Tyler Auerbeck
@tyler.auerbeck.xyz
Oops, I did it again.
Keyboard Rizz-ard; Smashing Kubes and some other platform nonsense | formerly Red Hat | occasional professor
Keyboard Rizz-ard; Smashing Kubes and some other platform nonsense | formerly Red Hat | occasional professor
Alright, I’ve finally made it. First off, how is it just as cold here as back home? Second, I’m going to drink ALL the sweet tea.
a man wearing a superdry shirt is drinking from a plastic container
ALT: a man wearing a superdry shirt is drinking from a plastic container
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Alright, I’ve finally made it. First off, how is it just as cold here as back home? Second, I’m going to drink ALL the sweet tea.
Ah. First rebooked flight of the trip. Let’s hope this one sticks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ah. First rebooked flight of the trip. Let’s hope this one sticks.
Future look at the handful of folks who will make it to Kubecon after all of the cancelled flights:
a man in a suit is holding a jacket and a cigarette .
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a jacket and a cigarette .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Future look at the handful of folks who will make it to Kubecon after all of the cancelled flights:
“Are you sure people are going to take what you write seriously if you keep giving them titles like that?”
a man in a tan jacket and tie says that would be the point on the bottom
ALT: a man in a tan jacket and tie says that would be the point on the bottom
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“Are you sure people are going to take what you write seriously if you keep giving them titles like that?”
I have never felt closer to death than in an Uber in Boston.
September 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have never felt closer to death than in an Uber in Boston.
Preparing for a talk and I forgot to grab a drink on the way. Did I just DoorDash two mountain dews from Dollar General? Absolutely.
We’re living in the future folks.
We’re living in the future folks.
September 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Preparing for a talk and I forgot to grab a drink on the way. Did I just DoorDash two mountain dews from Dollar General? Absolutely.
We’re living in the future folks.
We’re living in the future folks.
As someone who repeatedly has gotten timed out when submitting a CFP because I wait until the last second , you would think I would learn.
a cartoon character says welp i learned nothing while walking down a hill
ALT: a cartoon character says welp i learned nothing while walking down a hill
media.tenor.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
As someone who repeatedly has gotten timed out when submitting a CFP because I wait until the last second , you would think I would learn.
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I could really use your help looking for Senior++ Technical Writer roles or intermediate++ Developer Relations roles. I'm looking to stay in Germany.
I'm also considering building up a freelance pipeline but realistically full time work makes my visa situation way easier.
Please RT for reach 🙇♀️
I'm also considering building up a freelance pipeline but realistically full time work makes my visa situation way easier.
Please RT for reach 🙇♀️
June 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I could really use your help looking for Senior++ Technical Writer roles or intermediate++ Developer Relations roles. I'm looking to stay in Germany.
I'm also considering building up a freelance pipeline but realistically full time work makes my visa situation way easier.
Please RT for reach 🙇♀️
I'm also considering building up a freelance pipeline but realistically full time work makes my visa situation way easier.
Please RT for reach 🙇♀️
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I don't talk much about my day job, but if you write clean React/TypeScript, are experienced with open-source and observability, and care about user experience, come work with me: grnh.se/g8fwl10b4us UK or grnh.se/f78w1gd24us US.
Growth Engineer, Grafana Self Serve (Remote, UK)
United Kingdom (Remote)
grnh.se
July 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I don't talk much about my day job, but if you write clean React/TypeScript, are experienced with open-source and observability, and care about user experience, come work with me: grnh.se/g8fwl10b4us UK or grnh.se/f78w1gd24us US.
Listen. There is not a site, app, etc. upon this earth in which I am going to sit here and do dice math 6 times to get access to
July 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Listen. There is not a site, app, etc. upon this earth in which I am going to sit here and do dice math 6 times to get access to
Me: *Asks AI what to do for minor burns*
AI: Remove hand from flame or hot surface
Me: Fuck, are people this dumb or is the AI this dumb.
AI: Remove hand from flame or hot surface
Me: Fuck, are people this dumb or is the AI this dumb.
June 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Me: *Asks AI what to do for minor burns*
AI: Remove hand from flame or hot surface
Me: Fuck, are people this dumb or is the AI this dumb.
AI: Remove hand from flame or hot surface
Me: Fuck, are people this dumb or is the AI this dumb.
And this is why I’ve got a box of about every hard drive I’ve ever owned sitting in my basement.
Stop donating your old storage media without clearing them first people...
This one had just been reset to factory settings, but not zeroed-out first.
It was used by an HOA and had PDFs with full contact information of all residents, including their children's names and ages. 😱
This one had just been reset to factory settings, but not zeroed-out first.
It was used by an HOA and had PDFs with full contact information of all residents, including their children's names and ages. 😱
June 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
And this is why I’ve got a box of about every hard drive I’ve ever owned sitting in my basement.
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#Pittsburgh #TechFest is looking for speakers. C&S is helping some w/ logistics this year. We'd love to see submissions galore from our community.
Oct 24 at CMU Tepper.
#CFP: cfp.sched.com/speaker/WSjh... closes July 10.
Event site: www.pghtech.org/events/2025T...
#techconference #speaking
Oct 24 at CMU Tepper.
#CFP: cfp.sched.com/speaker/WSjh... closes July 10.
Event site: www.pghtech.org/events/2025T...
#techconference #speaking
Speaker Portal
cfp.sched.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#Pittsburgh #TechFest is looking for speakers. C&S is helping some w/ logistics this year. We'd love to see submissions galore from our community.
Oct 24 at CMU Tepper.
#CFP: cfp.sched.com/speaker/WSjh... closes July 10.
Event site: www.pghtech.org/events/2025T...
#techconference #speaking
Oct 24 at CMU Tepper.
#CFP: cfp.sched.com/speaker/WSjh... closes July 10.
Event site: www.pghtech.org/events/2025T...
#techconference #speaking
Does anybody else feel a change in the wind when one of their terrible ideas becomes load bearing?
a man says " like something 's a brewin " about to begin
ALT: a man says " like something 's a brewin " about to begin
media.tenor.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Does anybody else feel a change in the wind when one of their terrible ideas becomes load bearing?
All I wanted to do was fix a lint and now I'm here an hour later learning about math theorems.
a winnie the pooh bear is standing on a bed in a living room
ALT: a winnie the pooh bear is standing on a bed in a living room
media.tenor.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
All I wanted to do was fix a lint and now I'm here an hour later learning about math theorems.
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Update - we did it! At least for another year. Thanks to my team and division for helping osuosl.org/blog/
May 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Update - we did it! At least for another year. Thanks to my team and division for helping osuosl.org/blog/
Absolutely.
And I cannot stress this enough.
The. Fuck. Not.
And I cannot stress this enough.
The. Fuck. Not.
not now, venomous centipede originating from the Mediterranean but seemingly expanding north due to climate change, possibly
Lancashire woman finds rare Scutigera coleoptrata in her home…
Lancashire woman finds rare Scutigera coleoptrata in her home…
Lancashire woman finds rare venomous centipede in flat
The arthropods are more commonly found in warmer climates than the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Absolutely.
And I cannot stress this enough.
The. Fuck. Not.
And I cannot stress this enough.
The. Fuck. Not.
Very very sunburnt. But today was a good day.
May 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Very very sunburnt. But today was a good day.
I want to believe this is some elaborate scheme of instrumental records that will blend together and finally come
out as a full record 😂
out as a full record 😂
May 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I want to believe this is some elaborate scheme of instrumental records that will blend together and finally come
out as a full record 😂
out as a full record 😂
This MF
7 piano sketches
André 3000 · Album · 2025 · 7 songs
open.spotify.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This MF
German is the best.
My daughter is doing German Duolingo because she knows I studied a good bit of it in school (I’m rusty now, no pop quizzes) and she always asks what my favorite word is. I always fall back to sicherheitsmaßnahmen. But this may be a new runner-up.
My daughter is doing German Duolingo because she knows I studied a good bit of it in school (I’m rusty now, no pop quizzes) and she always asks what my favorite word is. I always fall back to sicherheitsmaßnahmen. But this may be a new runner-up.
May 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
German is the best.
My daughter is doing German Duolingo because she knows I studied a good bit of it in school (I’m rusty now, no pop quizzes) and she always asks what my favorite word is. I always fall back to sicherheitsmaßnahmen. But this may be a new runner-up.
My daughter is doing German Duolingo because she knows I studied a good bit of it in school (I’m rusty now, no pop quizzes) and she always asks what my favorite word is. I always fall back to sicherheitsmaßnahmen. But this may be a new runner-up.
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codetv.dev/support
codetv.dev/support
May 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
shameless reminder that if you like what we're doing at CodeTV and want to see more of it, you can become a supporter for $5/month and help us make more tv for developers!
codetv.dev/support
codetv.dev/support
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In the early 2010s, BSides Detroit reshaped and re-energized the Michigan security community. Then it went dark.
Now a new group is bringing BSides back, taking it into the future, and rethinking what community means in 2025.
Less than ten tickets left. May 10 @ TechTown.
www.bsidesdetroit.org
Now a new group is bringing BSides back, taking it into the future, and rethinking what community means in 2025.
Less than ten tickets left. May 10 @ TechTown.
www.bsidesdetroit.org
BSIDES DETROIT
Official Website of B Sides - Detroit
www.bsidesdetroit.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
In the early 2010s, BSides Detroit reshaped and re-energized the Michigan security community. Then it went dark.
Now a new group is bringing BSides back, taking it into the future, and rethinking what community means in 2025.
Less than ten tickets left. May 10 @ TechTown.
www.bsidesdetroit.org
Now a new group is bringing BSides back, taking it into the future, and rethinking what community means in 2025.
Less than ten tickets left. May 10 @ TechTown.
www.bsidesdetroit.org
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"Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community" www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04... github.com/cncf/toc/iss...
Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community
When a company contributes a project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), it’s not just sharing code—it’s making a commitment to the open source community. It’s a pledge to uphold open…
www.cncf.io
April 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community" www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04... github.com/cncf/toc/iss...
I didn’t break it! But yeah, it’s busted. Seems like the teams are working on it though.
April 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I didn’t break it! But yeah, it’s busted. Seems like the teams are working on it though.