Edward Thomson
@ethomson.bsky.social
Product at vanta.com focusing on privacy and data security. Formerly Vercel, GitHub, Microsoft. Maintainer of libgit2.org.
It’s October 1 — the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act takes effect today!
Do you know where the personal data lives in your organization? What tools are you using to track this and maintain records?
Do you know where the personal data lives in your organization? What tools are you using to track this and maintain records?
October 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It’s October 1 — the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act takes effect today!
Do you know where the personal data lives in your organization? What tools are you using to track this and maintain records?
Do you know where the personal data lives in your organization? What tools are you using to track this and maintain records?
My absolute favorite thing about gnarly, hard-to-fit thumbbreakers of a bike tire are when you finally get it on and realize they’re directional… in the other direction.
August 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
My absolute favorite thing about gnarly, hard-to-fit thumbbreakers of a bike tire are when you finally get it on and realize they’re directional… in the other direction.
Slightly diminish a band: My Weekend with the Thrill Kill Kult
Slightly diminish a band: Princess
Slightly diminish a band: Linkin Lawn
August 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Slightly diminish a band: My Weekend with the Thrill Kill Kult
Punk rock is DIY; it isn’t DAIY
August 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Punk rock is DIY; it isn’t DAIY
Happy flying ant day to those who celebrate.
July 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Happy flying ant day to those who celebrate.
Dead sexy bottom bracket…
June 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Dead sexy bottom bracket…
I’m in bicycle mechanic hell
May 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’m in bicycle mechanic hell
Reposted by Edward Thomson
Gitlip Launch 🌷🚀
@gitlip.com is an all-in-one coding platform for shipping micro apps 👼💫
It features: 🌷Git repositories, 🤝 collaborative and ✨ AI assisted coding and ☁️serverless deployments.
No login required to try out!
@gitlip.com is an all-in-one coding platform for shipping micro apps 👼💫
It features: 🌷Git repositories, 🤝 collaborative and ✨ AI assisted coding and ☁️serverless deployments.
No login required to try out!
May 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Gitlip Launch 🌷🚀
@gitlip.com is an all-in-one coding platform for shipping micro apps 👼💫
It features: 🌷Git repositories, 🤝 collaborative and ✨ AI assisted coding and ☁️serverless deployments.
No login required to try out!
@gitlip.com is an all-in-one coding platform for shipping micro apps 👼💫
It features: 🌷Git repositories, 🤝 collaborative and ✨ AI assisted coding and ☁️serverless deployments.
No login required to try out!
I am a smashburger convert. Thank you to @jason.energy for the semiregular social media prompts.
April 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am a smashburger convert. Thank you to @jason.energy for the semiregular social media prompts.
Reposted by Edward Thomson
Celebrating by watching @ethomson.bsky.social’s really cool talk on hidden Git features and functionality at NDC London last week
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ
You Don’t Know Git - Edward Thomson - NDC London 2025
YouTube video by NDC Conferences
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Celebrating by watching @ethomson.bsky.social’s really cool talk on hidden Git features and functionality at NDC London last week
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ
Reposted by Edward Thomson
Enjoyed watching "You Don't Know Git" by @ethomson.bsky.social from #NDCLondon2025 who I was very lucky to meet on route to Techorama BE in 2019 (oh so long ago)
However does Ed know about the amazing things @mrpowershell.bsky.social's ugit #PowerShell module can do
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ ...?
However does Ed know about the amazing things @mrpowershell.bsky.social's ugit #PowerShell module can do
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ ...?
You Don’t Know Git - Edward Thomson - NDC London 2025
YouTube video by NDC Conferences
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Enjoyed watching "You Don't Know Git" by @ethomson.bsky.social from #NDCLondon2025 who I was very lucky to meet on route to Techorama BE in 2019 (oh so long ago)
However does Ed know about the amazing things @mrpowershell.bsky.social's ugit #PowerShell module can do
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ ...?
However does Ed know about the amazing things @mrpowershell.bsky.social's ugit #PowerShell module can do
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ ...?
Me in the national security team group chat
March 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Me in the national security team group chat
What’s an example of a developer tool with “great taste”? And why? What does that phrase mean to you?
March 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What’s an example of a developer tool with “great taste”? And why? What does that phrase mean to you?
I’m sorry that I can’t make it this year, but you should. It was *outstanding* last year.
i should stop being bent out of shape for a minute and encourage you to come to my conference in London March 27th/28th. It's about sustaining software craft in uncertain times. expect interesting OSS maintainer talks, personal journeys and a pragmatic take on AI.
www.monkigras.com
www.monkigras.com
Monki Gras
The developer conference about craft culture
www.monkigras.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I’m sorry that I can’t make it this year, but you should. It was *outstanding* last year.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!
March 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Laissez les bons temps rouler!
The new tab page in Safari is … a decision. How does Apple break *mobile scrolling* - didn’t they invent it?
March 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The new tab page in Safari is … a decision. How does Apple break *mobile scrolling* - didn’t they invent it?
Update: she’s still at the shop trying to get out; poor girl…
February 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Update: she’s still at the shop trying to get out; poor girl…
Reposted by Edward Thomson
whenever i try to use `--ours` vs `--theirs` in git:
February 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
whenever i try to use `--ours` vs `--theirs` in git:
Poor kid hasn’t figured out how to quit vi.
February 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Poor kid hasn’t figured out how to quit vi.
Reposted by Edward Thomson
Sure, chocolates are nice and all but why not show your favourite open source projects how much you love them by sponsoring them today! github.blog/open-source/...
Support the open source projects you love this Valentine’s Day
You can help provide much-needed support to the critical but often underfunded projects that keep your infrastructure running smoothly.
github.blog
February 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sure, chocolates are nice and all but why not show your favourite open source projects how much you love them by sponsoring them today! github.blog/open-source/...
Reposted by Edward Thomson
send a few chocolates to your favorite OSS maintainer today (as a one-off sponsoring, or some flowers in a post or DM). you've no idea how much they'll appreciate you thinking about them
February 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
send a few chocolates to your favorite OSS maintainer today (as a one-off sponsoring, or some flowers in a post or DM). you've no idea how much they'll appreciate you thinking about them
OSS maintainers: don’t sleep on your Copilot Pro subscription; I got mine through @libgit2.bsky.social
All that to say, if you or your kid are in school, or you're a teacher, you should apply.
If you are the maintainer of a popular repo, you can also get GitHub Copilot Pro for free. I get mine through dbatools 🚀
If you are the maintainer of a popular repo, you can also get GitHub Copilot Pro for free. I get mine through dbatools 🚀
February 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
OSS maintainers: don’t sleep on your Copilot Pro subscription; I got mine through @libgit2.bsky.social
Nostalgia driven development; I finally got around to building my Cray Y-MP themed @raspberrypi.com case. Next step: Cray emulator and UNICOS install.
February 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Nostalgia driven development; I finally got around to building my Cray Y-MP themed @raspberrypi.com case. Next step: Cray emulator and UNICOS install.
Who’s at #NDCLondon this week and wants to talk about security and privacy with AI models and generated code?
Let me buy you a coffee. (DMs open.) ☕️
Let me buy you a coffee. (DMs open.) ☕️
January 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Who’s at #NDCLondon this week and wants to talk about security and privacy with AI models and generated code?
Let me buy you a coffee. (DMs open.) ☕️
Let me buy you a coffee. (DMs open.) ☕️
When you use generative AI to write code, do you know how much local state you send in context? Are you concerned about sending PII to the models? If so, do you do something about it?
January 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
When you use generative AI to write code, do you know how much local state you send in context? Are you concerned about sending PII to the models? If so, do you do something about it?