T.J. Hawkins
@hawktail.io
Call me whatever, Software/DevOps/Cloud Engineer
I use AWS & Terraform a lot. Have experience with the following, Java/Maven, nodejs/npm, Docker
I like the following teams,
NC State Wolfpack, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Hurricanes, NY Yankees
I use AWS & Terraform a lot. Have experience with the following, Java/Maven, nodejs/npm, Docker
I like the following teams,
NC State Wolfpack, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Hurricanes, NY Yankees
At #AllThingsOpen today and tomorrow. It’s been a good experience so far.
#dynatrace4developers
Entering to hopefully win a prize 😁
#dynatrace4developers
Entering to hopefully win a prize 😁
October 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
At #AllThingsOpen today and tomorrow. It’s been a good experience so far.
#dynatrace4developers
Entering to hopefully win a prize 😁
#dynatrace4developers
Entering to hopefully win a prize 😁
This guy needs to put the airline. Let the public know who do this so the public can make them pay for that act.
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This guy needs to put the airline. Let the public know who do this so the public can make them pay for that act.
‘Nough said
September 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
‘Nough said
I keep telling people this all the time. It’s called “tech debt” for a reason. At some point, you have to pay that price.
It's sort of a flex to ignore your ops budget because your product and your engineers' time is worth more than the AWS bill, but my view is that you should stay mindful of costs even when you don't need to, because spending your way out of bad architecture choices only kicks the can down the […]
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functional.cafe
September 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I keep telling people this all the time. It’s called “tech debt” for a reason. At some point, you have to pay that price.
We’re in a really bad place and it’s only going to get worse before it gets better… if it gets better at all
When freedom is under fire you can count on me to ramble and mutter incoherently.
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We’re in a really bad place and it’s only going to get worse before it gets better… if it gets better at all
@pattonoswalt.bsky.social Welcome to Raleigh, I look forward to seeing your show tonight
September 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@pattonoswalt.bsky.social Welcome to Raleigh, I look forward to seeing your show tonight
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Beyond humbled to make it to the Top 64 & the Final Showdown for this summer’s Nanofiction 250 Battle! Thanks for putting together another fabulous set of genres, @writingbattle.bsky.social
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September 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Beyond humbled to make it to the Top 64 & the Final Showdown for this summer’s Nanofiction 250 Battle! Thanks for putting together another fabulous set of genres, @writingbattle.bsky.social
My story, “Upright” www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
My story, “Upright” www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
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“We do not want Amazon Web Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina, nor any cooperation with that company”
Activists in Sarajevo disrupted a speech by AWS leaders, whose services Israel uses to collect intelligence on almost every person in Gaza
Activists in Sarajevo disrupted a speech by AWS leaders, whose services Israel uses to collect intelligence on almost every person in Gaza
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“We do not want Amazon Web Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina, nor any cooperation with that company”
Activists in Sarajevo disrupted a speech by AWS leaders, whose services Israel uses to collect intelligence on almost every person in Gaza
Activists in Sarajevo disrupted a speech by AWS leaders, whose services Israel uses to collect intelligence on almost every person in Gaza
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A common social media interaction I will never understand:
Person A: makes easily disproved false claim
Person B: “that’s wrong, here is the correct fact+source.”
Person A: “OK, but my point stands.”
wtf no it doesn’t
Person A: makes easily disproved false claim
Person B: “that’s wrong, here is the correct fact+source.”
Person A: “OK, but my point stands.”
wtf no it doesn’t
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A common social media interaction I will never understand:
Person A: makes easily disproved false claim
Person B: “that’s wrong, here is the correct fact+source.”
Person A: “OK, but my point stands.”
wtf no it doesn’t
Person A: makes easily disproved false claim
Person B: “that’s wrong, here is the correct fact+source.”
Person A: “OK, but my point stands.”
wtf no it doesn’t
I was watching Spaceballs recently and all I could think of was how Trump is President Skroob
August 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I was watching Spaceballs recently and all I could think of was how Trump is President Skroob
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Annual reminder that titles are wildly inconsistent across the industry.
I’m currently a Senior software engineer. 4 years before this role I was a Staff software engineer. Last year I was offered a Senior Principal role at a different company.
The rules are made up and the points don’t matter.
I’m currently a Senior software engineer. 4 years before this role I was a Staff software engineer. Last year I was offered a Senior Principal role at a different company.
The rules are made up and the points don’t matter.
August 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Annual reminder that titles are wildly inconsistent across the industry.
I’m currently a Senior software engineer. 4 years before this role I was a Staff software engineer. Last year I was offered a Senior Principal role at a different company.
The rules are made up and the points don’t matter.
I’m currently a Senior software engineer. 4 years before this role I was a Staff software engineer. Last year I was offered a Senior Principal role at a different company.
The rules are made up and the points don’t matter.
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Women dressed in
Handmaid regalia follow
GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)
Handmaid regalia follow
GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)
August 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Women dressed in
Handmaid regalia follow
GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)
Handmaid regalia follow
GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)
Yeah…
Had a 4 hour delay leaving destination. All while sitting in the plane on the runway.
Then missed connecting flight. Now have to wait 6 hours for the next one.
Did I mention I hate traveling?
Had a 4 hour delay leaving destination. All while sitting in the plane on the runway.
Then missed connecting flight. Now have to wait 6 hours for the next one.
Did I mention I hate traveling?
I love to travel, but hate traveling.
I’m trying to get something to eat before my flight. Sitting in a restaurant and the guy being me is doing a FaceTime call with the speaker on full blast.
What the hell is wrong with people.
I’m trying to get something to eat before my flight. Sitting in a restaurant and the guy being me is doing a FaceTime call with the speaker on full blast.
What the hell is wrong with people.
July 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Yeah…
Had a 4 hour delay leaving destination. All while sitting in the plane on the runway.
Then missed connecting flight. Now have to wait 6 hours for the next one.
Did I mention I hate traveling?
Had a 4 hour delay leaving destination. All while sitting in the plane on the runway.
Then missed connecting flight. Now have to wait 6 hours for the next one.
Did I mention I hate traveling?
I love to travel, but hate traveling.
I’m trying to get something to eat before my flight. Sitting in a restaurant and the guy being me is doing a FaceTime call with the speaker on full blast.
What the hell is wrong with people.
I’m trying to get something to eat before my flight. Sitting in a restaurant and the guy being me is doing a FaceTime call with the speaker on full blast.
What the hell is wrong with people.
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I love to travel, but hate traveling.
I’m trying to get something to eat before my flight. Sitting in a restaurant and the guy being me is doing a FaceTime call with the speaker on full blast.
What the hell is wrong with people.
I’m trying to get something to eat before my flight. Sitting in a restaurant and the guy being me is doing a FaceTime call with the speaker on full blast.
What the hell is wrong with people.
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maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
Agreed
AI is shit and I rarely use it because it can’t give me what I’m looking for.
And yes, my queries are specific and written well. They normally give wrong answers, I tell it it gave a wrong answer and tries to correct and it’s still wrong.
AI is shit and I rarely use it because it can’t give me what I’m looking for.
And yes, my queries are specific and written well. They normally give wrong answers, I tell it it gave a wrong answer and tries to correct and it’s still wrong.
July 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Agreed
AI is shit and I rarely use it because it can’t give me what I’m looking for.
And yes, my queries are specific and written well. They normally give wrong answers, I tell it it gave a wrong answer and tries to correct and it’s still wrong.
AI is shit and I rarely use it because it can’t give me what I’m looking for.
And yes, my queries are specific and written well. They normally give wrong answers, I tell it it gave a wrong answer and tries to correct and it’s still wrong.
At @alyankovic.bsky.social show tonight and @puddlespityparty.bsky.social is an absolute treat.
His obsession with Kevin Costner is awesome. So many clips from Dances with Wolves.
Also makes me want to watch The Postman and Waterworld again.
His obsession with Kevin Costner is awesome. So many clips from Dances with Wolves.
Also makes me want to watch The Postman and Waterworld again.
July 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
At @alyankovic.bsky.social show tonight and @puddlespityparty.bsky.social is an absolute treat.
His obsession with Kevin Costner is awesome. So many clips from Dances with Wolves.
Also makes me want to watch The Postman and Waterworld again.
His obsession with Kevin Costner is awesome. So many clips from Dances with Wolves.
Also makes me want to watch The Postman and Waterworld again.
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Shout out to H‑E‑B for stepping up once again to help Texas in a time of need. From delivering food and water to deploying mobile kitchens. Some in our coalition have signed up to volunteer on the ground, while others are donating to support the recovery from afar.
July 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Shout out to H‑E‑B for stepping up once again to help Texas in a time of need. From delivering food and water to deploying mobile kitchens. Some in our coalition have signed up to volunteer on the ground, while others are donating to support the recovery from afar.
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1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
I love everything about this article. Serves him right that this thing is a flop.
Despite Elon Musk's bold predictions, the Cybertruck is, officially, a flop.
Tesla is deliberately opaque about its sales numbers on specific models, so you have to squint to get a sense of just how badly the company's unique pickup truck is performing in the real world. | Analysis cnn.it/4nyCKrO
Tesla is deliberately opaque about its sales numbers on specific models, so you have to squint to get a sense of just how badly the company's unique pickup truck is performing in the real world. | Analysis cnn.it/4nyCKrO
July 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I love everything about this article. Serves him right that this thing is a flop.
Harry Butthole and the Chamber of Secrets
Ruin a book title by replacing one word with butthole.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Butthole
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Butthole
Els and scary, but not as scary as a potential fascist cabinet
@geekingthething.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Ruin a book title by replacing one word with butthole.
Sophie's Butthole
Sophie's Butthole
June 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Harry Butthole and the Chamber of Secrets
I aspire to do the final job, not the others, the coding job I have is just fine.
Still thinking about it. Serious "retired samurai" energy.
Man's just standing there, pouring beers, drying glasses, listening to young coders in this city of startups go through their ups and downs. Dispensing wisdom about code and life.
Man's just standing there, pouring beers, drying glasses, listening to young coders in this city of startups go through their ups and downs. Dispensing wisdom about code and life.
Just saw a LinkedIn profile that is a real career to aspire to:
* CS Professor
* Google Director of Eng
* Distinguished Eng at Microsoft
* Brewer and bar owner.
* CS Professor
* Google Director of Eng
* Distinguished Eng at Microsoft
* Brewer and bar owner.
June 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I aspire to do the final job, not the others, the coding job I have is just fine.
I’ve been saying this for years. Why should a handful of states dictate to the rest who should be the candidate?
Let us all choose at the same time like we do on Election Day in November. And don’t release results until Alaska/Hawaii are completed.
Let us all choose at the same time like we do on Election Day in November. And don’t release results until Alaska/Hawaii are completed.
The correct primary sequence is for all the states to vote on the same day, meaning that in a broad field nobody gets a majority of the delegates and then the candidates & their delegates bargain to select a good ticket.
June 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’ve been saying this for years. Why should a handful of states dictate to the rest who should be the candidate?
Let us all choose at the same time like we do on Election Day in November. And don’t release results until Alaska/Hawaii are completed.
Let us all choose at the same time like we do on Election Day in November. And don’t release results until Alaska/Hawaii are completed.
You’ve heard of TDD (Test Driven Development)
You may have also heard of RDD (Resume Drive. Development)
But have you done the latest craze in development?
May I present to you, FDD (Fuck Driven Development)
gist.github.com/loftwah/528f...
You may have also heard of RDD (Resume Drive. Development)
But have you done the latest craze in development?
May I present to you, FDD (Fuck Driven Development)
gist.github.com/loftwah/528f...
fdd
fdd. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
You’ve heard of TDD (Test Driven Development)
You may have also heard of RDD (Resume Drive. Development)
But have you done the latest craze in development?
May I present to you, FDD (Fuck Driven Development)
gist.github.com/loftwah/528f...
You may have also heard of RDD (Resume Drive. Development)
But have you done the latest craze in development?
May I present to you, FDD (Fuck Driven Development)
gist.github.com/loftwah/528f...
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Pope Leo Declares AWS Chicago Local Zone to Be us-central-1, Excommunicates us-east-1
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Pope Leo Declares AWS Chicago Local Zone to Be us-central-1, Excommunicates us-east-1