Ashton Hudson

Software Engineer • Rock Climber • I make Databases go brrrrr

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

I thought I would start the new year with a Serval Tracker status thread.

Some juicy highlights:

Tech stack: Django, Timescale, and Docker.

It costs about R800 a month to run the service.

3000 daily users, with 30 000 users on Black Friday.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

@MichaelJordaan @zzbuhlesibeko technically, 1.9% is two digits

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

why do wife’s get zoomies? i’ve been scrolling through medical journals, but i’ve turned up nothing

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

not with that attitude 😡

[Katli @KatliL_]

I hate to be so pessimistic about South Africa and the world in general but yah, it just doesn’t feel like there’s a better tomorrow.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

@DieDagbreker @RomanCabanac ohhh, i’m dreamin’

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

marco rubio is guaranteed to win 😵‍💫

[Coinvo @Coinvo]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Kamala Harris and Rep. AOC will reportedly run as President and Vice President in the 2028 elections.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

@ride_hunt_live @CaptMylo just a warning, remember to unplug these when family comes over for lunch — fuck it gets awkward quickly

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

@MichaelJordaan the crazy thing is that most south africans have never worked in a +5% growing economy.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

if we sustain this, we will get…

… checks notes…

2% growth for the year??

the bar could not be lower

[SABC News @SABCNews]

BREAKING NEWS | South Africa’s GDP increases by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2026, following a 0.4% rise in the fourth quarter of 2025: Stats SA

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

it’s an economic drag on south africa. it’s an “import” because their earnings will eventually be exchanged for forex.

then they are also taking up resources (housing, potential skills, etc…)

finally, it’s exceedingly unlikely they are paying taxes on income earned.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

economic migration isn’t some magical win

if people are moving to south africa because they want to create a life here and contribute to this society — then that’s one thing

but if people are moving here just to make some money only to go back home, then that’s a largely a loss

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

i wore a jersey yesterday, and everyone thought i was a writer.

it got so exaggerated that they started asking well, if i were to be a writer — what would i write (to which i answered: a cross section between sci-fi, philosophy, and cosmic horror).

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

@gregorycgravett this is insane. the road to hell is paved in good intentions…

inclusivity is meaningless without exclusivity.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

@CheetahPlains it does seem a bit strange, but it’s the same situation in south africa: Richmond is about 25% of our gdp.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

@zoomer_cape no amount of explanation will help someone through that though — the only way they will get through it is by pushing through the fear. unless someone is really open minded, the only way you can help them is by letting them just keep trying their bullshit way.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

@zoomer_cape my observation of their poor performance was that they were scared and didn’t want to attempt doing the move efficiently.

their observation of their poor performance was that their forearms were sore and they literally couldn’t see alternative ways to accomplish the task.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

guys, all these earth quakes of late means only one thing, we are going to need this team

[ILRedAlert @ILRedAlert]

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Hormozgan province in southern Iran. - Iranian media

[Tara Roos @tarathinks]

The DA will lose its majority in the City of Cape Town in the upcoming local government elections.

[Ashton Hudson @ashtonshudson]

Economist Dawie Roodt warns that not feeding virgin sacrifices to the volcano gods could push more south africans to use tap dancing nematodes

[Daily Investor @DailyInvestorSA]

Economist Dawie Roodt warned that the National Treasury’s proposed crypto regulations could drive more South Africans toward stablecoins and away from the rand.
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