Kurt Kemple
@digitalvandal.xyz
Leading Developer Relations @ Slack. Lover of motorcycles and photography. Advocate for second chances.
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You can apply this to so much! I refer to this as “labs thinking.” It’s where you allow yourself the degrees of freedom needed to explore the problem space.
Then once you’ve formed a better world model you can build a more accurate representation within tighter constraints.
Then once you’ve formed a better world model you can build a more accurate representation within tighter constraints.
my best code is written in a two-step process:
1. kludge a working prototype together, don’t worry about the code AT ALL. the point is understanding how the requirements function in reality
2. destroy the prototype completely. build the app for real using my better mental model
1. kludge a working prototype together, don’t worry about the code AT ALL. the point is understanding how the requirements function in reality
2. destroy the prototype completely. build the app for real using my better mental model
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
You can apply this to so much! I refer to this as “labs thinking.” It’s where you allow yourself the degrees of freedom needed to explore the problem space.
Then once you’ve formed a better world model you can build a more accurate representation within tighter constraints.
Then once you’ve formed a better world model you can build a more accurate representation within tighter constraints.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
Learning is living and I plan to live a full life.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Learning is living and I plan to live a full life.
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Writing to incarcerated people is an act of radical care, a refusal of disposability, and an abolitionist politic in practice.
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Writing to incarcerated people is an act of radical care, a refusal of disposability, and an abolitionist politic in practice.
Everybody always wants to put me in a box. Kurt, you can't do this or that, that's not what I've decided you are! 😮
Boxes are for assholes with tiny minds. Be whoever you want to be, do whatever you want to do. No one gets to tell you what you are or are not capable of.
Boxes are for assholes with tiny minds. Be whoever you want to be, do whatever you want to do. No one gets to tell you what you are or are not capable of.
November 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Everybody always wants to put me in a box. Kurt, you can't do this or that, that's not what I've decided you are! 😮
Boxes are for assholes with tiny minds. Be whoever you want to be, do whatever you want to do. No one gets to tell you what you are or are not capable of.
Boxes are for assholes with tiny minds. Be whoever you want to be, do whatever you want to do. No one gets to tell you what you are or are not capable of.
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The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
Method > credentials.
October 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Method > credentials.
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It's been FOUR years since I filed an NLRB charge against Apple, which was investigated and sent to DC recommending charge issue within MONTHS. It took THREE years for charge to issue and a hearing to be scheduled.
When Abruzzo was fired, and Carey nominated, the hearing was cancelled.
When Abruzzo was fired, and Carey nominated, the hearing was cancelled.
I spoke with former NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and former NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran about the efforts by the Trump administration, Elon Musk's SpaceX, and other corporations to undermine and further weaken the National Labor Relations Board
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
How Trump and corporations have hobbled US labor watchdog
Former NLRB counsel Jennifer Abruzzo says firings and court rulings have left agency toothless
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It's been FOUR years since I filed an NLRB charge against Apple, which was investigated and sent to DC recommending charge issue within MONTHS. It took THREE years for charge to issue and a hearing to be scheduled.
When Abruzzo was fired, and Carey nominated, the hearing was cancelled.
When Abruzzo was fired, and Carey nominated, the hearing was cancelled.
Every "impossible" thing humanity has overcome shares four traits:
- Flight? Time + information + tools + each other
- Moon landing? Time + information + tools + each other
- Disease eradication? Time + information + tools + each other
One thing seems pretty clear: we only get there together.
- Flight? Time + information + tools + each other
- Moon landing? Time + information + tools + each other
- Disease eradication? Time + information + tools + each other
One thing seems pretty clear: we only get there together.
August 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Every "impossible" thing humanity has overcome shares four traits:
- Flight? Time + information + tools + each other
- Moon landing? Time + information + tools + each other
- Disease eradication? Time + information + tools + each other
One thing seems pretty clear: we only get there together.
- Flight? Time + information + tools + each other
- Moon landing? Time + information + tools + each other
- Disease eradication? Time + information + tools + each other
One thing seems pretty clear: we only get there together.
(x,y,z,t) = (i×ℓ_v, j×ℓ_v, k×ℓ_v, n×τ_v) = 🌌📍
August 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
(x,y,z,t) = (i×ℓ_v, j×ℓ_v, k×ℓ_v, n×τ_v) = 🌌📍
Curiosity and clarity, only legacy that matters.
August 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Curiosity and clarity, only legacy that matters.
Two spirals collide —
starlit memory erased,
elliptical slide.
~10^68
starlit memory erased,
elliptical slide.
~10^68
August 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Two spirals collide —
starlit memory erased,
elliptical slide.
~10^68
starlit memory erased,
elliptical slide.
~10^68
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Nash Equilibrium as entropic exhaustion:
The convergence of every actor in an embedded system, taking the best actions within their informational and thermodynamic constraints from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#GameTheory #EntropyExhaustion
The convergence of every actor in an embedded system, taking the best actions within their informational and thermodynamic constraints from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#GameTheory #EntropyExhaustion
July 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Nash Equilibrium as entropic exhaustion:
The convergence of every actor in an embedded system, taking the best actions within their informational and thermodynamic constraints from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#GameTheory #EntropyExhaustion
The convergence of every actor in an embedded system, taking the best actions within their informational and thermodynamic constraints from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#GameTheory #EntropyExhaustion
Nash Equilibrium as entropic exhaustion:
The convergence of every actor in an embedded system, taking the best actions within their informational and thermodynamic constraints from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#GameTheory #EntropyExhaustion
The convergence of every actor in an embedded system, taking the best actions within their informational and thermodynamic constraints from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#GameTheory #EntropyExhaustion
July 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Nash Equilibrium as entropic exhaustion:
The convergence of every actor in an embedded system, taking the best actions within their informational and thermodynamic constraints from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#GameTheory #EntropyExhaustion
The convergence of every actor in an embedded system, taking the best actions within their informational and thermodynamic constraints from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#GameTheory #EntropyExhaustion
Defining Nash Equilibrium as information convergence:
The convergence of every actor in a given system, taking the best action from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#gametheory #systemsthinking #complexity
The convergence of every actor in a given system, taking the best action from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#gametheory #systemsthinking #complexity
July 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Defining Nash Equilibrium as information convergence:
The convergence of every actor in a given system, taking the best action from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#gametheory #systemsthinking #complexity
The convergence of every actor in a given system, taking the best action from their observer-dependent position in the system, results in a system equilibrium.
#gametheory #systemsthinking #complexity
Wrote a thing. Also writing a another thing for Apress—a book on DevRel! All in the newsletter:
kurtiskemple.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
kurtiskemple.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to the Friction Economy
Crypto fights back, DevRel goes business, and B2B SaaS fights yesterday’s war
kurtiskemple.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Wrote a thing. Also writing a another thing for Apress—a book on DevRel! All in the newsletter:
kurtiskemple.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
kurtiskemple.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Did some snowmobiling today. 🗻
January 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Did some snowmobiling today. 🗻
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Amazing life hack: learn how to be genuinely happy for other people. Don't feel threatened by others' happiness. Don't go into comparison mode. Don't be a wet blanket. Don't avoid it.
Embrace others' happiness. Bask in it. Let their smile become your smile. Let it infect you. Let it lift you up.
Embrace others' happiness. Bask in it. Let their smile become your smile. Let it infect you. Let it lift you up.
January 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Amazing life hack: learn how to be genuinely happy for other people. Don't feel threatened by others' happiness. Don't go into comparison mode. Don't be a wet blanket. Don't avoid it.
Embrace others' happiness. Bask in it. Let their smile become your smile. Let it infect you. Let it lift you up.
Embrace others' happiness. Bask in it. Let their smile become your smile. Let it infect you. Let it lift you up.
These are great.
1. Impact. How much revenue does my work protect or generate?
2. Quality. Does my work meet or exceed customer expectations?
3. Efficiency. Reward making the right buy versus build decision.
4. Reusability. How do others leverage my work?
5. Supportability. How much work do I create for others?
2. Quality. Does my work meet or exceed customer expectations?
3. Efficiency. Reward making the right buy versus build decision.
4. Reusability. How do others leverage my work?
5. Supportability. How much work do I create for others?
a question for the people who write code for money:
if you could wave a magic wand and have your performance/promotability measured on any 5 metrics of your choice, what would those metrics be?
if you could wave a magic wand and have your performance/promotability measured on any 5 metrics of your choice, what would those metrics be?
January 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
These are great.
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Californians thanking incarcerated firefighters after voting to keep slavery legal
January 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Californians thanking incarcerated firefighters after voting to keep slavery legal
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Dance like your spirit isn’t broken beyond repair.
January 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dance like your spirit isn’t broken beyond repair.
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You’re telling me this life crisis is mid?
January 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
You’re telling me this life crisis is mid?
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The scientific method served humanity well for hundreds of years but it was rendered obsolete in 2013 with the discovery of Vibes
January 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The scientific method served humanity well for hundreds of years but it was rendered obsolete in 2013 with the discovery of Vibes
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Day 🔟 of 25 Tech Humans & Companies to Watch in 2025! 🤩
Today’s pick: @elchefe.me —a cloud strategist raising the bar for inclusion and collaboration in tech. 🌟
✅ Advocate for ethical hiring practices
✅ Expert in infrastructure management
✅ Inspires through impactful writing & talks
#DevOps
Today’s pick: @elchefe.me —a cloud strategist raising the bar for inclusion and collaboration in tech. 🌟
✅ Advocate for ethical hiring practices
✅ Expert in infrastructure management
✅ Inspires through impactful writing & talks
#DevOps
January 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Day 🔟 of 25 Tech Humans & Companies to Watch in 2025! 🤩
Today’s pick: @elchefe.me —a cloud strategist raising the bar for inclusion and collaboration in tech. 🌟
✅ Advocate for ethical hiring practices
✅ Expert in infrastructure management
✅ Inspires through impactful writing & talks
#DevOps
Today’s pick: @elchefe.me —a cloud strategist raising the bar for inclusion and collaboration in tech. 🌟
✅ Advocate for ethical hiring practices
✅ Expert in infrastructure management
✅ Inspires through impactful writing & talks
#DevOps