Dark Rober (shandrew)
@shandrew.bsky.social
Andrew Shieh, curious optimistic pessimist, operations are forever. :this-is-fine: :success-kid: :1000-RPCs-in-a-trenchcoat:
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"We talk a lot about the “male loneliness crisis” but in my estimation we don’t talk enough about the “male suckerfication crisis""
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November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"We talk a lot about the “male loneliness crisis” but in my estimation we don’t talk enough about the “male suckerfication crisis""
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
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The single most annoying part of owning a left-handed Canon dSLR is the price of canon L lenses to go with it.
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The single most annoying part of owning a left-handed Canon dSLR is the price of canon L lenses to go with it.
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Folks, the official 2025 Mehlinger Voting Guide is finally here! If you live in California, vote YES on 50, and if you live in Santa Clara County, vote Neysa Fligor for county assessor and YES on Measure A! medium.com/@rmehlinger/...
The 2025 Mehlinger Voting Guide
Hello and welcome to a quite unexpected odd year edition of the Official Mehlinger Voting Guide! As always, opinions expressed herein…
medium.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Folks, the official 2025 Mehlinger Voting Guide is finally here! If you live in California, vote YES on 50, and if you live in Santa Clara County, vote Neysa Fligor for county assessor and YES on Measure A! medium.com/@rmehlinger/...
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OH: "Why are all my industry incident-friends utterly destroyed today?"
October 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
OH: "Why are all my industry incident-friends utterly destroyed today?"
It's live now! Help raise money for the best aquarium in the world, Swifties and non-Swifties.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's live now! Help raise money for the best aquarium in the world, Swifties and non-Swifties.
tiltify.com/monterey-bay...
tiltify.com/monterey-bay...
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New blog post: The illegible nature of software development talent
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/t...
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/t...
The illegible nature of software development talent
Here’s another blog post on gathering some common threads from reading recent posts. Today’s topic is about the unassuming nature of talented software engineers. The first thread was a …
surfingcomplexity.blog
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
New blog post: The illegible nature of software development talent
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/t...
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/t...
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I am biased and think you should consume all my work (😘), but this one really is important.
This regulation is going to have vast ripple effects across our ecosystems. Please give the interview a listen and learn more about what's coming.
redmonk.com/blog/2025/10...
This regulation is going to have vast ripple effects across our ecosystems. Please give the interview a listen and learn more about what's coming.
redmonk.com/blog/2025/10...
A RedMonk Conversation: CRA – The First Horizontal Regulation of the Software Industry
In this conversation, Rachel Stephens (Research Director at RedMonk) and Mike Milinkovich (Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation) discuss the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Mike explains the law, its...
redmonk.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am biased and think you should consume all my work (😘), but this one really is important.
This regulation is going to have vast ripple effects across our ecosystems. Please give the interview a listen and learn more about what's coming.
redmonk.com/blog/2025/10...
This regulation is going to have vast ripple effects across our ecosystems. Please give the interview a listen and learn more about what's coming.
redmonk.com/blog/2025/10...
“Linux, we had such a great relationship until a minute ago” — @bcantrill.bsky.social at #monktoberfest
October 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Linux, we had such a great relationship until a minute ago” — @bcantrill.bsky.social at #monktoberfest
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Metrics are increasingly employed as trust deteriorates. Recommended reading ⬇️
#monktoberfest
a.co/d/im8AStV
#monktoberfest
a.co/d/im8AStV
The Tyranny of Metrics: Muller, Jerry Z.: 9780691191911: Amazon.com: Books
Buy The Tyranny of Metrics on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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October 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Metrics are increasingly employed as trust deteriorates. Recommended reading ⬇️
#monktoberfest
a.co/d/im8AStV
#monktoberfest
a.co/d/im8AStV
How do I get my jira board into this format #monktoberfest
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How do I get my jira board into this format #monktoberfest
It's remarkable how much bot attention anything referencing letter-after-G - number-after-zero letter-after-A gets. I wonder if the program would be more typical of government-operated visa programs (read--non-attention-gathering) if it were not so googleable? Naming matters today, more than ever.
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It's remarkable how much bot attention anything referencing letter-after-G - number-after-zero letter-after-A gets. I wonder if the program would be more typical of government-operated visa programs (read--non-attention-gathering) if it were not so googleable? Naming matters today, more than ever.
I was watching the last 20 minutes of Shogun during the quake and assumed it was part of the show.
September 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I was watching the last 20 minutes of Shogun during the quake and assumed it was part of the show.
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SmugMug quietly killing it for like 20+ years now
September 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
SmugMug quietly killing it for like 20+ years now
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You knew this was coming.
September 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
You knew this was coming.
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They should sell couches like they sell cars, with performance stats.
But instead of horsepower or MPG
It’s just stats about how many loads of laundry waiting to be folded that it can comfortably hold.
But instead of horsepower or MPG
It’s just stats about how many loads of laundry waiting to be folded that it can comfortably hold.
September 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
They should sell couches like they sell cars, with performance stats.
But instead of horsepower or MPG
It’s just stats about how many loads of laundry waiting to be folded that it can comfortably hold.
But instead of horsepower or MPG
It’s just stats about how many loads of laundry waiting to be folded that it can comfortably hold.
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Just when you thought you have seen every possible arrow key layout…
September 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just when you thought you have seen every possible arrow key layout…
Tom Clancy's BFG
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy’s Jewish-Japanese Sex and Cook Book and How To Raise Wolves
Tom Clancy’s Jewish-Japanese Sex and Cook Book and How To Raise Wolves
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
"Tom Clancy's Love in the Time of Cholera"
"Tom Clancy's Love in the Time of Cholera"
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Tom Clancy's BFG
Tom Clancy's Docker Action
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy’s Ass Goblins of Auschwitz
Tom Clancy’s Ass Goblins of Auschwitz
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy’s Steal This Book
Tom Clancy’s Steal This Book
August 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Tom Clancy's Docker Action
Appropriate use of vertical aspect ratio video! We need more footage.
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
August 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Appropriate use of vertical aspect ratio video! We need more footage.
When life gives you truffles, make truffle everything
August 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When life gives you truffles, make truffle everything
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Sometimes you think you're making progress educating the general public on what LLMs are and how they work and then you read something like this and realize you are nowhere, absolutely nowhere.
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
July 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Sometimes you think you're making progress educating the general public on what LLMs are and how they work and then you read something like this and realize you are nowhere, absolutely nowhere.
I could make an entire blog full of just my experiences with google's recent search failings but this one stuck out #whatthefig
July 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I could make an entire blog full of just my experiences with google's recent search failings but this one stuck out #whatthefig