Make the easy change hard

There’s a semi-well-known adage in software development that says when you have a hard code change, you should “first make the hard change easy, and…

Aug 22 • 

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Charitable Contributions Update

Hi, all!

Aug 8 • 

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Astronomer: Saving Megabux with SQL and SimKube

Ok, folks, get ready, this is a fun one!

Aug 1 • 

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July 2025

Contraction Hierarchies: HMC Clinic Project Recap

Whale hello there!

Jul 25 • 

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Simulating, Scheduling, and Saving: Optimizing Kubernetes with David Morrison

Hi friends!

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

Anatomy of a Trace

OK I’ve been promising to write more technical content for a while now, instead of me just moping about turning 40, and in this post, we’re actually…

Jun 7 • 

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May 2025

The Ennui Exhibition

Editor’s note: I wrote this post a couple days ago, and then gave a talk at the Cloud Native PDX meetup last night, and came away feeling really…

May 23 • 

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April 2025

The Sappy Human Interest Edition

Here we are all in one place

Apr 25 • 

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How to log in to ECR from Kubernetes the right way

We just got back from a spring break trip through the Utah national parks, so I didn’t have a chance to get a “full” post written last week, but I did…

Apr 22 • 

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What I've been up to: April 2025 Edition

Well after my last post generated so much hate, I’ve decided to throw in the towel on this whole blogging thing.

Apr 4 • 

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March 2025

Sudo make me a makefile

OK, it’s been a year and a half of writing on this blog and I’ve successfully avoided posting anything about the latest zeitgeist in tech, namely…

Mar 14 • 

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Picture Me Coding: I'm On A Podcast!

I didn’t have a long-form text post scheduled for this week because I knew there was a long-form audio post coming up!

Mar 12 • 

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