Developer. Product person. Aspiring photographer and pianist. ex-GOOG, ex-MSFT. Currently VP of Product Marketing @ Confluent He/Him. @gregde@hachyderm.io
Joined February 2008
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6 May 2024
I always knew Logitech mouse software on Mac was bad but I put up with it until this.
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19 Mar 2024
In case you ever wonder what the purpose of business cards are in the year 2024, turns out they can be used in Europe to make sure the AC and electric outlets charging your laptop don’t turn off when you leave the room.
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25 Jan 2024
Officially done with @Clear. Even at 4:45am, the regular TSA Pre line is faster than the paid Clear.
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3 Nov 2023
Question for ex-Googlers. Has anyone found a replacement for gThanks at your new orgs? I loved the way it encouraged spontaneous and in-the-moment recognition.
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16 Oct 2023
Although Jack's post is about Kafka specifically, it's relevant to almost any cloud service. TL;DR is that Bring-Your-Own-Cloud approach sounds tempting but has serious limitations.
25 Sep 2023
BYOC is something I’ve been thinking about recently so I decided to write down the thoughts I have on it and where I think cloud services are going in general.
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5 Oct 2023
Love @elgato CamLink 4k for connecting my digital camera to my Mac. But have to turn off hand gestures in macOS Sonoma because triggering a gesture causes video to freeze.
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28 Sep 2023
Classic. Landed half an hour an early and gave it all back sitting on the tarmac waiting for who knows what. Question now is will we even be on time when all is said and done.
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28 Sep 2023
Favorite part of my job is that I get to showcase the amazing work done by @confluentinc eng team. Loved showing the new Data Portal and AI Assistant in the #Current23 opening keynote. Big steps forward for Kafka devs.
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6 Sep 2023
No pictures, but just had a classic “there’s a spider in the bathroom the size of a Buick” moment.
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31 Aug 2023
Super proud of the eng team at @confluentinc. Their white paper describing the work that went into Kora -- our cloud native Kafka engine -- just won the "Best Industry Paper" award at @VLDBconf.
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23 Aug 2023
Big time "shut up and time my money" vibes going on. atari.com/products/atari-260…
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16 Aug 2023
Really cool new "Inside Flink" blog series from @confluentinc diving into why Apache Flink is such a popular option for stream processing and how it fits with Apache Kafka.
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22 May 2023
Really enjoying combo of @mimestream and @flexibits Fantastical as native Mac replacements for Gmail and Calendar web apps.
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3 May 2023
Earnings day for @confluentinc . When you exceed all guided metrics for 8 consecutive quarters, you must be doing something right. Huge thanks to our customers who trust us to set their data in motion and everyone at Confluent for earning that trust.
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29 Apr 2023
Very sad weekend. After a night in the emergency vet hospital, we had to say goodbye to this little guy, our 14 year old Westie.
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28 Apr 2023
Anyone else having problems with Bluesky accepting codes? I’ve tried two different ones (from known sources) and both give the same “invite code not accepted” error.
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21 Apr 2023
Thinking about costs of running Kafka? Don’t get caught bike shedding - a new blog series from @confluentinc helps you understand the key drivers. TL;DR - networking is likely to be 50% or more of the total.
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Happy 30th Birthday, @VisualC .
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Launched at Software Development '93, Santa Clara, 30 years ago.
Launch video: youtube.com/watch?v=Ow5wjX06… starring @ricomariani @mccarthyjim1 and Denis Gilbert.
ALT First page of Microsoft Press Release launching Visual C , Feb. 23, 1993
It Was 20 Years Ago Today that @VisualC 1.0 launched at SD'93 in Santa Clara. youtube.com/watch?v=Ow5wjX06… books.google.com/books?id=vj…
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