(he/him) Open Source Technologist @AWS, Formerly @RedHat | O'Reilly Author | Hot Platypus in Tech | Opinions are my own | @spot@social.afront.org

Joined March 2007
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I may live to regret this but... If you have a legal/licensing issue with a FOSS project and need help, you can ask me nicely and I'll try to help. I am not a lawyer, nor am I pretending to be one, but I'm pretty good at providing clarity and getting things fixed.
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I'm really excited to announce that our Redis fork both has a new name (Valkey) and was accepted into the Linux foundation, linuxfoundation.org/press/li…. This has been such an amazing effort by my fellow co-creators of the project and the linux foundation.

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It's simple. If you don't pick an Open Source license, you don't get to call your software Open Source. Yes, it matters. Glaring at you, @codecov .

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Guy at proprietary software company doesn't understand why open source licenses matter.

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Hey @PeerDBInc , could you not lie to people? Your license isn't open source. That's shady AF.
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Hi friends, if you need an invite to Bluesky, DM me, I have one. If I don't know you, you're not getting it, sorry random people.
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Reminder: be incredibly skeptical of anyone who claims to have an Open Source AI. 2 reasons: 1. There is no definition (yet) for an "Open Source AI", because an AI model is data code 2. Even absent a formal definition, nothing with commercial use restrictions is open source.
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Just as a heads-up, this place is incredibly toxic, and as much as I like some of you beautiful people, I'm not really going to be posting here anymore. The owners have made this into a nazi bar and it's not where I want to be. You can find me on Mastodon, BlueSky, T2...
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And if you need an invite to one of those, and we know each other, ask. I don't have any right now, but I keep a list to distribute them as I get them.
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The man in the seat in front of me reclined it all the way immediately on takeoff. Into and through my knees. Picture shows where they were before (touching the seat). He then left it reclined for the next six hours. SIX HOURS.
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Three years gone from Red Hat and I STILL twitch at the Red Hat EMEA folks giving away the cheap red fedora hats as swag.
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Heading to London this weekend. If anyone needs something from the States (or wants to meet up), let me know!
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Want to learn things? Come ask me!
12 May 2023
Pondering best practises ? Confused by copyleft? Join AWS’ @spotfoss as he hosts the “Ask an Expert” session today at OSS NA from 1:30-1:50 in the West Level 1 - Ocean Foyer! (Note: this photo isn’t the Ocean Foyer, but if you come by the @AWSOpen booth, we have great swag!)
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#OSSummit Come say hi! Get our swag! Tell us jokes!
10 May 2023
Open Source Summit, Vancouver! @AWSOpen is ready for you! #opensource
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I remembered to bring my sticker album with me to #OSSSummit for trades! I might also still have a few dumpster fire challenge coins left...
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Excited for this booth, my team has been prepping on this for months!
AWS is pumped to sponsor and participate in @linuxfoundation's Open Source Summit North America! Our week kicks off on Tuesday with AWS Database and Analytics day, and continues the rest of the week with keynotes, talks, demos and some "sweet" surprises at the booth!
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On my first flight to Open Source Summit (1 of 3).
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My new laptop needs new stickers. What should I get? If I like it and you want one, I will buy you one as a thank you (you have to provide me your mailing info).
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Yesterday's win: Learned how CDK python worked and rewrote some examples to use a new API in order to fix a failing test suite and unblock another team's Pull Request Today's win: Didn't get laid off
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Okay, I'll bite. Anyone got an invite for Bluesky they can give me?
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