Samo Korošec
@samokorosec.bsky.social
Product designer living and working in Vienna. Kicked PDF SDK UI standards up a notch, improved regulated software development tools, helped friends create Audio Plugins and Synths and drew hundreds and hundreds of icons in the process.
Pinned
my additive synth is in early access over at melatonin.dev more soon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygr0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygr0...
Sine Machine is in "early access"
YouTube video by Melatonin
www.youtube.com
Stuff I worked on as a counterbalance to my last job (B2B SaaS for regulated software development yada yada).
Now gonna have to find a real job again, in case anyone needs help with complex B2B apps. Prolly means less colors at my disposal.
Ah well. 😄
Now gonna have to find a real job again, in case anyone needs help with complex B2B apps. Prolly means less colors at my disposal.
Ah well. 😄
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Oh yeah it's Bandcamp Friday!
I made an ambient(ish) album
A bit of an ode to the great EM:T releases of the 90s.
Enjoy
jamesswift.bandcamp.com/album/soft-t...
A bit of an ode to the great EM:T releases of the 90s.
Enjoy
jamesswift.bandcamp.com/album/soft-t...
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Oh yeah it's Bandcamp Friday!
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my new blogpost is out!!
this one talks about a new web vulnerability class i discovered that allows for complex interactive cross-origin attacks and data exfiltration
and i've already used it to get a google docs bounty ^^
have fun <3
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
this one talks about a new web vulnerability class i discovered that allows for complex interactive cross-origin attacks and data exfiltration
and i've already used it to get a google docs bounty ^^
have fun <3
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
lyra.horse
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
my new blogpost is out!!
this one talks about a new web vulnerability class i discovered that allows for complex interactive cross-origin attacks and data exfiltration
and i've already used it to get a google docs bounty ^^
have fun <3
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
this one talks about a new web vulnerability class i discovered that allows for complex interactive cross-origin attacks and data exfiltration
and i've already used it to get a google docs bounty ^^
have fun <3
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
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Having just flown back to Finland from Japan, through the Bering strait, over Alaska, along the Canadian coast and finally cruising down over Greenland, really made me appreciate the global scale of inconvenience caused by the fact that Russia can’t be a normal civilised country
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Having just flown back to Finland from Japan, through the Bering strait, over Alaska, along the Canadian coast and finally cruising down over Greenland, really made me appreciate the global scale of inconvenience caused by the fact that Russia can’t be a normal civilised country
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🎯
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That executives still haven't figured this out is a testament to the Peter Principle
Gen Z is spending more on essentials than previous generations, yet their wages aren't keeping up.
It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."
When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."
When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
That executives still haven't figured this out is a testament to the Peter Principle
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One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
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It is a little.bit funny how they're so blatantly throwing that Admiral under the bus. Not even subtle how they're doing it 🙄
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It is a little.bit funny how they're so blatantly throwing that Admiral under the bus. Not even subtle how they're doing it 🙄
Western politicians, 5-10 years from now, in all likelihood: “If only someone told us that before. Someone we could trust to know what russia actually wants. Someone on the inside.“
No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Western politicians, 5-10 years from now, in all likelihood: “If only someone told us that before. Someone we could trust to know what russia actually wants. Someone on the inside.“
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No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
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“Europe is losing confidence, sinking into fatalism and justifying its passivity with the soothing thought that it has no real choice, as its cards are weak. Besides, in the long run, things will work out. Just wait for the U.S. midterms.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe’s psychology of weakness
It’s time the EU ditched its failing strategy of “react, hope, repeat.”
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Europe is losing confidence, sinking into fatalism and justifying its passivity with the soothing thought that it has no real choice, as its cards are weak. Besides, in the long run, things will work out. Just wait for the U.S. midterms.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Opening up good things, we made our most recent #GovDesign call recording on #ServicePatterns public.
@jaskang.bsky.social from @tpximpact.com, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns.
Feel free to share it!
@jaskang.bsky.social from @tpximpact.com, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns.
Feel free to share it!
International design in government call #37: Service patterns 🇬🇧
YouTube video by UK Gov Design
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Opening up good things, we made our most recent #GovDesign call recording on #ServicePatterns public.
@jaskang.bsky.social from @tpximpact.com, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns.
Feel free to share it!
@jaskang.bsky.social from @tpximpact.com, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns.
Feel free to share it!
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It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️🔥
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️🔥
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
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I'll be speaking about "CMS-Free, Editable Websites with Svelte and Svedit" at next week's Svelte Meetup in Vienna.
Very much looking forward to meeting the Austrian Svelte Society. See you there! :)
www.meetup.com/svelte-socie...
Very much looking forward to meeting the Austrian Svelte Society. See you there! :)
www.meetup.com/svelte-socie...
2025/12 - Svelte Society Austria, Tue, Dec 2, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
All current or future Sveltists are welcome!
Come and enjoy interesting Svelte talks and discussions.
Schedule:
* Intro
* CMS-Free, Editable Websites with Svelte
www.meetup.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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Someone needs to make a poster of this!
Is that someone sitting at @publicdigital.bsky.social?
Or do I have to be the someone?
Is that someone sitting at @publicdigital.bsky.social?
Or do I have to be the someone?
User needs first
Service design second
Operating model third
Technology fourth
This order is still reversed way too often.
Service design second
Operating model third
Technology fourth
This order is still reversed way too often.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Someone needs to make a poster of this!
Is that someone sitting at @publicdigital.bsky.social?
Or do I have to be the someone?
Is that someone sitting at @publicdigital.bsky.social?
Or do I have to be the someone?
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Hello from Leeds!
We've just hosted our Introduction to Scientific Computing course where participants got to learn all about using the Linux Shell and Python in environmental science research.
Thank you to everyone who came to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
We've just hosted our Introduction to Scientific Computing course where participants got to learn all about using the Linux Shell and Python in environmental science research.
Thank you to everyone who came to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Hello from Leeds!
We've just hosted our Introduction to Scientific Computing course where participants got to learn all about using the Linux Shell and Python in environmental science research.
Thank you to everyone who came to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
We've just hosted our Introduction to Scientific Computing course where participants got to learn all about using the Linux Shell and Python in environmental science research.
Thank you to everyone who came to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
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As a public servant, I write weekly notes to let people see what I do.
Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany.
I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components
Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany.
I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components
Week #187 at the Digital Service: Notes for 24–28 November
After supporting the cross-government identity and design system since April, Martin co-hosted a 2-hour interactive session with public servants from all over Germany. Martin also co-hosted an interna...
verwaltungsgestaltung.de
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
As a public servant, I write weekly notes to let people see what I do.
Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany.
I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components
Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany.
I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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very relevant thread on the ideologies of the Tech Bros
it's not just about money and power, but many Tech Bros are driven by Feudal/Authoritarian ideologies/Social Darwinism, inspired by Curtis Yarvin
German public service did a excellet podcast series on this
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
it's not just about money and power, but many Tech Bros are driven by Feudal/Authoritarian ideologies/Social Darwinism, inspired by Curtis Yarvin
German public service did a excellet podcast series on this
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
very relevant thread on the ideologies of the Tech Bros
it's not just about money and power, but many Tech Bros are driven by Feudal/Authoritarian ideologies/Social Darwinism, inspired by Curtis Yarvin
German public service did a excellet podcast series on this
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
it's not just about money and power, but many Tech Bros are driven by Feudal/Authoritarian ideologies/Social Darwinism, inspired by Curtis Yarvin
German public service did a excellet podcast series on this
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
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#Math Professor Emily Riehl shows in her speciality that "vibe proving" with LLMs is consistently &insidiously wrong, and threatens to swamp a struggling peer review system:
youtu.be/fzxW2XJS6SE
But! "computer aided formalisation" building on GOFAI symbolic methods may revolutionise complex proofs
youtu.be/fzxW2XJS6SE
But! "computer aided formalisation" building on GOFAI symbolic methods may revolutionise complex proofs
Emily Riehl, A New Paradigm for Mathematical Proof? | Natural Philosophy Symposium 2025
YouTube video by Hopkins Natural Philosophy Forum
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#Math Professor Emily Riehl shows in her speciality that "vibe proving" with LLMs is consistently &insidiously wrong, and threatens to swamp a struggling peer review system:
youtu.be/fzxW2XJS6SE
But! "computer aided formalisation" building on GOFAI symbolic methods may revolutionise complex proofs
youtu.be/fzxW2XJS6SE
But! "computer aided formalisation" building on GOFAI symbolic methods may revolutionise complex proofs
Having spent some time working on regulated software — and taking the work quite seriously — seeing ISO 13485, ISO 14971 and IEC 62304 certification marks disappear from a company’s website less than a year after it pivoted hard to being an “Agentic AI platform” will never cease to be funny.
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Having spent some time working on regulated software — and taking the work quite seriously — seeing ISO 13485, ISO 14971 and IEC 62304 certification marks disappear from a company’s website less than a year after it pivoted hard to being an “Agentic AI platform” will never cease to be funny.
All of human knowledge is currently undergoing the first few of a planned hundreds of what equates to JPG compression passes. 👍
sigh just had claude use grokipedia as a source. poisoning the well is working
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
All of human knowledge is currently undergoing the first few of a planned hundreds of what equates to JPG compression passes. 👍
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I am just a small town political scientist, but I am not sure this is how it works. But then again, quite possibly the National Security Advisor, the Secretary of State and the Archivist of the United States knows better
⚡️ US to discuss Ukraine security guarantees after peace deal signed, Rubio tells allies.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured allies during a Nov. 25 call that the U.S. plans to address security guarantees once an agreement is reached, Politico reported.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured allies during a Nov. 25 call that the U.S. plans to address security guarantees once an agreement is reached, Politico reported.
US to discuss Ukraine security guarantees after peace deal signed, Rubio tells allies
Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured allies during a Nov. 25 call that the U.S. plans to address security guarantees once an agreement is reached, Politico reported.
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I am just a small town political scientist, but I am not sure this is how it works. But then again, quite possibly the National Security Advisor, the Secretary of State and the Archivist of the United States knows better
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It's so interesting that the AI boosters have popped up asking if Bluesky is ready to accept the good word of prophet Sam Altman yet, at the EXACT time that the timeline is lit up with the "OpenAI says they can't be blamed for driving a teen to suicide because the TOS says you can't kill yourself"
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's so interesting that the AI boosters have popped up asking if Bluesky is ready to accept the good word of prophet Sam Altman yet, at the EXACT time that the timeline is lit up with the "OpenAI says they can't be blamed for driving a teen to suicide because the TOS says you can't kill yourself"
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If you’re into #audio #plugins: Universal Audio is giving away a free plugin right now – options include many classics like the LA-2A, 1176, Pultec EQ, Galaxy Tape Echo, the (great-sounding!) PolyMAX Synth, and more. 🎛️✨
www.uaudio.com/products/pic...
www.uaudio.com/products/pic...
Black Friday Freebie
It’s on us! Grab a free UAD plug-in from our curated list and start creating right away. Yours free, Black Friday through Cyber Monday only. Use this code at checkout. One time use only.
www.uaudio.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If you’re into #audio #plugins: Universal Audio is giving away a free plugin right now – options include many classics like the LA-2A, 1176, Pultec EQ, Galaxy Tape Echo, the (great-sounding!) PolyMAX Synth, and more. 🎛️✨
www.uaudio.com/products/pic...
www.uaudio.com/products/pic...