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Not my goats, not my rodeo

Panama Canal continues to be the coolest industrial / geopolitical feat in history imho Yea I am back on my bullshit (Panama layovers / talking about international trade / boats)

The man, the myth, the legend. I’ve had more fistbumps today than my entire life leading up to this point.

I always have layovers in Panama, but I never stop. Today’s the day. 10 hours in Panama City. Laser-focused on the canal.

I think we're about to enter an uncanny valley in which LLMs aren't always better at coding than us (yet) but people have begun vibecoding critical infrastructure Predicting some catastrophic yet exciting failures

The only thing I hate more than being told what to do is being told what to do by a man who knows less than me

A lateral promotion is when you change jobs so that you can wipe all of the recurring meetings from your calendar

*rubs the lamp* I wish to be the best I can be! Grow in my role! Lead a team of engineers! *genie schedules 50hrs/week of meetings*

I can’t tell if I’m hot or nauseous or wearing a turtleneck or someone nearby is using the words “physical AI”

vibe coding this access control list

One day you're young and fun and the next you're searching "best phone camera for bird photos"

Like a gremlin emerging from a sewer into bright sunlight

Post-acquisition interaction New IT department: When a new hire joins, does it automatically notify the existing IT team through the HR software? Me, prying off a V key from a busted laptop to fix the keyboard on an otherwise-ok laptop: no, people usually just slack me

Friend says: "You should meet <a friend>. I think you would be friends." What I hear: "I am networking through you."

Every time I want to get out of a customer-facing meeting, I just say that I think one of the men from our company would have more gravitas

This is also @SethElliott and his deskmate

It makes me so sad when people have two pets that hate each other Can you imagine being imprisoned together with your mortal enemy until one of you dies?

Conexpo is a difficult place for people who have old white man face blindness

One time, I sat down in my seat on the plane and didn’t notice at first that the armrest was up, leaving myself vulnerable and exposed to maybe accidentally brushing against a stranger’s arm By the time I noticed, it felt like the window of time to put it down had passed. It would be rude, like knowing someone for too long to ask their name. So I just sat there the whole flight, exposed and extremely conscious of it.

*Hands you an orange slice* can you work this weekend?

I wore my fanciest balloon dog t-shirt for this