Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

When will the penny drop?

Once again the Tangerine Tyrant has failed to deliver what Keir Starmer hope he might have gained by his kowtowing... the UK is not in the first phase of trade deals to be negotiated by the US... and may not be in the second phase.

Read my lips: WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOWARDS AN ECONOMIC RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE EU....

Starmer's 'red lines' are counter productive!

#politics #EU

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/29/trump-makes-trade-deal-with-uk-second-order-priority-in-blow-to-ministers

As Christopher Marquis point out:

'Ultimately Musk’s story is a warning: those who climb the ladder with public help are inclined to later destroy the mechanisms that led to their success'....

Part of this is, of course, a lack of self-knowledge of the support people have benefited from, and part is due to a selfish desire to cement their privilege & ensure others don't come up behind them to dilute their privilege.

#inequality #politics #ElonMusk

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/29/musks-companies-got-billions-from-the-government-now-hes-pulling-up-the-ladder-behind-him

OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry

https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/

from _Where's Your Ed At_. I know I share his rants a lot, but that's because he's one of the only people pointing out the emperor's bare bum.

🥁 Chris Ellis (@intrbiz)returns to #PosetteConf to present "Fun With UUIDs" in #PostgreSQL (Livestream 3 on Wed Jun 11th @ 8:30am PDT (UTC-7)) 😃 🐘

Find out more: https://posetteconf.com/2025/talks/fun-with-uuids/

#postgres #databases #OpenSource #community

#PostgreSQL Event Calendar, Reminder:

⏳ CfP PGDay Lowlands

Date: 2025-05-01
Location: Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam, Netherlands

ICS file: https://ics.postgresql.life/7n9hjm4edqdpl52uu5atg65pdsenlnl85jm2gf8gsnlaol4jo78ovfm6nu.ics

Join us at PGConf.DE 2025 in Berlin on May 8–9!
The full program is now live https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgconfde2025/schedule/ — with two days and two tracks of talks in both German and English, covering PostgreSQL and its growing ecosystem, everyone's bound to find something of interest.

Register now: https://2025.pgconf.de/registration/

#PGConfDE #PostgreSQL #Conference #Berlin

In retrospect, DevOps was a bad idea

https://rethinkingsoftware.substack.com/p/in-retrospect-devops-was-a-bad-idea

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://rethinkingsoftware.substack.com/p/in-retrospect-devops-was-a-bad-idea

#devops #programming

Dear developers,
Please don't use JSON for configuration files. It is intended for carrying data, and nothing else. Therefore, it is good at carrying data, and nothing else.

I strongly believe that anything that doesn't support comments shouldn't be used for configs. Comments are indispensable for short documentation, or putting a URL to proper documentation.

There are other plain text file formats better fit for this purpose, such as TOML, YAML, and even XML.

New entry in #PostgreSQL Event Calendar:

👫 PGDay Lowlands

Date: 2025-09-12
Location: Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam, Netherlands

ICS file: https://ics.postgresql.life/h00414rkb2pribd3s0612rms5oa9vqq1de52ll1jr1pctgtkm1eder86hk.ics

New entry in #PostgreSQL Event Calendar:

⏳ CfP PGDay Lowlands

Date: 2025-05-01
Location: Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam, Netherlands

ICS file: https://ics.postgresql.life/7n9hjm4edqdpl52uu5atg65pdsenlnl85jm2gf8gsnlaol4jo78ovfm6nu.ics

We have a speaker change on Friday, instead of Bruce - who had to cancel - now Teresa Lopes is presenting: "Operational hazards of managing PostgreSQL DBs over 100TB"

#PostgreSQL #Conference #PGConfDE #Berlin

https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgconfde2025/schedule/session/6529-operational-hazards-of-managing-postgresql-dbs-over-100tb/

@tchorix & I are presenting on data modeling within #PostgreSQL in a storytelling fashion at @posetteconf, a free virtual event hosted by #Microsoft that's all about #Postgres this June 10-12!

Want to tune in? Add the livestream to your calendar, or register (optionally) here: https://posetteconf.com/2025/talks/postgres-storytelling-cunning-schema-design-with-creative-data-modeling/ (or, wait until the recording is out after the event!)

Illustrations will be completed by Scarlett Riggs, who we are very excited to be working with.

This talk should be great for anyone that's looking to understand things from the perspectives of an application developer, and a seasoned database administrator; here, you'll be able to learn when it is best to handle logic within the database vs. the application!

Looking forward to seeing you there 📽️

#techevent #tech #opensource #foss #oss #data #database #dba #applicationdeveloper #dev #technology #freesoftware

On June 12, join our CEO @c2main at 11:30 AM CEST for a FREE livestream @ @posetteconf regarding Pressure Stall Information within the world of #PostgreSQL.

Use this link to add the livestream to your calendar & optionally register, or follow us to get the recording after the conference when it becomes available!

posetteconf.com/2025/talks/resource-control-admission-i-have-a-date-with-my-psi/

#POSETTEConf #Postgres #SQL #Linux #opensource #FOSS #OSS #developer #tech #techevent #DevOps

Paul Krugman’s latest brings up a point I’d missed:

This chicken-with-its-head-cut-off tariff policymaking is now “putting much higher tariffs on intermediate goods used in manufacturing than on final goods” (see screenshot below, taken from the article).

That means Trump has actually managed to •disincentivize• electronics manufacturing in the US.

…or at least this second, but who knows what US policy will be in 15 minutes? Way to go, geniuses! Companies, come invest here! You’ll get screwed now, but at least you can’t count on the future at all! USA! USA!

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-tariffs-just-got-even-worse

Self explanatory.

"Don't trust Carney, he's just a guy with a banker's haircut and "fancy" resume... trust my husband!" -- Mrs. Pierre Poilievre

#noSecurityClearance #elxn45 #cdnpoli #poilievre #canada

Due to the new tariffs that came into effect on April 5th, we’re temporarily pausing US sales of a few of our base Framework Laptop 13 systems (Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 5 7640U).

For now, these models will be removed from our US site.

We will continue to provide updates as we have them.