brandon

@bdon
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building @protomaps, tooting alone about #neogeography
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brandonMar 5
behdadMar 5

RE: https://typo.social/@behdad/116172838540880597

I'll spare you my rambling thoughts. If someone wants to fork HarfBuzz 12.3.2, go ahead, that's before AI "slop". I let @khaled, the HarfBuzz maintainer, decide whether AI-assisted code is allowed in the upstream HarfBuzz or not.

As for code quality, I'm ultimately the only one responsible for code that I push out.

Finally, if this technology is good for Linus, Guido, and Knuth, among others, I'm not gonna ignore it and let my projects and skills become irrelevant and obsolete.

I respectfully ask that you refrain from your urge to leave a 🤮 or equivalent in the comments. Thanks.

Show threadbrandonNov 17
round island bike trip day 2
gaomei wetlands, taichung
brandonNov 17
round island bike trip day 1
sankeng, taoyuan
brandonOct 11
Show threadSean GilliesOct 11
@underdarkGIS I feel like I've read this same blog post a dozen times from Mapbox, Carto, Mapzen, etc. Every four or five years the modern GIS stack gets reinvented and we never really go anywhere new.
brandonOct 11
Tracestrack MapsOct 11
The OSM Localization Tool has been updated with several new features. Check it out at https://localize.osm.tracestrack.com/
brandonAug 5, 2025
there ought to be less software
brandonJul 29, 2025

HTML day 2025 taipei

https://bdon.github.io/html-day-2025/

Other events

https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html

brandonMay 2, 2025
Mitchell HashimotoMay 2, 2025
Unpopular opinion: people should be forking open source more. I think too many people view FOSS as free as in beer instead of realizing it's all about free as in speech, then weaponize the latter but really just want the former.
brandonApr 28, 2025
Sean GilliesApr 28, 2025
Found this in my feed reader this morning because I subscribe to Minh's OSM diary. Great news! https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2025/04/28/meet-the-new-core-software-development-facilitator/
Meet the new Core Software Development Facilitator | OpenStreetMap Blog

Show threadbrandonApr 24, 2025
To generalize this, there is a negative correlation between fealty to free software and persuasive skill