Borko
🇨🇦 Software Engineer 💻 Constant Learner 📖 Passionate about Cloud ☁️ DevOps/Automation 🚀 Kubernetes ☸️ Physics grad. Science enthusiast. Runner🏃♂| glucoseincode.com | b3o.tech
- Reposted by BorkoBig update to the Copilot/Claude/OpenCode skill for #diabetes and Nightscout Project. Uses a local DB *and* rich reporting. This report was calculated and generated locally with the ambiguity loop happening in the LLM. Works with LMStudio/Olama for airplane mode analysis. github.com/shanselman/n...
- TIL The Hubble Deep Field, one of the most iconic images of our universe, was captured at the discretion of the director of the Hubble Space Telescope using his director's discretionary time. This wild story is from the latest episode of StarTalk podcast. startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-...
- CloudFlare is acquiring Astro web framework. I've built several personal projects using Astro and all deployed on CloudFlare. I guess that's a common pattern 😛 Both products mesh together nicely so this makes sense. Hope CloudFlare keeps improving Astro. blog.cloudflare.com/astro-joins-...
- Enjoyed this episode of StarTalk with John Martinis, 2025 Nobel Prize winner in Physics. It threw me back to my grad school studies. They cover superconductivity, quantum tunneling, Josephson Junctions, Cooper pairs, and other topics. Very entertaining! startalkmedia.com/show/macrosc...
- Grammys are creating a new award for the best album cover art, splitting it apart from the best recording package category. Good way to recognize the artists involved in creating music. Also probably influenced by the prevalence music streaming services. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
- TIL that Sony owns Snoopy. Sony bought a controlling stake of the Charles M. Schulz comic “Peanuts”. Also interesting is that the previous owner was a Canadian company. apnews.com/article/sony...
- Spent the past weekend in remote snowy wilderness. No electricity. No cellphone. No wi-fi. Small tree-house cabin with a wood stove for heat. First time cross-country skiing. Handwarmers were essential. Great weekend before the start of the new year work week.
- I’m thrilled to be starting a new full-time role at Cohere! Excited to learn, build, and collaborate with a great team. I'm looking forward to what's ahead!
- A science review on the origins of peak human achievements: In youth, top performance is linked to intense, focused practice within a single discipline. Adult world-class performers diversify their practice, having multidisciplinary skills, and improve over time. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by BorkoThe one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale. It's exercise. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by BorkoCan I temp anyone to a new season of Klustered?
- I enjoyed this episode of The Economics of Everyday Things looking at urban trees. City trees have many benefits: carbon sequestration, reduced cooling costs, increased house value, improved public health, decreased crime. The benefits outweigh the costs. freakonomics.com/podcast/urba...
- Reposted by BorkoHow exercise decreases the risk of cancer and cancer- related mortality by reducing immunosenescence and inflammaging www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- One of my favorite Acquired episodes is the deep dive on Epic Systems (www.acquired.fm/episodes/epi...). The origin story, the history, and Judith Faulkner’s founder journey are just insanely good. A couple of Epic's commandments: "Do not go public" and "Do not be acquired".
- I've been slowly learning French for a while. Here's my progress in Duolingo during 2025.
- Really enjoyed the Neil deGrasse Tyson show in Toronto. The section on Artemis II rocket launch was especially interesting. Artemis II will be the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972! The crew consists of 3 NASA and 1 Canadian astronaut. I'm hoping I can see the launch live in February!
- Interesting article on the decline of deviance and increase of homogeneity in society. The good thing: we live longer and richer lives today. But there seems to be a decline in creativity in many aspects of our culture: art, architecture, and industry. www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
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- Is the Public Ready for Private Equity?: microblog.b3o.tech/2025/11/28/is-the-p…
- Valve makes almost $50 million per employee: microblog.b3o.tech/2025/11/24/valve-ma…
- AWS releases Regional NAT Gateway: microblog.b3o.tech/2025/11/20/aws-rele…
- Reposted by BorkoExposure to sugar early in life: a natural experiment among >63,000 @uk_biobank participants: rationing of sugar was associated with less cardiovascular risk in adulthood www.bmj.com/content/391/...
- I created a new VS @vscode.dev extension to display blood glucose readings from Dexcom CGM in the VS Code status bar. Completely free and open source. Hope this helps others in diabetes management. marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... #diabetes #T1D
- Released an update to the @code LibreLinkUp Status Bar extension. It fixed breaking changes introduced in the new version of the LibreLinkUp app yesterday. Should be working correctly now. marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...
- Sad news 😞
- My @commityourcode.bsky.social talk is up online! youtu.be/uSGM--WYjgk?...
- First time seeing Ludovico Einaudi live in concert. Epic show!
- I had an amazing time at the @commityourcode.bsky.social 2025 conference. It's an incredible growth and learning opportunity. Here's a time-stamped link to my conference talk recording: www.youtube.com/live/WT2_-NC...
- Duolingo progess
- Here's a written version of my @commityourcode.bsky.social conference talk: www.b3o.tech/posts/aws-oi...
- Excited for this event!
- Flying off to Dallas. Excited to be at the @commityourcode.bsky.social conference. It's looking to be a fantastic event.
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- System of a Down + Deftones in Toronto. Good show 🤘🎸
- Attended an amazing @nin.com show in Toronto. Here's Josh Freese doing his thing 🥁
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- Reposted by BorkoImportant first-in-human report today for donor pancreatic islet beta-cell transplant to an individual w/Type 1 diabetes. With genome editing, there was no immune response induced or need for immunosuppression. Major implications for transplantation in general @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
- Still thinking about this comment left by a user. Exactly what I was going for and striving to achieve. Hope others find it similarly helpful in the future.
- Reposted by BorkoHey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done. I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
- Saw a real life incarnation of an AWS service. I can cross this off my "bucket" list 😂
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- Managing #T1D is complicated. I built these little @vscode.dev tools to make it a little easier. Finding out it's helping real people and reading thoughtful encouraging feedback like this is the best.
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- Early morning runs are the best 🏃
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- Blast from the past! @rawkode.dev klustered is amazing for learning k8s. Watch these videos and you'll learn so much. I know I did. And they are super fun!
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- Lazy Sunday. Haven't done Rubik's cube in many years. Decided to practice a bit.
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- Members of Ghost and Opeth perform ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ for Swedish royalty at Polar Music Prize: youtu.be/gpweC8Ap4P0
- Mer de Noms by @aperfectcircleband.bsky.social was released 25 years ago. And I got to see them live last night. 🎸
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- 2200 days long Duolingo streak 😊
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- Great conversation with Martin Hellman (of Diffie-Hellman key exchange). Interesting stories about the history of PKI/cryptography and a range of other topics. softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/04/17/t...
- If you ever have an opportunity to attend a Sumo wrestling tournament in Tokyo, I highly recommend it. Super fun experience!
- Reposted by BorkoLarge epidemiologic studies have consistently shown an association between coffee and improved health outcomes. This may be one of the reasons: favorable changes to the gut microbiome 🏢🏢 www.scientificamerican.com/article/coff...
- Reposted by BorkoKM3NeT xkcd.com/3053
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- Dang. That's a shame.
- Another pod recommendation: startalkmedia.com/show/a-cosmi...
- Reposted by BorkoThe letter signed by >15,000 physicians re: RFK Jr www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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- Catching up on my podcasts backlog. This one from @pragmaticengineer.com and @gradybooch.bsky.social is excellent: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/software-a...
- Fun, entertaining, and interesting. Great episode of StarTalk radio: startalkmedia.com/show/a-cosmi...
- Reposted by BorkoBeyond imagination! A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars! (Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
- In one of my university Java courses, we implemented a multiplayer game of battleship consisting of GUI, client, server, etc. I wrote the whole thing in Windows notepad. Why? We had dial-up Internet at home and downloading eclipse IDE would have taken too long. 😆
