David Williams

Companies: "why can't we find Kubernetes experts to hire?" Their interview process:

open source dependency feelings

Everyone sensible in IT has been saying for years that if you buy COTS (commercial off-the-shelf software packages) you shouldn’t customize it - it’s wildly expensive and you end up with something hard to maintain and almost impossible to upgrade.

NASA has selected Starship to land the first astronauts on the lunar surface since the Apollo program! We are humbled to help @NASAArtemis usher in a new era of human space exploration → go.nasa.gov/3tur510

My 9 book picks for engineering leaders 👇

If you’re wondering what @LloydAustin’s qualifications are, just follow along as he lists his firsts. #NotMyFirstTimeBeingTheFirst

11 years ago today I pushed the first commit for Vagrant. I didn’t know what a virtual machine was, I barely knew Ruby, I had never done any ops, I was still a 20 year old university student. Follow your dreams, it isn’t easy, but it can be done. github.com/hashicorp/vagr…

Less educated != Less capable I appreciate the perspective of this article and the effect that social class has on jobs, leadership, and promotions.

@mstine They’re just being eventually consistent. 😉

@bryanl Saw what you did there...glossed over the fact that you have AirPod Max in that AV setup. How do you like them?

Another year has come in gone. Since I spent so much time in the house this year, I did some projects. * New bookshelves for the office * SSD and GPU in the windows box * Home lab * Desk mat + lights + fancy camera + AV stuff

@cdelashm Hey Chris...I remember those days, whiteboarding away. It was enough to scare my son away from Infrastructure and become a software engineer ever since. Then I showed him the joys of DevOps, CI/CD, and containerization and he was hooked! From 2016...

My 14 year old son just asked me about "routers" and "DDoS" attacks. I bodged together a terrible drawing and some live demos using `traceroute` and `nslookup` to explain DNS and routers. I felt a bit giddy when he thanked me and said, "That was cool!"

@derekcollison @jan_plutzer @_synadia_ @nats_io The dynamic duo back together! Congrats @jan_plutzer and the @_synadia_ team!

Beyond excited to be working with @jan_plutzer again as she joins the @_synadia_ and @nats_io ecosystem!

The state of machine learning practice:

This is absolutely amazing! Looking forward to much more from @SpaceX

Shout out to ⁦@kelseyhightower⁩ from those of us in the #ATL and everywhere who are dealing with the same diversity struggles yet forging ahead in this great industry. Thx for setting a great example for many! #DEI protocol.com/kelsey-hightow…

I love this @AWS reaction to using Waypoint to deploy to Docker, EKS, and ECS with the same command and minimal config changes. “That’s pretty awesome.” clips.twitch.tv/SavageGraceful…

@BnJ25 @derekcollison @Dell @ubuntu @system76 Agreed. I’d go with @system76 h/w and Pop!_OS. Unfortunately the Lemur Pro may not be available for some time. Or just go with a MBP 13” 💻, or are you avoiding 🧑‍💻?

@derekcollison @Dell @ubuntu @system76 I just received a lemur pro 1 week ago and I’m very happy with this laptop. Maybe you should consider a @system76 laptop ?

Considering a new @Dell 13" XPS with @ubuntu or @system76 PopOS but seems you can not get the high end configuration with new processors etc with anything but Windows, why?

This is an old video, but never ceases to amaze me! @redbull #ADoorInTheSky youtu.be/Qh06wlg9RmU

My local shops in Thailand. In 2 seconds scans my temperature and to see if wearing mask. Doors don’t open if not. 3 cases in 100+ days here. Removes awkward mask arguments for staff as well.