- **“Burst-work” development model proposed for SKDB**: contributors do concentrated sprints of work, then leave the code/data available for others to pick up—explicitly framed as the opposite of NIST’s now-defunct initiative that left nothing behind.  
- **Strategic database concept reframed as compiler optimization**: kanzure realizes the “strategic db” he had been designing is fundamentally an “amorphous compiler” problem, referencing Eugen Leitl’s earlier comments on the hplusroadmap list.  
- **Open-source hardware discussion sparked by OpenFarmTech**: debate over whether low-tech devices like the Cinva Ram (compressed-earth block press) truly reduce dependence on imported metals compared to tractors, and skepticism about Jeff Vail’s claim that an MRI cannot be built from locally sourced materials.  
- **Interplanetary Ventures project involvement**: kanzure assigned responsibility for lander subsystems—communications, avionics, flight-control computer, power, etc.—suggesting active participation in an open, volunteer-driven space venture.  
- **CATIA mentioned as a CAD tool of interest**: brief reference to Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA platform, likely in the context of designing open hardware or spacecraft components.