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@trillhause_ Supabase with nocodb on top

[Paul S. Rice @_TheRiceIsRight]

This is the way

[Jon Matzner @MatznerJon]

A few years ago we would have needed to upgrade to $50,000 a year enterprise plan for Airtable.... a year ago.

Today, we are almost done moving everything to a PostgreSQL database.

A couple devs (global, of course) doing the transfer over a couple of weeks.

tell me again why SaaS has pricing power?

[Paul S. Rice @_TheRiceIsRight]

@_simonsmith They will bring those tools into a singular interface at some point. They're essentially beta testing a ton of features and then will work to bring them into the core experience. This helps keep the core app very polished for basic users but rolls out new tools for power users.

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[Jason, @jasonc_nc]

Guys, is it starting? Are fire departments discovering they can drive slightly smaller trucks without fires becoming emboldened? That they can work with other public goals and maintain capability?

Deputy Chief: “Charlottesville is a very bike-friendly community, walk-friendly community. One of the expectations we hear often is about getting smaller fire trucks,” Broscious said. “They’re easier to drive and maneuver through city streets.”

The arrival of the newest engine means that the city’s front line is now entirely comprised of new, smaller models. He said these new trucks have a low hose bed, a shorter wheelbase that’s able to turn a lot easier than the classic, over-sized fire trucks.

Community member: “Having the city proactively getting these smaller trucks means that hopefully we’ll be able to have narrower streets. That makes room for bikes and walking, but it also makes the road itself safer for everybody...I’m so excited to see the city taking actual concrete steps to follow through on its goals of being a safer, more walkable, more bikeable city.”

Also as a side note see the pretty little gold filigree on the door that says “Class I ISO”? Turns out a smaller truck doesn’t suddenly cause them to lose ISO rating status or violate some mythical NFPA standard that equates truck size to capable response.

Now - Someone get me in touch so I can help them save money via commercial chassis instead of being abused by Pierce with an all-custom setup next time. And start a conversation about cheaper turntable ladders with superior capability.

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Brother, may I have some tokens

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

POV: April 2026

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“Gas prices? What gas prices?”

Even without illegal wars, the thing about car dependency is that once you’re dependent, they can do whatever they want with the prices.

Real freedom is choices. Better cities create choices. Graphic via Urban Truth Collective: https://t.co/AVsckw2bzC

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“We could never do THAT in OUR city!”

Leadership doesn’t make excuses. Via our Urban Truth Collective. #UrbanTruth

For decades I’ve been talking about what I call “the 8 most unhelpful words in the English language — we could never do THAT in OUR city!” It’s critically important for us to call out the difference between energy and excuse. The Urban Truth Collective will be doing an ongoing series showing inspiring city action that we SHOULDN’T BE MAKING ANY EXCUSES ABOUT. https://t.co/B1kpB0141l

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

120,000 new songs upload to Spotify every single day. 43 million per year. And the share of the Top 50 held by current-year releases just dropped from ~50% to ~33% in three years.

The chart looks like old music is winning. The math says new music is drowning.

Here's what's actually happening: Spotify's algorithm optimizes for session length. Familiar songs keep listeners on-platform longer than unknown ones. So the recommendation engine systematically routes people toward catalog tracks they already recognize. Every "Discover Weekly" is competing against decades of proven hits with billions of existing data points.

The fastest-growing subscriber segment makes this worse. 89% of U.S. baby boomers now stream weekly. 60% of new UK streaming subscribers last year were over 45. These listeners aren't exploring. They're digitizing the CD collection they already own.

Now add the AI flood. Suno alone generates 7 million songs per day. Enough to rebuild Spotify's entire 100-million-track library every two weeks. Those tracks don't chart, but they dilute the discovery pool so badly that real new artists can't surface.

The 2026 line on that chart isn't a trend. It's a structural collapse in music discovery. And the platforms have zero incentive to fix it because catalog streams are cheaper to license and generate identical ad revenue.

[Paul S. Rice @_TheRiceIsRight]

Claude Code/cowork usage constraints are going crazy right now. One prompt eating 30%+ of my usage limit is wild. We're gonna need a lot more tokens

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[Luca Powell @luca_a_powell]

"In other words, stealing a laptop could get you more prison time than killing a pedestrian and fleeing the scene."

Great story from @SamuelParkerRTD on why no-one who struck one of the 13 pedestrians killed last year has been prosecuted.

https://t.co/j8UrXkTIFE

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

What's wild is Nuuk, Greenland (pop. 19.6k) has 16 buses in its transit system and has higher ridership than Wichita, Kansas's bus system (pop. 472k). Yet this country is defunding transit and wants to spend $700B on Greenland.

[Paul S. Rice @_TheRiceIsRight]

Movie pitch: 6 state legislators and a few staff from opposite parties were working late and end up getting snowed into the state capitol building together. Hijinks and hilarity ensue

[BK @BradKutner]

#valeg

[Joe Dodson @joedodson16]

Many are talking about Miyares and Sears not showing up, but that pales in comparison to the most glaring absence of the day…the Hokiebird from the mascots parade group 🧐🦃