Chris K Wensel
@chris.wensel.net
Co-Organizer of https://lu.ma/sf-distsys Developer of https://github.com/ClusterlessHQ, https://cascading.wensel.net, and other data related projects.
Thanks Chris! I am the one building Taavik. The bit I think matters most: the connector also returns the relations the database never declared, and the real value ranges of a column. So the assistant stops writing WHERE status = 'completed' when the data says COMPLETED. Any feedback is very welcome.
Interesting tool to track schema changes and expose an MCP to an LLM for query authoring taavik.com
Living database documentation tool for private teams | Taavik
Scan private databases through an on-premise agent, keep documentation updated, and let teams save, run, and schedule trusted SQL.
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After about 3 weeks of being off the grid plus laptop failure, i'm back on retrofit.sh I want to get two more core features implemented before making the repo public. - fixes for mitosis like refactoring operators (DecomposeTable) - reference and seed data support
retrofit — co-evolve source code and database schemas, safely
retrofit is the foundation under seismic changes to source code and database schema. Ship new features faster and refactor away schema debt, safely.
retrofit.sh
I am delighted to announce that after 5 years of work, 15 early releases, 50,000 words written, and 100,000 more deleted, *Logic for Programmers* is now complete and available in print! Blog post announcement: www.hillelwayne.com/post/lfp/ Website: logicforprogrammers.com
Logic for Programmers
Practical math for the working programmer.
logicforprogrammers.com
In collaboration with the Munk School, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at @utoronto.ca this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Watch the first lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/new-lectur...
Had hoped to work on retrofit.sh this week between trips but my laptop screen died in CO and just got word it will take a week to fix after dropping it off in Roseville. Here’s hoping the backup on my new SSD backup will restore. Unsurprisingly they have to wipe the disk to diagnose the screen.
retrofit — co-evolve source code and database schemas, safely
retrofit is the foundation under seismic changes to source code and database schema. Ship new features faster and refactor away schema debt, safely.
retrofit.sh
Really sad to hear that Meg Cox has died. She was an fine poet with many different registers. This poem of hers remains a top-notch, acerbic critique of the scene...!
I know everyone is about to log off for the long weekend, if they haven't already taken the week off. But I thought I'd quickly share a little more about what I'm working on. Please share! retrofit.sh #llm #ai #sql #postgreSQL
retrofit — co-evolve source code and database schemas, safely
retrofit is the foundation under seismic source code and database schema changes. Ship new features faster and refactor away schema debt, safely.
retrofit.sh
A sneak peak at what I've been working on for the past few months retrofit asciinema.org/a/oR3DsRNCBv...
retrofit — Import & Drift
Recorded by cwensel
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“Computational thinking is a way humans solve problems; it is not trying to get humans to think like computers. Computers are dull and boring; humans are clever and imaginative.” — Jeannette M. Wing (2006) h/t @olivia.science dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Computational thinking | Communications of the ACM
It represents a universally applicable attitude and skill set everyone, not just computer scientists, would be eager to learn and use.
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Hit my 100th RDR for this project. Hope to have a demo online this week before I drop out and off the grid.
Thanks for publishing this. I'm definitely more Claude centered in my dev workflow but I've really enjoyed looking at both your kata skills and arcaneum for inspiration!
Knew the fires would be a problem for my plans this year but thought it would be my CA plans, not CO.
Eric Ambler, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Screenwriter, #BornOnThisDay in 1909, in London 📸 Elliott Erwitt (1952)
we are presenting our paper "Terms of (Ab)Use: An Analysis of GenAI Services" now. join us #FAccT2026 programs.sigchi.org/facct/2026/p...
Conference Programs
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lol for years we used to joke (but also sort of meant it) about starting a Journal of Negative Results when I was working in Precambrian rocks. The number of times people tried dating the same failed samples … would have been nice to have had that publication.
European Geosciences Union (EGU)@egu.eu · 3mo agoBringing so-called ‘negative’ results into interactive open access #publications with the new #EGU manuscript formats: LESSONS (Limitations, Errors, Surprises, Shortcomings and Opportunities for New Science)! Find out more: egu.eu/3M3CH1 📸 Debayan Chatterjee on imaggeo.egu.eu
Haven't had time to blog about it, but I've released a set of skills I use every day to resolve bugs and feed my RDR process with complex features or debt. I pushed them to this repo, ymmv. github.com/cwensel/kata... #llm #ai #claude #codex
GitHub - cwensel/kata-flight: Claude Code and Codex plugin for repeatable kata issue shipping with roborev review and optional RDR planning.
Claude Code and Codex plugin for repeatable kata issue shipping with roborev review and optional RDR planning. - cwensel/kata-flight
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protip for arcaneum users github.com/cwensel/arca... > arc log tail --lines 50 to watch and ensure your skill are pulling in research materials (via search) during any design phases or when creating tests.
GitHub - cwensel/arcaneum
Contribute to cwensel/arcaneum development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Hi everybody, I organized the #Artemis2 photos for you. Index pages containing all ~10,000 images in chronological order with time stamps and focal lengths, color coded by which of three cameras was used to shoot them. countlessworlds.com/data/artemis/
Emily's data pages: Artemis
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A survey of thousands of workplace leaders found “the only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism — the tendency to be self-centered and entitled.” (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...
Opinion | The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week
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What a surprise ….. “Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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I've been using a spec first LLM dev model for about a year now, it's evolved quite a bit. I recent got around to converting the process to live behind skills. github.com/cwensel/rdr/...
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