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James Colvin

@jcolvin.bsky.social

I like to like things. VP, Engineering at Brooklyn Data. Opinions my own.

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Big if true

01.03.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never in my life have I ever seen someone move and look so much like a fighting game original character

26.11.2025 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 656    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

30.07.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 42417    πŸ” 9405    πŸ’¬ 801    πŸ“Œ 603

Today I realized I’m going to be:

– the 10th RM ever
– the first Canadian RM, and
– the first woman to serve in this role

If you ask me, that’s all really, really cool.

28.07.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
A SKEALOTEN HOLDEN A COUPLE OF CEO REMOVERS AND DEMANDING : "BRING BACK RSS READER'S AND BLOG'S " !!!! REMEBER WHEN IT WAS FUN TO CLICK AROUND ON YOUR COMPUTER AND NOW WE GOT COMPUTER'S EVERY WHERE BUT THERE NOT FUN ANY MORE, SO WE SOULD AT LEAST TRY TO MAKE OUR LIFES NICE SINCE WERE STUCK HERE ON EARTH, DA BILLIONAIRS SEEM TO WANT TO GO TO MAR'S BUT THATS NOT A SOLUTION ITS MORE OF A WAY FOR THEM TO BUILD A PUNISHMENT PRISON WHERE EARTH LAWS DONT APPLY, THINK ABOUT IT, ALSO THERE BUILDING BUNKER'S IN HAWAII AND NEW ZELAND AND THEY REALLY THINK ONCE THERE LOCKED IN THERE WITH A BUNCH OF SECURITY GUARDS THAT THERE NOT GONNA GET EATEN ON DAY 2 LMAO , ANY WAY HOPE YOUR HAVIN A GOOD DAY AND KICKEN A$$ OUT THERE, - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

A SKEALOTEN HOLDEN A COUPLE OF CEO REMOVERS AND DEMANDING : "BRING BACK RSS READER'S AND BLOG'S " !!!! REMEBER WHEN IT WAS FUN TO CLICK AROUND ON YOUR COMPUTER AND NOW WE GOT COMPUTER'S EVERY WHERE BUT THERE NOT FUN ANY MORE, SO WE SOULD AT LEAST TRY TO MAKE OUR LIFES NICE SINCE WERE STUCK HERE ON EARTH, DA BILLIONAIRS SEEM TO WANT TO GO TO MAR'S BUT THATS NOT A SOLUTION ITS MORE OF A WAY FOR THEM TO BUILD A PUNISHMENT PRISON WHERE EARTH LAWS DONT APPLY, THINK ABOUT IT, ALSO THERE BUILDING BUNKER'S IN HAWAII AND NEW ZELAND AND THEY REALLY THINK ONCE THERE LOCKED IN THERE WITH A BUNCH OF SECURITY GUARDS THAT THERE NOT GONNA GET EATEN ON DAY 2 LMAO , ANY WAY HOPE YOUR HAVIN A GOOD DAY AND KICKEN A$$ OUT THERE, - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

MAKE THE COMPUTER GOOD AGAIN - GET SHIRT OF THIS AT DASHARE.ZONE - dashare.zone ADMIN

25.07.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1481    πŸ” 394    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 25
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Eevee!

10.07.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.

04.07.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 13022    πŸ” 4569    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 202

It’s what I call the Field of Dreams fallacy. Just because you build it (buy new tech) doesn’t mean they’ll come (enact successful change). The change needs to be the higher priority with the tech being one component of the strategy, not the tech being the solution by itself.

30.06.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have they truly not noticed, or have they noticed and are purposely not saying anything to see how long you’ll commit to the bit? Like a game of chicken.

17.06.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But then you show up to one of those session anyways and there are plenty of open seats πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

14.06.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the billionth repository created on GitHub.com. It’s titled β€œshit”

A screenshot of the billionth repository created on GitHub.com. It’s titled β€œshit”

The 1 billionth GitHub repository has been created and it’s absolutely perfect.

11.06.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

But how did you order your hash browns at Waffle House?

07.05.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSome officials say U.S. citizens who criticize administration policies could be charged with crimes, based on the notion that they're aiding terrorists and criminals”

23.04.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

em dash is the millennial ellipsis

27.03.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
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Imagine showing this to someone from 10 years ago and asking them what kind of political situation they thought might produce such a statement from JP Morgan.

16.03.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9

Your annual reminder that because February is 9% shorter than January was, your monthly metrics will be down nearly 10% this month, and not to freak out about this.

25.02.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Journalists should report the truth the way this judge laid it out.

19.02.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3778    πŸ” 1029    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 19

@timodechau.bsky.social has some great articles (and a whole book!) about doing this in a smart way.

27.01.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!!

15.01.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One would think! But if it were true, we wouldn’t have nearly as many clients.

12.01.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad you like the article! We’re wanting to write more technical posts like this in 2025.

11.01.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know if we β€œrediscovered” it β€” BDC was modeling like this since before I joined. We’re just talking about it externally more!

11.01.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In your defense, sometimes they go awry even when they _do_ sleep 🫠

04.01.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who would have thought that Wired would be one of the few places actually doing critical and necessary journalism?

03.01.2025 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 498    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

21.12.2024 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 17273    πŸ” 5104    πŸ’¬ 372    πŸ“Œ 351

> I would bet…

Oh no; the call is coming from inside the house!

20.12.2024 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It will be my wife’s annual video game as well and she’s excited!

30.11.2024 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gonzo and Rizzo

Gonzo and Rizzo

this is the greatest Christmas movie ever made and if you disagree you're wrong

29.11.2024 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2363    πŸ” 517    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 161
UNCLE: I say this every year but-

ME: not this again

MOM: we’re NOT talking politics this thanksgiving

UNCLE: without luigi there is no waluigi, therefore he is responsible for waluigi’s many sins

ME: ARE YOU SAYING WALUIGI HAS NO FREE WILL

UNCLE: I SAID WHAT I FUCKING SAID

UNCLE: I say this every year but- ME: not this again MOM: we’re NOT talking politics this thanksgiving UNCLE: without luigi there is no waluigi, therefore he is responsible for waluigi’s many sins ME: ARE YOU SAYING WALUIGI HAS NO FREE WILL UNCLE: I SAID WHAT I FUCKING SAID

25.11.2024 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1150    πŸ” 221    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7

Been avoiding illness all school year and then the twins both get a respiratory bug complete with fever on Thanksgiving week. And we’re hosting this year. 🫠

26.11.2024 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0