Joshua (JD) Drake

When you’ve grown up being told to push through, how do you ask for support? Justin Reock, @mayers.io, and @offgridwithjd.bsky.social share their experiences in “The End of the Universe 07", “How We Talk About Mental Health.” Watch: youtu.be/xkD745TLnkA

Why is it so easy to overlook everything that went right and focus on the part that didn’t? Amanda Nystrom and @offgridwithjd.bsky.social explore the science behind the pursuit of perfection and how it can shape stress, self-worth, and success. Listen to the full episode: youtu.be/2jF-ah1ZFjw

plx is a PostgreSQL extension that lets you write stored functions and triggers in the dialect you already know (the current set is listed below). When you run CREATE FUNCTION, plx transpiles the body to plpgsql and stores that plpgsql in pg_proc.prosrc. github.com/commandpromp...

What start's the revolution? This does:

While California is at the forefront of print blocking, the impacts will be felt far outside of its borders. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Took a little bit to go #fishing with the lady love. This is about 30 minutes from our cabin. Great #trout .

Our #hiking #frenchies

Recently had @eff.org on my podcast Age Verification Laws, Online Privacy and the Future of Free Speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=pISP...

With @eff.org leaving X, I have too. While I am not normally someone who groupie does anything, EFF is unfortunately correct on this one. X is dead for productive communication.

Here are some sun bathing turtles since the Trout were just giving me the fin. #montana #fishing #turtles

If you are a Linux Distribution and you implement age verification. I, and many others will actively not only never run your distribution but will work against your distribution. I am semi-retired, have a huge network and a loud voice. Don't be a boot-licker, protect the 1A.

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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social thanking Orwell for his new policy guidebook

SCALE 23x is this week. @chronicallyjd.bsky.social (Command Prompt) How to Succeed at Professional Open Source Sunday, March 8 | 10–11am | Room 103 register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/

This End of the Universe Micro Episode: Problems with the Cult of GNU Ideologues within the community The social contract in Open Source The illiberal tendencies that have emerged in certain Open Source communities youtu.be/LIpmsUNmEk8

@chronicallyjd.bsky.social talks with Greg Dostatni (DBA) about the real-world challenges teams face on @amazonwebservice.bsky.social including potential vendor lock-in, rising costs, managed Postgres trade-offs, and why exit strategy matters. Watch and listen at youtu.be/niVN47ZX4lI #Postgres

Not much but it's home

Now this is Thanksgiving dinner

NEW: Ep. 11 of T3D Sessions is live! Eugene Dubinin (Senior Developer, Command Prompt) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to share how they reduced web registration spam from ~200/day to just 10–15 using smart layered defenses. Watch now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=az-X... #SpamPrevention

Cython deep dive: Python syntax meets C performance. CommandPrompt's Valerii Herman demos real-world speedups in our latest MTAR Presents: T3D Session with host @chronicallyjd.bsky.social 10 minutes. Live code comparison. Worth your time. youtu.be/IOp_X4iM-SU?... #Python

NEW: Ep. 10 of T3D Sessions is live! Andrew Sullivan (President, Anvil Walrus Den Holdings, Inc.) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to talk about why the open web is under threat. Watch nowat www.youtube.com/watch?v=qegx...

NEW: Ep. 9 of T3D Sessions is live! Hunter O’Brien (Jr. SysAdmin / Jr. DBA, @cmdpromptinc) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to discuss why generic monitoring falls short — and how to make it truly useful for PostgreSQL. Watch at: youtu.be/ZZNu6Wgrjao?...

Blockchain ≠ Crypto. Smart contracts? 1994. @nytimes classifieds? Part of early blockchain. Listen in to @chronicallyjd.bsky.social as he chats w/ Blockchain & Open Source Leader @silona.bsky.social on "10 Things You Didn’t Know About Blockchain" www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDY... #Blockchain

NEW: Ep. 7 of More Than A Refresh: T3D Sessions is live! Ildefonso Camargo (CIO @cmdpromptinc.bsky.social) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to unpack why “the cloud will handle it” is a dangerous myth for PostgreSQL users. Watch now at: youtu.be/FhSrf2TiNhY?...

NEW: Ep. 5 of T3D Sessions is live! Alan Chavez (CTO, Torta Studios) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to talk about growth engineering. Why retention > acquisition, and how data-driven activation metrics predict long-term success. Watch now youtu.be/1aOHzicOs1g #OpenSource #PostgreSQL

One step closer to being self sufficient. we also got lucky and found out that the cabin is R24 in the celing. It is hard to consider a more meaningful life than having to be intentional for every decision. Yes, sometimes we are exhausted but at least it feels like it has meaning.

NEW: Ep. 3 of T3D Sessions is live! Dr. Aaron N. Cutshall (SQLRV, LLC.) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to talk set-based processing, why it matters, and how it boosts PostgreSQL performance. Watch now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfU6... #PostgreSQL #Database #Performance #OpenSource #T3D

NEW: Ep. 2 of T3D Sessions is live! Victor Olex, CEO of SlashDB, joins MTAR Host JD (@chronicallyjd.bsky.social) to talk RESTful APIs, Postgres, and what’s new in SlashDB v2.0. Watch now 👉 youtu.be/n_bCYQOYTH8 #PostgreSQL #OpenSource #APIs #T3D #SlashDB