Ross Turk 👋
@rossturk.com
Member of amazing teams, lover of open technologies, husband, maker of things.
made a native app that eats datasets (and tokens) and poops out beautiful, scrollable stories with charts and citations fussy.monster
Fussy
A monster, but a fussy one. Won't ship it without a receipt.
fussy.monster
OH: “yeah if you want people not to read it, just write more of it”
You can pay a lot or you can pay a little for the same ingredients at a Taco Bell and honestly it’s up to you.
Hey, the CFP for the 23rd Southern California Linux Expo is open! This is a great spot to give a talk - crowd is sharp, vibe is welcoming. socallinuxexpo.org/scale23x/cfp
Call for Presentations | SCALE
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Friday news! @telliott.me took Flox for a spin and shared his thoughts in The Friday Deploy 🎉 “I’m sure I’ll be using it for some more serious projects soon.” We love seeing Flox in the wild 💜 Full writeup 👉 buff.ly/KL75tNF
Bon Jovi is what happens when Bruce Springsteen tries to sound like Mötley Crüe and it’s fascinating
We're bringing ACTIVATE to NYC on July 15! It's all about modern dev workflows, scalable infra, and how AI is changing everything. Demos from Flox, Profound, AWS, and more. 📍 Ramp HQ: 19 W 22nd St 👥 Engineers, platform, DevOps — hang out and learn! Space is limited. Register → buff.ly/lafSK8M
ACTIVATE: Meetup @ Ramp HQ · Luma
Join us for a fun ACTIVATE meetup at the amazing Ramp HQ! It's all about modern dev workflows, scalable infra, and how AI is changing the way we build…
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This all accelerates us. But if you didn't know how to communicate before, ChatGPT isn't going to help you get your point across -any better-. If you didn't know how to code before, Claude isn't going to be enough to help you write -shippable code-. (keep hiring PEOPLE)
I simply do not have time for uneven tines. I am trying to capture food, not shove it around. Who else straightens tines at restaurants? Just me?
After much experimentation and consideration I confidently conclude that claude-code will allow me to pay MUCH CLOSER ATTENTION to the television I watch while I code. Game changer.
I just learned that :q! works in claude-code and it's delightful af.
Gonna guess when they say “international students” they don’t mean kids from Sweden 🇸🇪
To the guy who always seems to be walking around my neighborhood in the Florida heat: Good job! You keep getting fitter! I notice you picking up trash! Keep it up, whoever you are!
Don’t forget, AI doesn’t know what human words mean I asked Siri using my voice how to spell a word. It spelled the word. Then it asked if it needed to phone a friend 🤦♂️
meet users where they are 👍 but then take them somewhere better 🪐
The FAA has been underfunded for at least three presidential terms now. This isn’t new. Nobody thinks air travel should be less safe. Nobody thinks the FAA is a waste of time. The system they administer creates a ton of economic value. It really makes no sense.
The one thing I miss here is drafts. What am I supposed to do with my shitty ideas now? Where can they go to never be seen?
We may be very surprised to learn that the best uses of an LLM have almost nothing to do with language
I’d say: don’t use a browser that is designed to spy on you and sell you things. As a marketer I don’t even want this.
Go to any soccer or hockey game and you will hear someone in the crowd shouting “shoot it” at entirely the wrong moment.
Our new guide shows how to: ✅ Stand up PostgreSQL + Metabase dashboards locally: no containers or system-wide installs ✅ Build and test ETL against real production-grade retail data ✅ Define, debug, and iterate in your dev environment using Flox Full guide here: buff.ly/JN5wGjT
Flox | Creating a Reproducible BI and Analytics Stack That Just Works Anywhere with Flox
Flox makes it simple to build and ship a runtime environment for data work. Build locally, on your own system, with direct access to local resources. When you're ready to ship, just push to GitHub or…
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Hands up if you think working with people is worthwhile 🙌 Don’t work for companies that do not value people.
Do not learn about Biscoff Cookie Butter. There should be a support group.
Everything at Costco is cheaper by a very odd amount like 4.18% + comes with an extra battery
What makes Nix stick? Ron Efroni shares how the Nix community became one of the most helpful and passionate in open source. We go deeper in Nix in the Wild, where devs share how they’re using Nix in real-world projects. buff.ly/USSNVuP #nix #opensource