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Damon Cortesi
@dacort.velocipig.com
Trapped in a Python container. Building Spark on K8s Infra. Founder and CTO expat.

Seattle // In the woods

https://dacort.xyz
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Well, well, well. Let’s see how this goes! Hi folks, Damon here. Follow me for data, analytics, log analysis, and pro tips on splitting wood and tree felling.

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It may have taken me two days, but I finally found a spot at #KubeCon where I can set and get some direct sunlight.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Related, I'm very disappointed in myself that I'm not doing a live demo in my KubeCon talk. 😢

But if you see me around just keep an eye out for Grafana and k9s and that's pretty much what it would have been.
The most amazing thing I saw at #KubeCon today? A live demo using k9s v0.28(!!). That was right before my favorite release of all time...
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The most amazing thing I saw at #KubeCon today? A live demo using k9s v0.28(!!). That was right before my favorite release of all time...
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'll take "logs that should be metrics" for $500, Alex. #KubeCon
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Figuring out my KubeCon schedule for the week is a full-time job. 😳
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just learned that #BazelCon is also this week in ATL. Might have to cross the KubeCon streams.
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Get those engines warmed up. #Seahawks
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by Damon Cortesi
Reminder to use the Kubecon feed to stay up to date on what’s happening. You don’t even need to use hashtags 👍

bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Please don't say netstat, please don't...DAMMIT. www.howtogeek.com/stop-using-t...
Please stop using these 7 deprecated Linux commands
Get with the program!
www.howtogeek.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Increased my font size for a demo and now I ... kind of like it. #okgrandpa

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November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Bumping for the morning KubeCon crew...gonna be COLLLLLLD.
#KubeCon y’all got your winter gear ready??
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#KubeCon y’all got your winter gear ready??
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
…kind of miss writing non-AI assisted code. 🤨
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Also, this is my best CLAUDE.md addition to date...

> When creating ad-hoc python scripts that rely on dependencies, use PEP 723 inline script metadata for the dependencies and run the script with `uv run`
I may have made Claude go off the rails. It just responded like this to me. 😵‍💫

⏺ Ah yes! I see what you mean - those bubbles need to be THICC! And adding realistic timing? That's chef's kiss indeed! Let me upgrade this bad boy:
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I may have made Claude go off the rails. It just responded like this to me. 😵‍💫

⏺ Ah yes! I see what you mean - those bubbles need to be THICC! And adding realistic timing? That's chef's kiss indeed! Let me upgrade this bad boy:
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
If I wanted to take a train to KubeCon and arrive by Monday, I'd have to leave .... tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Ugh.
Yeah so they’re cutting flights at the 40 busiest airports starting with 4% on Friday and ramping up to 10% through the weekend, and that includes ATL. If you’re attending #KubeCon and you aren’t threat modeling around this and making contingency plans already, strongly recommend starting now
So, uh, KubeCon attendees: how we feeling about the threat model of them shutting down the airspace? Are we all moving to Atlanta
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Quick sneak peak of some of the Spark on k8s stuff I'll be talking about at KubeCon next week.
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Damon Cortesi
It's time to pin the Kubecon feed to my bsky profile

bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Set up kwok on my kind cluster so I can yunikorn my karpenter.

Yes...those are all real things. 🫠
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Damon Cortesi
I saw this on LinkedIn and it was just too accurate to not share here. Postgres powers so much of the world's software yet the core team is a couple dozen people. The ecosystem around it is also surprisingly small for how far reaching it is.
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Spooky.
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Random just had a recruiter simultaneously send me an email, a LinkedIn message, *and* call my cell phone... 🤯
October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Why does the Vantage API not return any data for so many EC2 products? 🫠
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM