Jason van Brackel
jasonvanbrackel.bsky.social
Jason van Brackel
@jasonvanbrackel.bsky.social
Software Developer, Speaker, and Problem Solver. Love helping people with hard technical problems.
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You should own the media you love. Physical media or bits on computers you own.

Everything else is just renting and will go away eventually or be subject to corporate greed
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Thankful to all the people who came out to my presentations at @techbash.bsky.social Tuesday and Wednesday! Have a great rest of your week. Materials from both presentations are available at github.com/JasonvanBrac...
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media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Kubernetes is the sum of all the shell scripts, and practices, system administrators have cobbled together over time, presented as a single system behind a declarative set of APIs.
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Every time I think of trying to instrument client side apps I quickly get overwhelmed thinking of all the complications that the server side just doesn’t have to deal with.

I’m glad smart people are working on this!
Ever wondered why otel is so painful on the frontend and how we could make things better?

Wonder no more! I had a lot of fun writing this article and venting a bit, but it wouldn’t be an article of mine if I didn’t share how the community is stepping up and how we can be a part of the change ❤️
Setting Up OpenTelemetry on the Frontend Because I Hate Myself
Frontend developers deserve so much better from OpenTelemetry, especially since they stand to benefit so much.
thenewstack.io
July 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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May 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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read serce.me/posts/2025-0... this morning and it mostly tracks with my experience.
The LLM Curve of Impact on Software Engineers
In this article, I share my personal mental model of how LLMs affect software engineers at different levels, and why this leads to both excitement and scepticism.
serce.me
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Enjoy the Reformation and Halloween with the classic 95 Reese's being nailed to a door
October 31, 2023 at 8:11 PM