Patricio Del Boca
@pdelboca.me
Tech Lead and Open Advocate @okfn.bsky.social.
Information Systems Engineer & Radical Anarco Hypermedialist. Working for a more simple and affordable technology.
ES / EN / IT
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Information Systems Engineer & Radical Anarco Hypermedialist. Working for a more simple and affordable technology.
ES / EN / IT
🌐 https://pdelboca.me
💡 https://pdelboca.me/writings.html
I had a list of 1.8K words that I wanted to translate, I used same prompt. Both web.
- Deepseek: Thought 5 seconds, processed, and returned a two columns csv.
- ChatGPT: hallucinated the amounts of words, over-engineered a list of "solutions", contradicted itself. I gave up.
- Deepseek: Thought 5 seconds, processed, and returned a two columns csv.
- ChatGPT: hallucinated the amounts of words, over-engineered a list of "solutions", contradicted itself. I gave up.
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I had a list of 1.8K words that I wanted to translate, I used same prompt. Both web.
- Deepseek: Thought 5 seconds, processed, and returned a two columns csv.
- ChatGPT: hallucinated the amounts of words, over-engineered a list of "solutions", contradicted itself. I gave up.
- Deepseek: Thought 5 seconds, processed, and returned a two columns csv.
- ChatGPT: hallucinated the amounts of words, over-engineered a list of "solutions", contradicted itself. I gave up.
Three years ago I started using a de-Googled phone. A couple of months ago I also moved my personal email to @proton.me .
Moving out of big-tech is way simpler than it looks. You should try.
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
Moving out of big-tech is way simpler than it looks. You should try.
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
Time to start de-Appling – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Three years ago I started using a de-Googled phone. A couple of months ago I also moved my personal email to @proton.me .
Moving out of big-tech is way simpler than it looks. You should try.
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
Moving out of big-tech is way simpler than it looks. You should try.
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
In one of the international projects I'm working we have two requests: some members ask to allow integration with LLM servers deployed in private networks and others to develop a mobile application because they do not have access to notebooks/computers.
That's the level of inequality we are in.
That's the level of inequality we are in.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In one of the international projects I'm working we have two requests: some members ask to allow integration with LLM servers deployed in private networks and others to develop a mobile application because they do not have access to notebooks/computers.
That's the level of inequality we are in.
That's the level of inequality we are in.
Me: I'm gonna browse the internet...
Internet: Lol, no
Internet: Lol, no
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Me: I'm gonna browse the internet...
Internet: Lol, no
Internet: Lol, no
Municipalities around the globe face common challenges and have similar necessities. We need a collaboratively built and maintained software layer for local governments. Open Source is the way to go.
If Municipalities were adopting a commons-based stack for their functions, it would not only be twice as cheap. This could result in a 50–70% lower carbon footprint for a shared, open digital commons stack. And more accountability!
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Municipalities around the globe face common challenges and have similar necessities. We need a collaboratively built and maintained software layer for local governments. Open Source is the way to go.
I HATE that GMAIL wraps every link in an email into its own tracking URL.
Not only tracks every click you do but also makes the web experience slower since instead of directly going to the web that someone share you now have an intermediate redirect.
F*cking nightmare.
Not only tracks every click you do but also makes the web experience slower since instead of directly going to the web that someone share you now have an intermediate redirect.
F*cking nightmare.
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I HATE that GMAIL wraps every link in an email into its own tracking URL.
Not only tracks every click you do but also makes the web experience slower since instead of directly going to the web that someone share you now have an intermediate redirect.
F*cking nightmare.
Not only tracks every click you do but also makes the web experience slower since instead of directly going to the web that someone share you now have an intermediate redirect.
F*cking nightmare.
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"...servers tend to be relatively stable. Hardware failures are relatively rare, and once a server is up and running it usually runs flawlessly for years without much intervention.
Managing your own servers is not a full-time job."
rameerez.com/send-this-ar...
Managing your own servers is not a full-time job."
rameerez.com/send-this-ar...
Send this article to your friend who still thinks the cloud is a good idea
You've been lied to. You don't need the cloud – you can just run servers and save 10x your AWS costs. It's not that difficult.
rameerez.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"...servers tend to be relatively stable. Hardware failures are relatively rare, and once a server is up and running it usually runs flawlessly for years without much intervention.
Managing your own servers is not a full-time job."
rameerez.com/send-this-ar...
Managing your own servers is not a full-time job."
rameerez.com/send-this-ar...
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I said there would never be an htmx 3.0
but I never said anything about an htmx 4.0
htmx.org/essays/the-f...
but I never said anything about an htmx 4.0
htmx.org/essays/the-f...
</> htmx ~ The fetch()ening
You know, technically, I never said anything about a version *four*
htmx.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I said there would never be an htmx 3.0
but I never said anything about an htmx 4.0
htmx.org/essays/the-f...
but I never said anything about an htmx 4.0
htmx.org/essays/the-f...
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Welcome to technofeudalism on steroids: Just 8 of the S&P500 companies account for 35% of the entire US market’s value, 69% of the gains since the market bottomed in April, and almost 80% of the S&P 500’s net income growth in the last year.
www.ft.com/content/ae4d...
www.ft.com/content/ae4d...
Big Tech’s market dominance is becoming ever more extreme
In a week when Nvidia’s value reached $5tn, investors in even the broadest index of global companies are now heavily exposed to the AI boom
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Welcome to technofeudalism on steroids: Just 8 of the S&P500 companies account for 35% of the entire US market’s value, 69% of the gains since the market bottomed in April, and almost 80% of the S&P 500’s net income growth in the last year.
www.ft.com/content/ae4d...
www.ft.com/content/ae4d...
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The future of tech is commons-based, open by design & built with people at its heart. With #DCEDIC, Europe leads a new way, creating digital infrastructure that others can adapt, reuse & grow globally. This is our @okfn.bsky.social vision in action. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Commission to launch Digital Commons EDIC to support sovereign European digital infrastructure and technology
The European Commission today adopted a decision establishing the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC), a new instrument enabling Member States to jointly develop, depl...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The future of tech is commons-based, open by design & built with people at its heart. With #DCEDIC, Europe leads a new way, creating digital infrastructure that others can adapt, reuse & grow globally. This is our @okfn.bsky.social vision in action. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
I want data around Bare Metal vs Cloud complexity. I'm not sold on the argument that cloud is easier. In fact, I believe the opposite is true for most of the use cases.
Last time I deployed a Webapp/Redis/Postgres in Azure was a nightmare of products, pricing and private networks. Not simple at all
Last time I deployed a Webapp/Redis/Postgres in Azure was a nightmare of products, pricing and private networks. Not simple at all
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I want data around Bare Metal vs Cloud complexity. I'm not sold on the argument that cloud is easier. In fact, I believe the opposite is true for most of the use cases.
Last time I deployed a Webapp/Redis/Postgres in Azure was a nightmare of products, pricing and private networks. Not simple at all
Last time I deployed a Webapp/Redis/Postgres in Azure was a nightmare of products, pricing and private networks. Not simple at all
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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I asked an LLM to generate a sample CSV and the first thing it produces is a file with all personal information: phone number, email, salary, etc.
I know all data is fake, but 🤦
I know all data is fake, but 🤦
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I asked an LLM to generate a sample CSV and the first thing it produces is a file with all personal information: phone number, email, salary, etc.
I know all data is fake, but 🤦
I know all data is fake, but 🤦
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Entonces no hay que bajarse el precio. Si sos mediocre en algo ESTA BUENISIMO. Hay que aspirar a esa mediocridad en cosas que la pasás bien haciendo.
No hay que aspirar a ser el mejor, hay que aspirar a llegar al nivel que te hace feliz.
No hay que aspirar a ser el mejor, hay que aspirar a llegar al nivel que te hace feliz.
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Entonces no hay que bajarse el precio. Si sos mediocre en algo ESTA BUENISIMO. Hay que aspirar a esa mediocridad en cosas que la pasás bien haciendo.
No hay que aspirar a ser el mejor, hay que aspirar a llegar al nivel que te hace feliz.
No hay que aspirar a ser el mejor, hay que aspirar a llegar al nivel que te hace feliz.
"We saved 76% on our cloud bills while tripling our capacity by migrating to Hetzner from AWS and DigitalOcean."
I love stories about pepole leaving big tech cloud.
digitalsociety.coop/posts/migrat...
I love stories about pepole leaving big tech cloud.
digitalsociety.coop/posts/migrat...
Digital Society | Posts | Migrating to Hetzner
We saved 76% on our cloud bills while tripling our capacity by migrating to Hetzner from AWS and DigitalOcean. Digital Society is a not-for-profit cooperative helping you get your projects off the gro...
digitalsociety.coop
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"We saved 76% on our cloud bills while tripling our capacity by migrating to Hetzner from AWS and DigitalOcean."
I love stories about pepole leaving big tech cloud.
digitalsociety.coop/posts/migrat...
I love stories about pepole leaving big tech cloud.
digitalsociety.coop/posts/migrat...
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Public interest tech should be built to last. Our partners at @okfn.bsky.social created The Tech We Want, a field guide that shows how simplicity, openness, and community-driven design lead to digital systems that can endure the test of time. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4rvjuvuf
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Public interest tech should be built to last. Our partners at @okfn.bsky.social created The Tech We Want, a field guide that shows how simplicity, openness, and community-driven design lead to digital systems that can endure the test of time. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4rvjuvuf
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That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.
Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.
Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.
Shame.
Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.
Shame.
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.
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☁️😵 We at @okfn.bsky.social are not afraid to talk about the elephant in the room: there can be no truly public digital infrastructure as long as the ‘cloud’ belongs to corporations.
📸 @avilarenata.bsky.social
at #OGPSummit
📸 @avilarenata.bsky.social
at #OGPSummit
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
☁️😵 We at @okfn.bsky.social are not afraid to talk about the elephant in the room: there can be no truly public digital infrastructure as long as the ‘cloud’ belongs to corporations.
📸 @avilarenata.bsky.social
at #OGPSummit
📸 @avilarenata.bsky.social
at #OGPSummit
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Can’t believe the Irish tried a version of UBI, found it worked, and decided to keep it rather than commission another study.
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Can’t believe the Irish tried a version of UBI, found it worked, and decided to keep it rather than commission another study.
A must read!
October 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A must read!
Systems having problems handling a two words last name.
October 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Systems having problems handling a two words last name.
Ready to participate at the OGP Summit!
As usual, printer's systems cannot handle my last name properly.
#StopSplitingLastNames
As usual, printer's systems cannot handle my last name properly.
#StopSplitingLastNames
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ready to participate at the OGP Summit!
As usual, printer's systems cannot handle my last name properly.
#StopSplitingLastNames
As usual, printer's systems cannot handle my last name properly.
#StopSplitingLastNames
I love the work going on around pushing common UI patterns to the platform itself. Improving HTML is key for long term sustainability of the Web.
Maintaining dozens of JS Frameworks is wastefull when you can standardize and integrate into the browsers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknX...
Maintaining dozens of JS Frameworks is wastefull when you can standardize and integrate into the browsers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknX...
The Platform and a Stylesheet (A path to Platform & SPA Parity) by Tony Ennis ~ BSDC 2025
YouTube video by Montana Programmers
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I love the work going on around pushing common UI patterns to the platform itself. Improving HTML is key for long term sustainability of the Web.
Maintaining dozens of JS Frameworks is wastefull when you can standardize and integrate into the browsers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknX...
Maintaining dozens of JS Frameworks is wastefull when you can standardize and integrate into the browsers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknX...
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✍️✨ Thank you very much Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas for your thoughtful report on how #OpenDataEditor is helping journalists tell better stories with data!
#TheTechWeWant
#DataJournalism
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#TheTechWeWant
#DataJournalism
buff.ly/sTFEU0m
Free tool helps journalists clean data faster and with fewer errors
Free tool helps journalists clean data faster and with fewer errors Technology and AI. Latin American Journalism Review by The Knight Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
✍️✨ Thank you very much Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas for your thoughtful report on how #OpenDataEditor is helping journalists tell better stories with data!
#TheTechWeWant
#DataJournalism
buff.ly/sTFEU0m
#TheTechWeWant
#DataJournalism
buff.ly/sTFEU0m