Brian Lopez
@brianmario
Food, wine and coffee. In every city I can. Code writer, owner/manager of Lopai Cellars and Vineyard
In case anyone was wondering why I haven't been keeping up with my open source projects ;) winebusiness.com/news/people/ar…
UPDATE We are closing ticket sales on 1st April (not an April Fool's!) This is going to be an intentionally small event (< 200 people), and the only way to attend after 1st April is to be a sponsor. thisnextthing.com/2023/
In exactly 90 days, I'm going to be hanging out in a Swiss alpine retreat with top leaders in tech, open source and VC. It looks like this👇 In the spirit of previous events I've run with @paulca, guests will start in three smaller groups in Zürich, Innsbruck and Milan.
In exactly 90 days, I'm going to be hanging out in a Swiss alpine retreat with top leaders in tech, open source and VC. It looks like this👇 In the spirit of previous events I've run with @paulca, guests will start in three smaller groups in Zürich, Innsbruck and Milan.
I'm stoked to showcase our implementation of vector search for PlanetScale. This is not a HNSW plug-in for MySQL (like pgvector, etc), it's a full fledged index managed by InnoDB that scales into terabytes of vector data. planetscale.com/blog/announcin…
After a lovely summer off, I’m now looking for work. My preferences lean towards something in or adjacent to the infrastructure/operations/site reliability space. Open to both FTE and contract.
Empathy and kindness will get you far.
Finding success leading an empathy-driven career in the open source world and the power of discerning developers. @janaboruta shares her experience on The ReadME Project. github.com/readme/stories…
Just saw the news about Google Domains shutting down. I'm pretty surprised about it. You know who's not shutting down? DNSimple! Yep, we're still here and still innovating. And there's a lot coming this year! dnsimple.com
AI and reality are basically identical at this point. This video was generated by AI. I couldn’t believe it myself.
Say Hello to Ivory. Our Mastodon client for iOS available on the App Store! If you liked Tweetbot, you'll love Ivory and feel right at home. Go download it, try it free for 7 days, and experience it for yourself! apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-f…
👋 It’s time, DMs open! Requirements: - remote, async work - diverse teams, diverse user-base - customer obsessed - no crypto or social networks (not my vibe rn) Bonus: - 4 day week/reduced hours - data/ML teams RT if you’ve enjoyed us working together/something I’ve shipped!
Senior engineers: “Don’t be afraid to ask questions!” Also senior engineers: “…but only ask ‘good’ questions, & don’t ask them in a way that bothers me”
the longer i’m in this industry, the more i realize that “don’t be afraid to ask questions” is one of the worst pieces of advice perpetuated in engineering & tech. i’m *not* afraid to ask questions; what I’m afraid of is having to ask those questions to assholes
Every parent in America needs to watch this
Irish founders: myself and @kellyf2 are actively angel investing in early stage, compliance driven / regulated spaces. Anything with room for automation and great UX. My DMs are open. Zoom / in person is good. Even if you just have an idea and feedback, reach out!