Likes from 5 October 2023

POV you're migrating some code to new dependencies and tests are failing and you're not sure why the change would do that but then you find out the tests have been failing for 3 years.

Content warning: rant, microsoft, azure DevOps

“Jared” is a real example from a real resume ranking tool!! https://qz.com/1427621/companies-are-on-the-hook-if-their-hiring-algorithms-are-biased

Boy math is watching (4) hours of p0rn a day but willing to pay (0) dollars for p0rn. #tech #contentcreator #socialmedia #nsfw #boymath

Nothing but love for @www.jvt.me for helping with this! I saw Jamie speak at DevOpsDays maybe 4 years ago and knew he was an all-star I wanted to know one day. I'm thankful that DevOpsDays this year I finally made that happen and it already proven I should have prioritised it sooner! 🤩

It maybe sounds obvious, but if there's one thing I learned from years building open source social platforms, it's this: very few people care about the ideology of your product. The only thing that matters to them is whether it fits their need - there's no way of shirking the responsibility to build the best possible solution. Ideology might (and should) matter to *you*. But it's not a replacement for being usable.

Attached: 3 images We had a lot of struggles with our dog early on, I can see why so many re-home puppies between 6 & 9 mo But we found a better dog trainer & she changed our lives (she’s also a people trainer / therapist with how good she’s been to us) Now Bramley has grown into such a wonderful dog, I’m really seeing just how good life can be with a fluffy companion like him This is the first holiday I’ve been on since we got him where my immediate thought isn’t “wooo no dog!” I miss him & his gorgeous face

Annoyed by a company responding to my application with interest because it interrupted my flow writing a cover letter for another job application, in case you're wondering what hyperfocus looks like.

I have, a number of times now, joined a P1/P2 incident bridge, and helped fix it from curiosity. I observe for a bit and gently push them to establish basic facts of their assumptions. I’m not even a party to the problem. Failure is interesting. And suddenly things start moving…

New career goal: be someone's anchor. Well, maybe not a big anchor, maybe a buoy or a small lighthouse? But yeah, be there for someone to rely on when there's pressure. Reading about people devaluing your work and what to do about it, by @mekkaokereke https://mekka-tech.com/posts/2018-08-09-the-difficulty-anchor/

My calendar just reminded me that my dad turns 90 today. I haven’t spoke to him in years, since the day he told me he would never accept me as his daughter. Happy birthday dad. #trans