Don Richards
@donrichards.bsky.social
Sr. Software Engineer at Johns Hopkins University. Turning code, data, and library science into open knowledge ecosystems because the best ideas deserve a platform, not a paywall. Moonlighting as a pretend data scientist.
It just occurred to me that there is roughly ≈ 4,600+ metric tons of SpaceX satellites in the sky. These are expected to have a lifespan of roughly 5 years. A quick search and all I'm seeing researchers modeled the release of 10,000 tons of aluminium oxide annually by 2040. Is this enough? #starlink
September 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It just occurred to me that there is roughly ≈ 4,600+ metric tons of SpaceX satellites in the sky. These are expected to have a lifespan of roughly 5 years. A quick search and all I'm seeing researchers modeled the release of 10,000 tons of aluminium oxide annually by 2040. Is this enough? #starlink
When you don't trust live demos for a presentation at a conference so you record the demo and add a comment to your slides
> This Live demo was brought to you by an MP4 file on my desktop. Enjoy!
> This Live demo was brought to you by an MP4 file on my desktop. Enjoy!
July 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
When you don't trust live demos for a presentation at a conference so you record the demo and add a comment to your slides
> This Live demo was brought to you by an MP4 file on my desktop. Enjoy!
> This Live demo was brought to you by an MP4 file on my desktop. Enjoy!
Traefik’s automatic wildcard certs once made setting up dev environments a breeze but now it seems they’ve lost the certificate integration battle. What does that mean for users? “Sorry, they won” isn’t the commit message anyone wants to write. #traefik #certs #ssl #letsencryptfail
March 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Traefik’s automatic wildcard certs once made setting up dev environments a breeze but now it seems they’ve lost the certificate integration battle. What does that mean for users? “Sorry, they won” isn’t the commit message anyone wants to write. #traefik #certs #ssl #letsencryptfail
February 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Project Silica uses quartz glass for indefinite storage. Based on this article I speculate it could enhance AI by ensuring data integrity and helps build more sustainable infrastructure for AI development. Towards Sustainable Cloud Archival Storage in Glass - doi.org/10.1145/3708...
January 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Project Silica uses quartz glass for indefinite storage. Based on this article I speculate it could enhance AI by ensuring data integrity and helps build more sustainable infrastructure for AI development. Towards Sustainable Cloud Archival Storage in Glass - doi.org/10.1145/3708...
On my very first prompt today, Claude hit the max limit... on a paid account 😅.
Alright, back to ChatGPT I go if you can’t handle the heat, I know who can. 🔥
Anyone else bouncing between AI tools like it’s musical chairs? 😂 #claude
Alright, back to ChatGPT I go if you can’t handle the heat, I know who can. 🔥
Anyone else bouncing between AI tools like it’s musical chairs? 😂 #claude
January 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On my very first prompt today, Claude hit the max limit... on a paid account 😅.
Alright, back to ChatGPT I go if you can’t handle the heat, I know who can. 🔥
Anyone else bouncing between AI tools like it’s musical chairs? 😂 #claude
Alright, back to ChatGPT I go if you can’t handle the heat, I know who can. 🔥
Anyone else bouncing between AI tools like it’s musical chairs? 😂 #claude
I'm liking the new layout for ChatGPT.
December 11, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I'm liking the new layout for ChatGPT.
