edward
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About
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
Recent Submissions
- 1. ▲ A new feature for my blog, built using my voice (simonwillison.net)
- 2. ▲ User-Agent Reduction: Why Chrome Froze Your Version Number (browserinsight.net)
- 3. ▲ Obnam Community (blog.liw.fi)
- 4. ▲ All of the new 2026 Kindles have user replaceable batteries (goodereader.com)
- 5. ▲ No timeline for lifting Land Registry paywall as ownership remains opaque (theguardian.com)
- 6. ▲ Anthropic flags revenue surge to investors ahead of stock market debut (bbc.co.uk)
- 7. ▲ How long will humans be needed for translation? (bbc.co.uk)
- 8. ▲ Why your snacks are chunkier and chewier than before (economist.com)
- 9. ▲ 40th Chaos Communication Congress (events.ccc.de)
- 10. ▲ Open Source Rust clean-room replacements for 7 of Adobe's apps (reddit.com)