Dave Wood 🇨🇦

@davewoodx
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Software engineer, shipping products on multiple platforms, using a variety of tools including, but not limited to: Swift, Objective-C, Flutter, Dart, node.js, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, bash, zsh, php, MariaDB, Postgres…

Opinions are my own when I wrote them, perhaps not anymore.

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On to the Round of 16! #Fifa #WorldCup #TeamCanada
Gooooooaaaaaaallllllll!!!!! #TeamCanada
Yesterday marked a 10 year streak getting 12 hours of 'stands' on my Apple Watch (which I still wear even though I switched to Android). Might be time to consider it a pointless/too easy to achieve metric... #AppleWatch
Sad news: long-time tech journalist, blogger, and entrepreneur Om Malik passed away yesterday aged 59. https://om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026
Om Malik, 1966-2026

Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart. He was surrounded by family and friends. We invite you to share your remembrances of Om in th…

On my Om

Great game #Canada! I think the Swiss goalie was the difference.

#FIFA #WorldCup #TeamCanada

Do you sign your git commits?

If so, do you use GPG or SSH? And why did you pick one over the other (if you actively chose vs using GPG from before SSH was an option)?

#git #gpg #ssh #security

Follow up. After a long chat with Gemini, it seems a moon based data centre is a very bad idea, worse even than an orbital data centre, which is still a bad idea.

The conversation was very interesting though. I'm tempted to publish it some where. Would anyone be interested in reading it if I did post it some where?

Canada’s Bill C-22 is riddled with privacy problems that affect millions of people. Instead of jamming it though on an arbitrary deadline, it should be debated fully. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/canada-forging-ahead-its-dangerous-surveillance-bill
Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill

With no serious debate, including on proposed amendments, Canada is blazing full speed ahead with Bill C-22, which would threaten encryption and increase surveillance. Also known as the Lawful Access Bill, Bill C-22 is currently moving forward quickly to a vote despite the many, many criticisms civil liberty groups and the tech industry have hurled at it.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
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