Alex Kraieski
@alexkraieski.bsky.social
Laravel developer, data scientist, and accessibility advocate
🐘 TALL stack | PostGIS
📈 R + Tidyverse | Shiny
NH, USA | Clemson University alum (Poli Sci)
DM for freelance/consulting availability or to chat about whatever!
https://kraieski.dev
🐘 TALL stack | PostGIS
📈 R + Tidyverse | Shiny
NH, USA | Clemson University alum (Poli Sci)
DM for freelance/consulting availability or to chat about whatever!
https://kraieski.dev
SCOTUS is the institutional equivalent of an arbitrary code execution vulnerability, CMV
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
SCOTUS is the institutional equivalent of an arbitrary code execution vulnerability, CMV
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
Ever since we started making documents in Quarto and Typst, I've wanted to make EVERYTHING in Quarto and Typst. Curious to learn how make documents like these? Boy, do I have the blog post for you! #rstats
rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...
rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ever since we started making documents in Quarto and Typst, I've wanted to make EVERYTHING in Quarto and Typst. Curious to learn how make documents like these? Boy, do I have the blog post for you! #rstats
rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...
rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...
When did the #F1 fanbase get so toxic? Pathetic to blame anyone at RBR. If anything said about a motor race gets you angry to the point of death threats, you really need to stop watching.
Shit happens in racing. Teams and drivers say shit. Don't accommodate those outside the social contract.
Shit happens in racing. Teams and drivers say shit. Don't accommodate those outside the social contract.
Kimi Antonelli has gone dark on his social media channels, following a barrage of abuse.
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
When did the #F1 fanbase get so toxic? Pathetic to blame anyone at RBR. If anything said about a motor race gets you angry to the point of death threats, you really need to stop watching.
Shit happens in racing. Teams and drivers say shit. Don't accommodate those outside the social contract.
Shit happens in racing. Teams and drivers say shit. Don't accommodate those outside the social contract.
Early in my career, I gravitated towards MacOS. "It's certified Unix, so I can just use it like Linux when I need a proper shell environment."
Boy was I wrong.
First you think homebrew solves all problems. Then it's docker. Eventually you realize MacOS is a trap.
Boy was I wrong.
First you think homebrew solves all problems. Then it's docker. Eventually you realize MacOS is a trap.
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Early in my career, I gravitated towards MacOS. "It's certified Unix, so I can just use it like Linux when I need a proper shell environment."
Boy was I wrong.
First you think homebrew solves all problems. Then it's docker. Eventually you realize MacOS is a trap.
Boy was I wrong.
First you think homebrew solves all problems. Then it's docker. Eventually you realize MacOS is a trap.
Multiplayer videogames use ban wave tactics to secure their servers without giving cheatmakers too much real-time feedback about how they were detected.
When Trump blows up a "narco boat", any cartel behind it would have an instant flashing neon sign that the specific boat was compromised...
When Trump blows up a "narco boat", any cartel behind it would have an instant flashing neon sign that the specific boat was compromised...
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Multiplayer videogames use ban wave tactics to secure their servers without giving cheatmakers too much real-time feedback about how they were detected.
When Trump blows up a "narco boat", any cartel behind it would have an instant flashing neon sign that the specific boat was compromised...
When Trump blows up a "narco boat", any cartel behind it would have an instant flashing neon sign that the specific boat was compromised...
You know we are cooked when nuance feels subversive
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
You know we are cooked when nuance feels subversive
Courts need to recognize that coordinated, predictive surveillance of American drivers is different from routine license plate reading
Tech has raised the stakes since precedents were established. It is really sick to apply anomaly detection to everyday movement
apnews.com/article/immi...
Tech has raised the stakes since precedents were established. It is really sick to apply anomaly detection to everyday movement
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Courts need to recognize that coordinated, predictive surveillance of American drivers is different from routine license plate reading
Tech has raised the stakes since precedents were established. It is really sick to apply anomaly detection to everyday movement
apnews.com/article/immi...
Tech has raised the stakes since precedents were established. It is really sick to apply anomaly detection to everyday movement
apnews.com/article/immi...
I know this will never happen, especially not now, but imagine what the US could accomplish with an open-source software equivalent of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Open-source software is a public good. And collective underinvestment is tech debt.
Open-source software is a public good. And collective underinvestment is tech debt.
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I know this will never happen, especially not now, but imagine what the US could accomplish with an open-source software equivalent of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Open-source software is a public good. And collective underinvestment is tech debt.
Open-source software is a public good. And collective underinvestment is tech debt.
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
"High-functioning” just means you hid it well enough to survive.
It doesn’t mean life was easy.
It doesn’t mean school made sense.
And it definitely doesn’t mean you thrived.
We’re only now finding the words for what we lived through. 6/7
It doesn’t mean life was easy.
It doesn’t mean school made sense.
And it definitely doesn’t mean you thrived.
We’re only now finding the words for what we lived through. 6/7
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"High-functioning” just means you hid it well enough to survive.
It doesn’t mean life was easy.
It doesn’t mean school made sense.
And it definitely doesn’t mean you thrived.
We’re only now finding the words for what we lived through. 6/7
It doesn’t mean life was easy.
It doesn’t mean school made sense.
And it definitely doesn’t mean you thrived.
We’re only now finding the words for what we lived through. 6/7
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
"Art opens up what is possible" goes super hard, quite honestly.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Art opens up what is possible" goes super hard, quite honestly.
Of course Google drive had to make sure I was bottlenecked for a while trying to download the Epstein emails 🤨
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Of course Google drive had to make sure I was bottlenecked for a while trying to download the Epstein emails 🤨
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
Apparently, big fridge wants me to buy an AI fridge with vision for black Friday. These ads couldn't sound more like parody if they tried
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Apparently, big fridge wants me to buy an AI fridge with vision for black Friday. These ads couldn't sound more like parody if they tried
Has anyone tried using LLMs (+ tools) as a sort of "statistical linter" for #Rstats and Quarto to warn you if there are any "smells" in your scripts/models in terms of statistical rigor/validity?
Might be some potential pitfalls with such a tool, but it could be useful if highly configurable
Might be some potential pitfalls with such a tool, but it could be useful if highly configurable
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Has anyone tried using LLMs (+ tools) as a sort of "statistical linter" for #Rstats and Quarto to warn you if there are any "smells" in your scripts/models in terms of statistical rigor/validity?
Might be some potential pitfalls with such a tool, but it could be useful if highly configurable
Might be some potential pitfalls with such a tool, but it could be useful if highly configurable
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
When plotting, LLMs see what they expect to see
https://posit.co/blog/introducing-bluffbench/
#rstats #datascience
https://posit.co/blog/introducing-bluffbench/
#rstats #datascience
When plotting, LLMs see what they expect to see
Summary: LLMs tie plotting to expectations; Posit explains dynamic data insights, RStudio/Jupyter/VS Code management, and Python/R package ecosystems.
posit.co
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
When plotting, LLMs see what they expect to see
https://posit.co/blog/introducing-bluffbench/
#rstats #datascience
https://posit.co/blog/introducing-bluffbench/
#rstats #datascience
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
The disability system here in NH is amazingly inadequate and harmful. These are deaths of ableism. The standards are unacceptable.
The New Hampshire Bulletin is doing God's work digging in with a 3 part series. Not an easy read tho.
Rip Stevie
newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/12/a...
The New Hampshire Bulletin is doing God's work digging in with a 3 part series. Not an easy read tho.
Rip Stevie
newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/12/a...
A man with disabilities was found dead in the woods. New Hampshire was supposed to protect him. • New Hampshire Bulletin
They call it the disability cliff. When young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities finish high school, they lose access to the extensive services provided by public school special e...
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The disability system here in NH is amazingly inadequate and harmful. These are deaths of ableism. The standards are unacceptable.
The New Hampshire Bulletin is doing God's work digging in with a 3 part series. Not an easy read tho.
Rip Stevie
newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/12/a...
The New Hampshire Bulletin is doing God's work digging in with a 3 part series. Not an easy read tho.
Rip Stevie
newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/12/a...
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
The next blog post in my series about performance optimization for Plumber APIs is now available. This post is about using async programming to improve concurrent request handling. #rstats
joekirincic.com/posts/perfor...
joekirincic.com/posts/perfor...
Performance Optimization for Plumber APIs: Async – Joe Kirincic
How async programming can improve API performance.
joekirincic.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The next blog post in my series about performance optimization for Plumber APIs is now available. This post is about using async programming to improve concurrent request handling. #rstats
joekirincic.com/posts/perfor...
joekirincic.com/posts/perfor...
Interesting interview. I didn't know the wild turkeys in NH were a reintroduced population, but it has been very successful!
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
It’s been 50 years since wild turkeys were reintroduced to NH. How are they doing now?
For roughly 100 years, there were no wild turkeys in New Hampshire. Reintroduction efforts by state biologists brought the birds back to the state in 1975.
www.nhpr.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Interesting interview. I didn't know the wild turkeys in NH were a reintroduced population, but it has been very successful!
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
Visualising WRC Rally Timing and Results Data A RallyDataJunkie Adventure by Tony Hirst
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/sport%20analytics.html#visualising-wrc-rally-timing-and-results-data-a-rallydatajunkie-adventure
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/sport%20analytics.html#visualising-wrc-rally-timing-and-results-data-a-rallydatajunkie-adventure
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Visualising WRC Rally Timing and Results Data A RallyDataJunkie Adventure by Tony Hirst
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/sport%20analytics.html#visualising-wrc-rally-timing-and-results-data-a-rallydatajunkie-adventure
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/sport%20analytics.html#visualising-wrc-rally-timing-and-results-data-a-rallydatajunkie-adventure
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reposted by Alex Kraieski
I'm curious, does anyone have any interpretations of the results from Staten Island specifically that they're willing to share?
I'm thinking of making some visualizations of my own about this, but my knowledge about NYC political culture has limits too
I'm thinking of making some visualizations of my own about this, but my knowledge about NYC political culture has limits too
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I'm curious, does anyone have any interpretations of the results from Staten Island specifically that they're willing to share?
I'm thinking of making some visualizations of my own about this, but my knowledge about NYC political culture has limits too
I'm thinking of making some visualizations of my own about this, but my knowledge about NYC political culture has limits too
I'm curious, does anyone have any interpretations of the results from Staten Island specifically that they're willing to share?
I'm thinking of making some visualizations of my own about this, but my knowledge about NYC political culture has limits too
I'm thinking of making some visualizations of my own about this, but my knowledge about NYC political culture has limits too
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I'm curious, does anyone have any interpretations of the results from Staten Island specifically that they're willing to share?
I'm thinking of making some visualizations of my own about this, but my knowledge about NYC political culture has limits too
I'm thinking of making some visualizations of my own about this, but my knowledge about NYC political culture has limits too