💫 Kerri Miller

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In the PNW anyways. Benches, large tables, etc.

I simply do not understand the trend of communal, family style dining with strangers.

We're so caught up in silver bullet solutions instead of actually solving problems.. we shouldn't be afraid of not getting it right, when the stakes for inaction are far worse than what we risk by acting.

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something!"

- FDR

(src: publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu/academics/re...)

When people say they're "pulling out all the stops" on something, I always think "well maybe those stops are there for a reason?"

At a certain point, your company or product is going to find it's ENTIRE market, and then how do you keep scaling growth?

I mean, we are living and working in an era of supreme ridiculousness in the field of software engineering, and you're saying I can't have a taste?

Back on my game of "writing joke gems just because" just because

"If you have a problem with something I'm going to do, you can leave" isn't the flex around "consensus" you think it is.

Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings : Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

Really positive sign that open source projects are standing up to do the right thing. Kudos to the Python folks: www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...

..and the amount it relies on Newton is telling.

Case in point: pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

Recently I’ve been given far too many examples that values only matter if they’re something you stick to even when it’s hard.

It’s a sign your Covid vaccine is wearing off and you need a booster.

Does Shan not have any experience or background in OSS?

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

Ruby drama? Upton Sinclair said it best…

Thanks for the reminder about why I left this behind

I have seen zero evidence that anyone is somehow magically more productive with these tools.

a cartoon character with a hat and goggles is looking at the camera with a sad look on his face . ALT: a cartoon character with a hat and goggles is looking at the camera with a sad look on his face .

Oh. Someone used a PSQL reserved word as a column name.

I am so tired.

...because maybe those developers don't exist?

At first I was like "Oh wow, Jim is having a conference on a ferry boat!" and then was like "Oh man, a conference on a ferry boat would rock!"

#punintended

I gotta tell you, I'm still hung-up on her eco-blocks.

Honestly, I really liked that era of Ikea; their design was fresh, free of the gaudy ornamentation and sentimentality they feature today.

I thought the role of the foundation was to ensure dhh had keynote gigs for the foreseeable future.

One of the (many) things no one tells you about burnout is just how _stupid_ you feel all the time.

I'm just tired, you guys.

Also the block on the corner of 65th and Roosevelt; it's been, what, 15 years of that being empty?