo’s basic search to using a local LunrJS search. A nice feature of the LunrJS search is that I can the search on my local machine.) I’ve tried to build towards an accessible experience, referencing accessibility guidelines from Penn State. (Sidenote: Go to the top of the page, click the top left corner, then hit the TAB key. I love that feature. I learned that from a Skip Links accessibility tutorial.) Beyond posting new blog posts and pages, you can see what’s changed about the site . I provide a list of updates that I've made to the content. Me Around the Web ----------------- You can find me in other places. Here’s a list of my other profiles: * @takeonrules@dice.camp * Github Profile * LinkedIn And a list of other places where I contribute: * Samvera's Github * Samvera Labs's Github * Samvera's Wiki Updates ------- ### Jan 2, 2021 update Following the recommendation of WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool, I removed `accesskey` usage. ### Apr 20, 2020 update Adding content about the changelog and updates . ### Apr 17, 2020 update Switching Atom RSS feed from `/feed.xml` to `index.xml` and JSON feed from `/feed.json` to `/index.json`. This addressed an issue in Hugo’s `ExecuteAsTemplate`, which did not render absolute URLs. ### Mar 9, 2020 update Adding callout to Atom RSS feed and JSON feed ### Dec 17, 2019 update On December 16th, as an experiment, I tweaked my blog. First, I stopped using custom fonts. Instead, I’m using three long-standing fonts: Times, Courier, and Arial; I wanted to use Helvetica, but encountered an odd rendering issue beyond my skills. Second, I opted to inline the CSS files; Instead of referencing them as a link. Inlining the CSS added 14KB to each page. Both of these changes reduced the number of HTTP requests speeds up performance and improves the stability of the page. ### Oct 12, 2020 update I added a section on the available access keys for my site.

Updated March 15, 2025

Derek Sivers 在《Anything You Want》中写道：“我遇到的所有最酷的人，都是通过我写的东西找到我的人。”，从我有限的经验来看，我也是，所以请不要吝啬，如果你觉得我们的书呆子气质有点契合，那么 i 人也可以先建立一种联系（因为是 i 人，所以我们可以只建立联系而暂时不说话）！ 我的生活哲学 ------ **追求注意力自由而不是财富自由。** 虽然财富自由会有更大的机率获得注意力自由，但是追求注意力自由却不一定非要财富自由。 如果我们能抱着一种朴素主义的生活态度，其实根本不需要那么多的财富去获取注意力自由。 我们需要多少钱才能辞职过上注意力自由的生活？换句话说，需要攒多少钱，就可以 10-15 年不用工作也没问题？ 在中国的语境下，维持一个健康而简朴的生活，每个人 5 万元/年可能是一个不错的平衡。也就是说没有负债，50 万元以上的存款，即可享受 10 年以上的注意力自由，我想称之为“穷有闲阶级”。 但是注意力自由并不意味着我们完全不会收入，恰恰相反，只有注意力自由之后，我们才能发挥真正的创造力，没有边界的探索任何事情。而且，在这个过程中，我们非常有可能获得一些未知的财富。即便 10 年过后没有获得任何财富，在经历 10 年的闲暇时间之后，我们一定在各方面都成为了一个更好的自己，从而拥有更多的能力去做任何事情。 我知道整个世界都是建立在工作伦理上的，所以我以前也会对闲暇时间感到焦虑，浪费。但是在经历过大公司，独立开发者，创业公司的阶段后，我现在可以对闲暇时间表达最强烈的赞美，如果我有公司，我会聘用那些有幸拥有过更多闲暇时间的候选者，对我自己而言，我会将注意力自由作为人生最高的追求。我有倾向认为有更多闲暇时间的人通常会更博学，而较忙的人很可能在很多事情上很无知。 在这里强调我的生活哲学是因为我很遗憾没有在更早的时候看到类似的想法，这导致我以前对闲暇时间感到焦虑。我想给那些正在经历闲暇时间并感到焦虑的同学一个笃定的视角，希望我们最终都能获得注意力自由。 找到我的方式 ------ * 我为这个博客建立的 Telegram 讨论群组：https://t.me/+m124rcTl9FE3M2Vh * 我的电子邮件：`owen#owenyoung.com` (把`#`换成`@`) * 推特 @OwenYoungZh * Telegram 频道: https://t.me/owenyoungzh * Telegram 私人账户: https://t.me/itsowenyoung * 微信朋友圈（现在很少发朋友圈，但是我会看，请大胆通过邮件或者 Telegram 联系我索要微信号，或者告诉我你的微信号～) * Twitter English @TheOwenYoung 关于这个博客 ------ 我喜欢用明文纯文本记录东西，因为这是最通用的格式，不会被运营商锁定，在所有平台都能开箱即用的直接编辑。该博客全部内容托管在这个Github 的 Repo 里，用Zola (getzola.org)生成，最终部署在Cloudflare Pages上。 和大多数的博客不一样的是，这个博客不只是文章，我把这里当成是我的数字花园，里面主要包含6 类内容： * 博文, 这个和传统的博客类似，当我想写点什么的时候我会把它放在这个类别下,博文主要分为： * 技术类，这个下面放纯技术类的文章。 * 通用,这个下面放任何其他类的文章，我不喜欢分类，对于一篇要写的文章来说，我只能一眼判断出这篇文章是技术还是非技术，所以我只有这两个分类。 * 我在阅读什么 我会把定期把我最近看过的优质文章的链接，以及我的对此的简要总结放在这个分类下。 * 笔记，我会精心收集某个主题下相关的链接，然后把他们归类到某个主题的笔记里，比如： * 探索互联网上高质量的内容 * 最好用的工具集合 * 有意思的问题收集 * 收集一些给人灵感的东西 * 收集值得阅读的文章 * 收集一些有意思的社区 * 英语学习相关资源 * 读书笔记 读书如果只是阅读的话，那么随着时间的流逝，总会慢慢淡忘，所以我要求自己对每本书都要写读书笔记，大多数时候是摘抄其中的一些高亮段落。 * 短想法 其实就只是一篇长期更新的普通的文章，但是我在里面写我的各种短想法，相当于推特，但是不会出现在别人的时间轴上，所以我可以在里面随便写，不用担心别人的眼光。 * 引用 也是一篇长期更新的普通文章，我在里面记录我看到的一些有意思的高亮段落。 我有一个 Now 页面，这个页面是响应Derek Sivers的呼吁，用Now 页面 `/now/` 代替 About 页面，用于记录最近在做的事，`/about/`页面是只是一个概览页面。 点这里查看我最近在做什么 我还有一个Change Log页面，里面会存放这个博客本身的更新日志。 这个网站遵循 IndieWeb 的规范，支持 webmention， 但是我现在有点无感了，因为现在对于这种高门槛的技术越来越失去兴趣，它没有促进交流，反而增加了很多障碍，但是我一时之间又没找到什么喜欢的替代品，很可能最后会自己再造一个轮子。 这个博客加入了Webring，这是一个古早的互联网概念，大概是这样：加入 Webring 的博客，需要在底部加一个如下的链接： ← An IndieWeb Webring 🕸💍 → 点击前后的箭头链接，会随机的跳转到另一个 Webring 里的博客，这样就大大的增加了独立博客的可发现性，经常能发现一些很有意思的博客，比友情链接这种方式要更好。 其他链接 ---- * Github @theowenyoung * Github Sponsors * Patreon @theowenyoung #### 你也可以通过填写下面的表单来联系我： 该博客没有评论系统，我正在实验有意义的讨论是否更易在社群中发生，不知道为什么，人在社群中，似乎会有更好的行为规范。然后如果有高质量的讨论，我会手动再精选到原文。为此，我建立了一个 Telegram 讨论群组，你可以在里面讨论这篇文章，点此复制文章标题和链接 。

Updated March 15, 2025

Permanent Link > 这是一个 now 页面, 在关于页面 了解更多。 在思考的问题 ------ * 密钥管理如何兼顾方便和安全？ 在思考一些问题 ------- * 如何最大化的与用户利益保持一致？ * 开发者应该过僧侣般的生活，然后低价售卖服务，还是开发者首先高价出售，先过上体面的生活，然后再开始低价售卖服务？ * 一个良好的激励机制应该是啥样的？ * 才是对大多人都有利的？ * 低价卖东西，自己能接受，但是如何对待员工？ * 成本最小化？ * 开源+云托管 * 思绪有点乱，如果您对此有任何想法，可以找我一起聊聊～ 关于页面 有我的联系方式. * 这里有几个相关的讨论： * https://gavinhoward.com/2023/12/is-source-available-really-that-bad/ * https://drewdevault.com/2023/12/26/2023-12-26-Prusa-is-floundering.html * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38331173 * 我意识到我不想剥削别人。 * 我不喜欢小红书那种氛围 * 我喜欢 hn 那种非商业化氛围 * 没有太多边际成本的东西： * 图书 * 音乐 * 软件 * 我讨厌移动端，我喜欢桌面版。 * 赚钱应该排在最前面吗？还是只作为副作用即可？ * 如何培养自己的心态。 * 假设没有任何别人的眼光和别人的负担，你会怎么做？ * 劫富济贫？ * or 公平的方式 * 1. 先赚钱，赚钱之后再想办法用策略做慈善？ * 2. 一开始就摆正心态，为人们的受教育做一些低成本有意义的东西，如此一生。 * 金钱，健康，生活 * 我觉得企业有让自己获得曝光的动机和需求，所以如何权衡广告？ * 公司主动去找合作来推广自己这种模式感觉不好 * 反而，someone 推荐了公司的某个产品之后，公司应该无条件主动 sponsor 这个人。 * 会员权益： 对功能进行投票 * 似乎我对这个世界有很多意见，但是我还不能完整的论述这件事。 * 你可以过僧侣版的生活，那么你的家人呢？ * 不成家 * 父母呢？ * 可不可以每个人都是创意工作者，只花一小部分时间在不得不做的工作上。 * 其实有不少人认同这个很多很好的道德理念，但是由于种种原因没有实践 * 所以如果有人做了一些很好的理念，这些人会愿意资助这个人。 * 接受谋生所需的“不感兴趣”工作，最好是计时工资 * 好吧，由于大家都好忙，我有义务把真正的好东西给找出来。 * 需要一个人很闲的，没有利益冲突的把真正的好东西找出来。 * 一个理想的人生应该是啥样的？ * 强者思维，弱者思维，谁是正确的？ * 如果作为一个平台，提供多个有对比的返利链接，由消费者自己挑选，就好了。 > Open source is like charity. Don’t call yourself a charity or associate yourself with charity unless you actually are one. > > 开源就像慈善机构。不要称自己为慈善机构或将自己与慈善机构联系在一起，除非您确实是慈善机构。 进行中 --- * 正在开发一个新项目，预期成为国际互联网的入口 * 记录我每天阅读后希望分享的链接，发布在日记栏目里 * 开发沉浸式翻译扩展。 Projects -------- 查看所有 Projects #### 你也可以通过填写下面的表单来联系我： ### 博客内双向链接文章 (2)🔗 * 关于我和这个博客 * About Me and the Blog 该博客没有评论系统，我正在实验有意义的讨论是否更易在社群中发生，不知道为什么，人在社群中，似乎会有更好的行为规范。然后如果有高质量的讨论，我会手动再精选到原文。为此，我建立了一个 Telegram 讨论群组，你可以在里面讨论这篇文章，点此复制文章标题和链接 。

Updated March 14, 2025

Posts ----- * Mar 14, 2025 ### A Practical Guide to Taming Postgres Isolation Anomalies * Dec 30, 2024 ### Dissecting Puma: Anatomy of a Ruby Web Server * Feb 4, 2024 ### How does Sidekiq really work? subscribe via RSS

Updated March 14, 2025

Welcome to the personal blog of Joran Quinten, a web development enthusiast and expert! Here, you'll find a wealth of information on all things web development, including articles, tutorials, work history and projects, as well as a section on talks. Joran Quinten is a seasoned web developer with years of experience working with various web technologies. He has worked with numerous clients and businesses, providing top-notch web development solutions that meet their unique needs. On this website, you'll find a range of articles and tutorials that cover various topics related to web development. Whether you're a beginner just starting out or a seasoned pro looking to expand your skills, you'll find valuable insights and tips here. Most articles end up on other platforms, such as Medium and Dev.to. Additionally, Joran Quinten has included a section on his work history and projects, giving you a glimpse into the type of work he's done in the past. This section is a great resource for potential clients and employers who want to learn more about Joran Quinten's experience and expertise. Lastly, Joran Quinten has included a section on talks, where he shares his thoughts and insights on web development and related topics. These talks are a great way to learn from an expert in the field and gain valuable insights into the latest trends and developments in web development. Connect with Joran Quinten via social media (LinkedIn, Twitter or Mastodon) to stay up to date on his latest work and insights. Thank you for visiting the personal blog of Joran Quinten! 🖖

Updated March 13, 2025

🙌 I’m Geoff, a principal developer advocate. A staff+ software and infrastructure engineer with a "Jack-of-All-Trades" background. People often ask what the heck a Developer Advocate is. Here's one way to explain it... > _"A software developer, a marketer, a branding manager, an integrations manager, a business development partner, a domain expert, a public speaker, an event manager, and a technical writer walk into a bar. He orders a glass of scotch. After all, it’s been a long day of jet-setting and hand-holding as a developer advocate."_ I deeply care about helping developers succeed with platforms or technology products that I care about. As a Developer Advocate, my role is to act as a bridge between organizational structures and the developer community. On an average day (TM), you'll find me shipping features alongside the engineering team, crafting code examples, curating communities, doctoring documentation, and acting as an internal advocate and feedback-getter.

Updated March 12, 2025

My superpower is calming chaos. Hi! Thanks for being here. 😊 The foundation of my consulting practice and blog is based on my particular philosophy on productivity. **To me, productivity is about being intentional**. It's not about being a better worker bee or trying to squeeze more into each day. It's about knowing who and what's important and spending your precious time, energy, and attention on them. This philosophy is born out of some significant life experiences over the last 15 years, including: * Building and growing multiple businesses * Supporting my husband and business partner through cancer and recovery * Supporting our family through a close member's terminal illness and death * Living with Multiple Sclerosis and the impacts it has on my day-to-day * Navigating that whole pandemic thing ... and, of course, all the other normal ups and downs of life. I've learned a lot over the years, the most important being **time is not guaranteed**. Now, I help other entrepreneurs and business leaders: * Develop healthy habits and processes * Get clarity on their values * Spend time, energy and attention on truly what matters * Reduce and prevent burnout **My superpower is calming chaos. I would love to help you calm yours!** * * * The other stuff --------------- ### My background and experience * I have been a full-time entrepreneur since 2009. * I'm a co-founder of a software company called Code and Effect. We built UpsideAMS, association management software (AMS) for professional, regulatory, and member organizations. * I am a University of Alberta graduate with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology. * I have been writing, coaching and speaking since 2016. * I was awarded an Avenue Magazine Top 40 Under 40 in 2017. * I completed the Roy Group’s The Practice of Coaching course in 2018. ### Volunteering * I mentor entrepreneur teams in the Threshold Impact University of Alberta Venture Mentoring Service (TIVMS). * You can read the whole list of my past volunteer roles on LinkedIn. ### Fun Facts * My husband, Dana, and I have been together since we were 18 and business partners since we were 25. * I am an unapologetic cat lady. After the loss of our two senior kitties, Toby and Penny, we adopted Winston and Stella and are enjoying (most of the time!) life with young cats. * I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Yes, it gets obscenely cold in the winter. No, I do not enjoy it. * I have done some kind of fitness (yoga, outdoor running, HIIT, strength training, pilates, air bike) every single day since January 1, 2018. * I read around 80 books a year. I mostly read fiction, with a particular soft spot for fantasy, but I often also have a nonfiction book on the go. * Dana and I play video games together. My ideal Saturday morning involves pancakes, coffee, and gaming time. Our favourites are Diablo 3, all three Dark Souls, and Elden Ring. * I am a big NBA basketball fan. My Canadian heart cheers for the Toronto Raptors, but I watch many other teams throughout the season and read a basketball newsletter over breakfast every morning. * I have travelled quite a bit and try to ensure another trip is always on the horizon. My most recent one was my 40th birthday trip to Croatia and Slovenia! * * * Check out my blog or learn more about my productivity consulting and speaking. Wanna chat?

Updated March 11, 2025

* * * This page is inspired by Derek Sivers’s /now movement Updated on 2025-03-11. Recently I am in an (operation/maintainance) technical service contract, in which I solve all kinds of hardware/software issues. Technology involved: Networking, Linux, SQL, MySQL, TDengine, Shell/Python, TDengine, REST and Cable management ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ 更新于 2025-03-11 。最近在执行一个（运维）技术服务合同，需要处理各种软硬件问题。涉及到的技术：计算机网络、 Linux 、 SQL 、 MySQL 、 TDengine 、 REST 交互 、命令行以及 Python 数据处理、理线 ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ Seeking a job 找工作 ----------------- For a stable income, to cover routine bills 需要稳定收入，以应付日常开销 Learning -------- * German, mostly 泡脑子 by listening to podcast, I’m able to use some basic sentence structures, need to memorize more words. * Japanese, less progress than German, but since Japanese share some kanji with Chinese, and pronunciation of some foreign words are from English, so hopefully it will go smooth. Hurdle for learning new foreign languages is that there are few cases where I can use those languages. * SQLite, a really nice database option. An attractive idea if people consider file format as generic data, see https://www.sqlite.org/appfileformat.html

Updated March 8, 2025

I’m a yak shaver that likes FOSS, Tolkien, TrackPoints, coffee, tweaking my dotfiles, and writing software. My name is Lukas Waymann and my usual username is Meribold. This is my website. Once in a while, I write an article for this website. So far that has happened four times: There’s also a TIL page (last update from 2024-06-25). And I’m an unprolific maker of videos: You can reach me at io@meribold.org or on Mastodon. If you want to use encryption you can download my PGP key. If you really like an article or program I wrote and want to say thanks, one way you can do so is by buying me a coffee. If you’re looking for a detail-oriented C++ or Python developer with Linux or UI design experience, you can peruse my résumé or find me on LinkedIn. Projects. Here’s some stuff I’ve worked on over the years: MouselookHandler User interface addon for World of Warcraft SnapScore SnapScore automates scoring of the Take It Easy board game using computer vision Primal UI User interface for World of Warcraft RectiPy Python package for reconstructing digital holograms Muccadoro Pomodoro timer using `figlet`, `cowsay`, and optionally `lolcat` Btry A (marginally) useful x86-64 ELF executable in 384 bytes Nutshell Dynamics C++ library for detecting and resolving collisions of rigid bodies in 3D space TrackHack Single-particle tracking program written in C++ Dotfiles Personal dotfiles make using computers tolerable I’ve also written a couple more small World of Warcraft addons, but most of these are probably defunct now. You can find some more of my work on GitHub. Last but not least, I like blogrolls, so here’s mine: noahfrederick.com Noah Frederick’s website. So far the main theme here has been Vim. www.arp242.net Martin Tournoij’s website. As far as what I’ve read goes, topics and themes include programming, empathy, FOSS, command-line tools, and society. Liberal usage of fleurons makes having ended up on a post from this blog easy to notice. blog.debiania.in.ua Alexander Batischev’s website. Themes include Linux, programming, and life lessons. usesthis.com Uses This is a website where hundreds of people have shared what tools they use to do whatever it is that they do.

Updated March 8, 2025

I used to have a mailing list, but it was too much work to maintain, so you can still pull my RSS feed or check back to this page for the latest: I’m still waiting for most beautiful woman I’ve known to reappear with the two amazing children we share. * If she does, she’ll have to summon the courage to directly reach out to the Polk County Clerk of Court, either by calling or walking in, to have the NCO removed. * She would need to reach out to Des Moines Fellowship if she needed any support. I’m presently unemployed right now, but currently looking to pursue a mechanic role. For the first time in my life, I’m actually trusting God, which means my most significant task right now is to learn patience and peace in my ever-changing uncertainties. I’m not doing _nothing_ these days, but the to-do list gets rather small when you’re not sure what tomorrow brings. _This page is part of Derek Sivers’ /now movement. By keeping me accountable to the public, it forces me to rein in lofty, impractical ambitions and focus on what’s next._

Updated March 6, 2025

### → Independent Space Writer: Moon Monday and Indian Space Progress ### → Journalist with articles published globally ### → Adjunct Scholar on Indo-US space collaboration at the Takshashila Institution ### → Scicomm Lead and Advising Affiliate at the Open Lunar Foundation ### → Invited Speaker for events globally, on podcasts, and more ### → Quoted on Nature, The Hindu, NPR, and more ### → Editorial Consultant for space organizations * * * **If you’re new to my space blog, start here:** * Why explore our Moon * How we test spacecraft before launch * Solar System History 101 * How Chandrayaan 3 made its historic touchdown on our Moon * * * Subscribe --------- Get new articles I publish in your inbox for free. Subscribe via email: or manually visit this site like the old Internet. 🌝 Connect with me --------------- Email remains the best medium on the Web to deeply connect with people. Write to me to say hi, sponsor my work, share your thoughts, or hire my services: You can also Signal me at moonmehta.17 * * * Here are the kind organizations who support my independent writing & journalism via sponsorships: And here are individuals sponsoring more than one edition of my newsletters in a year: Many kind individuals have also donated at least $50 to support my work. I accept sponsorships for Moon Monday and Indian Space Progress, and do so only in line with my Editorial Independence Policy. If you love what I do, kindly consider sponsoring my work too. As an independent writer, every bit helps.

Updated March 5, 2025

_Computer science, programming, and whatnot._ Now --- 03/05/2025 * Considering creating a "notes" page, inspired by David Bushell * Playing Blue Prince. I like it so far. * Switching from sway to hyprland. Nice to clean up some of the configs and simplify themes a little. 17/04/2025 * Setting up this page * About to read "Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou * Practicing The Last Will and Testament on guitar * Considering setting up CI for this site

Updated March 3, 2025

\*\*\* Hey! I’m a Partner & COO at MA Family, where we run communications for tech companies and venture capital firms. Here I mainly write essays on communications, remote work, personal productivity, and tech in general. I also review apps and services if I suspect not enough people know about them. You can read the list of controversial things I believe if you’d like to know me better. I was an Investor at Day One Ventures, a VC firm that supports its portfolio companies through PR. I was #1 employee and stayed there throughout their entire first fund as we invested in dozens of fantastic companies, including Superhuman, Truebill, Atoms, Arcus, and Squad. I have a degree in applied physics and math, I adore space exploration, I’m also fascinated by linguistics and the evolution of languages. I shoot photos on digital and film – you look at my work here. I’m also a proud co-owner of a fabulous golden retriever. We live in 🇵🇹 Lisbon. You can follow me on Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, or reach me via email.

Updated March 3, 2025

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Updated March 3, 2025

##### Last updated on March 3, 2025 This is a public list of ideas that I would like to work on someday. This is a copy of the ideas note I have in my Obsidian vault, where I jot down interesting projects, concepts, and thoughts that I find intriguing and might want to explore in the future. Since it is not practically possible for anyone to work on every idea they have, I thought it would be better to make this note public so that someone else might build it someday. Ideas that I’m currently working on are crossed out and have been moved to my projects page. Against each idea, I’ve added a short description to provide more context. If you are interested in any of the ideas mentioned below and want to work on them or collaborate with me, feel free to contact me. In case any of the ideas already exist, please let me know, and I will cross them out with a backlink to the project. **Vape with a Puff Limiter**A vape that lets you set the maximum number of puffs you can have in a day via an app or something! Looks like another person has thought about the same .**A Search Engine for Personal Blogs**I’m unable to search for content in personal blogs on google or any other search engine. Kagi small web is there, but it’s not personal blog specific.**A World Travel Lottery**A lottery with the grand prize as a fully-expensed, world travel package to visit n countries across all continents**Cricket Guard Line Projector**If you watch cricket, you can see batsmen often marking guard lines against the stumps by asking the umpire. Why can’t we have a laser projection of the stumps controlled by the umpire with a remote?**A cheap running tracker**There are multiple running trackers that you can attach to shoes, like Stryd , but these are quite expensive. Why is it so hard to make cheaper running trackers?**A platform to read both sides of an argument.**A moderated platform where a dedicated page is present for popular topics, and people can read about both sides of the argument.**Indian News Aggregator with relevance**India is struggling with misinformation and rigged news. The magnitude is quite high, considering the huge population, the demographics, and the rising internet penetration. A platform like News Minimalist that removes clickbait titles and filters relevant news would be useful for India.**Global Fish Database in different languages**Fishnames are tricky if you travel around the world. Within a country itself, fish names would be different. A global database of fishnames in all different languages would be great!**Bookmark for Videos & Podcasts**I wish there was a tool to record a particular timestamp on a video or a podcast so that I can watch it from the saved timestamp when I resume, rather than scrolling and finding the time.**Strava for Writers**Strava is a great tool to track your activities. As a writer, such a tool would be great to see the number of words written every day and also get a sneak peek at others’ writings.**About Me Collection**I love reading the About Me sections of various personal blogs. A curated list of the best about pages would be cool.**Evergreen Hosting** People put a lot of effort into their blogs, and most often, after the person passes away, these blogs go obsolete. How about a service that you can pay for one-time or in installments, ensuring that your blog stays live forever? _Update: I wrote about in detail here . Also, checkout Digital Legacy Trust by Derek Sivers._ ##### Leave a comment below. All comments are moderated and will appear after approval. Your email, if provided, is optional and won't be shared or used to send any spam. If your comment requires a personal response beyond a public reply, I will reach out to you via email. Comments are static, with no notifications or backlinks.

Updated March 3, 2025

_Updated: March 3rd, 2025_ My only software project is currently LightSketch. Other projects are finished. I'm using my free time away from the Internet: mostly running, dancing, and doing construction.

Updated March 2, 2025

> Updated in March 2, 2025. Personal -------- * Living in North Sumatra, Indonesia. * Have no relationships outside of family. * No more besties! Education --------- * I go to school at SMP (Highschool) Negeri 1 Tanjung Morawa. * I like Informatics and Mathematics the most. Song ---- * Using Spotify and Last.fm for analytics. * I love The Weeknd's entire album! * I love all of Twenty One Pilots' albums! Hobby ----- * Blogging and reading! * Coding, sometimes. * I hate gaming. Devices ------- * Windows 11 PC, lots of memory inside! (Specs, big no) * Samsung Galaxy A04e. Tools ----- * Chrome (Because my family just loves this!) * GitHub + Vercel + is-a.dev = Freemium website! * VSCodium. ❤️ -- * 🫵 Of course, my family and I! * * * > **What is this?** > This is my """Now" Now"" Now" page. > **How is this different from `/about`?** > I can't tell you here, go to nownownow.com/about.

Updated March 1, 2025

This is a space for Jason Gintert, a data networking professional with nearly three decades of experience, starting in the era of dial-up continuing to today’s cloud based connectivity models. I aim to help organizations cut through jargon and actually make their networks work for them. I'm currently available for consulting or other opportunities. If you want to talk, hit me up on LinkedIn or else reach out via email or text if you have that info. Professional Journey -------------------- * Started in telecommunications service provider space with executive leadership roles at CoreComm & NowOnline * Worked my way up through the ranks at Fidelity/Fusion Connect and was responsible the TDM and IP/MPLS networks for years then switched over to solutions engineering when I realized you make more money in sales :-) * Co-founder & CTO of WAN Dynamics, a Cleveland-based managed and professional network services firm * Focused on modern cloud connectivity paradigms and network optimization * Responsible for strategic direction of company, product development, marketing, sales... head cook and bottle washer * Sold to Nitel in March 2024 * Currently I am CTO at Laketec, a Cleveland VAR, managed and professional services firm focused on managing infrastructure for K-12 schools, higher education and mid-market enterprise Other Leadership Roles ---------------------- * Co-founder and Board Chairman of the United States Networking User Association * Former CTO and Board Member of the Ohio IX Passion and Expertise --------------------- Jason's professional interest in networking extends into his personal life. He thrives on: * Analyzing complex connectivity challenges * Crafting elegant networking solutions * Staying at the forefront of networking technology With a career that bridges the old and new in networking, Jason brings a unique perspective to the ever-evolving world of data connectivity.

Updated March 1, 2025

What I am doing _now_ --------------------- > “I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.” > > ― Kurt Vonnegut Perpetually… ------------ Trying to _learn generously_ (blog, teach, speak, organise, code). 2025 ---- _Updated:_ March 2025 `₹$€` Sales mode intensifies! `₹$€` _**I want to help fellow gentlenerds build writing muscles, for fun and profit.**_ * I'm currently busy whittling down a laundry list of ideas down to a _**single, narrow, specific**_ offering at set price. * I hope to launch _The Thing_ in April 2025! * Meanwhile I intend to offer a early-access free trial version. **Announcement will go out in my newsletter.** Subscribe for details (and first dibs!) on early access. 2024 ---- _Updated:_ April 2024 **Hello world, we are now open for business; helping small B2B SaaS teams _scale without diluting_.** Meanwhile, 2023's _total reinvention_ program continues. 2023 ---- _Updated:_ Aug 2023 (prev: May 2023) Starting July, I have been back at the Recurse Center for a programmer's retreat. RC is my favourite community of gentlenerds, and it's fantastic to be in NYC again, among all these awesome people. Meanwhile, the 2023 reinvention agenda continues. — _Updated:_ May 2023 (prev: April 2023) 2023 is dedicated to total reinvention. --------------------------------------- A dead past is being firewalled. Accumulated baggage is being tagged for eventual garbage collection. The mind's mechanics are being revised. The body is being repaired and upgraded. New experiences are being opted into. By learning to see with new eyes, a fresh vision of self, world, and life is appearing. > **Analogy:** Adopt "diffuse mode" mindset to reinvent, and "focus mode" mindset to then re-build. 2023 is professional reinvention number three. ---------------------------------------------- My 20s were full of MBA-type work as well as one failed attempt at a startup. My 30s became about software engineering. The 40s seem to have begun with yet another pivot; toward solo enterprise. Suit and hoodie are amalgamating. > **Objective:** Test one's wits, skills, capabilities, knowledge in the exacting crucible of makin' and sellin' stuff. 2023 is sabbatical number four. ------------------------------- My sabbaticals have been times of hardcore reading, study, and hands-on use of new knowledge. Literally living _eval/apply_; I learn things and test myself by landing paid gigs for what I have learned. Let's see where this one goes. > **Insight:** Making sabbaticals work is primarily about psychology, not money. Yes, and… --------- An improv-style approach is being applied to break into the present, and to also break out of the "no, but" style psychological ossification that is common experience, after having lived a bit (but not a bit too much). Living a bit too much seems to engender a "like, whatever" style of psychological regression. That feels _so_ much harder to escape. Anyway, we're escaping "no, but" out here, and if you call this method improv-ing oneself, we won't complain. > **Experience:** I am about a year into what I've dubbed the "_Yes, and_ method of reinvention". And yes, I heartily recommend it to anyone who will listen. Small is beautiful; the lifelong trend continues. ------------------------------------------------- Career-start was the first time I truly exerted my volitional muscles, and chose to work with/at small and medium companies instead of the socially approved giant MNC circuit. That drive has run through my MBA twenties, tech thirties, and seems to be the _telos_ for the, shall we say, _company of one_ forties? > **Principle:** When reinventing, known-good legacy need not be discarded. It may in fact be the very thing to subtract down to, and rebuild from, anew. 2021 and 2022 ------------- > "A rebirth requires a death." > > — Yours truly 'nuff said. 2020 ---- _This_ would be _The Year Of Total Reinvention_, had Certain World Events not intervened. Still, it began swimmingly, hacking Clojure code at a consulting gig, organising IN/Clojure 2020, and experiencing an amazing programmer's retreat at the Recurse Center. Pre-2020 -------- Faded into the mists of time. GOTO now.