If you were laid off from Block (or anywhere) and want to stay remote, @roost.tools is hiring for multiple SWE roles and levels.

If you're the kind of person who's deeply satisfied by figuring out why a service has multiple databases and ripping some out, we might be for you! roost.tools/careers

@libro.fm id love to interact with Libro.fm using Siri but I haven’t had much luck. While washing dishes being able to say “resume libro fm” or something like that is really useful. Is that possible? Thank you 🙏

Chatterbox Jazz Club in Indianapolis is the place to be! Be certain you stop by and support them!
chatterboxjazz.com

my career planning recently:

1. Wondered how to get to Staff
- figures out it’s a rigged game
2. Wondered whether I would like to be an EM
- a week later manager quits and I have to supplement. Planned Q3, Q4, Q1 and 2025
3. Wonders whether I can survive as an intermediate / L5 IC job

Screenshot of pihole blocked domains, newrelic being the overwhelming majority

NewRelic is hungry!

Ever faced with a highly grouped graph that looks chaotic like this in Datadog?

Here's a useful trick: how to filter metrics based on OTHER metrics, to tame graphs like this one.

Datadog doesn't make this especially easy... but we can do it with some elbow grease! Here's how.

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Great trick!! Thanks for sharing!

An espresso machine with a built in display

Making the Gaggiuino mod to my coffee machine was my gateway drug to learning how to tinker, solder and play with electronics. It was super fun making it and the discord folks are extremely helpful. I love being unblocked in doing electronics now.