James O'Malley
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk · Personal blog · on HN since 2023
James O'Malley writes a newsletter on UK policy, transport, data, and AI in government.
What HN saysCommenters point to his posts on liberating the Postcode Address File and TfL data, with one noting a full article beats a blogspam repost.
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Most-shared posts
- 1A TfL AI experiment reveals how Tube station capacity could be increased3 people · 10 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 2Using NHS data for scientific research – without creating a privacy nightmare2 people · 7 points · first shared 2024 · 5 comments on HN
- 3What Transport for London can learn about us from our mobiles2 people · 7 points · first shared 2023 · 1 comments on HN
- 4The Plan to Liberate the (UK) Postcode Address File2 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 5Design the UK parking code system2 people · 4 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 6How the UK government is using AI to speed up the planning system2 people · 2 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 7I rebooted my social life2 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 8We need to liberate the Postcode Address File1 people · 356 points · first shared 2024 · 312 comments on HN
- 9I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and don't know what to do with them1 people · 326 points · first shared 2024 · 311 comments on HN
- 10TfL's AI Tube Station experiment is amazing and slightly terrifying1 people · 28 points · first shared 2024 · 2 comments on HN
- 11London Bridge tested tech to track individuals inside the station1 people · 22 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 12We could make our homes easier to decarbonise by using tech called a "database"1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 13Come to my talk about the Postcode Address File1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 14We Need Seven Bins1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 15Thing the Tories Did in Office1 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
dgroshev · 2026-08-11
Here are a couple examples: https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/build-gemini-build
e-topy · 2026-04-05
This reminds me of [0], basically just inviting the most interesting people I know (also transitively the most interesting people they know), and just getting to meet people.
I would really like to do this, but half the most interesting people I know are PhD professors I rant with because I'm next to them in a lab. Maybe once my network gets bigger.
But I would still like to know more about how you do this, as other people doing this accidentally made me some good friendships, and I'd like to repay this favor to others
[0] https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-might-be-oversharing
ascorbic · 2024-08-23
So it turns out that James O'Malley has written a post that addresses all the details of this already (of course), including several options for how it could be done affordably. https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/heres-the-plan-to-actually-liberate
haunter · 2023-12-02
Blogspam. URL should be changed to this, it's the full article https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/its-crazy-how-much-transport-for
And it was actually posted here back then https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38013668 (71 comments)