theoretical chemist turned research software engineer - CodeRefinery, open science, research, software, data, computing, teaching, oceanography, computational geometry, baking, occasional 8-bit stuff - he/him - https://radovan.xyz/https://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyzhttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3mk4b23lik22a"The system has been successfully upgraded" Today, for the first time in years, I read this as a user. "uh-oh."22 Apr 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4b23lik22ahttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3mgkza3xdzc2sI enjoyed reading "An introduction to Kubernetes" by @jeremyjordan.me. The blog post is not new but it is still excellent. The intro gave me just the right level of detail and overview.08 Mar 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkza3xdzc2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3me2rc4eows2kTIL that SQLite has R-trees: www.sqlite.org/rtree.html This means that I can have a lightweight and portable "mini-PostGIS" database all in one file for super fast range queries that I can take with me to any other computer. https://www.sqlite.org/rtree.html04 Feb 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2rc4eows2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3m6jsbwjpts2nDiátaxis is an amazing resource that I recommend to everyone writing documentation or tutorials: diataxis.fr I find myself returning to it every few weeks, and each time I learn something new. #documentation https://diataxis.fr/26 Nov 2025 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jsbwjpts2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3lypx7izqs22bA bug in my code produced a psychedelic map. This was supposed to look very different but I liked the result. #dataviz13 Sep 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypx7izqs22bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3luqbgbm63s2nToday I watched "The Big OOPs: Anatomy of a Thirty-Five Year Mistake" [C. Muratori] - amazing presentation and a carefully researched history lesson about OOP, about where the core ideas came from and where some really good ideas got lost: https://www.computerenhance.com/p/the-big-oops-anatomy-of-a-thirty24 Jul 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3luqbgbm63s2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3luq3yqhwuk2eLooking back at years of doing web development with a tiny browser console log window and complaining about it until I learned that I can configure it to use a separate window.24 Jul 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3luq3yqhwuk2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3lshje3yq222rIt is such a joy to browse the amazing interactive articles by Bartosz Ciechanowski - like this one (but there is so much more!): https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/25 Jun 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lshje3yq222rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3lrinhyoc622h💡 TIL that G. Voronyi (of Voronoi diagrams) was the doctoral advisor of B. N. Delaunay (Delaunay triangulation) and W. Sierpiński (Sierpiński fractals).13 Jun 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrinhyoc622hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3lqnixkfbck2eTrying out my first Windows installation in this century - what did I miss?02 Jun 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnixkfbck2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3ll2ogwlhvk2kI wrote about how I interface #Fortran and #rustlang: https://radovan.xyz/blog/fortran-calling-rust/23 Mar 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2ogwlhvk2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3lkyennvegs2cHaving fun typing a blog post about how to call #rustlang from #Fortran. It's all about choosing the right tools.22 Mar 2025 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkyennvegs2chttps://blacksky.community/profile/radovan.xyz/post/3lkw3fdblyc2uThis amazing space is recharging and inspiring like a visit to a museum or an art exhibition. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:4twbev6qalnl6bx55chzktem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkw3fdblyc2u