Alexander Arvidsson (he/him)

Godspeed, Captain James A. Lovell Jr. , USN
Thank you for your contributions.
Blue skies and tailwinds.

I am just so tired of constant generative AI bullshit: the upstream exploitation, the flawed output, the downstream harms. All of it about money and power. Day in, day out. Maybe one good use case for every 10 bad ones.
(I’m on annual leave for three weeks from Friday; it cannot come fast enough.)

Not old, my friend. Adult. And finally prioritizing the most important person in your life: yourself.

I'll let you know when I reach your level of enlightenment in this subject...

Woodworking. Craftsmanship. Manual labor. That's what becomes truly valuable - because it is, at the end of the day, turning time into something tangible.

I have something similar but for unexpected/non-working behavior of certain tools. It is getting very long.

Absolutely fantastic tools - in fact, I can’t really see how anyone could run an event without them.

Jiji was three weeks shy of nine years old - every one of those years was a struggle with her health. We never thought she would live as long as she did. Today it was time to let her go.
Today we buried our lovely black cat.
2/2

Empty rooms, empty spaces. No more cuddles, no more playing, no more stretching out in the sun. The silence is deafening.
But it also means no more pain, no more uncertainty, no more fear of what tomorrow might bring.
1/2

Pastries were had, and a *lot* of work got done! I haven't been this excited for a workshop in years! You do NOT want to miss it, and as @valeriejunk.bsky.social said, there are still tickets available at datamindsconnect.be!

That thing is nothing short of gorgeous, and the way that they seem to have revived the Commodore brand is equally exceptional. I would love to see a C128 get the same treatment as that's the one I grew up with, and I'll jump on it should it come out...

I was taught at a young age that being in debt means relinquishing control - and that is not to be done lightly, regardless of what financial ”experts” say. I’ll never have enough money to be financially independent, but I am debt free.

This is not to be missed. When Daniel speaks, the smart people listen.
And take copious notes.

Oh dear 😳

The end of an era. Seldom has a decision been so hard but at the same time so right. I love my co-hosts @bindertech.se and @heini.bsky.social and we've had so much fun together. Rest assured that fun will continue, just not in this format.

And yes, we still have a bunch of stickers... 😎

This was a very interesting way of looking at it. It makes a lot of sense, and I'm curious to see how this could be applied to the "AI" tooling currently messing up the data space.

I think I need that T-shirt.

I always considered ”SQueaL” as a good name.

Getting comfortable with Power BI? Here's an article about intermediate mistakes we've all made, and how to avoid them.

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It’s good to see me, isn’t it? 💜✨

Yes, yes, the rumors are true — we are OFFICIALLY launching here on Bluesky!

In case you forgot, we’re a place to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores, not billionaires.

Thanks for being here 🙌🏽

I’m so stealing that.

That makes two of us! We're pretty good on our own, together we'll be even better! Can't wait!

Might be, still unprofessional.

Awesome. Would love to hear the reasoning as Sessionize makes it SO EASY to send ”sorry, you were not selected” emails.

Speakers send in session proposals and then may or may not be selected to speak at a conference. It is common courtesy to inform speakers who were not selected BEFORE publishing the schedule - not doing so is lazy and unprofessional. I’m looking at you, Techorama NL. Do better.

Team window. All the way.

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Welcome to the Book of Elin! @heini.bsky.social and @arcticdba.se chat with Elin Hellström about her path to becoming a data engineer. Elin discusses her career twists, love for solving technical challenges, and how she keeps learning in the fast-paced data field.

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I have a pet peeve with events. I *really* do not like it when they publish the schedule before informing speakers that were not selected. I find it disrespectful that I have to find out by looking at the schedule.

…in manure.

Dude. That sucks balls. Fingers crossed for new great opportunities!