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@brandur In German this is called verschlimmbessern (en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verschlim…) - making something worse when trying to improve it.

An overzealous/bad security team makes following security protocols so onerously difficult that people don't use them, or find workarounds. The net effect is organization ends up with *less* security. Is there a name for this very widespread phenomena?

Been chatting with a few friends about the band Rush recently. What was going to be an e-mail became this blog post: scottmuc.com/blog/how-does-…

@benjaminfelix @threadreaderapp unroll

We can't predict the future, but we can try to shift the distribution of outcomes in our favor. Even then, the distribution of future outcomes is unknown. Keeping all this in mind, the best portfolio is the one that you can stick with.

Conventional wisdom and popular personal financial advice suggest that asset allocations should shift toward bonds as investors near retirement. This advice stems from the idea that bonds are safer than stocks, and retirees should not take much risk. But is it good advice?

Wrote up a look back of my music experiences in 2023: scottmuc.com/music-of-2023/

Migrated my DNS config from Terraform to @OpenTofuOrg : youtube.com/watch?v=5ep-c9…

Repaving my WSL setup: youtube.com/watch?v=_eRLuB…

@kristof_illes @PotatoMcWhiskey Berlin is even cheaper :-)

@PotatoMcWhiskey I mean I don't really like when people are comparing capitals to normal cities it's always gonna be ridiculous

Huge thing I noticed in Cologne is I've spent more on a meal for two in dublin than an entire party of 6 people spent in Cologne, 15 euro main dishes in a brauhaus, amazing

I've started making some SmallOps (basic server admin) videos on YouTube. Maybe now is the time to bring this account to life and keep you posted as I publish things. Here's the latest one on using @charmcli 's gum CLI tool to simplify a shell script: youtube.com/watch?v=iZdTgw…

@BetterStackHQ ^^^ (I've realised that I have no idea how Twitter works nowadays :-D )

I read a few other tweets and I see that hello@betterstack.com is the way to go. I'll send an email there. You can ignore this tweet :-)

@BetterStackHQ heya folks. I recorded a video demonstrating some issues (and some feedback) around Logging. Is there a contact I can send this to?

@Navidrome thought you would appreciate this recording of how I upgrade and configure Navidrome with Ansible (share feature is great): youtube.com/watch?v=Ptqbxu…

Hi friends! I posted (good old fashioned blog) a life update covering 2022 until now: scottmuc.com/a-fresh-start-…

@gerhardlazu @davefarley77 Lovely to see that and I appreciate it. Came at a really good time for me. Looking forward to listening to the interview.

This is what I think of Modern Software Engineering @davefarley77 You are in the second picture @ScottMuc I think that we are ready for follow-up changelog.com/shipit/5

@jkordyback Thanks! I really enjoyed my last visit all the way back in 2014!

Heya folks, remember me? I wrote a little life update that summarizes the last 4 years for me: scottmuc.com/life-work-covi…

@cu_lligs It would be amazing to sip a few whiskeys again with you. Hopefully it won't be that far off.

@nzipsi A small company called Climate Partner. Time for me to start drafting that blog post ;-)

@nohwnd @PSConfEU In 2022? Heck, you're good for 2021 as well. 18th of any month :-P

@PSConfEU @ScottMuc Can we visit you from 18th in Berlin?

#PsConfEU will be held in Vienna, Austria between June 20th and 23rd 2022

@PSPester Happy 10th birthday :-)