Ian Wagner :osm: 🦀 :freebsd:

Explorer of 🌏. Born in 🇺🇸. 🇪🇪 e-Resident. Living in 🇰🇷. Serial entrepreneur. 

Current work: 
Cofounder @stadiamaps (making :osm: more accessible) 
Partner @ Funktional OÜ (mobile, distributed systems, and consulting) 
VP of Internal Communications @ EERICA (decentralised chamber of commerce)

 Motto: Fragen Sie nicht warum, fragen Sie "warum nicht".

Interests too broad to fit in a bio.

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2024-07-22 14:13:01

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@npub1t7d…pqpp clearly they didn’t read the release notes. OpenBSD wasn’t vulnerable due to security features they developed in 2021 😂😂😅

2024-07-10 06:27:32

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@npub1l3g…vu48 it’s not perfect but my iTunes library has outlasted my DVD collection and is a lot more portable ;)

2024-07-08 02:50:35

Monday: lamp I ordered arrived from Amazon.
Clearly poor build quality and took almost an hour to assemble.
Then I realized it’s a US plug. Ok have adapters, but… wait… *checks notes* 120V 🙄
I happen to have a transformer as a temp solution, but does anyone know if it’s just the bulb rating? Or is the socket / wiring also an issue if I hook it up to 240V?

2024-06-02 13:54:27

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@npub1l3g…vu48 you have intrigued Me 😂

2024-05-31 23:33:38

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@npub1nm2…ukpz oof

2024-05-26 10:15:50

I really do NOT like most auto-play selections on any platform. I know some people liked Pandora, but it never kept the right vibe / subgenre in my opinion. However, I was pleasantly surprised this afternoon with Tidal. It actually selected some similar energy / vibe Estonian pop/rock when an album finished. That's pretty impressive. I almost didn't even notice actually. (This doesn't seem like it should be a super hard problem today; I've just never seen it solved really well.)

2024-05-19 06:56:12

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@npub1pxt…pdwx 😂 anything above 24 is too hot for me. 18-23 are perfect haha.

2024-05-19 05:23:05

I’ll be very happy to be out of this and off to a slightly cooler climate tomorrow 😂
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2024-05-07 12:20:31

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@npub1nm2…ukpz who! Congrats!

2024-04-26 12:44:34

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@npub1l3g…vu48 if only it weren’t true :(

2024-04-21 08:12:13

4/4 on introducing friends to beef tartare + live octopus on visits to Korea 😍

2024-04-20 04:32:06

Anyone in my network looking for a development gig? I can put you in touch.
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2024-04-17 02:16:48

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@npub1pxt…pdwx well I guess then you just dislike hangovers hahaha

2024-04-17 01:04:04

This 😂 the only time I had any particular dislike for Mondays was when I had a terrible job (or if we really drill down to it, a terrible bosss).
https://mastodon.social/@workchronicles/112281953068791804

2024-04-16 06:30:10

I do NOT like Google Docs, and like Office 365 even less, but I’m kinda curious who actually uses NextCloud OnlyOffice. Just had to edit a (VERY simple spreqdsheet; like 10 rows of simple text) spreadsheet on someone’s instance and it had to load 56.5MB of resources just to display anything! That’s painful 😖

2024-04-08 12:53:56

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@npub1nm2…ukpz ha! That’s cool. Never heard value that before today.

2024-04-06 01:55:09

Just tried light mode on my phone to test something. Wow that’s a trip.

2024-04-03 14:23:25

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@npub1pxt…pdwx well, Elon basically pitched the hyperloop to prevent California from investing in public transportation that actually worke so that Tesla could get a head start, so… 🥲

2024-04-02 13:46:22

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@npub1nm2…ukpz didn’t take a picture of them but they were actually pretty nice. The long distance busses have nice seats rather than benches.

2024-04-02 11:36:03

Ha!!! The public bus Wi-Fi in Seoul seems to have gotten an upgrade! This is faster than my previous residential internet and that of the cafe I worked out of today 😂
#PublicTransport
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2024-03-22 15:34:59

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@npub1nm2…ukpz I never had an issue but YMMV haha.

2024-03-22 08:52:02

Oh my! So my Apple case for my iPhone is falling apart. First time I’ve had a phone case in years (because I didn’t like the iPhone 15 sharp angles). I thought I was going deaf or something because the speaker on max volume seemed like it was like 10% too quiet for me to hear comfortably in a noisy environment like the shower (listening to podcasts). Turns out it was the case! Literally, the case slightly reduces the volume output!
Never going back now… caseless forever!

2024-03-13 01:35:45

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@npub1l3g…vu48 the iPhone still works as you expect. So does every video conferencing app that’s any good (hallmark of a low quality one is not mirroring your preview of yourself).
I just assume selfie videos on YT shorts are going to be extremely low quality regardless 😂

2024-02-27 06:28:08

Know anyone (maybe you!) who's looking for a Google Summer of Code project? There are a number of interesting projects proposed for @npub1jmp…4hcl! And if you're interested in any of the routing projects, I might be your mentor ;)
Check out the list: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2024/Project_ideas
#GSOC #openstreetmap #rust

2024-02-13 18:36:43

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@npub1l3g…vu48 Markdown is *currently* frontend sugar IIRC, and posting limits are set per instance. The latter won’t change but the former really should IMO ;)

2024-01-28 12:29:02

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@npub19lt…qfjk <insert owl meme>

2024-01-25 11:56:07

When building our golf cart routing profile, I frequently wanted to see how Valhalla (the routing engine) “saw” things; particularly the costs of various segments, to visualize things in case of unexpected routes. I finally got around to properly publishing this to GitHub Pages yesterday. Paste in a route from any Valhalla server to see what’s going on :)
https://stadiamaps.github.io/ragnarok/
#GISChat
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2024-01-23 07:10:50

Thanks, GitHub! I'll go read those guidelines which *checks notes* I wrote; makes sense since I created the repo 😂
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2024-01-17 08:29:52

Snow was lovely while it lasted. Now it’s turned to sleet 😢
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2024-01-16 17:10:14

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@npub1t7d…pqpp 5G theoretical speeds are higher but IIRC range and penetration are worse. So it probably depends on your signal quality. Even in Seoul with an absurd number of towers, it depends a lot on where you are.

2024-01-10 17:02:06

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@npub1t7d…pqpp did you tell them that like 95% of the internet runs this “free stuff?” Also like…. Idk… Amazon, Facebook, etc 😂

2024-01-10 08:50:53

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@npub1t7d…pqpp ha! Out of curiosity are you running the “standard” mastodon server or something else? I’d be concerned about the scalability of the standard server at some levels but there are other servers like Pleroma that mitigate such issues with different trade offs. I’ve looked at running my own at some point and always curious to read your experiences :)

2024-01-03 08:51:44

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@npub1pxt…pdwx no, this is the Murena 2 (just launched; I pre ordered), but it’s similar in spirit! The team behind it (like @npub1md7…v3fl) have a long and strong track record in FOSS. Seems to be one of the best “out of the box” phones centered on privacy / un-googled-ness. While I’m still an iPhone user, I do a ton of mobile dev and needed a new Android phone so I bought this ;)

2024-01-03 05:18:50

Wow that was the FASTEST kickstarter delivery ever @npub1vts…9jkh! Arrived in South Korea at lightning speed with no customs delays!
Can’t wait to play with the new dev phone ;)
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2024-01-02 06:23:06

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@npub1pxt…pdwx @npub16l6…4zxy that’s correct. I’m actually looking into how Valhalla does it on this case right now. Curiously the public FOSSGIS instance (what you see on the OSM website when you select pedestrian Valhalla routing) is a bit different from what our current APIs as well as the Valhalla master branch running locally compute. The public instance routes foot traffic on the major road which is absurd. The more correct routes cross the street and it MIGHT to minimize crossings.

2024-01-02 04:45:41

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@npub1pxt…pdwx @npub16l6…4zxy funny enough, I live nearby and noticed similar issues with Valhalla-based routing a few months ago when working on Ferrostar (new FOSS mobile navigation SDK). I think Organic Maps uses OSRM, which means it’s a clear issue with the routing tags but I never got around to looking into it.

2024-01-02 04:41:31

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@npub1pxt…pdwx good question! There’s a wide ecosystem of tools that aren’t “official” or easy to find. These GitHub style contribution graphs come from http://hdyc.neis-one.org/. Just log in with OSM OAuth, then enter your username to search and you’ll get a nice stats page.

2024-01-02 04:39:59

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@npub1pxt…pdwx sadly no haha. That’d be hilarious.

2024-01-02 04:21:20

Definitely my most active year of OSM contributions! I spent several hours editing yesterday as I noticed major issues (including lots of missing roads!) in a popular vacation area. This time I kept a GPX tracker on and added several kilometers of new roads + dozens of fuel stations and convenience stores.
Here's to a great 2024! I'm hoping to do more with bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, as I'm not particularly well versed in tagging but see a lot of obvious issues.
#openstreetmap
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2023-12-30 11:44:09

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@npub1t7d…pqpp yeah it does tend to hit local maxima and get stuck with certain tasks. Especially if you ask it something BSD related and it assumes that Bash on Linux is literally the only thing that exists 😅

2023-12-30 11:42:40

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@npub1t7d…pqpp @npub1mma…rpgt sad but true. I always bought the MacBooks with maxed out CPU and minimal RAM and Storage configs for years then bought RAM and disks separately.

2023-12-30 11:39:26

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@npub1t7d…pqpp 😂in my experience there’s a large difference between 3.5 free and paid 4.0. And it seemed to me that the free version got more limited during periods of high demand.

2023-12-13 04:25:36

I have never in my life considered purchasing noise-cancelling headphones. Just need some pounding techno. But this cafe is loud enough to make me actually consider such a purchase 😂
Lovely vibe though except for their poor taste in music.
서울앵무새 - 성동구 서울숲9길 3 - https://4sq.com/2OLjFr5
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2023-12-10 17:08:51

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@npub16l6…4zxy @npub1zp3…9n8x @npub1fjt…04fw speaking for myself, I do the same thing. Either in an app or, more often, by simply taking geotagged screenshots 😂 it’s not that I *can’t* make a wide range of edits in my phone, it’s that I find certain edits far easier and/or safer to make on a desktop. As a general rule I avoid making edits to anything other than nodes or way reversals on mobile. Other edits are clunky and easy to mess up.

2023-12-09 06:14:10

I feel like the #osm community needs a term for speed mapping while riding in a car. When I’m riding along I’m often flipping back between @npub17f8…4nz5 and Go Map!! to confirm POIs, add / remove if stopped, quickly add fuel stations, add one way restrictions, etc… It’s actually quite addictive ;)

2023-11-28 06:54:02

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@npub1zp3…9n8x that would be fun! Or maybe better to not have it overlap… maybe something like running the OSM challenge in October and then they’d have a better knowledge of OSM tagging with which to then learn a bit of OverPass / QuickOSM to build their own maps ;)

2023-11-22 08:12:38

@npub15cz…5634 how does one go about submitting links for the newsletter?

2023-10-12 14:29:56

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@npub1pcd…8fzy @npub1t7d…pqpp exactly. It’s great as an option but should never be the only / primary one.
Aside: docker is great for what it is. Just like jails are great for what they are. Lightweight namespacing on a specific host OS with a shared kernel. But it’s the wrong abstraction most of the time IMHO.
What we usually need are containerized apps that run everywhere in a secure sandbox. These containers are specific to an OS and arch. I eagerly await wasm, which will solve that problem at least.

2023-10-12 00:03:22

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@npub1kvt…0vtn I always wondered about this. Like Xcode is broken in so many ways. It’s made strides but I don’t understand how it could stay this bad if Apple actually ate its own dogfood, which made me joke about if they used it at all in years past.
I want to like SPM but it’s probably the worst modern-ish packaging system. Even Python does better and it’s a small dumpster fire. I don’t see how SPM could be this bad this many years on if Apple actually used it themselves.

2023-10-05 04:12:51

Wow. Can’t believe it’s already Thursday. Where has the week gone?!

2023-09-29 11:08:56

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@npub1sy8…w2zc Hey Chris, I'll probably have a long tail of questions/comments as I get back into the project that's using UIView views heavily... Here's the first ;)
Background question: what is the lifecycle of the coordinator? I always thought it was essentially tied to the life of the UIView, but I can't seem to confirm this with docs now that I check.
This is an interesting question because your example code sets `.parent` in `updateUIView` as if the coordinator may have changed...

2023-09-21 20:44:38

Sometimes I’m such a night owl that I’m actually an early bird 🙃
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2023-09-13 07:53:34

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@npub1sy8…w2zc nice! Will look at this a bit more closely over the weekend but those rules reflect my own experience. The devil is in the details 😂 I also love how you used a map wrapper as an example. It’s such a great illustration of the problems one often runs into.

2023-09-07 11:34:58

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@npub1sy8…w2zc Oh boy, yes please! I've had to reverse engineer so much because the docs are crap.
For example, when *exactly* is updateUIView called? Is it called every single time a property changes? And then YOU the developer need to try to figure out what specific binding(s) changed and then update your UIView accordingly? What if it isn't very well behaved in the presence of multiple updates in a short period?
And how do we know Apple won't change an undocumented behavior we rely on? ;)

2023-09-04 05:00:06

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@npub1l3g…vu48 i know ;) I just still have a hard time believing it’s so bad. This is, in my opinion, why Android is probably the worst example of “open source” since actually USABLE Android is not at all what Google opened the source on. There seem to be a lot of good “distros” out there but it’s shocking to me that they must all be reinventing the wheel and that there is still no convergence to a set of common “standard solutions.”

2023-09-04 04:03:37

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@npub1l3g…vu48 wait what? how is this not part of a stock photos app in AOSP by now?!

2023-08-29 13:15:05

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@npub1l3g…vu48 oh huh I didn’t know it was a server level thing. Hadn’t dug that deep. That makes some sense. I wish it were standard 😂

2023-08-29 11:43:27

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@npub1l3g…vu48 haha yeah I know ;) I’m just pinging Ivory to see if they will implement it / to register my interest.

2023-08-29 11:31:37

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@npub1l3g…vu48 would pay for a high quality Esperanto dub of the original trilogy.

2023-08-29 04:42:03

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@npub1l3g…vu48 I really wish more clients supported it. Any chance this is on the roadmap for @npub1rky…0xq2 yet? ;)

2023-08-29 04:41:02

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@npub1l3g…vu48 neeeeeeeeeeee!

2023-08-29 04:40:35

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@npub1r2f…wacd use case? Guessing not at home/office?
For me I went for the smallest possible charger that was 60W. I just want something that takes up as little space and weight as possible in my backpack. 60W is enough to charge in a reasonable time while in a cafe or airport.
The larger ones never appealed to me because I have a hub on my desk and don’t want something that heavy when mobile.
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2023-08-27 16:52:09

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@npub1l3g…vu48 @npub10qk…v462 web servers? Doesn’t everyone just hire a DevOps team to dockerize it an out it behind 12 AWS services these days? 🙃

2023-08-27 16:22:18

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@npub1l3g…vu48 @npub10qk…v462 gotcha. That’s nice and I fully support such efforts :) sounds great for most self hosters just getting started. Though I would say running a battle tested reverse proxy like nginx or haproxy in front should always be standard practice.

2023-08-27 14:06:03

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@npub1l3g…vu48 @npub10qk…v462 mostly because it’s clearly labeled as alpha software, partially works with or crashes some clients, etc.
I haven’t looked into GoToSocial much TBH but I like that Pleroma is stable and they made a lot of solid technical design decisions (database schema, building on the BEAM ecosystem, etc)
What are the things that make it stick out for you as easier to host vs Pleroma?

2023-08-27 02:56:01

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@npub10qk…v462 @npub1l3g…vu48 it is ;) if I move to self host later, I will almsot definitely go for Pleroma. Mastodon (the server software suite) is not exactly designed to be light or even super efficient.
As to the ES dependency question, it’s because ES is much better suited to this sort of thing. It’s designed to do efficient full text searching at scale. Postgres optimizes for other things. It does technically have the ability to do FTS but it’s not nearly as good at scale.

2023-08-26 02:27:18

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@npub1l3g…vu48 Twitter never had great search though. Just my hot take but adding search is on zero ways harmful (your stuff is already public! You can build this easily if you wanted to anyways!), and is in fact very good. Right now the only way to find anything later is to bookmark it and I have to self throttle that since search isn’t great. The thing that makes Mastodon great is the quality of the people and posts. Adding a search feature won’t change that.

2023-08-19 02:37:34

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@npub1l3g…vu48 @npub1nm2…ukpz lol yeah first time I’ve ever seen GPS mean anything other than Global Positioning System.

2023-08-19 01:10:04

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@npub1l3g…vu48 @npub1nm2…ukpz I think GPS has to mean Google Play Services here, not Global Positioning System. But yes I think like 2 versions ago they finally fixed *part* of the broken permissions model for location services lol.

2023-08-18 17:50:45

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@npub1l3g…vu48 you could also try /e/OS depending on your hardware if you want microG. Not much of an Android user myself but maybe @npub1nm2…ukpz can relate more on the GrapheneOS issues.

2023-08-12 01:52:33

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@npub1l3g…vu48 haha I was deliberating whether to leave a snarky comment that you should just buy an iPhone last night but fell asleep 😂

2023-07-27 07:41:45

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@npub1zp3…9n8x I’m quite interested in the POI dataset quality. That could be very useful as OSM is historically quite weak.

2023-07-27 02:34:09

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@npub1l3g…vu48 I keep meaning to do this at some point lol. Always intrigued me.