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
Seattle // In the woods
https://dacort.xyz
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Damon Cortesi
@dacort.velocipig.com
· Apr 24
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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Just how I wanted to spend my Sunday…figuring out why I can’t access certain cloudflare-based(?) sites on only my personal Mac.
Still haven’t figured it out but best guess at this moment is an old sequoia version.
Still haven’t figured it out but best guess at this moment is an old sequoia version.
December 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Just how I wanted to spend my Sunday…figuring out why I can’t access certain cloudflare-based(?) sites on only my personal Mac.
Still haven’t figured it out but best guess at this moment is an old sequoia version.
Still haven’t figured it out but best guess at this moment is an old sequoia version.
20 years ago I was mapping the spread of memes on the Internet. This Christmas I'm just deleting files that were already deleted on a massive S3 bucket. 🫠
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Blonde Joke
Spread of a meme There was a funny blond joke (dcortesi.com/2005/12/24/blondes/) floating around in the blogosphere over the past couple weeks. This is a graph of the spread of that joke, as Technor...
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December 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
20 years ago I was mapping the spread of memes on the Internet. This Christmas I'm just deleting files that were already deleted on a massive S3 bucket. 🫠
flickr.com/photos/dcort...
flickr.com/photos/dcort...
Will tonight be the night I try to migrate my old "octopress" blog (previously migrated from wordpress, previously migrated from custom-rolled blog) to Hugo?
December 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Will tonight be the night I try to migrate my old "octopress" blog (previously migrated from wordpress, previously migrated from custom-rolled blog) to Hugo?
Which christmas classic are you watching tonight? It's a Wonderful Life or Violent Night?
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Which christmas classic are you watching tonight? It's a Wonderful Life or Violent Night?
“And in Seahawks history, they were 0-172 in games where they trailed by 15 points or more in the fourth quarter.”
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The air had been sucked out of Lumen Field when the Rams took a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter. But the #Seahawks dramatically flipped the script for an incredible comeback win in overtime.
The latest from Stacy Rost.
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
The latest from Stacy Rost.
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Rost: Seattle Seahawks dramatically flip script to beat Rams
In a game where it seemed the air had been sucked out of Lumen Field, the Seattle Seahawks still made the stadium shake in an incredible comeback win.
sports.mynorthwest.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
“And in Seahawks history, they were 0-172 in games where they trailed by 15 points or more in the fourth quarter.”
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Almost 1 PR for every working day of 2025...unsure whether to be happy or sad about that. 🤔
December 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Almost 1 PR for every working day of 2025...unsure whether to be happy or sad about that. 🤔
It's been 0 days since I've been bitten by a timezone bug. 🫠
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's been 0 days since I've been bitten by a timezone bug. 🫠
Here kitty kitty.
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Here kitty kitty.
Truly is crazy living in an agentic AI world as a developer.
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Truly is crazy living in an agentic AI world as a developer.
The VS Code integration is super slick, too.
What we are working on right now: blog.exe.dev/meet-exe.dev
We all need more virtual machines. We keep building software to work around the fact that VM infrastructure is clunky. Let's have good VM infrastructure instead.
We all need more virtual machines. We keep building software to work around the fact that VM infrastructure is clunky. Let's have good VM infrastructure instead.
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The VS Code integration is super slick, too.
That professor must have had quite an impact because I remember colleges that used to use part of your SSN as your email address.
i had a databases class in college in which we were designing a users table and the professor guided us to use (firstname, lastname) as the primary key, and i asked what we'd do if there were two people with the same name, and they said to include the social security number, i think of this a lot
December 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
That professor must have had quite an impact because I remember colleges that used to use part of your SSN as your email address.
I used to think being public on social media was more valuable than not. I’m beginning to change my mind. 😞
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From the NoFilterNews community on Reddit: Trump to force all foreign tourists to provide FIVE YEARS of social media history before entering the US
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December 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I used to think being public on social media was more valuable than not. I’m beginning to change my mind. 😞
www.reddit.com/r/NoFilterNe...
www.reddit.com/r/NoFilterNe...
Which would you trust first – AI or AWS docs?
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Which would you trust first – AI or AWS docs?
I've now discovered :csv in Grafana/prometheus and pretty sure I'm an expert now.
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I've now discovered :csv in Grafana/prometheus and pretty sure I'm an expert now.
Installed Unifi last night (from eero) and my god it’s so mind explody how much stuff there is to tweak.
Not sure I actually love or hate that…
Not sure I actually love or hate that…
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Installed Unifi last night (from eero) and my god it’s so mind explody how much stuff there is to tweak.
Not sure I actually love or hate that…
Not sure I actually love or hate that…
I don't always build RAG pipelines, but when I do I use "campfire" chats from 2012 as my dataset.
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I don't always build RAG pipelines, but when I do I use "campfire" chats from 2012 as my dataset.
One hasn't truly lived until one has tried to download AI models on a DSL connection.
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
One hasn't truly lived until one has tried to download AI models on a DSL connection.
Watching Claude interact with Beads makes me never want to touch an issue tracker ever again.
I can easily imagine a future where I sit down, give Claude some instructions for the day, and zone out while it just ... churns.
Not sure I like that version of the future...
I can easily imagine a future where I sit down, give Claude some instructions for the day, and zone out while it just ... churns.
Not sure I like that version of the future...
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Watching Claude interact with Beads makes me never want to touch an issue tracker ever again.
I can easily imagine a future where I sit down, give Claude some instructions for the day, and zone out while it just ... churns.
Not sure I like that version of the future...
I can easily imagine a future where I sit down, give Claude some instructions for the day, and zone out while it just ... churns.
Not sure I like that version of the future...
Kids these days...
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Kids these days...
My problem is I want to build too many things and AI isn’t making that any better.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My problem is I want to build too many things and AI isn’t making that any better.
Pretty telling that this guide to AWS Analytics at re:Invent includes so much SageMaker and so _little_ of things like EMR and Athena.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-da...
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Your guide to AWS Analytics at AWS re:Invent 2025 | Amazon Web Services
It’s that time of year again — AWS re:Invent is here! At re:Invent, bold ideas come to life. Get a front-row seat to hear inspiring stories from AWS experts, customers, and leaders as they explore tod...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Pretty telling that this guide to AWS Analytics at re:Invent includes so much SageMaker and so _little_ of things like EMR and Athena.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-da...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-da...
Heat pump vs. fireplace...fight!
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Heat pump vs. fireplace...fight!