Athan Reines

📣 New post up on the stdlib blog! This one covers lessons learned after doing 100 interviews with a variety of stakeholders interested in numerical #javascript. Check it out and let us know your thoughts! blog.stdlib.io/lessons-lear...

Shoutout to @dataandme.bsky.social for another superbly written post! 🙌

V8, the JavaScript engine in Chrome and Node.js, has influenced a number of our design decisions. In this post, we discuss those decisions & explain why we do some of the things we do. The lessons are not exclusive to V8, being generally applicable to all JS engines. blog.stdlib.io/write-it-lik...

📣 New post up on the stdlib blog! There has been a lot of talk regarding AI policies, whether OSS projects need them, and what they should include. In this post, @dataandme.bsky.social explores whether the choice is as binary as it seems. blog.stdlib.io/your-ai-poli...

Does JavaScript really need another plotting library? Probably not. But scientific JavaScript needs something different. We're building plotting for ndarrays, REPLs, servers, browsers, and the command line, all on top of Vega. Here's why: blog.stdlib.io/why-another-...

AI agents learn from more than prompts. They learn from examples already in your repository. @anandkaranubc.bsky.social explains why consistency is infrastructure and why every stale convention is a wrong answer waiting to be copied. blog.stdlib.io/the-codebase...

We've been taught that being indispensable is a sign of success. In open source, it can also be a liability. The healthiest projects aren't built around heroes. They're built so that others can eventually take the work farther than we could alone. blog.stdlib.io/build-for-in...

Not every open-source project wants more contributors right now, and that's fine. Four shapes maintainers run — walled castle, clique, university, hippie commune — and your `CONTRIBUTING.md` is saying the quiet part out loud. No wrong answer, just an honest one. blog.stdlib.io/do-you-want-...

Most people still think of browsers as thin clients. They're not. Modern browsers can run scientific computing, ML, and GPU workloads locally with no servers and no data leaving your device. A post by @gunjjoshi.bsky.social explains why that changes everything: blog.stdlib.io/the-largest-...

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Open source doesn't survive because the install gets smoother. It survives when users feel invited to become caretakers. We wrote about the Stakeholder Journey and the hard, human work of turning use into commitment. blog.stdlib.io/the-stakehol...

A tool for mapping your #opensource ecosystem and its saboteurs: The Ecosystem and Stakeholder Map. blog.stdlib.io/mapping-your...

A surprising thing we learned when mapping our community: the people who contribute to an open-source project aren't always the people who use it. This post from @dataandme.bsky.social explores the Open-Source Ecosystem Canvas & the questions it surfaced for stdlib. blog.stdlib.io/open-source-...

For years, open source communities relied on visible friction: people got stuck, asked questions in public, and became part of a community. AI is changing that. What happens when newcomers are no longer visible—and neither side knows the other is there? blog.stdlib.io/ai-and-the-i...

We're excited to share stdlib's 2026 Google Summer of Code cohort! This year, we were awarded 5 contributor slots. The projects span machine learning, LAPACK/BLAS, and scientific visualization for the web. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed and applied! blog.stdlib.io/gsoc-2026-se... #GSoC

Today we're publishing the "Zen of stdlib": a philosophy of simplicity, modularity, consistency, and craft, which guides stdlib's development. If you're interested in scientific computing, library design, or sustainable software engineering, we think you'll enjoy it. blog.stdlib.io/zen-of-stdlib/

Athan Reines explores JavaScript's technical computing with stdlib -https://buff.ly/50WOdgF

Happy International Podcast Day! 🎙️ Celebrating with some amazing episodes featuring our @quansight team: 🎧 Athan Reines on stdlib 🎧 Marco Gorelli on Narwhals 🎧 Ralf Gommers on NumPy 🎧 Travis Oliphant on SciPy & scientific Python Links 🧵👇 What's your favorite tech podcast? Share with us!

Read the full blog post here: blog.stdlib.io/reflection-o...

Six years ago, Athan Reines joined Quansight! As a core developer of stdlib, Athan has helped bridge the gap between JavaScript and scientific applications. The future of open source is bright with contributors like Athan leading the way. Here's to many more years of innovation together! 🥂