bryan english

bryan english

@bengl.dev

🇨🇦 Staff Software Engineer - Datadog APM (he/him/his) Dad Royal Oak, MI, USA https://bryanenglish.com

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bryan english
@bengl.dev

Got broken traces in your Node.js APM tool? This usually means async context is broken. Most often this is because of "userland queueing" a.k.a. callbacks being stored and then run at some later time. My tool async-break-finder can help you track down the problem! npm.im/async-break-...

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Felix Geisendörfer
@felixge.de

My colleagues Pablo and Kemal are campaigning for a seat on the OTel GC. Pablo is a prolific contributor and GC veteran who needs no introduction. Kemal has done fantastic work on Compile-Time Instrumentation for Go. But please check out all the candidates and vote! github.com/open-telemet...

github.comcommunity/elections/2026/governance-committee-candidates.md at 9c30b48354004ef818bcf3661ece2b32ca4dd787 · open-telemetry/communityOpenTelemetry community content. Contribute to open-telemetry/community development by creating an account on GitHub.
bryan english
@bengl.dev

What does the React SSR world look like these days? Are we still talking about 7-8 rps? Or have we evolved and done something much more efficient?

bryan english
@bengl.dev

Imagine herodevs, but the backport security releases are public, and only existing if a certain patreon-esque funding level is met. Next level up? One more old release line supported. It's not quite donationware because there's a tangible thing given enough money involved.

bryan english
@bengl.dev

The whole "only browsers are okay and everything else is hosed" is a pretty friggin bad state of affairs, tbh. We ought to do better as an industry.

Filippo Valsorda@filippo.abyssdomain.expert

After the firefighting is done (and a nap) we'll need to have a long, serious conversation about the state of non-browser non-platform X.509 verifiers. The Linux status quo is "a pile of PEM files behind a dumpster" and that's not an acceptable excuse for a root store in 2026.

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Ulises Gascón
@ulisesgascon.com

Node.js will reject TLS chains that use any of the 8 compromised eMudhra (emSign) intermediate keys, ported from Electron and matching Go and the blocks Chrome and Firefox already ship. Blocks by public key, so reissued certs don't get through. github.com/nodejs/node/...

github.comtls: reject chains containing blocked public keys by UlisesGascon · Pull Request #66871 · nodejs/nodeNode.js embeds the Mozilla root store but has no equivalent of the browsers' CRLSet/OneCRL and no default online revocation checking. When an intermediate CA key is compromised, a chain through...
bryan english
@bengl.dev

The biggest takeaway I get from the Anthropic version control thing is that megarepos are still crap.

bryan english
@bengl.dev

This is also one reason why working remote is not for everyone.

Jason Lengstorf@jason.energy

sometimes I get in my head about the world and I get sad, and then I have a dinner with a group of people and I remember the internet is an anger/despair amplifier and I feel better

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Iris van Rooij 💭
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social

"Of course, we have to teach our students about AI technologies. Teaching about AI technologies should be just like how we teach ‘no smoking’ or the causal links between lung cancer and cigarette smoke; yet, we do not teach students how to roll cigarettes and smoke them." zenodo.org/records/2008...

zenodo.orgAgainst the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in AcademiaArtificial intelligence (AI) companies and their rhetoric infringe on academia in harmful ways, mirroring past uncritical acceptance of industry logics, such as those of tobacco and petroleum. In this...
bryan english
@bengl.dev

I have sampled the @nodeconf.eu speaker gift (a bag of coffee) and I can confirm that it's pretty tasty! Thanks @nodeland.dev et al! (For the curious: I did 383ml to 23g, steeped for 2 min in a Clever Dripper, stir, another 30s, then release.)

bryan english
@bengl.dev

Can we all collectively agree to stop Fraunces? As in the font. I know your favourite AI tool wants to use it, but please consider how awful the following letters look: f s g n m

bryan english
@bengl.dev

Can you find me in this pic?

NodeConf.eu@nodeconf.eu

Thank you everyone for joining us at #NodeConfEU 2026! 💚 We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, and we can’t wait to see you again next year! 📅👩‍💻 #TechCommunity #NodeCommunity

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NodeConf.eu
@nodeconf.eu

Thank you everyone for joining us at #NodeConfEU 2026! 💚 We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, and we can’t wait to see you again next year! 📅👩‍💻 #TechCommunity #NodeCommunity

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Erika Hall
@erikahall.bsky.social

This is your reminder not to let those joyless fucks convince you that human experience, knowledge, intellect, and art can be reduced to a pre-chewed paste of stolen labor.

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@bengl.dev

My step brother had a cardiac arrest last week and now suffers brain damage. His recovery will not be short, and might not ever be complete. If anyone has a few bucks to spare to help pay his bills, that would be fantastic and much appreciated. Goal is almost hit! gofund.me/2840bca26

gofund.meDonate to Get Ben Back On The Mic, organized by Joe GuttridgeHello, my name is Joe and for the last decade, I have had the distinct pleasure of calling Ben… Joe Guttridge needs your support for Get Ben Back On The Mic
bryan english
@bengl.dev

I'll be in AMS schengen departure area tomorrow for about 3 hours. What should I fill the time with? I know the non-schengen KLM lounge is better.

bryan english
@bengl.dev

My step brother had a cardiac arrest last week and now suffers brain damage. His recovery will not be short, and might not ever be complete. If anyone has a few bucks to spare to help pay his bills, that would be fantastic and much appreciated. Goal is almost hit! gofund.me/2840bca26

gofund.meDonate to Get Ben Back On The Mic, organized by Joe GuttridgeHello, my name is Joe and for the last decade, I have had the distinct pleasure of calling Ben… Joe Guttridge needs your support for Get Ben Back On The Mic

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JayIsPainting 🍁
@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca

Folks. This referendum is divisive nonsense but you MUST vote. Brexit happened because "normal" people thought It couldn't happen so didn't bother.

Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social

I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity.