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Peter Vandivier
@petervandivier.bsky.social
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HugOps Architect | Data Shoveler | PowerShell stan | Exmigrant | Art school nerd | Skeeting into the void on Blooskee
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Carl Sagan is seated in an ornate chair. A butler is serving him apple pie. Sagan speaks into camera: If you want to make a 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗣 from scratch, you must first 𝗠𝘀𝗴 𝟱𝟯𝟬, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟭𝟲, 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝟭, 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝟭 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Package manager and docs web pages getting SEO pinned to some random version
Peter Griffin (Family Guy) wears a suit and sits behind a newscaster's desk. The segment graphic above his left shoulder reads "What really grinds my gears"
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I really should stop being surprised at this point
SSMS Messages pane. Text reads: Msg 229, Level 14, State 5, Line 38 The SELECT permission was denied on the object 'cdc_jobs', database 'msdb', schema 'dbo'.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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🎵one of these things is not like the other one🎶
Screencapture of an Internet speed test. Reads 288.6 mbps download / 0.08 mbps upload.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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As the weather begins to turn, remember: while your neighborhood shades cannot feel warmth, they recognize and appreciate when it is offered.
Casper the friendly ghost. Caption reads: “If you’re cold, they’re cold. Let them in.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Sometimes I use slack to send myself a DM with a note I'll need for later but don't have time to file properly right now.

Sometimes I forget to review these notes for a while and forget what the context was.

I have no idea what nonsense I was on about with this...
Screencap of a Slack message. Text reads: Jude law hat & sweatshirt La croix slut Scene in the oc + Imogene heap
October 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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www.postgresql.org/about/news/p...
Squidward window meme. Squidward looks down through blinds at jubilant Patrick & Spongebob. Text over Squidward reads "MySQL not even having `returning`. Text over Patrick & Spongebob reads: "Cool Postgres features.
September 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Rainbow wordart reads “ur gay lol”
September 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Middle aged men playing cards in a construction site. A man in glasses and a red checkered shirt in the center of the group brings a card in his fist over his head. He is about to slam it down in the middle of the table - presumably to claim victory. Captions read: The card: "El problema es el capitalismo" (the problem is capitalism) The playing surface: "Une conversacíon casual" (a casual conversation) The man in red: "Yo" (me)
September 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...please...?

🥺
👉👈
pgAdmin Query Tool reads: > select cron.schedule_in_database(... Messages pane reads: > ERROR: permission denied for function schedule_in_database > SQL state: 42501
July 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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EVERY DAMN TIME
pgAdmin Query Tool reads: > select pg_reload_conf() Messages pane reads: > ERROR: permission denied for function pg_reload_conf > SQL state: 42501
July 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
They don't think it be like it is, but it do. - Oscar Gamble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Gamble
July 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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y'know what @linkedin.com? i'm not even mad 😂
LinkedIn EZ-Apply screencap states: "Apply to {:companyName}"
July 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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you'd think i'd learn my lesson but i literally never will
SSMS error message reads: Msg 229, Level 14, State 5, Line 4 The SELECT permission was denied on the object 'sysjobsteps', database 'msdb', schema 'dbo'
July 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Jean Claude Van Damme “Most Epic of Splits” Volvo commercial (2013) - the penultimate shot wherein he is fully extended in the split balanced between two moving lorries. Caption reads “The most epic of crashouts”
July 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Love to see it happen 🥹 github.com/microsoft/vs...
Tweet https://twitter.com/PeterVandivier/status/1229361606288650243 from @PeterVandivier on Feb 17, 2020 reading: > hey fellow #VSCode users - you should upvote this issue so it gets added to the backlog > > https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/89120 Which is a GitHub issue requesting soft-wrapped newline support for JSON Threaded GitHub comment https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/89120#issuecomment-3069402731 from @alexdima on July 14, 2025 reading: > Implemented via #231120 Which closes the attached GitHub issue which was a request to add soft-wrapped newline support for JSON.
July 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This is who runs this account:
Grainy 80s era photo of a blonde baby sitting on a laminate floor excitedly lifting a large wooden paddle.
June 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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omfg i think i just got my first AI interview 🤣
A partially obfuscated email excerpt stating: Thank you for applying to **** *******. Look out for next steps from *****, our Virtual Recruiter. ***** will contact you via phone, email, or text to arrange and carry out a preliminary screening. Developed to improve the hiring workflow and actively involve applicants, ***** can assess candidate qualifications and effectively relay screening results to our recruitment team, thereby boosting the chances of candidates advancing in the selection process. ***** will make only one call for any job applications submitted within a 7-day period. To learn more about how to best work with *****, check out this article and FAQ guide.
May 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Tuxedo cat sleeping in laundry. An orange cup of ice water with a straw is out of focus in the left foreground.
April 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Womp womp...
An SSMS error message: Msg 229, Level 14, State 5, Line 27 The SELECT permission was denied on the object 'sysjobschedules', database 'msdb', schema 'dbo'.
March 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Okay hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor...
The Fox and The Hound (1981). Fox hangs over the edge of a moss covered trunk; playfully looking at Hound who recoils bashfully into the hollow
March 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Some Backrooms coded redecorating courtesy of my oldest.
Picture of a dilapidated white interior door with chipped paint and a brass knob. A nonsensical sticker creature is on the right side above the handle. A child has written “out.” in purple marker above a square and an arrow on the left side.
February 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Trying to do anything even remotely unusual in RDS is like trying prepare food while wearing very large mittens.
SSMS error message reads: Msg 229, Level 14, State 5, Line 5 The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'agent_datetime', database 'msdb', schema 'dbo'.
January 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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LinkedIn has truly lost the plot telling me to apply to a pair of jobs where I’d be competing with 1100 other applicants
LinkedIn screenshot: “view jobs where you’d be a top applicant” showing two job listings showing 500 and 598 applicants
December 20, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #566,909!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #566,909, Peter Vandivier ‪@petervandivier.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 14, 2023"
September 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM