Appreciating the SFO Watering Hole
Last week, after dutifully opting out of the TSA’s facial recognition and making it through all the scanners, I reached the only line in any airport that brings me joy: the SFO watering hole (as I now
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How to Convert Strings to Wikidata QIDs
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Does FlixBus have free WiFi? (Yes, 250MB)
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Do Third-Party Launchers Work Well on Android 16? (yes)
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Building a FastAPI or Flask app in Coolify with UV
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Presenting the OpenLibrary <> Wikidata Integration at Data Reuse Days 2025
I was invited to speak at Data Reuse Days 2025 and presented on February 27th. My talk was titled "169k Reasons to Care: Wikidata’s Role in Open Library Author Pages." I was finally inspired to post about it after visiting Orlando Code Camp. Because ...