Jesse Wilson
@swank.ca
Programming, inclusivity, sustainability, & 🦕. he/him.
publicobject.com
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Pinned
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Rounds now suggests your people when setting up games
February 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Rounds now suggests your people when setting up games
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“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”
Europe just started building a ‘kill switch’ for U.S. tech — and the market isn’t priced for it, says this strategist — MarketWatch
Zoom and Microsoft are among those companies that could lose business, says Matthew Tuttle
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February 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”
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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
CSS is AWESⵀME
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January 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
CSS is AWESⵀME
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GM seems to think nobody wants affordable EVs - why are they concerned?
Is it because they’ve genuinely forgotten how to compete?
Is it because they’ve genuinely forgotten how to compete?
Exclusive: A recent deal by Canada to allow tens of thousands of inexpensive Chinese EVs into the country is a risk to North American auto manufacturing, GM’s CEO says.
Canada’s Move to Import Cheap Chinese EVs is ‘Slippery Slope,’ GM CEO Says
Thousands of electric vehicles from Chinese automakers can enter Canada this year at new low tariff rate
on.wsj.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
GM seems to think nobody wants affordable EVs - why are they concerned?
Is it because they’ve genuinely forgotten how to compete?
Is it because they’ve genuinely forgotten how to compete?
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Nest camera release oil slick to trip solicitors
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Nest camera release oil slick to trip solicitors
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Or you can see the same filtered timeline but scrolling down from oldest to newest — the Highline ⬇️ feed saves your spot so you can catch up on what you missed in order. 2/3
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Or you can see the same filtered timeline but scrolling down from oldest to newest — the Highline ⬇️ feed saves your spot so you can catch up on what you missed in order. 2/3
The Value of Things – journal.stuffwithstuff.com
journal.stuffwithstuff.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:16 AM
January 24, 2026 at 4:10 PM
almost beat dad at cards tonight
Bugger
rounds.app
January 24, 2026 at 6:13 AM
almost beat dad at cards tonight
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Ktor 3.4.0 is out! 🎉
The release improves stability and brings new features:
🔶 Zstd compression
🔶 OkHttp duplex streaming
🔶 Structured concurrency for the HTTP request lifecycle
🔶 OpenAPI generation from code
Read the blog post for details ⬇️
https://kotl.in/n31gtm
The release improves stability and brings new features:
🔶 Zstd compression
🔶 OkHttp duplex streaming
🔶 Structured concurrency for the HTTP request lifecycle
🔶 OpenAPI generation from code
Read the blog post for details ⬇️
https://kotl.in/n31gtm
Ktor 3.4.0 Is Now Available! | The Kotlin Blog
Ktor 3.4.0 is now available! It improves stability and addresses outstanding issues. Highlights include OpenAPI generation, Ztsd support for the compression plugin, duplex streaming for OkHttp, Struct...
kotl.in
January 23, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Ktor 3.4.0 is out! 🎉
The release improves stability and brings new features:
🔶 Zstd compression
🔶 OkHttp duplex streaming
🔶 Structured concurrency for the HTTP request lifecycle
🔶 OpenAPI generation from code
Read the blog post for details ⬇️
https://kotl.in/n31gtm
The release improves stability and brings new features:
🔶 Zstd compression
🔶 OkHttp duplex streaming
🔶 Structured concurrency for the HTTP request lifecycle
🔶 OpenAPI generation from code
Read the blog post for details ⬇️
https://kotl.in/n31gtm
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Well written! Reminds me of the prime searching example of elizarov.medium.com/blocking-thr...
Blocking threads, suspending coroutines
On distinction between blocking a thread and suspending a coroutine
elizarov.medium.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Well written! Reminds me of the prime searching example of elizarov.medium.com/blocking-thr...
these are the last texts Jesse sent to his wife after he boarded WestJet 711
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
these are the last texts Jesse sent to his wife after he boarded WestJet 711
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Looking at startups and technologies with a lens of "will this centralize or decentralize power"
January 22, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Looking at startups and technologies with a lens of "will this centralize or decentralize power"
written ’cause we don't all get this right
Don’t Block Suspend Functions
Here’s a program that launches 3 jobs. The first runs forever and the other two exchange a value. @Test fun test() = runTest { val channel = Channel<String>() val deferredA = async { whi...
publicobject.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:25 PM
written ’cause we don't all get this right
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📦 JEP 517 delivered to JDK 26
Title: HTTP/3 for the HTTP Client API
Type: feature
Component: core / net
Release: 26
See openjdk.org/jeps/517
Title: HTTP/3 for the HTTP Client API
Type: feature
Component: core / net
Release: 26
See openjdk.org/jeps/517
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 AM
📦 JEP 517 delivered to JDK 26
Title: HTTP/3 for the HTTP Client API
Type: feature
Component: core / net
Release: 26
See openjdk.org/jeps/517
Title: HTTP/3 for the HTTP Client API
Type: feature
Component: core / net
Release: 26
See openjdk.org/jeps/517
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Shit is getting bad out in the actual software economy. Cash registers that have to be rebooted twice a day. Inventory systems that randomly drop orders. Claims forms filled with clearly “AI”-sourced half-finished localisation strings. I see more and more in the lives of people around me every day.
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Shit is getting bad out in the actual software economy. Cash registers that have to be rebooted twice a day. Inventory systems that randomly drop orders. Claims forms filled with clearly “AI”-sourced half-finished localisation strings. I see more and more in the lives of people around me every day.
I pay Fizz $31.64 CAD each month for my mobile
Not paying Bell or Rogers is especially nice
Not paying Bell or Rogers is especially nice
January 17, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I pay Fizz $31.64 CAD each month for my mobile
Not paying Bell or Rogers is especially nice
Not paying Bell or Rogers is especially nice
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Reposted by Jesse Wilson
the emotional roller coaster conference speakers love riding...
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The stages of submitting a talk to / giving a talk at a conference | Dan Kim
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January 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
the emotional roller coaster conference speakers love riding...
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dankim.com/the-stages-o...