Since my accident and rehab, my vision was wrecked, my hearing in one ear was down to ~30%, and my taste and smell were gone. My vision healed and came back to 20/20 within about 6 to 7 months. I was told that although surgery could be performed on…
A study put out by "Jake Toolson University" cites that "..being predictable is boring." - 1981, LIFE. In an interview conducted with their chief DGAF, Jake Toolson.. . Actually, he walked away from the interview. The people with answers are usually selling something. Stop being boring ❤️ Jake…
"Him paying you to not sue him is probably cheaper than a divorce" someone said. Apparently a lot of divorce talks were happening, according to neighbors. Perhaps related to the multiple times cops were at their house. "If we pay you, will this be done?!" his…
We built a global infrastructure on the assumption that some guy in Oakland would keep paying for his domain registration. Remember when an npm package broke the internet with a single deploy? I do. FORK. YOUR, DEPENDENCIES. VENDOR. THEM. VERSION LOCK THEM. Yes, it feels paranoid but know what else…
They gather to share what they were given hymns passed down like heirlooms, faith worn soft from handling. I sat among them once. Mouthed the words. Waited for the burning, the flood, the still small voice. Nothing. Just the sound of my own breath and the congregation rising without me.…
I watched a Clockwork Orange because Kubrick. Expected revelation. Got confusion. I kept waiting for the part where I'd feel smart for getting it. That part never came. And then I did that thing: I assumed the problem was me. "I clearly don't understand cinema.…
It teaches kids how to stay offline. For 7 days, your kid logs into their tablet. Opens an app. Watches me explain why they should go outside and touch grass. Here's the curriculum: Day 1: "Why screens are bad for your brain." Day 3: "The…
My first introduction to IAC was Ansible in about 2015. Writing playbooks instead of SSHing into boxes and running commands like some kind of digital archaeologist. Suddenly infrastructure was repeatable which alone felt like magic. Then Terraform. YAML with remote state in S3 for version control was next for me.…
"AI Architect" in your LinkedIn title and resume is the new "Growth Hacker" from 2013. It's a costume, not a credential. You know what we called people who designed systems that happened to include machine learning five years ago? Engineers. Architects. Sometimes just "…
That dashboard you're staring at didn't materialize from the void. Someone chose what to count. Someone chose what not to count. When the numbers look wrong, your first instinct is to debug the math. Wrong instinct. Debug the people. Who touched this data? What were they…