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    Brian "bex" Exelbierd

    Upstream Linux. Open source politics. Tools for oddly specific frustrations.

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    Latest reading note

    Things I Read: 16-29 April 2026

    Reading notes on Czech life, tech rhetoric and tooling, Americans abroad, and a few lighter things that stuck with me.

    Proposals & Rejections

    If you’re looking for talks I’ve actually given and articles I’ve published, see Talks & publications.

    Proposed

    No submitted proposals are currently tracked here.

    Rejected / Unsuccessful

    • When Do You Pay the Complexity Tax? Four Bets on Immutable Linux
      Rejected proposal, June 2026, DevConf.CZ

    • FOSDEM Project Atomic Table @ FOSDEM 2016
      Unsuccessful table proposal

    For more FOSDEM CFP and DevRoom materials (including successful devroom submissions), see FOSDEM materials.

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