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The Word Made Lifeless Jan. 11, 2026, 10:43 a.m.

To look for guidance in “what one says,” or to fall into clichĂ©, would be a serious failing—a failure to bring yourself into full presence with the other. To indulge in euphemisms or to be insistently optimistic would be a different sort of failing—a failure to trust another to endure un-prettified truth.

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The Case Against Generative AI Jan. 11, 2026, 10:37 a.m.

This is my comprehensive case that yes, we’re in a bubble, one that will inevitably (and violently) collapse in the near future.

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Why Over-Engineering Happens Jan. 11, 2026, 10:36 a.m.

In this post, I’ll dig into why over-engineering happens, the real costs it creates, and the principles we can use to keep architecture grounded. By the end, I’ll circle back to what simplicity actually looks like in practice and why it’s harder, braver, and more impactful than chasing complexity.

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This time it’s not fatigue, but disconnection Jan. 11, 2026, 10:35 a.m.

I feel that my current tech headspace is a sort of limbo made of distrust and uncaring-ness. These feelings are pretty much reactive and defensive. They are a response to what tech has become and is becoming nowadays.

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Ignore previous directions 8: devopsdays Jan. 9, 2026, 11:24 a.m.

The focus on deployment, and the complexity of Kubernetes killed DevOps as it once was. As a lapsed ops person who moved back to development, I always loved the bringing together communities aspect of DevOps. But over time DevOps become just a backend role and job title for people wrangling Kubernetes and other deployment technologies. Somehow it seems easier for people to relate to technology than culture, and the technology started working against the culture.

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Programming Sucks Oct. 29, 2014, 5:33 p.m.

Most people don’t even know what sysadmins do, but trust me, if they all took a lunch break at the same time they wouldn’t make it to the deli before you ran out of bullets protecting your canned goods from roving bands of mutants.

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What is 1080i (Part 2) Feb. 17, 2006, 12:01 a.m.

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What is 1080i? (Part 1) Feb. 17, 2006, midnight

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Nitric Acid Acts Upon Trousers Feb. 1, 2006, 10:38 p.m.

I learned another fact. Nitric acid not only acts upon copper, but it acts upon fingers. The pain led to another unpremeditated experiment. I drew my fingers across my trousers and another fact was discovered. Nitric acid acts upon trousers.

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