The two major disasters of last week could have been avoided with some basic resiliency processes. 1. Smoke testing of all updates before deploy (Crowdstrike, both sender/receiver).2. Multi-region cloud deployments (Azure location outage)

Please stop sacrificing to QA to save a buck. Please.

Neutral isn't fair. Fair isn't neutral. Fair is taking the side of what is right. Neutrality is not taking a side. When action is required neutrality is the enemy. If you don't know what is right you have the duty to figure it out and then take action.

RT @OchoZaco: A rant. We’re very close with all our neighbors around us. We BBQ together, have holiday parties, chat out on walks, or aroun….

RT @mjolley22: Name the NHL team the Beavers, you cowards.

This seems like a good time to come back to Twitt. I mean X. Why does the domain still say Twitter?.

RT @danluu: One thing I find amusing is that a lot of the negative reviews on Amazon seem to conflate having a difficult to read style with….

And there's little reason to think that they're still misrepresenting their death count.

I've been away from Twitter for much too long. I miss the days when it was a Ruby and tech geek thing. Any suggestions of new people to follow?.

DotNet 5 sounds like it's gonna be amazing.

RT @kirchin: @JustinRaimondo @Twitter @WeMeantWell @jack RIP @WeMeantWell

Monosyllabic is a rather ironic word.

How to survive the intense smoke outside:.* Stay indoors as much as possible.* Get a high quality filter for your central air (if you have one).* Get a HEPA air filter for close proximity.* Humidify. Get a humidifier for space size or run the shower and boil water for a bit.

Turns out there's a bunch you can do to protect your home from wildfires:

There's no feeling quite like drinking soda quickly and then burping up gobs of foam.

Better than inbox 0.

RT @politicalmath: "Racism is not a known side effect".Sorry guys, I'm not on board with that kind of smug PR bullshit from a company that….

RT @EddyDever: It’s terrifying that both of these things are true at the same time in this world: . • computers drive cars around. • the st….

IT'S NOT LAUREL. IT'S NOT YANNY. IT'S YOLO.