JA WestenbergThe worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...
Scott Edwards
@scottedwards200
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data scientist https://about.me/scottedwards2000
Sarah Perez 💙X copies Bluesky with a ‘Starterpacks’ feature that helps you find who to follow https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/x-copies-bluesky-with-a-starterpacks-feature-that-helps-you-find-who-to-follow/
Spotify brings AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.S. and Canada https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/spotify-brings-ai-powered-prompted-playlists-to-the-u-s-and-canada/
Fedi.TipsMany new people asking what Mastodon and the Fediverse actually are, and how servers connect to each other. I've tried to do a simple non-technical guide about this:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/what-is-mastodon-what-is-the-fediverse
TL:DR - The phone network lets you choose a provider and call people on other providers. Mastodon and the wider Fediverse do this for social networks.
If you prefer videos, these are useful:
"What is Mastodon?"
https://fedi.video/w/cbQE3NRw76FayQCSdb14TU
"Introducing the Fediverse"
https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN
@andy_pavlo enjoyed this!
@thealexmerced @Gargron @thomasfuchs @VojtechHorky hey this is the *one* post of yours that shows up for me now when I click on your name in my followed list 😉
@Gargron @thomasfuchs @VojtechHorky I'm not sure if this is related but I just followed this chap on a different server and 30 min later I still don't see any of his posts.
@Mojeek thanks for the reply! Happy to engage with you here then 🙂
Glad to be part of a rare breed and very appreciative of your continued hard work so we all have a true alternative to "AI slop."
@Mojeek switched to your engine as my default on #Firefox this week. Truly appreciate the hard work you are doing to be a true alternative.
Any chance we will get an update to the great search engine map you made?
Also, curious — which social media channels do you see getting the most engagement these days? Hard to keep up with all the new ones like #threads and #bluesky etc.
Just wondering which network has the most search engine geeks 😉
Andy PavloToday is the new semester for @CMUDB's Intro to Database Systems! We're going harder into material than ever before. Projects are more challenging but you can use LLMs to help. We also have 10min talks each Wed from leading DB companies. Follow from home/prison on YouTube: https://15445.courses.cs.cmu.edu/fall2025
Everything is available for free to non-CMU students:
• Lectures on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSE8ODhjZXjYMAgsGH-GtY5rJYZ6zjsd5
• Slides + Notes + Homeworks on course website.
• Project source code on GitHub: https://github.com/cmu-db/bustub
• Grading with Gradescope (see FAQ ➡️ https://15445.courses.cs.cmu.edu/fall2025/faq.html#q7)
Special thank you to our Affiliate companies for their support this academic year:
• ClickHouse
• DataStax
• dbt Labs
• Firebolt
• MotherDuck
• RelationalAI
• SingleStore
• SpiralDB
• PingCAP / TiDB
• Yellowbrick
• Yugabyte
