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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly this. *gestures at the boundary to economic failure in Rasmussen’s dynamic safety model*

Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · 4d

The number of people who didn’t know what us-east-1 was on Sunday and are suddenly experts in running multi-region distributed systems at scale today is truly remarkable.

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Aug 18

My instant thought was “and what do the seagull friends think?” 😂

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Lorin Hochstein @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com · Aug 6

First rule of distributed systems: don’t build a distributed system if you can avoid it
Second rule of distributed systems: you probably can’t avoid it

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Corey “🎃Managed NAT Gateway👻” Quinn @quinnypig.com · Jul 1

Parentheses! Em dashes! Comma splices! Semicolons!

Welcome to ADHD Grammar (since every thought comes with exciting bonus content), friends!

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 24

My dog believes, completely and without hesitation, that we can both exist in the exact same spot on the couch. I envy her faith in a reality unburdened by physics.

To be fair, she’s correct… as long as “don’t squish your human” isn’t a requirement.

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Dr. Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · Jun 23

I do not know anything about this drug or the reasons for its nonapproval, but this is the exact kind of scenario that shows the failure of making sweeping policy generalizations about evidence that simply cannot account for some scenarios and rare diseases :(

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Jun 23

To be sure, the pathway to FDA approval for elamipretide has been challenging.

Because MLS and related conditions are so rare, the patient population is tiny.

That makes it extremely difficult to conduct robust, controlled clinical trials—the kind the FDA usually requires for approval.

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 23

Can confirm presence of a small amount of wax. 🕯️ it is!

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 23

Things I ask @obdue.bsky.social: “does the pencil count as a candle if the tip of the pencil is currently on fire?”

The “what is an incident, really” vibes are strong here 😂

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 17

Bahahaha this is amazing. You are magic 🪄 I absolutely can’t wait to watch this play out tomorrow

Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 16

PLEASE do this. This would make my entire month. 😂

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 16

Wait what 🤯?! I say I’m “turtl-ing” all the time to describe feeling awkward or stuck. I had absolutely no idea the others came to help! Turtle mutual aid. Best concept I’ve seen all morning. Also apparently I need a new analogy when I feel awkwardly stuck.

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 14

Schrödinger’s Incident: that brief moment when you wake up knowing you’re about to take on-call handover, but haven’t checked your work phone yet. The incident both exists and doesn’t— until you unlock your phone and open the handover thread.

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 8

I thought I was the only one who impulse bought asparagus! … is this adulthood? Impulse buying/growing seasonal produce?

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 6

*high fives* day off crew unite! I’m off today too. Playing guitar and taking the big dog (🐴) for a good walk are on the agenda.

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · Jun 5

Why the hell does everything have to happen at once?

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 5

My thoughts are like race cars today. Bless my husband, who intercepted me physically vibrating on 4 hrs sleep, took my half-full Dr Pepper and said, “Maybe don’t finish this today?” while I rapid-fired through tasks and lectured the dogs on how systemic failure meant no clean spoons.

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · Jun 3

It’s 2:25 a.m. I’m trying to finish a work project. An armadillo has somehow climbed onto our front porch, stranded itself, and is now frantically scratching to get inside. I’m about to wake up my sick husband because he’s the vet in this relationship, and I am not equipped for this.

Texas, y’all.

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · May 30

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve had to flee my house due to a multi-day power outage combined with extreme temps in the last 5 years, I’d have $3. Not enough to buy my favorite Starbucks drink, but up from $2 earlier this week. Which feel like a lot for someone who lives in a major city.

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · May 28

How many throat lozenges and cups of tea is too many for a human while sick in bed?

Asking for a self who is approaching 20% chamomile at this point.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · May 28

Remember, if you EVER need anything, I’m only 5 missed phone calls, three unanswered texts, several unread DMs, and an unaccepted LinkedIn request away

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · May 27

This reflection is brought to you by one of the most turbulent, terrifying flights of my life.
10/10 intellectually trust the system. 0/10 felt safe in the process.
I’m sure my spouse’s hand will regain feeling eventually.
Anyway, shoutout to the ground. Big fan of having my feet back on it.

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Sarah Butt @sarahbutt.bsky.social · May 27

Turbulence: an excellent case study in safety vs. perception.
The data says I’m safe. I trust the system. I trust my friends in aviation who tell me I’m safe.
But my body still braces. Heart races. Panic hits.
Being safe is not necessarily the same as feeling safe. I’m fascinated by this.

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · May 2

So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.

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