In this post, I'll share my 30 year journey with Linux and explore how it shaped my future as a developer. Along the way, we'll take a nostalgic stroll down computer hardware memory lane. We'll touch on challenges with legacy MS Windows systems today, in the public sector. In a followup post we'll look at various useful Linux/macOS commands for GIS and geodata wrangling...
This post explores the concept of servant leadership in the context of government consulting as a tech worker, and reflects about Large Language Models (LLMs) as a productivity tool...
In the United States there is a clear pattern of human settlement where to the East, there is more than 30 inches of rainfall and so crops can be grown without irrigation, and to the West, irrigation is required. This post is an exploration of population density, precipitation rates, and the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)...
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I recommend the new book The Power of Where, by Jack Dangermond and Esri (2024). Here's my short review of this new book...
mojo-pytest is a Mojo🔥 language test runner plugin for pytest.
Try it for your mixed Python and Mojo codebases. Here are some tips and example command line usage...
In November 2023 I was the #6 finalist in the ModCon23 contest for the new programming language, Mojo🔥. Calculating an envelope is a fundamental part of spatial analysis. The envelope (aka: bounds, bbox, mbr) is usually defined by an xmin, ymin, xmax, and ymax representing the minimum and maximum x (longitude) and y (latitude) coordinates that encompass the bounded feature(s)...
In August, Regrow Agriculture Inc had a big round of layoffs affecting 20% of the company and, startlingly, 40% of the technical team. The geospatial engineering team was effected at a level of 3/5, including my job. Writing down some parting thoughts...
My first hello world post included the famous "earthrise" Apollo 8 photo. Just for fun here's an interactive 3D globe in the browser. Compliments of Mapbox, using their free tier. This demo uses a React .tsx component in a docusaurus .mdx page...
Image Credit: NASA
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