Aaron Mavrinac

Roboticist, hacker, scholar, DJ. Co-founder/VP at @opretocorp, localization and mapping team lead at @OTTOMotors, occasional instructor at @UWindsor.

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You use all sorts of online services. You also very likely use third-party applications to enhance your experience of some of those services. Problems? Things are getting worse. https://t.co/5J2VPD7rLS

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Feature flags: your worst nightmare or a secret weapon? It’s funny how clients react when we first pitch them on feature flags. It’s like they’ve seen a monster, but soon, they’ll realize it’s just a friendly giant. https://t.co/jNy8sk1E56

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Have you ever been frustrated by the lack of choice and the lousy choices available to you when doing software procurement? https://t.co/PtNDI4Ry9U

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Threat modelling gives actionable insights, and paves the way for proactive cybersecurity. Threat modeling workshops keep dev teams updated and establish a real cybersecurity strategy. https://t.co/lJOYCogpIR

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I first tried the open source DJ software Mixxx in the early 2000s. At a time when most DJs were still spinning vinyl and the CDJ-1000 was the new hotness, I was an accidental PC pioneer. https://t.co/ralKEDoma5

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"The Unix philosophy 👩💻 is like bricklaying 🧱: a disappearing art of building elegant things with compact modular units. https://t.co/7gQWaw7Wen

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Modern software SUCKS 🖕 https://t.co/zN5MEUE8hh

[Aaron Mavrinac @ezod]

How to build a software team; that diverse mix of personalities, knowledge, skills, and experience that is at the center of every project. It's the stuff that makes your project tick.

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How do you dip your feet into unfamiliar technologies? I start with an achievable but interesting initial goal, build it by hacking together components from the open source ecosystem, and then see where creativity takes me! https://t.co/leubirqrqQ via @prosiglieres

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@AlMaghnieh I suppose we can agree that it was a good decision.

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Here's the audio version (without intros) of the video album of @IronAndWine songs we made for @DeeMarilynLane in December. Featuring fantastic covers by some of Windsor's best. https://t.co/8ImXSKcguX

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Back in March I did an hour special for CJAM 99.1 FM's Womxn's Week celebration, highlighting some of my favourite female vocalists of the new disco pop. Feed your ears! https://t.co/Ly86lYkUHt

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@AlfredoCosta @detroitships It's there, just really small.

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I'm celebrating International Womxn's Week on @CJAMFM today with a fresh selection of pop disco tunes fronted by female vocalists. Tune in at 3pm!

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🇨🇦 Algoterra, 🇨🇦 Harvest Spirit, 🇺🇸 Michigan, and 🇺🇸 New York following ice breakers 🇨🇦 Griffon and 🇺🇸 CG Hollyhock down the river. Follow @detroitships for pics! #boatnerd #greatlakesshipping #detroitriver

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@jonliedtke @detroitships On its way back right now too.

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@llnz2 @detroitships https://t.co/wl91vYALUT

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I built a thing that tracks ships on the Detroit River and takes their picture when they pass my house. Follow @detroitships.

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ICYMI: here's a few of Windsor's best doing lockdown covers of @IronAndWine tunes for @DeeMarilynLane https://t.co/t6L1sG13HX via @YouTube

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@stevegong @thingiverse Interested in printing the phone stand you designed along with this. Any chance of an upload?