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edward

47,993 karma · joined February 22, 2007

Hello, I'm Edward.

I'm running the Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM.

I build web apps, web scrapers, databases, and search engines. I reverse engineer legacy systems and data formats.

Over the years, I've had the privilege to collaborate with internet luminaries like Aaron Swartz, Brewster Kahle, Ted Nelson, Jason Scott, and John Gilmore.

My contributions span a diverse array of projects, including Wikipedia, Open Library, Wikimedia Commons, Debian, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Linux kernel, and BusyBox.

I'm on mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@edward

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Humans will never again create a project quite like Wikipedia

economist.com·472 pts·edward·
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Plane lifted into back garden as bunker takes shape

bbc.co.uk·2 pts·edward·
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OpenAGPS – The New Kid on the Block

sunweavers.net·2 pts·edward·
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macOS 26.5 on the Xiaomi Pad 7

github.com·5 pts·edward·
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What Anthropic's IPO Filing Says About the Future of A.I

nytimes.com·4 pts·edward·
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The Web Is More Than Enough

ftrain.com·181 pts·edward·
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EVi, a pre-LLM fork of Vim

evi-editor.codeberg.page·1 pts·edward·
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How to make a CNC plasma cutter with high-frequency start

incoherency.co.uk·3 pts·edward·
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The Burning of the Information Superlibrary

dorotac.eu·5 pts·edward·
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OpenAGPS: Free Assisted GPS

openagps.net·6 pts·edward·
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AARE: A proof-of-concept open-source implementation of Android Auto

github.com·5 pts·edward·
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Elon Musk appears to signal the end of the road for Cybertruck

bbc.co.uk·10 pts·edward·
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Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions

theregister.com·180 pts·edward·
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Sadiq Khan calls for cap on numbers of robotaxis on London streets

theguardian.com·2 pts·edward·
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PicasaPy: Complete rewrite of the Picasa photo editor based on Python

github.com·2 pts·edward·
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Startups look for ways to make quieter drones

bbc.co.uk·3 pts·edward·
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I will no longer upload to NEW

lists.debian.org·239 pts·edward·
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Nordstjernen Web Browser

nordstjernen.org·2 pts·edward·
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A new feature for my blog, built using my voice

simonwillison.net·1 pts·edward·
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User-Agent Reduction: Why Chrome Froze Your Version Number

browserinsight.net·1 pts·edward·
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Obnam Community

blog.liw.fi·2 pts·edward·
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All of the new 2026 Kindles have user replaceable batteries

goodereader.com·4 pts·edward·
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No timeline for lifting Land Registry paywall as ownership remains opaque

theguardian.com·1 pts·edward·
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Anthropic flags revenue surge to investors ahead of stock market debut

bbc.co.uk·3 pts·edward·
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How long will humans be needed for translation?

bbc.co.uk·2 pts·edward·
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Why your snacks are chunkier and chewier than before

economist.com·2 pts·edward·
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40th Chaos Communication Congress

events.ccc.de·5 pts·edward·
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Open Source Rust clean-room replacements for 7 of Adobe's apps

reddit.com·3 pts·edward·
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The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind

theguardian.com·5 pts·edward·
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London transfer: is it time to kill off the Heathrow Express?

theguardian.com·2 pts·edward·
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