Nicolas Roman Posner
@nrposner.bsky.social
data science UChicago -> NY;
comparable rat of confidence;
current pipeline: rust, neovim, slurm, scientific integrity;
writing @ nrposner.com, nicoroman.substack.com;
no kings;
comparable rat of confidence;
current pipeline: rust, neovim, slurm, scientific integrity;
writing @ nrposner.com, nicoroman.substack.com;
no kings;
Also it does seem like it was written by an LLM: it's got that patter to it.
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Also it does seem like it was written by an LLM: it's got that patter to it.
"You can't put jokes in python tests" they said. "You can't use silly stdout outputs for pedagogy."
Mad! Mad they called me, but look upon what I have wrought!
Mad! Mad they called me, but look upon what I have wrought!
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"You can't put jokes in python tests" they said. "You can't use silly stdout outputs for pedagogy."
Mad! Mad they called me, but look upon what I have wrought!
Mad! Mad they called me, but look upon what I have wrought!
The very best argument for using Rust over C++: Rust isn't going to break the new tensorflow release on mac because of a mutex lock.
v2.20 has been out since august! At least we can switch back to v2.19
v2.20 has been out since august! At least we can switch back to v2.19
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The very best argument for using Rust over C++: Rust isn't going to break the new tensorflow release on mac because of a mutex lock.
v2.20 has been out since august! At least we can switch back to v2.19
v2.20 has been out since august! At least we can switch back to v2.19
How in the world does mlflow fail with a blocking mutex lock?
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How in the world does mlflow fail with a blocking mutex lock?
*erases calendar and writes 'make pyo3 workshop in a month'* over entirety of November
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
*erases calendar and writes 'make pyo3 workshop in a month'* over entirety of November
Now on my second read-through of 'On "Safe" C++' and I'm continuously impressed by @izzys.casa's ability to blow my mind and then smack me in the face with a stealth bomber pun in the span of a few sentences izzys.casa/2024/11/on-s...
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Now on my second read-through of 'On "Safe" C++' and I'm continuously impressed by @izzys.casa's ability to blow my mind and then smack me in the face with a stealth bomber pun in the span of a few sentences izzys.casa/2024/11/on-s...
This one doesn't count because it seems to be a logic bug, not a memory safety vulnerability per se, but very funny that these two posts showed up right next to each other!
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This one doesn't count because it seems to be a logic bug, not a memory safety vulnerability per se, but very funny that these two posts showed up right next to each other!
@david.kolo.ski figured you might enjoy this one
October 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@david.kolo.ski figured you might enjoy this one
Damn Sudhanshu, what beef do you have with Steve 🤣
September 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Damn Sudhanshu, what beef do you have with Steve 🤣
I went into this expected a nice 20-30% size reduction and uhhhh what
Splinter what are you doing
Splinter what are you doing
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I went into this expected a nice 20-30% size reduction and uhhhh what
Splinter what are you doing
Splinter what are you doing
I do so love it when a graph comes together
August 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I do so love it when a graph comes together
Always remember,
July 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Always remember,
No Kings in Manhattan today
June 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
No Kings in Manhattan today
Slurm: the only job scheduler written by Klingons
June 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Slurm: the only job scheduler written by Klingons
If someone comes into my home wearing this I am going to smash it with a hammer.
May 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If someone comes into my home wearing this I am going to smash it with a hammer.
Who said you can't have fun in data science?
May 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Who said you can't have fun in data science?
Looks like they appreciate the shoutout!
May 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Looks like they appreciate the shoutout!
Yet more: this is a chapter of a book retailing for over $200 on Amazon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yet more: this is a chapter of a book retailing for over $200 on Amazon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...