T.J. Hawkins

I ran into an old friend from my college days. We were both in @ncstate.bsky.social Marching Band and started our careers at the NCSU Help Desk #AllThingsOpen @allthingsopen.bsky.social #ThinkAndDo

After driving from home 2 days to attend @allthingsopen.bsky.social, I have come to the conclusion that working from home is the correct decision for me. 22 miles in 35 minutes, 18 of it all highway/interstate. In office/hybrid, not gonna happen.

I’m at @allthingsopen.bsky.social today. Been to some pretty good sessions so far.

My wife had me go see this show last night. She said it was called Maybe Happy Ending, and that Asians were the main characters. It was weird, about robots and finding love. Not a single scene in a massage parlor. Not sure where the Happy Ending came into the title.

I sent a screenshot of this to my sister and Apple marks it as possible self harm.

I’m waiting for Sports Illustrated to jump in on the conversation.

I tried out for this and damn if it isn’t hard. Multiple multiple questions on sports most won’t know a lot about. 50 questions, 10 seconds each. A lot harder to think and type it out, rather than think and say it. Different parts of your brain.

I hear ya But it also allows for pet projects/large PoCs to be worked.

Yeah, most K8S “solutions” are RDD, Resume Driven Developement.

And that’s why I’m not convinced AI is going to make it long term. It’s now, but for how long. When will actual software engineers need to pick up the pieces of all the slop that was written and figure out what the code is actually doing.

No arguments here This follows the not everything needs AI.

Yep, not everything has to be AI. I use it mostly for troubleshooting failed GHA runs and writing scripts for cost analysis AWS.

I spent a about 5 hours at the mall with my kids. We closed it down. I’m 50.

And don’t forget all the random medications for moderate to severe X condition. Don’t take if allergic. Side effects consist of rash between anus and genitals, explosive diarrhea, and all sorts of other things that you’d rather just suffer through instead of that mess.

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

I saw a post on LinkedIn about AWS and avoiding the “a” AZ in a region because it’s “overcrowded” Clearly, they don’t realize that AWS has it where the a, b, c, etc are actually mapped to different DC locations so that it really doesn’t matter which AZs you choose.

There’s only one correct answer. I’ll let you use your imagination.

This aged well

Well fuck, my passport expires next year

Does nobody notice the 4 horsemen behind him?

In 20 years the most popular book will be titled: "How to think without a computer"

Whew buddy this man has some HATERS

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

I just cancelled Paramount+

I just cancelled Paramount+

I just cancelled Paramount+

At #AllThingsOpen today and tomorrow. It’s been a good experience so far. #dynatrace4developers Entering to hopefully win a prize 😁

This guy needs to put the airline. Let the public know who do this so the public can make them pay for that act.

‘Nough said

I keep telling people this all the time. It’s called “tech debt” for a reason. At some point, you have to pay that price.

We’re in a really bad place and it’s only going to get worse before it gets better… if it gets better at all

@pattonoswalt.bsky.social Welcome to Raleigh, I look forward to seeing your show tonight

Beyond humbled to make it to the Top 64 & the Final Showdown for this summer’s Nanofiction 250 Battle! Thanks for putting together another fabulous set of genres, @writingbattle.bsky.social My story, “Upright” www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...

“We do not want Amazon Web Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina, nor any cooperation with that company” Activists in Sarajevo disrupted a speech by AWS leaders, whose services Israel uses to collect intelligence on almost every person in Gaza

A common social media interaction I will never understand: Person A: makes easily disproved false claim Person B: “that’s wrong, here is the correct fact+source.” Person A: “OK, but my point stands.” wtf no it doesn’t

I was watching Spaceballs recently and all I could think of was how Trump is President Skroob

Annual reminder that titles are wildly inconsistent across the industry. I’m currently a Senior software engineer. 4 years before this role I was a Staff software engineer. Last year I was offered a Senior Principal role at a different company. The rules are made up and the points don’t matter.

Women dressed in Handmaid regalia follow GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)

Yeah… Had a 4 hour delay leaving destination. All while sitting in the plane on the runway. Then missed connecting flight. Now have to wait 6 hours for the next one. Did I mention I hate traveling?

I love to travel, but hate traveling. I’m trying to get something to eat before my flight. Sitting in a restaurant and the guy being me is doing a FaceTime call with the speaker on full blast. What the hell is wrong with people.

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

Agreed AI is shit and I rarely use it because it can’t give me what I’m looking for. And yes, my queries are specific and written well. They normally give wrong answers, I tell it it gave a wrong answer and tries to correct and it’s still wrong.

At @alyankovic.bsky.social show tonight and @puddlespityparty.bsky.social is an absolute treat. His obsession with Kevin Costner is awesome. So many clips from Dances with Wolves. Also makes me want to watch The Postman and Waterworld again.

Shout out to H‑E‑B for stepping up once again to help Texas in a time of need. From delivering food and water to deploying mobile kitchens. Some in our coalition have signed up to volunteer on the ground, while others are donating to support the recovery from afar.

1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar 2025: ohhh ok

I love everything about this article. Serves him right that this thing is a flop.

Harry Butthole and the Chamber of Secrets

I aspire to do the final job, not the others, the coding job I have is just fine.

I’ve been saying this for years. Why should a handful of states dictate to the rest who should be the candidate? Let us all choose at the same time like we do on Election Day in November. And don’t release results until Alaska/Hawaii are completed.