move to bluesky… @areinet.bsky.socail
Joined May 2010
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15 Mar 2023
Local tech meetups drove local tech ecosystems. Will they come back?
We talk to @pinnacle_21 Engineering VP @MartinSnyder with shoutouts to @dctechmeetup @ThePhillyJUG @charmcityjs and more buff.ly/3YOhFfq
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Remember kids: weak systems attract exploitation from unscrupulous and unserious actors.
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I realized early in my career how fragile the foundations of modern software was. My mind was blown when I realized how many massive organizations were using my code—the code of a random 20-something.
I thought, surely these orgs are thoroughly vetting my code before using it?
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Nope! I soon learned that most organizations don't spend even 5 seconds glancing at the code in the 1000s of packages they depend on to build their apps.
It's crazy—we're building all the world's infrastructure on a teetering tower of open source risk overworked maintainers.
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19 Oct 2022
They work for employers as varied as @MandT_Bank @MorganStateU @netography @VecTechAI. What unites them?
They are all Baltimore's 2022 RealLIST Engineers. Check out our latest list honoring game-changing technologists: bit.ly/3Dbn08Y
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15 Aug 2022
Mix things up by putting framed quotes meant for the kitchen into the bathroom
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12 Aug 2022
"Running a successful open source project is just Good Will Hunting in reverse, where you start out as a respected genius and end up being a janitor who gets into fights."
Quote attributed to @cra, and I don't think I've ever seen anything more true posted.
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12 Jul 2022
What is it going to take for y’all to STOP USING YAML for anything ever
don’t make me stop this car
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25 Jun 2022
My wife and I made another cat #claymation! Magical Cat is a project we do between jobs to loosen up and enjoy #animation.
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24 May 2022
After a gaming-induced delay, another blog post! This one is about dealing with legacy systems that you hate for some reason, maybe even a good one. blog.ceejbot.com/posts/legac…
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Seems like a good time to re-post my last piece for @emptywheel, What Comes After America emptywheel.net/2020/11/03/wh…
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19 Jun 2015
In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.
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3 May 2022
ASA DC chapter to host mini conference and student paper competition next Thursday, May 12 at Catholic University. Abstracts due May 10, if you want to present. All are welcome, we’re back in person, it’s free!
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3 May 2022
I am a pro-choice voter. And I will vote in November. Pass it on.
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📣 ICYMI Node.js v18 is now available.
A lot of time and effort goes into these releases and we are very grateful to all the work of the collaborators and the release team who keep Node.js moving forward. 🙌
nodejs.org/en/blog/announcem…
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