Oh hey, it's Brian
@brianirish.com
Human, mid-summer edition.
Staff Kubernetes Engineer at SuperOrbital.io
Staff Kubernetes Engineer at SuperOrbital.io
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The engineer-manager pendulum model no longer accurately reflects how engineering leadership operates.
Most of us aren’t just an IC or a manager. Technology has forced us to live somewhere in the middle.
I wrote about what this actually looks like now:
www.modernleader.is/p/pendulum-r...
Most of us aren’t just an IC or a manager. Technology has forced us to live somewhere in the middle.
I wrote about what this actually looks like now:
www.modernleader.is/p/pendulum-r...
The engineer–manager pendulum is breaking
The hybrid era of engineering leadership is here, and the traditional IC/manager model is no longer suitable.
www.modernleader.is
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The engineer-manager pendulum model no longer accurately reflects how engineering leadership operates.
Most of us aren’t just an IC or a manager. Technology has forced us to live somewhere in the middle.
I wrote about what this actually looks like now:
www.modernleader.is/p/pendulum-r...
Most of us aren’t just an IC or a manager. Technology has forced us to live somewhere in the middle.
I wrote about what this actually looks like now:
www.modernleader.is/p/pendulum-r...
"I constantly see people rise in life who aren't the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you." - Charlie Munger
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"I constantly see people rise in life who aren't the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you." - Charlie Munger
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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
jfc, people.
“Inside the heel of the shoe, a small insert can be lifted to reveal the compartment. Then, parents can track the location of their child — or, at least their child’s shoes.”
Skechers is making kids' shoes with a hidden AirTag compartment | TechCrunch
Skechers launches kids' shoes with built-in AirTag holder.
techcrunch.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
jfc, people.
I've done a bit of development work I'm proud of for my #Laravel documentation #MCP server, mostly as a fun project but also to help in another side project I'm working on.
Check it out, and I'd appreciate a star :) ✨
github.com/brianirish/l...
Check it out, and I'd appreciate a star :) ✨
github.com/brianirish/l...
GitHub - brianirish/laravel-docs-mcp: A Model Context Protocl (MCP) server for Laravel Documentation
A Model Context Protocl (MCP) server for Laravel Documentation - brianirish/laravel-docs-mcp
github.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I've done a bit of development work I'm proud of for my #Laravel documentation #MCP server, mostly as a fun project but also to help in another side project I'm working on.
Check it out, and I'd appreciate a star :) ✨
github.com/brianirish/l...
Check it out, and I'd appreciate a star :) ✨
github.com/brianirish/l...
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
You really have to ask yourself, if you believe your political party's leader is infallible, why do they consistently clash with the checks and balances put in place by the best system of government the world has ever seen?
Blinded by #tribalism.
Blinded by #tribalism.
March 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
You really have to ask yourself, if you believe your political party's leader is infallible, why do they consistently clash with the checks and balances put in place by the best system of government the world has ever seen?
Blinded by #tribalism.
Blinded by #tribalism.
Snapped this shot of the Big 3, if any #RedSox or #Baseball media want to use it, please DM me for approval!
#RomanAnthony #MarceloMayer #KristianCampbell
#RomanAnthony #MarceloMayer #KristianCampbell
March 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Snapped this shot of the Big 3, if any #RedSox or #Baseball media want to use it, please DM me for approval!
#RomanAnthony #MarceloMayer #KristianCampbell
#RomanAnthony #MarceloMayer #KristianCampbell
I submitted my first CfP, for an AI conference no less. There's probably a 99.99999% chance it gets rejected. Still, fun times!
January 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I submitted my first CfP, for an AI conference no less. There's probably a 99.99999% chance it gets rejected. Still, fun times!
Watched some old VHS tapes with my brother in our old childhood bedroom. The passage of time really hits different at this age.
But with all the grieving about times gone past, reliving those memories brings enormous comfort and familiarity. Something I very much miss living in another country.
But with all the grieving about times gone past, reliving those memories brings enormous comfort and familiarity. Something I very much miss living in another country.
December 28, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Watched some old VHS tapes with my brother in our old childhood bedroom. The passage of time really hits different at this age.
But with all the grieving about times gone past, reliving those memories brings enormous comfort and familiarity. Something I very much miss living in another country.
But with all the grieving about times gone past, reliving those memories brings enormous comfort and familiarity. Something I very much miss living in another country.
Definitely the reason most publicly available models are so lobotomized, otherwise THIS happens.
oh man the character.ai lawsuit is SO much worse than the headlines made it out to be:
December 12, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Definitely the reason most publicly available models are so lobotomized, otherwise THIS happens.
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Sorry I put aviator sunglasses on the baby Jesus in your nativity scene and started singing “Highway to the manger zone.”
December 10, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Sorry I put aviator sunglasses on the baby Jesus in your nativity scene and started singing “Highway to the manger zone.”
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in computer news: lol, lmao
github.com/ultralytics/...
it looks like github actions got tricked into running bash through a malicious branch name
which was used to ship mining malware inside python packages
incredible
github.com/ultralytics/...
it looks like github actions got tricked into running bash through a malicious branch name
which was used to ship mining malware inside python packages
incredible
Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI for v8.3.41 · Issue #18027 · ultralytics/ultralytics
Bug Code in the published wheel 8.3.41 is not what's in GitHub and appears to invoke mining. Users of ultralytics who install 8.3.41 will unknowingly execute an xmrig miner. Examining the file util...
github.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:04 PM
in computer news: lol, lmao
github.com/ultralytics/...
it looks like github actions got tricked into running bash through a malicious branch name
which was used to ship mining malware inside python packages
incredible
github.com/ultralytics/...
it looks like github actions got tricked into running bash through a malicious branch name
which was used to ship mining malware inside python packages
incredible
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I wrote about the death and possible afterlife of Simon’s Rock - the weird little early college where I spent formative years, and which had values totally opposite of those pushed by MAGA and Elon Musk.
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-death-an...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-death-an...
The Death and Life of Simon's Rock
In the middle of this terrible month - a month made to shamble through, a month which must be endured - I received a far smaller piece of bad news. Simon's Rock, the weird little college for weird kid...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
December 4, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I wrote about the death and possible afterlife of Simon’s Rock - the weird little early college where I spent formative years, and which had values totally opposite of those pushed by MAGA and Elon Musk.
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-death-an...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-death-an...
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Slashdot is now on Bluesky!
December 3, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Slashdot is now on Bluesky!
December 3, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Surprising results. Colocated #VMs are a net negative for #cloud performance compared to Non-colocated VMs.
There is no upside to VM colocation – Clockwork.io
www.clockwork.io
November 29, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
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“Simplify Kubernetes with Service Mesh”
This is a real title friends
This is a real title friends
November 23, 2024 at 8:51 PM
“Simplify Kubernetes with Service Mesh”
This is a real title friends
This is a real title friends