Dmitry Demeshchuk

Co-founder & VP of Software @serverobotics
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Opinions of my own

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@ericjang11 Of course, the first person to like this tweet is a bot. Welcome to Xitter.

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@ericjang11 1. Started with ROS.
2. Decided to replace with homegrown solution (was pre ROS2).
3. Replaced ROS with a homegrown solution.
4. Been running in production for over 4 years now, working okay.

Today, I'd probably still start with something like ROS2+RTI, then consider replacing.

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@ericjang11 I do think ROS(2) ecosystem is sometimes overrated. RViz is a dinosaur that's been superseded by Foxglove. The build and packaging system is still abysmal. Lack of solutions for things like OTA updates (still have to rely on products like Balena). The list goes on.

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@jokrvivek Interesting. Bazel is cool for C++/Java ecosystems, but comes with a lot of extra complexity and lacks proper support for most other languages. Why wasn't Cargo enough by itself?

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@tobi More importantly, the "we'e made mistakes, we own them up, we've learned from them, we'll try something different now" attitude. We need to see more of this in politics.

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@_buames It's always been interesting working with you and hearing your perspective on product and people, man. Thanks for keeping it real, and for preserving your integrity at all times.

[James Butts @_buames]

I’m entering hospice today. Will probably update every little if at all. But I wanted to say to be kind, be brave, be principled, be an idealist. Most importantly, be a decent human.

I love that we existed together, in this moment of time.

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@SusanPotter Oh yeah, the future does look pretty dire.

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@SusanPotter Still an upgrade compared to Russia.

[Ali Kashani @ahkashani]

Thrilled to unveil our 3rd generation Serve robot! The are smarter, faster, and more efficient than ever. All that with a 50% cost reduction. Ready to transform more cities in 2025 🚀

[Ali Kashani @ahkashani]

The only thing cooler than robots is robots+drones 👌

[Ademusoyo @ademusoyo]

Apply for tech jobs at non-tech companies

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@mipsytipsy Great stuff. Now do observability for robotics. Extremely scarce CPU and memory, limited bandwidth and disk space, combination of real-time and high-latency high-resolution historical insights. The industry is ripe.

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@ahkashani @SlackHQ And to think that search was their initial schtick, compared to even crappier systems like HipChat...

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@seancribbs If it's heads, I win. If it's tails, you lose.

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@levwalkin No shooting from the hip?

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@kellabyte If Ruby programmers could read, they'd be really upset at you right now.

[Dillon Mulroy @dillon_mulroy]

Over the years I’ve stopped reading the docs and started reading the source more often than not

[Dmitry Demeshchuk @demeshchuk]

@ahkashani Yup. Felt like a random "corporate world bad, startup good" rant, just very eloquently written.