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David Sandilands
@davidsandilands.bsky.social
Father of two, Solutions Architect @launchdarkly.bsky.social and long suffering Scottish rugby fan. Author Puppet 8 for DevOps Engineers.
Bit of fun for @movember.bsky.social with @googleuk.bsky.social donating £11 for generating a mo on
Gemini

Follow uk.movember.com/story/we-ve-... and try it out

@movemberuk.bsky.social

#Gen_a_Mo
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Loving Ben Mauros Huxley: The Oracle arriving today 😍

#books #scifi
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Reposted by David Sandilands
October 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Just before SWOS 25/26 drops. SWOS is #opensourcecode ! 💾🌎⚽️
github.com/zlatkok/swos... Port
github.com/starwindz/Or... Original 96/97 AMIGA
If you would like to join the team for SWOS 2020, join the dev-channel (link on GitHub).

(copied from teams post on X)

#opensource #swos #retrogaming
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I laughed way harder at this than I should have 🤣. They thought about all the errors windows slashes generated in Puppet server logs

chaos.social/@morph/11526...
morph (@morph@chaos.social)
Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/ Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\
chaos.social
September 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
@launchdarkly.bsky.social are live @devopsdays.london come and see us and talk about guarded feature flags, experimentation and AI configs.

See live demos, enter our raffle for the LEGO concorde model and Bose headphones.

Most importantly of all grab your socks and stickers :-)

#devopsdays
September 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Reposted by David Sandilands
love to see it. want to revive your old Pebble? grab the beta of our new app!

See what's working so far: ndocs.repebble.com/changelog

Pls report bugs - button in app!

iOS testflight.apple.com/join/T17YYZYq
Android play.google.com/apps/testing...
September 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Check out TIME SENSITIVE #1: Sci-Fi Comic by an Emmy-Winning Writer by Strange Land Comics on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tim...
TIME SENSITIVE #1: Sci-Fi Comic by an Emmy-Winning Writer
A Mind-Bending New Time Travel Thriller from the Writer behind Video Games Assassin's Creed 2, Destiny and Telltale's Walking Dead
www.kickstarter.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Check out Boys & Their Monsters: Science Fiction Stories by Matt MG Herron on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mgh...
Boys & Their Monsters: Science Fiction Stories
An explosive collection of sci-fi survival stories about the boys who survived an alien invasion—and the creatures who got left behind.
www.kickstarter.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
@devopsdays.london is so close I got warned I was booking travel with less than 2 weeks 🤣

It's one of my favourite events for the variety, open spaces & welcoming community. Can’t wait to see everyone & share what we’re doing at @launchdarkly.bsky.social

Tickets: devopsdays.org/events/2025-...
DevOpsDays London 2025
DevOpsDays London 2025
devopsdays.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I just backed TIME SENSITIVE #1: Sci-Fi Comic by an Emmy-Winning Writer on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tim...
TIME SENSITIVE #1: Sci-Fi Comic by an Emmy-Winning Writer
A Mind-Bending New Time Travel Thriller from the Writer behind Video Games Assassin's Creed 2, Destiny and Telltale's Walking Dead
www.kickstarter.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I love a good humble bundle and Packt has great offer with its Cloud Infrastructure and Devops toolkit bundle. A great mix of AWS, Azure, Platform Engineering and MLOps with money going to No Kid Hungry.

www.humblebundle.com/books/cloud-...
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps Toolkit by Packt
Master AWS & Azure with the latest Humble Tech Book Bundle: Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps Toolkit. Plus, a portion of your purchase supports No Kid Hungry!
www.humblebundle.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So looks like all my kickstarter things will arrive at once 🤣 @terrypratchett.bsky.social Good Omens graphic novel looking amazing 🤩 #books
August 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Excited to get Mel Crouchers Gamers Ghosts In the Machine

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gamers-mel...

#videogames #books
August 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
OpenAI would appear to be removing the right to fairuse.

That's a big change in the landscape considering the hypocrisy of how they treat smaller IP holders.

#ai #copyright
June 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Sad day as the last issue of Linux Format comes 😭

#linux
June 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Well @afc.co.uk Scottish Cup penalty shootout win was clearly visible in my heart rate 😂😂🏆

#football
May 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Maximum excitement as @bitmapbooks.com Hurt Me Plenty arrives 🤩🤩 www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #fps #books #retrogames
May 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Excited for Ben Mauros @huxleysaga.bsky.social book to arrive even the box looks amazing 🤩https://vol.co/collections/huxley
May 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Some good NFT symbolism here 😂
May 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by David Sandilands
Need to serve some files in a pinch? #Ruby gives us a one-liner to do just that!

ruby -run -e httpd

It's included in the Ruby standard library as part of `un`, which offers alternatives to common Unix commands.

github.com/ruby/un
April 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Happy 20th Puppet, 20 years ago today was Puppets first guthub comit. #puppet
April 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Essential reading for new job @launchdarkly.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Its an emotional day as I finish up at Perforce Puppet / Perforce Software after just under 4 years having spent the past 12 years working on Puppet as a user, a vendor and with the community

I am very excited about the new opportunity I am moving to but will miss the people of Puppet and Perforce
March 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM