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Richard Bishop
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Distributed systems, databases, and the foundational primitives for better (more robust, efficient, accessible) computing.

Currently at Snowflake building managed Postgres. Formerly Crunchy Data and AWS.
Don’t forget to run it using the most compatible container engine for your goals: Docker!
August 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sending us to the comments section in search of a link is just cruel
June 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Also while they have this time machine they should buy a house
June 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What’s great about this comment is I don’t even know which Padres uniform it was and it doesn’t matter. They’re all great ever since they ditched the weird west coast Yankees colors.
June 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I haven’t kept up with the state of the art on this but 20 years ago the authoritative source was the VIN burned into the engine firewall on the chassis
May 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
No time for egos when you’re all working together against the monster you built.
May 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I let my garage door close on mine. There’s a pretty thick, soft rubber weather strip.
May 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Alternative answer: clock skew
May 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Nothing quite like your body randomly deciding you should join the 4:30am club
April 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The amazing thing about AWS is they can launch things like this without even flinching at how ridiculous they look. True masters of not giving a damn. Crazy high self-esteem.
April 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Giant tumbleweeds are real too
April 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’m here for the niche SCIF jokes
March 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
More proof that real tech drama is always better than tech fan fiction.
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sniping the exact tab you need out of hundreds is an underrated benefit of having played a lot of CS
March 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’ll have to clear this with my PO because I'm still on Crunchy Data Warehouse* arrest.

* an earlier message referenced a different form of data warehouse arrest
March 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Even more impressive when you factor in that 600kwh is the rust compiler
March 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
To be fair they both help you connect things.
February 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Time to start practicing meditation to convince myself I don't need this and actually follow through on that
February 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM