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davidryan.bsky.social
Quantum Computing lead at OSRG, working with IonQ, Classiq, etc. Former Head of Product at Quantum Brilliance and DevRel at Red Hat. Aussie in Seattle.
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It's nearly time to talk about a new project we're releasing. The best thing is it's open source, it's for the community, and it's something I know a lot of product teams in Quantum Computing will benefit from. Providing value doesn't always need to be technical or complicated. More on this soon.

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Here's a look behind the scenes as I get ready for a conference in Tokyo. I've been too busy to do the (overdue) planned headshot photography session, so I wondered... could AI help me repurpose my general avatar? Spoiler: the result in the second image is unintentionally hilarious.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I keep thinking about a comment I read. Making me think about all the various local maxima we are experiencing in our current lives, that will zoom off in new directions as progress (and entropy) rolls forward: "Trebuchets are what you get when your Physics knowledge outpaces your Chemistry".

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

I read the new IonQ and Airbus white paper about #quantumcomputing for transport logistics optimisation so you don't have to... TLDR? A new Multi-Angle Layered Variational Quantum Algorithm (MALVQA) that uses fewer two-qubit gates than standard QAOA approaches, and a novel cost function.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Remember the time when Paul Graham threw shade at Elon in his famous "The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups" essay? An unexpected gem from 2006.

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Today I am mostly humming this... youtu.be/1a9cmgKsohU

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Today I'm pushing the alpha version of OpenQase, an open resource that collects and curates QuantumComputing business cases and industry data.

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

I got tired of juggling multiple platforms for content publishing, and I wanted to see all my content in one view. Bebop is my custom CMS built for content campaigns --> Hashnode, Dev, Bluesky, and Mastodon are working, and there's a built-in local blog too. v0.2.3 is on Github.

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This is a post to test if the Bebop CMS is configured correctly for Bluesky.

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This is a text post from BebopCMS to Bluesky.

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This is a test post from the BebopCMS to Bluesky.

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Just pushed the 0.2.0 release of the open source Bebop CMS. This version adds cross-posting to Hashnode and Dev as examples of the "Buffer for blog posts" features. Building my own tool specifically for developer advocate content posting, reposting, remote tracking, etc. github.com/ddri/bebop

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I miss the era of open APIs and developer advocacy being the norm. I lost a few hours tonight extending the Bebop CMS publishing module to include Medium. But the APIs and integration tokens are shut down, regardless of the developer site down out of date saying otherwise. My mistake 😬

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

A lovely bit of user experience design from the team at Clay. The "LAST USED" is going to save a lot of wasted time when you count that up across their entire userbase.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting to see the Spotify team putting some of my music on their editorial playlists. Always curious to see where it ends up. open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

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I was testing Microsoft's CoPilot after seeing @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social post about Think Deeper. I asked it my usual selection of questions around quantum computing calculations to see how well it can read Pauli Matrices / Bloch Spheres etc. And then this exchange happened 😂

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Here are 6.5.354 reasons why I don't use SemVer... (a thread)

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And #seattle or #seattletech people here on the (ironically named for those of us in the Pacific North West) Bluesky?

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Congrats to @johnonolan.bsky.social and team for the latest release of the open source Ghost CMS (now up to 5.108.2). A great CMS, a great team, and no drama from it's founder/CEO. These are all good things. github.com/TryGhost/Ghost

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

"Hey guys, good news, everyone is talking about the R1 again! We're saved!" "Oh... oh okay... damn".

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

Refer to my earlier comments that we're about to see Quantum Computing companies repositioning to align with the prevailing AI investments. Sovereign funds have propped up the VC pullback from quantum, but there's still a shortfall to be met. Projects like Stargate create the umbrella to do that.

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

When making developer docs, be sure to use the brightest whitest style possible, with tiny text, and the softest shades of grey the eye can barely detect on the screen. Making them work harder to read your content makes them appreciate it more, and earns their respect as a worthy challenge.

submitted 113 days ago • 3 comments

Zoom: "Graphic design is my passion"

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Building something.

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

This is probably the worst era for science media since the church burned people for being witches.

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

In case you missed it... Hugging Face are building a fully open implementation of DeepSeek-R1. github.com/huggingface/...

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

During the day we are professional developers and technical leaders with impeccable communication and business acumen. Meanwhile on our personal side projects...

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment

What's everyone's preference for static site generators these days? Hugo, VueJS, NextJS, Jekyll, etc?

submitted 127 days ago • 1 comment

Useful perspective, clearly written and well-reasoned. arxiv.org/abs/2501.05694

submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

So we know that Threads hates links to other content. LEt's see what this does on Bluesky...? Side note: lovely #triphop and #downbeat grooves for those that love the likes of Morcheeba and Massive Attack and Mr Scruff as much as I do. open.spotify.com/album/3ZYgGP...

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

New favourite thing. The public domain image archive has an "infinite view" that is... really hypnotising. Check this out: pdimagearchive.org/infinite-view/

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

Solid example of how to communicate about AI and privacy options from Miro. While they are gathering more data from free tier users, they clearly state the reasons, what they aren't doing, and the method to opt out.

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

Heads-up if you're in the Bay Area in February. Bill Gates will be doing a talk at the @computerhistory.bsky.social museum. One of the tech history institutions I'm happy to be a supporting member of.

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A reminder that IBM's #quantumcomputing roadmap is public, and their Kookaburra processor is expected to be released in 2025. Unlike Google's milestones (Sycamore and now Willow), IBM's systems are generally available (to the public/quantum network members). Steady releases minus the hyperbole.

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A reminder for those interested in #quantumcomputing, one of the resources I find myself recommending (and referencing) is Olivier Ezratty's "Understanding Quantum Technologies". It's available for free on Arxiv, or via Amazon for the hardcopy versions. www.oezratty.net/wordpress/20...

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Happy "remembering which SaaS companies you subscribed to" credit card billing day for everyone who celebrates it.

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