Stuart R Ainsworth
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Stuart R Ainsworth
@codegumbo.bsky.social
Husband, dad, papaw. Mostly fumbling through.

Don’t let nobody steal your joy.

#sqlfamily #SRE #DevOps
Cold, gray skies over Vicksburg today. Fascinating opportunity to talk to my kid about American history and how hard it is to rebuild after things get broken.
November 28, 2024 at 1:42 AM
I felt a disturbance in the force this morning.

@buckwoodymsft.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 3:58 PM
First Thanksgiving meal. Shirt of the day! Let the festivities begin!
November 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Story time (for no particular reason).

My wife’s grandma used to send her Christmas cards with $50 in them. After we’d been married about 5 years, she started doubling it to $100. She didn’t put my name on the card, but I guess she figured I was sticking around.
November 24, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Man, I am digging the mute list ability here.

I’m able to follow conversations selectively, because people are complex. Y’all sometimes talk about things I don’t care about, and it’s nice to be able to get away from it while still be able to check up on you.
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Just got to tell a new developer on my team that “you will always remember the first time you break production”. Today was his day.

Me? I loaded a virus on a database server.
November 22, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Hey, vendors are starting to show up over here now. This could turn into something.

@datadoghq.bsky.social is here!
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November 21, 2024 at 3:38 AM
The older I get , the more I realize:

Change in technology is always easier to embrace than changes in process.
November 21, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Just listened to a hackathon awards presentation at my company, and it struck me: as an EM, I need to make time on the road map to make these projects happen.

Engineers put their passion into these projects. I need to figure out how to pave the road to make them happen.
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
So, since I’m not really in the Microsoft space anymore, I just found out #MSIgnite is in Chicago this week.

Wondering who’s flying out of Atl tomorrow at 330? I gotta go the office for a day :)
November 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM
So I don’t blog much anymore, but I hate to throw away years of content. I’m also cheap and I don’t want to keep renewing Wordpress on a host.

What are my options?

Go.
November 16, 2024 at 6:43 PM
End of year stuff is always hard. Busy times and it’s hard to take time to breathe.

I usually escape via music, but as I get older I’m struggling to find new artists I like. I dig Americana and British new pop lately. Anything else I should be checking out?
November 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Life is short.

Go to the concerts.

Avett Moon last weekend. Pink tonight.
November 15, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Haven’t been on social media for a long time. Been seeing a lot of buzz about Bluesky again on LinkedIn so thought I would give it another go.

I’ve missed y’all.
November 14, 2024 at 4:06 AM
I love music.

And legends never die.
September 24, 2023 at 1:49 AM
Me: Looking forward to a weekend of disconnecting from work.

Also me: let me just read these software reviews to make a major decision for my company 6 months from now.

At least I consumed an adult beverage before doing such reviews.
September 23, 2023 at 12:32 AM
When in Chicago, you do Chicago things.

Not trying to start a war or nuthin’. It was convenient to the hotel. People here have strong feelings about the pizza.
September 14, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Listening to Charity Majors talk this morning. Good stuff here.
September 13, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Tonight’s #dogwalking music: Smash Mouth
September 5, 2023 at 12:17 AM
Hope all you USA peeps enjoy the long weekend. Unplug. Get some fresh air
September 1, 2023 at 7:36 PM
So I really like PagerDuty, but has anyone had experience with OpsGenie as well? Their pricing looks a little better, but how does it functionally compare? #DevOps #SRE
September 1, 2023 at 2:54 AM
August 30, 2023 at 12:25 AM
I read recently that the number one thing you could do to move your career forward is to “drive down the cost of change.”

That sticks with me. Finding ways to put that into practice is tough.
August 29, 2023 at 11:34 PM
Anybody else look at their calendars and wonder when you’re supposed to actually, you know, do work?
August 29, 2023 at 2:52 AM
Few things in life are as challenging as finding take-out in a Southern suburb on a Sunday night.
August 27, 2023 at 10:12 PM