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Alex Kovac
@kovaca.bsky.social
It’s a very special place!
January 31, 2026 at 4:51 AM
😂 🙃 I feel this

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I really liked computer science but I decided not to major in it because I “didn’t want to be stuck in front of a screen 8 hours a day” 😭 😭
January 31, 2026 at 4:42 AM
What was “Artificial Intelligence” way back when??
January 31, 2026 at 4:29 AM
“Decathlon” because there were 10 dimensions in the scoring rubric, from lighting to architecture to market viability
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 AM
A very fun DOE challenge between universities where you design and build a solar powered house and compete on the National Mall www.solardecathlon.gov/past/build/2...
2009 Build Challenge | BuildingsNEXT Student Design Competition
An official website of the United States government
www.solardecathlon.gov
January 31, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Fellow liberal artiste 🙋‍♂️

Race, Class & Culture in Film
Solar Decathlon
Agroecology Lecture & Lab
Religion & Politics in the Developing World
Natural History of Baja
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 AM
As a non-profit, we're always hyper conscious of cost and maintenance burdens, so PMTiles is idea. We can chuck a single tile pyramid archive file on object storage, even put it behind a CDN deployment for cheap and scalable map tiles. I love it.
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We use PMTiles in a bunch of applications at @worldresources.bsky.social. It's the format we use to serve Indigenous and community land maps on Global Forest Watch. Forest restoration project sites, urban heat forecasting metrics, and when we're jamming attributes into census blocks for zoom 8+.
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Every so often, some newfangled technology emerges from the primordial foam of the interwebs and heralds a step-change in quality and convenience for some niche product category.

PMTiles makes creating, hosting and serving map tiles a delight for tippecanoodlers and cloud bill payers.
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Also inspired by a conversation with @rsimmon.bsky.social at SatCamp year(s?) ago. Might not be ready for prime time yet, but would be grateful for your feedback if you’re in the process of reviewing CLI tools for your upcoming training!
October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is one of those “fix something for yourself and maybe it’ll be useful for others” situations.
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’ve had good experiences with Blurb and Lulu, smaller runs or on-demand printing. If your budget and timeline allows, you might try printing a couple proofs with different paper options to see what quality/cost you can get away with
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
All jamón, no jamoff
October 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM