Melissa
@itsmelrom.bsky.social
#HPC Operational Data Analytics Engineer- opinions expressed are my own.
I received some feedback on an open vendor ticket tonight that really made me chuckle - "Telemetry is supported, but I haven’t heard of any users actually using it for monitoring." Truly gets at the heart of the challenge here. In #HPCtelemetry #HPCmonitoring, we're often asked to collect everything
October 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I received some feedback on an open vendor ticket tonight that really made me chuckle - "Telemetry is supported, but I haven’t heard of any users actually using it for monitoring." Truly gets at the heart of the challenge here. In #HPCtelemetry #HPCmonitoring, we're often asked to collect everything
Things right now can be super heavy in #STEM - here’s some levity of my wizard-magician puppy (10mo old!) with his highland cow Halloween plushie to break up the feed. Sadly he can’t accompany me to #SC25, but I still hope to engage with as many of you as possible while there! 😁
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Few things in work-travel are as peak creature-comfort as settling down for the night in an optimally temperature-controlled hotel room and falling asleep to the endless supply of Forensic Files on HLN. #iykyk 🤣
September 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Few things in work-travel are as peak creature-comfort as settling down for the night in an optimally temperature-controlled hotel room and falling asleep to the endless supply of Forensic Files on HLN. #iykyk 🤣
It's truly a fascinating era to experience in the tech industry. In this case, 'security problems' =/= exploitable vulns and instead includes things like OSS dependencies. Would be interested to see the disaggregated data. Brings up broader thoughts on acceptable risk thresholds of vibe coding tho.
AI code assistants make developers more efficient at creating security problems
AI code assistants make developers more efficient at creating security problems
Fixes typos, creates timebombs
AI coding assistants allow developers to move fast and break things, which may not be ideal.…
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September 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It's truly a fascinating era to experience in the tech industry. In this case, 'security problems' =/= exploitable vulns and instead includes things like OSS dependencies. Would be interested to see the disaggregated data. Brings up broader thoughts on acceptable risk thresholds of vibe coding tho.
Enjoyed a visit to @taccutexas.bsky.social today. #TACC will always hold a special place as one of the first HPC sites I worked on in my grad program - now over a decade ago. The research collaboration & support shaped my view of the field. ❤️
August 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Enjoyed a visit to @taccutexas.bsky.social today. #TACC will always hold a special place as one of the first HPC sites I worked on in my grad program - now over a decade ago. The research collaboration & support shaped my view of the field. ❤️
A stark reminder anyone in #HPCobservability knows all too well: conceptually simple doesn’t mean operationally trivial.
Especially when "monitoring" is a full-stack, cross-domain, centerwide data effort for users & operators. A big point: you don't need more abstraction, you need more grounding.
Especially when "monitoring" is a full-stack, cross-domain, centerwide data effort for users & operators. A big point: you don't need more abstraction, you need more grounding.
July 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
A stark reminder anyone in #HPCobservability knows all too well: conceptually simple doesn’t mean operationally trivial.
Especially when "monitoring" is a full-stack, cross-domain, centerwide data effort for users & operators. A big point: you don't need more abstraction, you need more grounding.
Especially when "monitoring" is a full-stack, cross-domain, centerwide data effort for users & operators. A big point: you don't need more abstraction, you need more grounding.
Good things & bad things of not having finished the PhD despite being ABD after super many years — I see both the tremendous accomplishment and weight it carries but also have an eye for how limited it is or what can be pushed through when industry is the ultimate goal vs academia.
July 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Good things & bad things of not having finished the PhD despite being ABD after super many years — I see both the tremendous accomplishment and weight it carries but also have an eye for how limited it is or what can be pushed through when industry is the ultimate goal vs academia.
Was in a meeting this week that scratched an old research itch based on my past work in the #HPC event-driven workflows space… can’t stop thinking about how much fun it was to exchange ideas in the research mindset on the user-facing side again! Dare I say I might even have missed it? 🫣
June 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Was in a meeting this week that scratched an old research itch based on my past work in the #HPC event-driven workflows space… can’t stop thinking about how much fun it was to exchange ideas in the research mindset on the user-facing side again! Dare I say I might even have missed it? 🫣
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Do we as a working society value the supernovae or the red dwarfs? What is the right amount of boundary to be seen as valuable but not burn out in an infinite workday culture by an employer?
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June 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Do we as a working society value the supernovae or the red dwarfs? What is the right amount of boundary to be seen as valuable but not burn out in an infinite workday culture by an employer?
A fun and exciting day today @nersc.bsky.social! Looking forward to bringing new capabilities in monitoring that bridge the gap between critical machine observability and application, workflow, and performance observability! #HPC #AI #Supercomputing #monitoring
www.nersc.gov/what-we-do/c...
www.nersc.gov/what-we-do/c...
May 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
A fun and exciting day today @nersc.bsky.social! Looking forward to bringing new capabilities in monitoring that bridge the gap between critical machine observability and application, workflow, and performance observability! #HPC #AI #Supercomputing #monitoring
www.nersc.gov/what-we-do/c...
www.nersc.gov/what-we-do/c...
That time of night in the devops cycle where commit messages start to devolve into madness and victories require an audible shout... ya'll the size of the clusters I manage that monitor modern HPC rival the size of those that I started my HPC career on... 🤣
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May 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
That time of night in the devops cycle where commit messages start to devolve into madness and victories require an audible shout... ya'll the size of the clusters I manage that monitor modern HPC rival the size of those that I started my HPC career on... 🤣
It’s rare I have the ability to step away from the computer these days, but I’m so grateful for the joy & happiness my newly adopted pupper has brought to my life. Definitely indulging in more sunshine, more outdoor time, and a reminder of the importance of sustainable workforce practices! 💕
April 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It’s rare I have the ability to step away from the computer these days, but I’m so grateful for the joy & happiness my newly adopted pupper has brought to my life. Definitely indulging in more sunshine, more outdoor time, and a reminder of the importance of sustainable workforce practices! 💕
This week, I had the privilege of meeting with the UC Staff Advisors to the Regents - Andenet Emiru and Mayté Frias, Dr. June Yu (UC VP of National Labs), and Bill Johansen (Senior Advisor to the Deputy Lab Director at Berkeley Lab) & providing a tour of @nersc.bsky.social.
December 20, 2024 at 2:02 PM
This week, I had the privilege of meeting with the UC Staff Advisors to the Regents - Andenet Emiru and Mayté Frias, Dr. June Yu (UC VP of National Labs), and Bill Johansen (Senior Advisor to the Deputy Lab Director at Berkeley Lab) & providing a tour of @nersc.bsky.social.
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🔈 Our legacy of innovation continues as DOE extends the University of California’s contract to manage the Lab for another 5 years.
Together, we’re expanding the frontiers of knowledge and delivering solutions for a better future.
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/12/18/d...
#ScienceForAll #Innovation
Together, we’re expanding the frontiers of knowledge and delivering solutions for a better future.
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/12/18/d...
#ScienceForAll #Innovation
Department of Energy Extends the University of California’s Contract to Manage Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
newscenter.lbl.gov
December 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
🔈 Our legacy of innovation continues as DOE extends the University of California’s contract to manage the Lab for another 5 years.
Together, we’re expanding the frontiers of knowledge and delivering solutions for a better future.
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/12/18/d...
#ScienceForAll #Innovation
Together, we’re expanding the frontiers of knowledge and delivering solutions for a better future.
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/12/18/d...
#ScienceForAll #Innovation
I must admit I've resisted the change in platform because of the mental tax in rebuilding my HPC follows & feeds from the "ex-bird." Finally able to invest the time in rebuilding and grateful for folks like @hpcprogrammer.bsky.social for helping bridge the gap. 😁 It was great catching up at #SC24. 💟
December 14, 2024 at 1:58 AM
I must admit I've resisted the change in platform because of the mental tax in rebuilding my HPC follows & feeds from the "ex-bird." Finally able to invest the time in rebuilding and grateful for folks like @hpcprogrammer.bsky.social for helping bridge the gap. 😁 It was great catching up at #SC24. 💟