Iván Sánchez Ortega

@IvanSanchez
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#FLOSS+#GIS+#JavaScript+#WebGL nerd. #OSGeo charter member, #OpenStreetMap old-timer.

In other words: I do maps on websites, maintaining the Leaflet JS library when I can, but working on Gleo (my own JS+WebGL library) otherwise.

Long-time supporter of Free/Libre/Open-Source Software, as well as Open Data and adjacent subjects.

websitehttps://ivan.sanchezortega.es
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gitlabhttps://gitlab.com/IvanSanchez/

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@feoh/116687129039392818

Advice I was given in my youth:

Print your slide on a full piece of paper. Put the paper on the ground. Stand on a chair.

If you can’t easily read your slide, neither can the person at the back of the room.

It flummoxes me that 30 years into using computers to show slides, tiny fonts in slide is *still* widespread practice.

I want smaller programs with fewer features that take longer to write by people who are happier to do so and I’m not kidding
Budget 2026–27: Free Access to Australian Standards Confirmed — Design Institute of Australia

Tuesday night’s Federal Budget confirmed a significant reform long advocated for by the DIA and the broader construction and design sector: free access to all standards referenced in Australian legislation.

Design Institute of Australia
(El toot anterior va de mi movida sobre preguntar cómo están programadas las maquinitas de billetes de autobús: https://ivan.sanchezortega.es/politics/2026/04/15/caso-bosco-y-billetes-de-autobus.html )
El caso BOSCO y los billetes de autobús del CRTM

Durante bastantes meses he estado siguiendo el caso BOSCO más o menos de cerca. Tengo la opinión de que lo imporante no es que se haya ganado el caso en el S...

Hoy me toca aplicar el Principio de Hanlon ( https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principio_de_Hanlon ) a los burócratas de la Comunidad de Madrid.

A ver, si yo le pedí cosas al Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid amparándome en ley 19/2013, no me vengáis preguntándome que qué le pedí a la Consejería de Transportes y Vivienda amparándome en ley 10/2019.

He de pensar que alguien es un incompetente que ha perdido un papel. Porque lo contrario es pensar que quieren desentenderse del tema.

Principio de Hanlon - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Un #haplauso para los burócratas de la Comunidad de Madrid que se aseguran de que los enlaces están en azul y subrayados.... en las comunicaciones en papel.
i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding

> This is a product, and if you feel the need to defend a product you are the victim of a con.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-doesnt-have-roi/

AI Doesn't Have ROI

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Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

RE: https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/116680227092507825

I mean, #OpenStreetMap and #OpenStreetMapFoundation has problems, but c'mon, at least we're not as bad as #Wikipedia

#OSM #OSMF