T.J. Hawkins
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T.J. Hawkins
@hawktail.io
Call me whatever, Software/DevOps/Cloud Engineer
I use AWS & Terraform a lot. Have experience with the following, Java/Maven, nodejs/npm, Docker
I like the following teams,
NC State Wolfpack, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Hurricanes, NY Yankees
The new Amazon delivery vans are made by Rivian

Now only if Rivian would abandon their plans of never putting in CarPlay, I’d be back on board with buying one.
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
You’ve got no idea what it takes to earn a PhD then. My wife has a PhD in Psychology and definitely earned it. She has every right to have people call her Dr.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Pico user here in 1997
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
You’re close enough, might as well do it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
West Side Story?
October 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Very good talk today
Thanks for sharing
October 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
🤣 now I know
October 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I know for a fact last two are wrong. And if I remember right, Spark isn’t it, sooooo but process of elimination, you’re correct?
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Only problem with this is Bond != Bond, not even close
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Cloud native” meaning k8s. Not really cloud, but could be used that way.
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you’re mastering GitHub, then you might as well master Actions.

I used to know Jenkins inside and out (worked at CloudBees). It’s not what it used to be and they’re losing market share.
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
developer.hashicorp.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Everywhere I’ve worked has stuck with TF as it would be a ton of tech debt to overcome to migrate out of TF.

I’ve actually not moved forward with Spacelift because they can’t use modern TF.
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You need to have a compelling reason to switch to OpenTofu. Most of the ones who have switched is because they didn’t want the legal threat of extending TF. Spacelift is a good example.

The other ones are those who think it’s evil to stop having something be open sourced.
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Try your best not to use count. for_each is a better option as order doesn’t matter.
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We had The Fonze (Henry Winkler) speak at N.C. State back in ‘94.
September 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I know the general area you live, this is unacceptable. Your state disapproves 😂
September 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
He only wants the non-mentally ill to be killed.
September 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM