Tuesday August 11th, 2026 NCLUG Meeting

[Phil Marsh]

Thanks for the update, Steve. Glad to hear he is in good hands for his
recovery.

Best,

Phil

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM Steve Wolf <stevewolf6 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bob is temporarily staying in Kansas City for healing and followup
> appointments.  He'll be back home eventually. :-)
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 5:53 PM Phil Marsh via NCLUG <nclug at nclug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Aaron, all,
>> I was wondering if there are any updates regarding Bob Proulx? I hope
>> he's recovering well.
>> I was working in Irvine CA the last couple weeks, back now, but a very
>> recent recovery from a cold means regrettably, I cannot attend tonight
>> because nobody wants my cold.
>> Claude is proving to be quite exciting for Qt GUI software development.
>> I'm using it for developing code (Python and C++) to control test
>> instruments, tube furnaces, and next data analysis via database. I strongly
>> prefer to emit GUI software because I think it's far easier for the users
>> who need to dedicate their time to coming up with experiments. However,
>> GUIs are proving to be very complex relative to my old method of driving
>> software using the command line and loading files. More complex but much
>> more gratifying and fun. Also, I'm wondering about the potential of AI to
>> supercharge development for open-source engineering software? I'm betting
>> it could even help with coming up with algorithms to fit, for instance, a
>> 2-D surface 3rd order spline to derivatives at each point, instead of the
>> more common fit to actual values. That would be useful for modeling
>> transistors.
>> AI is fundamentally altering the methods used for software engineering
>> and we live in a very exciting time!
>> Best, Phil
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM Aaron D. Johnson via NCLUG <
>> nclug at nclug.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Filling in for rwp tonight...
>>>
>>> Who, as David is reporting as this is typed, is currently convalescing
>>> in Kansas City.  And is dearly missed.  Warm wishes and hopes for
>>> speedy recovery sent toward Kansas City from everyone at NCLUG
>>> tonight.
>>>
>>> Evelyn starts off tonight with a presentation about ATproto, a "big
>>> world open social" protocol:
>>>   - Identity at://DID/somethinggoeshere
>>>   - Personal Data Store (PDS)
>>>   - Relay
>>>   - AppView
>>>   - Clients
>>> ATproto might be a way for interested parties to widely distribute
>>> data without a centralized social network.  Much of the discussion
>>> focused on the personal data store component.  Sort of an "we want to
>>> publish our data to an open, Zuckerberg-free, Musk-free social network
>>> information sharing system.  I am probably not doing the topic justice
>>> at all, but there was some interesting discussion during the
>>> presentation.
>>>
>>> Project is homed at https://atproto.com/ for anyone interested in
>>> learning lots more.
>>>
>>> Did I mention it was warm in the meeting space tonight?  Citizen
>>> Warren reports the room is 87degF!  (Naturlization brings conversion
>>> to freedom units?)
>>>
>>> Stephen is sharing some real world experience with ZFS bookmarks in
>>> his remote backup facility running the target server out of space.
>>>
>>> At this point, we are going around the room with introductions.  And
>>> have a promise for a AT protocol personal data store container spec
>>> file demonstration for next month.
>>>
>>> We are adjourning to Slyce pizza for dinner at this time.  Thanks to
>>> all who attended!
>>>
>>> - Aaron
>>>
>>
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