Travis Campbell
@hcoyote.bsky.social
Three raccoons in a big data trenchcoat. | "I help people use data." | ex-AMD, ex-Indeed, ex-Cloudera
“The Don Rickles of Big Data” but streaming data is my current jam.
Somewhere in the mountains of Colorado
Need to contact? Ping on Signal: hcoyote.83
“The Don Rickles of Big Data” but streaming data is my current jam.
Somewhere in the mountains of Colorado
Need to contact? Ping on Signal: hcoyote.83
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Travis Campbell
@hcoyote.bsky.social
· Dec 21
5 Questions you need to ask before taking on any data project medium.com/learning-dat...
5 Questions you need to ask before taking on any data project
When you get a vague data request, ask these questions!
medium.com
Treat data like blood donations. Ask A LOT of questions.
Whose blood is this? Where did you get this blood? Why is there so much blood? Does the person you collected this blood from know you have it? Did anyone see you take this blood?
Now replace “blood” with “data”
#dataBS
Whose blood is this? Where did you get this blood? Why is there so much blood? Does the person you collected this blood from know you have it? Did anyone see you take this blood?
Now replace “blood” with “data”
#dataBS
What if we got it wrong. What if we misheard Google and the phrase was actually “Don’t be a weevil”
a man says he who would pun would pick a pocket in a movie clip
Alt: a man says he who would pun would pick a pocket in a movie clip
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
What if we got it wrong. What if we misheard Google and the phrase was actually “Don’t be a weevil”
Who came up with the "Nano banana"? Seriously, this is goofy as shit, and I hate how good the image generation is.
Two attempts, the second to get the hardtop the right color.
But jeez, this is spot on to what I was imagining. The -only- gripe is the Coyote's ears sticking through the windshield
Two attempts, the second to get the hardtop the right color.
But jeez, this is spot on to what I was imagining. The -only- gripe is the Coyote's ears sticking through the windshield
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Who came up with the "Nano banana"? Seriously, this is goofy as shit, and I hate how good the image generation is.
Two attempts, the second to get the hardtop the right color.
But jeez, this is spot on to what I was imagining. The -only- gripe is the Coyote's ears sticking through the windshield
Two attempts, the second to get the hardtop the right color.
But jeez, this is spot on to what I was imagining. The -only- gripe is the Coyote's ears sticking through the windshield
When someone gets a series A because they combine "survivor bias" with "correlation vs causation" as a service.
Am I nuts, or does this say we'll put all of our scientific papers into a big data warehouse, let a bunch of people working on"AI" train some new LLMs, and then magic will happen. The AI will start generating and testing hypotheses until it solves humanities problems? What a load of crap. Money grab
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
When someone gets a series A because they combine "survivor bias" with "correlation vs causation" as a service.
my kingdom for a Kubernetes MCP that I can ask "WTF is wrong with my deployment and why do the pods keep blipping"
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
my kingdom for a Kubernetes MCP that I can ask "WTF is wrong with my deployment and why do the pods keep blipping"
I'm not sure what has a shorter context window:
the LLM I'm talking to or me with my haphazard attempt to speak half-coherent design thoughts to the stochastic parrot in between meetings.
It's like getting a toddler to clean up their room to your specifications while you're wiping up dog shit.
the LLM I'm talking to or me with my haphazard attempt to speak half-coherent design thoughts to the stochastic parrot in between meetings.
It's like getting a toddler to clean up their room to your specifications while you're wiping up dog shit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I'm not sure what has a shorter context window:
the LLM I'm talking to or me with my haphazard attempt to speak half-coherent design thoughts to the stochastic parrot in between meetings.
It's like getting a toddler to clean up their room to your specifications while you're wiping up dog shit.
the LLM I'm talking to or me with my haphazard attempt to speak half-coherent design thoughts to the stochastic parrot in between meetings.
It's like getting a toddler to clean up their room to your specifications while you're wiping up dog shit.
Honeywagon badger don't care.
VDLM2 Message From: C-FMXA / WS2925
Message: HI AFT LAV LEFT SIDE NOT FLUSHING WELL ALSO THE TOILET SEAT IN THE FWD LAV LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ATTACKED BY A HONEY BADGER WITH RABIES J
Track Aircraft: https://www.flightradar24.com/C-FMXA
Area: Virginia, USA
#acars #vdlm2 #CFMXA #WS2925
Message: HI AFT LAV LEFT SIDE NOT FLUSHING WELL ALSO THE TOILET SEAT IN THE FWD LAV LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ATTACKED BY A HONEY BADGER WITH RABIES J
Track Aircraft: https://www.flightradar24.com/C-FMXA
Area: Virginia, USA
#acars #vdlm2 #CFMXA #WS2925
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Honeywagon badger don't care.
Coincidentally, this is also what it looks like to work in Support/Customer Success in a growing SaaS startup.
Always be moving.
Always be moving.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR ARMS AND LEGS INSIDE THE RIDE AT ALL TIMES
Laces maker with a central cord at the Passementerie Mill, Chicago!
Laces maker with a central cord at the Passementerie Mill, Chicago!
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Coincidentally, this is also what it looks like to work in Support/Customer Success in a growing SaaS startup.
Always be moving.
Always be moving.
Reposted by Travis Campbell
I think it was Socrates who said, “Don’t wait on anyone else to do epic shit.”
Or was that Shakespeare?
Or was that Shakespeare?
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I think it was Socrates who said, “Don’t wait on anyone else to do epic shit.”
Or was that Shakespeare?
Or was that Shakespeare?
How did we get here?
And by we, I mean me.
How did I stumble into this god forsaken area of the internet where people are like … “… so I made raccoon soap and then I started blasting!”
www.reddit.com/r/selfrelian...
And by we, I mean me.
How did I stumble into this god forsaken area of the internet where people are like … “… so I made raccoon soap and then I started blasting!”
www.reddit.com/r/selfrelian...
From the selfreliance community on Reddit: Soap made from racoon fat
Explore this post and more from the selfreliance community
www.reddit.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
How did we get here?
And by we, I mean me.
How did I stumble into this god forsaken area of the internet where people are like … “… so I made raccoon soap and then I started blasting!”
www.reddit.com/r/selfrelian...
And by we, I mean me.
How did I stumble into this god forsaken area of the internet where people are like … “… so I made raccoon soap and then I started blasting!”
www.reddit.com/r/selfrelian...
You know, this is how the overthrow of the Warden started with Mannie, Prof, Wyo, and Mike in Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
A new way to collaborate in ChatGPT
Now you can invite other people into a shared conversation with ChatGPT where you can explore and create in the same space
open.substack.com/pub/fidjisim...
Now you can invite other people into a shared conversation with ChatGPT where you can explore and create in the same space
open.substack.com/pub/fidjisim...
A new way to collaborate in ChatGPT
Now you can invite other people into a shared conversation with ChatGPT where you can explore and create in the same space.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
You know, this is how the overthrow of the Warden started with Mannie, Prof, Wyo, and Mike in Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
"Are you keeping Chrome history of a motherfuckin' criminal conspiracy?!"
I love modern criminals, they’re always googling shit like “how to do crime”
"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"Are you keeping Chrome history of a motherfuckin' criminal conspiracy?!"
The real heroes:
Librarians: "Fuck you, come back with a warrant."
Librarians: "Fuck you, come back with a warrant."
One girl said “it doesn’t matter if you ban a book because everyone can find that information online” and then I blew their minds by talking about how your search history can be monitored and sold to the government without your permission, but your library borrowing history requires a warrant.
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The real heroes:
Librarians: "Fuck you, come back with a warrant."
Librarians: "Fuck you, come back with a warrant."
Talk about putting words in your mouth.
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Talk about putting words in your mouth.
1900s Pepperidge Farm remembers ...
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
1900s Pepperidge Farm remembers ...
Let's not forget the lesser known Carl von Clausewitz concept, "The Fog of GWAR":
the uncertainty and confusion people experience attending their first concert due to obscured visibility, elaborate costumes, fake bodily fluids, satire, and the chaotic nature of the guitar battle.
the uncertainty and confusion people experience attending their first concert due to obscured visibility, elaborate costumes, fake bodily fluids, satire, and the chaotic nature of the guitar battle.
Me and my favorite Scumdogs of the Universe
(This right after the photographer asked us to chant FUCK YOU LARS. So honored.)
(This right after the photographer asked us to chant FUCK YOU LARS. So honored.)
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Let's not forget the lesser known Carl von Clausewitz concept, "The Fog of GWAR":
the uncertainty and confusion people experience attending their first concert due to obscured visibility, elaborate costumes, fake bodily fluids, satire, and the chaotic nature of the guitar battle.
the uncertainty and confusion people experience attending their first concert due to obscured visibility, elaborate costumes, fake bodily fluids, satire, and the chaotic nature of the guitar battle.
Everyone: “…”
Malort: “what?”
Everyone: “…literally no one is asking for this.”
Malort: “… so anyway, I started blastin’”
shop-liquor.malort.com/products/202...
Malort: “what?”
Everyone: “…literally no one is asking for this.”
Malort: “… so anyway, I started blastin’”
shop-liquor.malort.com/products/202...
2025 Malört Advent Calendar
Celebrate each day of December until Christmas with a 50mL bottle of Malört 25x 50mL bottles included
shop-liquor.malort.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Everyone: “…”
Malort: “what?”
Everyone: “…literally no one is asking for this.”
Malort: “… so anyway, I started blastin’”
shop-liquor.malort.com/products/202...
Malort: “what?”
Everyone: “…literally no one is asking for this.”
Malort: “… so anyway, I started blastin’”
shop-liquor.malort.com/products/202...
In other news: no grocery list survives first contact with Costco Business.
I went in for a rib roast because they had them for $75 off. I came out with 80lbs of meat and a bulk box of TimTams.
I regret nothing.
I went in for a rib roast because they had them for $75 off. I came out with 80lbs of meat and a bulk box of TimTams.
I regret nothing.
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In other news: no grocery list survives first contact with Costco Business.
I went in for a rib roast because they had them for $75 off. I came out with 80lbs of meat and a bulk box of TimTams.
I regret nothing.
I went in for a rib roast because they had them for $75 off. I came out with 80lbs of meat and a bulk box of TimTams.
I regret nothing.
“Real G’s move in silence, like lasagna.”
“Know why did they made sidewalks? Because motherfuckin’ the streets ain’t for everybody!”
I’ve been trying to find ways to slip these into conversations.
Did I mention I’ve been home alone with the pets since last Saturday? The dogs don’t appreciate me.
“Know why did they made sidewalks? Because motherfuckin’ the streets ain’t for everybody!”
I’ve been trying to find ways to slip these into conversations.
Did I mention I’ve been home alone with the pets since last Saturday? The dogs don’t appreciate me.
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Real G’s move in silence, like lasagna.”
“Know why did they made sidewalks? Because motherfuckin’ the streets ain’t for everybody!”
I’ve been trying to find ways to slip these into conversations.
Did I mention I’ve been home alone with the pets since last Saturday? The dogs don’t appreciate me.
“Know why did they made sidewalks? Because motherfuckin’ the streets ain’t for everybody!”
I’ve been trying to find ways to slip these into conversations.
Did I mention I’ve been home alone with the pets since last Saturday? The dogs don’t appreciate me.
....
they're not wrong.
they're not wrong.
[[huge bong rip]] AI is actually a bailout for energy companies by creating an infinite power sink (other than carbon extraction) at a time when power costs and infrastructure costs are cratering
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
....
they're not wrong.
they're not wrong.
Where is Nicholas Cage when you need him?
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Where is Nicholas Cage when you need him?
All this talk about Blowing Bubba makes me want to go watch the Bruce Campbell film Bubba Hotep, where a disgraced Elvis lives in a senior community haunted by a mummy taking souls from the residents by way of sucking through their assholes. What a time to be alive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_H...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_H...
Bubba Ho-Tep - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All this talk about Blowing Bubba makes me want to go watch the Bruce Campbell film Bubba Hotep, where a disgraced Elvis lives in a senior community haunted by a mummy taking souls from the residents by way of sucking through their assholes. What a time to be alive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_H...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_H...
Reposted by Travis Campbell
A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
I'm back on my shit.
Not only do we need a "Welcome to the Resilience" tshirt, we also need a "Resilience is futile!" subtitled with "There. Are. FOUR. Why's!"
Not only do we need a "Welcome to the Resilience" tshirt, we also need a "Resilience is futile!" subtitled with "There. Are. FOUR. Why's!"
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm back on my shit.
Not only do we need a "Welcome to the Resilience" tshirt, we also need a "Resilience is futile!" subtitled with "There. Are. FOUR. Why's!"
Not only do we need a "Welcome to the Resilience" tshirt, we also need a "Resilience is futile!" subtitled with "There. Are. FOUR. Why's!"
Your periodic reminder that you should look at your resume once a quarter and update it with all the cool shit you did.
And as a manger: you should make sure your folks know it’s ok to go interview and practice. Sometimes the life changing job is not your current one.
it’s ok jump.
And as a manger: you should make sure your folks know it’s ok to go interview and practice. Sometimes the life changing job is not your current one.
it’s ok jump.
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Your periodic reminder that you should look at your resume once a quarter and update it with all the cool shit you did.
And as a manger: you should make sure your folks know it’s ok to go interview and practice. Sometimes the life changing job is not your current one.
it’s ok jump.
And as a manger: you should make sure your folks know it’s ok to go interview and practice. Sometimes the life changing job is not your current one.
it’s ok jump.
“I’m sorry Bob, did you just tell me to go fuck myself?”
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“I’m sorry Bob, did you just tell me to go fuck myself?”