Software architect, quantum computing nomad, open source contributor, Microsoft MVP. Works in R&D in the medical industry. Interested in quantum foundations.
 Author of “Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK” (Springer).https://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3mqw7kccmtc2gtoday I heard some music from a singer named "Ikkimel", who apparently is quite popular among kids over here, and I finally understand how our parents must have felt about Rancid and Wu-Tang Clan18 Jul 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqw7kccmtc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3mqpmx4n7fs22this Argentina team is like a Phoenix - you just can't kill it off you think you did and here they are again - what an amazing team to watch15 Jul 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpmx4n7fs22https://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3mqpao6ctyc2c15th year as Microsoft MVP. phew I suddenly feel old!15 Jul 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpao6ctyc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3mo5b3ddm3k2hwow "The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees" 🔗 https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access13 Jun 2026 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5b3ddm3k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3mnxkpuhsa22fbooted my Windows PC for the first time in months and after about an hour of churning various Windows updates it has spent the last hour on this - not particularly reassuring - state10 Jun 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxkpuhsa22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3mnddfctovs2sMicrosoft unveils Majorana 2, its next-generation topological quantum chip with the plan to achieve a scalable quantum computer by 2029 warning: the phrase "agentic AI" is used 19(!) times in the article 🔗 https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/majorana-2-microsoft-discovery-agentic-ai/02 Jun 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnddfctovs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3mhtivnqxfs2oGoogle's expansion into neutral atoms feels like a strategic shift. Neutral atoms offer the spatial scaling and connectivity needed for error correction https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/research/neutral-atom-quantum-computers/24 Mar 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtivnqxfs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3mbbqm4gisk2dThere can only be one song today! 🇦🇺 https://youtu.be/QKMpXFNbNfE?si=YgkkV844lszKYzx731 Dec 2025 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbbqm4gisk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3ma562qknx22pwhat?! 😅 "We built a complete VR setup from scratch to let rats play DOOM. (...) The rats successfully learned to navigate the virtual environment and trigger the shooting mechanism. " 🔗 ratsplaydoom.com https://ratsplaydoom.com16 Dec 2025 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma562qknx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3m7ikfooias2cnice! worth sharing.. Until December 12, you can buy an individual annual subscription for PyCharm Pro at 30% OFF, and have the full cost of your purchase donated to the Python Software Foundation. https://lp.jetbrains.com/support-python/08 Dec 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ikfooias2chttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3m746uadfnk2dthey should not let me anywhere near React 🤦‍♂️😅🤷‍♂️03 Dec 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m746uadfnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3m5gy5gq7qc2qupgraded my home connection to 10Gbit fiber Only to realize that none of my devices, including the newly set up mesh network ("why pay extra for 10Gbit support?") and the new Mac ("why pay extra for 10Gbit support?") do not support it 😣12 Nov 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gy5gq7qc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3m4pzu7a2us2dElon: "I know absolutely nothing about this, so here's my expert opinion" [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Nov 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4pzu7a2us2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3m4e3rv35zs2qand how is your day going? 😣29 Oct 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4e3rv35zs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3m3sbw5yvk22athis should have been a new Mini! I am still clinging on to 12 Mini and I refuse to buy a new one until they release a new Mini 🫩 Report: 'Virtually No Demand' for iPhone Air 🔗 https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/22/report-virtually-no-demand-for-iphone-air/22 Oct 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sbw5yvk22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/filipw.strathweb.com/post/3m3s5iznflk2iWhen Werner Heisenberg came up with his original "observable" idea for quantum mechanics, he turned to Max Born and Pascual Jordan to help advance the ideas further, but they couldn't manage to apply the theory to the electron in hydrogen atom.22 Oct 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:zmd6rdgnvuzlio6lrdvl4mfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3s5iznflk2i