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Henry Catalini Smith

I'm Henry, a software engineer based in Malmö, Sweden. I'm a Certified Professional in Web Accessibility, a union organiser, and I'm still not planning any nuclear attacks.

Wooden shelf above a door with a modem, router, NAS, and laptop.
Split ortholinear keyboard with black keycaps on a white table.
ORGANIZING FOR POWER THE CORE FUNDAMENTALS Graduation Certificate February 8 - March 15, 2023 Presented to Henry Catalini Smith This certificate recognizes successful completion of the six-week intensive course "The Core Fundamentals", part of the "Organizing for Power" training program for organizers worldwide. Jane McAlevey, Lead Trainer Ethan Earle, Program Coordinator "THE WORKING CLASSES IN EVERY COUNTRY ONLY LEARN TO FIGHT IN THE COURSE OF THEIR STRUGGLES." - ROSA LUXEMBURG

Goodbye Jane

Channelling some of the grief about Jane McAlevey's death into words about the future and how the things I've learned from her provide me with hope and determination.

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Help tech employees secure collective agreements

Love this advocacy network initiative from Unionen. The very clear "union organiser" tone of voice in the text is cool as hell.

This is no small request we’re making of you. We will face attacks and strong opposition claiming we’re wrong.

You should go sign up. You give them your email address and they'll keep you up to date as the campaign progresses.

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So obsessed with decentralization (we’ll get it right this time!) that when centralization inevitably builds up no one knows how to manage it healthily, or even that it needs to be managed. And then a Matt Mullenweg happens and everyone is like “oh no, I have learned nothing from this other than that centralization is bad, we’ll get it right this time!”. Rinse, repeat.

Yep.

Rearchitecting: Redis to SQLite

The SQLite hype train continues. Love to be Excited About Benchmarks.