Ben Kershner

Echoes of GWOT.

I don't know who needs to see this, as the saying goes, but platform engineering is not just "devops" or "infra" by another name. Platform engineering is about bringing a product sensibility and design ethos to the infra-shaped technical problem space.

Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody

It’s nice to have my Seattle back.

Wade Grant won! Musqueam nation - hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaker (a Salish dialect, the Native language most of Metro Vancouver). The first Coast Salish person in parliament, AFAIK.

Our Millennial priest quoted Nirvana during Easter Mass.

North Beach smells like a paper mill. But why.

I got chastised by one of my peers for NOT wearing hoochie daddy shorts to the office today. I like this team.

Don’t move to Seattle, it rains all the time.

sometimes good times do make soft men, and those are anti-vaxxers

Fuck you, Pike Place Market PDA, for pushing out Virginia Inn, a historic place that is even older than you.

Took my two-year old son to Dick’s for the first time. My wife showed how to dip a french fry in her strawberry shake. He took a bite, thought for a moment, and then with a big grin says “happy BIRTHDAY!” So that’s a memory I will have forever.

yeah man, please make my 85 year old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past

Today in “dropping my toddler off at daycare”: 7:55 <being held down kicking and screaming while I put his pants on> 7:57 <sobbing while I squeeze him into a shirt> 7:59 <putting his own shoes singing> 8:03 <begging to get on the bike> 8:15 <running off with his friends with no goodbye hug>

Buddy and I got @wheatus.com to opine on Seattle tap water. Decent Monday.

Don’t move to Seattle, it rains all the time.

Calling it now: Season 4 flops.

Today in conversations with a PE: “It’s not ephemeral, it’s just something that gets deleted after a couple of weeks” Immediately followed by: “It’s not permanent, it just has existed for five years and we have no plans to remove it ever.”

The lack of “I give you money, you give me product” in certain industries is astounding.

“Everyone should use the API except for me, I should be able to write to the DB directly.” WAT

I’m gutted. I just loved watching this team play.

GO GREEN. That is all.

I love this fucking town.

Mayor Harrell Debated Sweeps with Advisors in AOL Group Chat Accidentally Shared with City Reporter Hannah Krieg: tinyurl.com/3u54xskz

He’s in your girl’s DMs. I’m in your SecDef’s group chat. We are not the same.

I’m usually “you got credits, you can play” but holy oh fuck this is a sixteen minute and thirty second long track, which is now the fourth Pink Floyd song in a row. There’s a decorum to maintain, friend, and you ain’t maintaining it.

First day of the year I can hear the sea lions from my back yard. Going to be a long season for the liveaboards.

I don’t know if it’s good or bad that the only reason I know who Olmec is is because of a gameshow for children.

Ten years in Seattle and I’ve never once witnessed violence. Six hours in Long Beach, WA and there’s a fist fight in the parking lot between two rednecks and one goes back to his truck to get his gun. For fuck’s sake.

Don’t move to Seattle, it rains all the time.

The backpage ad of @theonion.com continues to be a literal LOL.

Sad news Fuck Cancer www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/l...

Today in toddler meltdowns: I served him a cheeseburger that he asked for and watched me cook.

A *number* of Teslas on trade-in at our local VW dealership…

ESPN's Elle Duncan pays tribute to @worldofisaac.bsky.social on Sportscenter

"Let’s just chalk this up as one of those things you had to learn by doing."

Michigan State up by ten against Iowa with less than 90 seconds left.

In honor of what I would consider Andy's best testament to his character and the positivity he brought us, tell me something good that happened to you recently. 👇

Absolute sucks to hear the news about Andy. My wife is out of town this weekend, seems like it’s the perfect time for a Faturday in memoriam with my son.