Simon @spoltier@qoto.org

I was laid off last month due to cost reduction so I used this unexpected « opportunity » to give a boost on the renovation of my house. Doing everything by myself allows me to keep it on a decent budget but I will need to go back to work in a few months 👀

I’m a software engineer with 17 years of experience on distributed systems. I’ve been writing Rust for 6 years (prior to that PHP/NodeJs/Go). I have a good experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Databases & IaaS. Very much opened to learning embedded systems.
Open to remote part-time contract or employee status (max 4 days/week) with occasional travel.

My recent projects : https://otso.fr/cv.html

Hopefully the Fediverse will work its magic ✨

#rust #rustLang #FediHire #getFediHired #toulouse #paris

one of my lowkey obsessions is foods with funny names. of which there are depressingly few. besides this one:
- stargazy pie (don't look it up)
- oyakodon
- spaghetti alle vongole fujute
if you know of more, tell me!

Did that movie where the world has flooded and there’s like retro memory parlors ever come out? I don’t remember the name but I remember seeing the trailer 2-3 years ago

The pressure

for us in the #curl project right now

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/26/the-pressure/

Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by our colleagues to tell the tale of Reverso, an interesting (and deceptively simple!) piece of hardware that has proved essential to scaling manufacturing. Join us today, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1503458376745484318

@LaChasseuse @Catfish_Man It's cute but pretty obviously not how Palantir would actually advertise. I'm still in favor of guerilla art protesting surveillance capitalism though

Some genius did this to two subway adverts ⤵️

i’m being told that this is not an SNL skit

Perhaps you have thought to yourself, *I'm* on board the Psychology of Software Teams train, but how can I subtly let others know? How can I identify fellow POST fans in the wild?? What if we need to organize around the radical notions of thriving, motivation, self-compassion and psychological safety??

Well if you find me at a 2026 conference or book reading you can get a TINY PROPAGANDA STICKER

Will Ashley achieve her skateboard dreams?? Are our heuristics around learning making it impossible for us to learn? Can you improve your adherence to your goals?? Latest Change, Technically is another LEARNING STRATEGIES episode!

https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/19131922-you-have-bad-mental-models-of-learning

Under-reported details of the xAI/Anthropic Colossus data center deal: Anthropic get Colossus 1 but xAI keep using the larger Colossus 2, Colossus 1 has a REALLY bad environmental record, and xAI just shut down a bunch of older models on 2 weeks' notice https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/7/xai-anthropic/

I'm winning

it’s honestly jarring when AI creates bullshit work and people are happy about that like, now your job is poking agents to get them unstuck. not problem solving, just jiggling the mouse how are you content with this?

As a non-binary person who used to have internalised enbyphobia, I can't help but notice the accidentally artistic poignancy of a de-non-binary person arguing relentlessly against structurelessness— or rather, arguing that structurelessness does not exist.