Francisco J. Velázquez-G.

Profile picture: Me under a fish flake in Svolvær, Lofoten.
Header picture: Blinkenlights Polychrome at the Chaos Communication Camp (CCCamp) 2023.

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Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2025-10-31

Attended "An Open Source RISC-V CPU in FPGA" by Kristoffer Robin Stokke at UiO. Pure OS joy!

- 32-bit `RISC-V` CPU in open `VHDL` on a cheap FPGA
- Minimalist: UART, SDRAM, pixel screen
- All source code open

Saw the FPGA board IRL—tiny silicon, big dreams. Bare-metal computing distilled. Trying to convince Kristoffer to present this at FOSDEM!

#riscv #fpga #opensource #hardware #hacker #vhdl #baremetal

Kristoffer Robin showing us the CPU’s circuit as a block diagramKristoffer Robin showing us the CPU’s logic source codeKristoffer Robin demoing the physical FPGA running "Hei, verden!" on the display
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2025-10-25

Day 1/2 of the #GStreamer hackfest at Amazon HQ, London—likely the largest yet. 10y since my first (Staines, UK, Samsung offices, 2015). #GstConf2025 #FOSS @gstreamer gstreamer.freedesktop.org/conf

Amazon HQ in LondonHackers programming
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2025-10-25

#GstConf2025 debrief: great advances in multimedia processing, pragmatic hacks, 3 photos summarize the delta; the rest is in code. #GStreamer #OpenSource @gstreamer Barbican, London. gstreamer.freedesktop.org/conf

Francisco J. Velázquez-G. boosted:
2025-05-22

Another highlight of this year's #embedded week in Nice: seeing the #PipeWire & #libcamera workshop teams meet up with the #GStreamer hackfest crew for a pizza night in the city! #OpenSource brings people together!

GStreamer, PipeWire & libcamera teams in Nice
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2025-05-16

On my way to GStreamer hackfest in Nice ✈️. Will you be also there?

discourse.gstreamer.org/t/gstr

Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2025-05-15

We are celebrating 10 years of Rust 1.0! Join us at Appear's offices in Oslo for a special event marking this milestone. Mathias Myrland will present a talk on *Rust for web UI development in a full-stack Rust environment*, followed by a Rust-themed birthday cake! 🦀🎂 Here's to 10 more years of Rust!

#RustLang #Rust10Years #OsloMeetup

meetup.com/rust-oslo/events/30

Francisco J. Velázquez-G. boosted:
2025-03-26

There will be a GStreamer Spring Hackfest on 16-18 May 2025 in Nice, France - hope to see you there! More details soon.

discourse.gstreamer.org/t/gstr

#GStreamer #GstHackfest #Hackfest #OpenSource #Multimedia #FreeSoftware #Nice #France

Photo of Nice in France with the sea in the background, overlayed with the GStreamer logo and text "Spring hackfest 2025, 16-18 May 2024, Nice, France"
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-10-10

🔧 Deep in code; hackfest with @gstreamer alongside the engineers from Appear (appear.net/)! Pushing media innovation forward! 🚀

#GStreamer #Coding #hackfest #gstconf

Hackers programming in a big room
Francisco J. Velázquez-G. boosted:
2024-10-07

I'm currently attending the @gstreamer conference in beautiful Montréal with my former colleague @francisv

It's always so nice meeting all these awesome smart people again and sharing the newest developments of the world's coolest Multimedia framework #gstreamer

#gstconf2024

A photo of me and Francisco next to a GStreamer conference sign
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-10-07

🚀 Ready for GStreamer Conference 2024! 🎥 If you're in Montreal, let's catch up! Drop me a message. #GStreamer2024 @gstreamer appear.net/

Tim Phillipp Müller standing in front of a conference room, about to start conference.
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-09-17

I had the honor of being part of the Appear (appear.net/) team at IBC2024 a few days ago. The event was an incredible experience, enriched with insightful discussions with current and potential customers, integrators, suppliers, and competitors.

#appear #ibc2024

Francisco, Anders and Dexter, employees at Appear, standing in front of the Appear stand at IBC2024.
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-08-10

Norwegian Unix User Group (NUUG) 40 years jubileum 🎂🎉🐧🇧🇻

#nuug

Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-08-10

World Wide Web — you click, we do the rest!

Håkon Wium Lie on the early years of WWW and CSS.

NUUG 40 years jubileum

nuug.no/aktiviteter/20240810-N

#www #css #nuug

Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-08-10

Ready for a sequence of presentations about the history of free software in Norway, and many other academic and technical talks.

Great way to celebrate 40 years of the Norwegian Unix User Group (NUUG).

nuug.no/aktiviteter/20240810-N

#nuug #foss #gnu

Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-07-27

Refreshing and getting ready for Flummi's Survival Party 🦊 and hacking evening 👾!

@fraxinas & co.

Shows hackers' drink in a venue being prepared for a hacker's evening. In the background, inside the venue, tables with technical equipment, outside the venue, green hills.
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-07-11

Had a fantastic time at the Rust 🦀 Meetup in Oslo today with a few colleagues from [Appear] (appear.net/)! Special thanks to @jonhoo for organizing the event, and the enlightening and valuable conversations. Plus, we got a personalized dedication in our copy of his book!

Stay tuned for the next event: [Rust Oslo Meetup](meetup.com/de-DE/rust-oslo/eve)

Book dedication by Jon GjengsetRustaceans in Oslo
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-06-24

Yes, we innovate with GStreamer and Rust 🦀 at Appear AS appear.net/ 🙌🏽! Join us to explore cutting-edge technology!

#gstreamer #rust #rustlang #appear

GStreamer and Rust stickers in Appear AS office
Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-06-07

Alan Turing died 70 years (and one day) ago, 7 June 1954.

Francisco J. Velázquez-G.francisv@social.cologne
2024-05-30

GStreamer hackers & co. exploring the Palace of Aigai.

Thank you to @asymptotic for sponsoring the trip!

#GStreamer #GstHackfest #Greece #Aigai @gstreamer

Post GStreamer Hackfest excursion with 15 people in the archaeological site of the Palace Aigai

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