Twitter Archive - October 2022

Twitter Archive - October 2022

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The Tweets will continue until the hubris is satisfied.

Mon Oct 03 19:22:28 +0000 2022


Replying to @abbyfuller and @colmmacc

Congrats! 🎉🙌

Mon Oct 03 19:24:34 +0000 2022


Dear HTML sites that “disable/prevent copy text” functionality,

Please reconsider.

thx.

- Matt

Mon Oct 03 22:52:09 +0000 2022


Replying to @coreyalight

Trying to keep my inner voice…inner. 😀

Tue Oct 04 01:34:35 +0000 2022


“I think the basic working model for people is that metrics measure the business, when in fact input metrics help you learn about the business.” https://tomcritchlow.com/2022/05/06/executive-dashboards/

Wed Oct 05 03:31:12 +0000 2022


“A good strategy, therefore, must identify the challenge to be overcome, and design a way to overcome it. To do that, the kernel of a good strategy contains three elements: a diagnosis, a guiding policy, and coherent action.” https://jlzych.com/2018/06/27/notes-from-good-strategy-bad-strategy/

Wed Oct 05 03:42:12 +0000 2022


Hard to believe Victor can shoot threes and step through with an 8 foot wingspan.

https://youtu.be/i-dfVWoUvx0

Wed Oct 05 06:36:47 +0000 2022


To play is to win.

https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm

Wed Oct 05 18:22:04 +0000 2022


Before PNW: Chainsaw on a 20’ pole sounds dangerous.

After PNW: Chainsaw on a 20’ pole isn’t long enough. Do they make a 50’ version?

Thu Oct 06 16:14:08 +0000 2022


Replying to @jbminn

“People who buy this much duct tape also purchase:”

Bondo 5 gallons

Thu Oct 06 16:26:32 +0000 2022


Replying to @nconnaughton

Plus, it’s battery-powered, so how dangerous could it be?

Thu Oct 06 16:27:13 +0000 2022


Replying to @jbminn

I have tremendous respect for loggers. Sounds like a fun day.

Thu Oct 06 19:26:14 +0000 2022


Replying to @nconnaughton

:take_my_money.gif:

Thu Oct 06 19:27:37 +0000 2022


Strong candidate for the “We’ll do it live” section of the migration plan. https://twitter.com/MachinePix/status/1180558482325401600

Thu Oct 06 20:05:14 +0000 2022


RT @jboursiquot: #RepresentationMatters @GopherCon

Fri Oct 07 19:12:31 +0000 2022


Replying to @brianleroux

I think the gear icon near the paging icons provides an modal dialog option to include `Updated time` in the column list.

Fri Oct 07 22:08:43 +0000 2022


Replying to @brianleroux

Ah - k. Ty.

Fri Oct 07 22:28:06 +0000 2022


We could really use a good rain around here.

Mon Oct 10 00:42:14 +0000 2022


Replying to @willigula

Same. It’s a lot different than this time last year.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article254945492.html

Mon Oct 10 00:51:05 +0000 2022


Replying to @evanderkoogh

Wow - I checked the SYD forecast. Hope you all stay safe!

Mon Oct 10 01:33:34 +0000 2022


Replying to @KevinGoldsmith

Poor & noticeably worse than SEA metro area. I think it was ~160 pm2 when I checked.

Mon Oct 10 04:18:57 +0000 2022


Replying to @Richthofenio

It’s Mt. Baker

Mon Oct 10 15:18:32 +0000 2022


Heads up, Picard

Mon Oct 10 23:54:06 +0000 2022


“Ultimately, there doesn’t need to be a business-impacting incident to study how work is done.”

https://www.learningfromincidents.io/posts/oops-learning-from-the-incident-you-didnt-have

Tue Oct 11 04:31:00 +0000 2022


Big changes only emerge from the accumulation of small changes.

https://overcast.fm/+tF0C-3YmE

Wed Oct 12 05:18:12 +0000 2022


🤷‍♂️ https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1580201881690701825

Thu Oct 13 02:27:41 +0000 2022


“Learn to play guitar” videos where we transition from chord progressions to shredding solos while the lesson is on the looper.

Thu Oct 13 05:21:18 +0000 2022


Measurement (or modeling/simulation/Monte Carlo) as a mechanism to reduce uncertainty (foster consensus?) is a good TL;DR.

https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/how-to-measure/9781118836446/

Thu Oct 13 15:28:12 +0000 2022


Managed to find some relatively clean air and tail end of fall colors.

Mon Oct 17 05:29:10 +0000 2022


Bayesian Flyer: a prior that’s pending a significant update.

Tue Oct 18 21:18:11 +0000 2022


“Each of these teams is broken through the way that the inside and outside views of the team are so different, and so any resolution will necessary also involve re-aligning these two viewpoints.”

The Three Tech Projects You Meet in Hell https://medium.com/@arthegall/the-three-tech-projects-you-meet-in-hell-2e529132ab3a

Thu Oct 20 04:16:45 +0000 2022


“What mechanisms could make the group’s success inevitable, despite the fallibility of whoever is currently serving as leader?” https://benjiweber.co.uk/blog/2022/10/08/do-you-need-a-strong-leader/

Thu Oct 20 04:27:25 +0000 2022


“The reality is much starker: a relatively small number of developers are responsible for writing and maintaining the code that millions of developers are using.” https://www.usenix.org/publications/loginonline/musings

Thu Oct 20 04:33:46 +0000 2022


“In this case, rather than providing the product team with a roadmap of features and projects to build, the product team is instead given a set of problems to solve and desired outcomes to achieve.” https://www.svpg.com/changing-how-you-solve-problems/

Thu Oct 20 04:40:44 +0000 2022


“Don’t expect change overnight. While some of the DevOps Capabilities require technical implementations, it’s often a cultural change within the team that makes the most of them.” https://isthisit.nz/posts/2022/delivery-lead-time-in-practice/

Thu Oct 20 04:49:15 +0000 2022


Replying to @RobotTaylor

Gambit to spoil the deal?

Fri Oct 21 00:27:29 +0000 2022


Data visualization is fun

Fri Oct 21 04:39:51 +0000 2022


Replying to @jpaulreed

🤣

Fri Oct 21 04:50:23 +0000 2022


Replying to @mweagle

Metric definition...less fun

Fri Oct 21 05:16:14 +0000 2022


“Recently, some notions that help to demystify work have gained popular acceptance. One of these is the simple observation that how people think that work is done and how work is actually done are two different things.” https://safetydifferently.com/the-varieties-of-human-work/

Fri Oct 21 06:17:03 +0000 2022


Excellent!

Narrator: little did Matt know he would not see the sun again for four months.

Fri Oct 21 17:46:57 +0000 2022


Replying to @chrismunns

Unfortunately agree.

Fri Oct 21 17:54:12 +0000 2022


RT @kstewart: OH: I had to reboot my kettle

Sat Oct 22 03:23:08 +0000 2022


TIL: cooking basmati rice with 50/50 water to coconut milk ratio is 👌

Mon Oct 24 19:18:30 +0000 2022


Replying to @AboutDev

I used a can of unsweetened coconut milk and it went well with a chicken dish that had tumeric, onions, apricots and raisins. Very creamy.

Downside: made me really want kheer.

Mon Oct 24 21:45:59 +0000 2022


Replying to @surkatty and @AboutDev

Definitely - very interested in making that. Thanks.

Tue Oct 25 03:03:48 +0000 2022


“The answer lies in inattentional blindness, a condition that all people unknowingly exhibit every waking moment of their lives. As the name implies, it is the failure to see an object located on or near the sightline because it does not engage attention.” https://www.visualexpert.com/Resources/inattentionalblindness.html

Tue Oct 25 03:32:31 +0000 2022


Replying to @mweagle

“The advent of sophisticated computer technology has increased the problem…They become increasingly reliant on the technology and are less likely to notice an abnormal event.”

Tue Oct 25 03:33:50 +0000 2022


There is no data as persuasive as counterfactual data.

Tue Oct 25 21:41:29 +0000 2022


Is it though? (alt text: scrum is trending on Twitter)

Wed Oct 26 00:43:01 +0000 2022


RT @chrismunns: I’m dumbfounded at the threads and convos from people saying AWS hasn’t provided #serverless guidance(from the community it…

Wed Oct 26 03:19:22 +0000 2022


😎 “You no longer need to manage database capacity and you can now run graph applications without the risk of higher costs from over-provisioning or insufficient capacity from under-provisioning” https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-neptune-serverless-a-fully-managed-graph-database-that-adjusts-capacity-for-your-workloads/

Thu Oct 27 06:19:18 +0000 2022


I would very much appreciate it if the next OSX release fixes the “subtle and erratic imbalanced bluetooth headphone sound output” bug.

Thu Oct 27 16:27:20 +0000 2022


Replying to @n0rm

Thu Oct 27 17:45:03 +0000 2022


Sending support to Tweepers for what I can only imagine will be a really difficult situation.

Fri Oct 28 02:38:38 +0000 2022


Thinking of the Tweeps who didn’t put a green brick in the commit wall that day, influenced others, provided feedback, and helped with ops.

Mon Oct 31 06:45:57 +0000 2022


Replying to @nconnaughton

Yep. The outcome is the objective, not the path. If the path traverses code, then recognize appropriately. If the path traverses discretion and reframing the problem so that no code need be written, then do the same.

Mon Oct 31 18:42:15 +0000 2022


Replying to @pinskinator and @benkershner

Exactly.

Mon Oct 31 18:47:54 +0000 2022


Replying to @benkershner and @pinskinator

It’s inevitable that there will be some reframing of this tactic in a new “CEO leadership style” article.

Mon Oct 31 18:51:36 +0000 2022


“Work” is an overloaded term.

Mon Oct 31 19:02:10 +0000 2022


“Instead emphasize with each team that you believe that their plans are hypotheses, and that you see their job as testing those hypotheses. Setup regular conversations…What have they learned? What have they disproven?” https://kellanem.com/notes/how-to-plan

Tue Nov 01 05:30:00 +0000 2022