Mike Roberts
@mikebroberts.com
British-American living in Brooklyn, NY.
he/him. Runner. Puns. Cats. Theatre. Board games.
Work: Architect / Dev / Ops; AWS; Serverless; consulting as https://symphonia.io .
Also on Mastodon at https://hachyderm.io/@mikebroberts
he/him. Runner. Puns. Cats. Theatre. Board games.
Work: Architect / Dev / Ops; AWS; Serverless; consulting as https://symphonia.io .
Also on Mastodon at https://hachyderm.io/@mikebroberts
The best thing about this year’s version of Superman is the dog. The most terrifying thing is Luther’s very normal but distinctly nerdy minions who have plenty of free will and are perfectly fine with knowingly being the baddies.
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The best thing about this year’s version of Superman is the dog. The most terrifying thing is Luther’s very normal but distinctly nerdy minions who have plenty of free will and are perfectly fine with knowingly being the baddies.
I miss the days when hard decisions were questions like "Do I use SP or LP for my E-180's?"
(I used SP, I'm not a heathen. Quality over quantity always)
(I used SP, I'm not a heathen. Quality over quantity always)
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I miss the days when hard decisions were questions like "Do I use SP or LP for my E-180's?"
(I used SP, I'm not a heathen. Quality over quantity always)
(I used SP, I'm not a heathen. Quality over quantity always)
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I think this hits us all in cycles, but over the past week I've really been struggling with the emotional dissonance of going to work meetings, keeping up with tasks and spending time with my kid while also patrolling to try to prevent people from being grabbed and disappeared from the place I live.
Congratulations to my friends in New York. Now can we please shift the focus to Chicago? (These items are all from today.)
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I think this hits us all in cycles, but over the past week I've really been struggling with the emotional dissonance of going to work meetings, keeping up with tasks and spending time with my kid while also patrolling to try to prevent people from being grabbed and disappeared from the place I live.
WOOOOOOT!!! What a day!
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
WOOOOOOT!!! What a day!
Lovely day here in #NYC. Just went out and voted (for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , and yes on all the ballot proposals). Now looking forward to @hellgatenyc.com 's live result stream tonight.
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Lovely day here in #NYC. Just went out and voted (for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , and yes on all the ballot proposals). Now looking forward to @hellgatenyc.com 's live result stream tonight.
Tonight’s #NYC production of Waiting for Godot with Keanu Reaves and Alex Winter (yes, Bill and Ted), directed by Jamie Lloyd, was a surprising success! I’ve seen Godot before and it’s … well. A bit odd. But the whole team did an incredible job of making it fun and accessible. Definitely recommended
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Tonight’s #NYC production of Waiting for Godot with Keanu Reaves and Alex Winter (yes, Bill and Ted), directed by Jamie Lloyd, was a surprising success! I’ve seen Godot before and it’s … well. A bit odd. But the whole team did an incredible job of making it fun and accessible. Definitely recommended
In hindsight, Max Zorin’s plan had some merit
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In hindsight, Max Zorin’s plan had some merit
Huh, I guess us-east-1 wants its old us-tirefire-1 nickname back. It’s been a while.
October 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Huh, I guess us-east-1 wants its old us-tirefire-1 nickname back. It’s been a while.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“It wasn’t always DNS.”
“It wasn’t always DNS.”
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"I'll just use AI".
"I'll just use AI".
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“The tapes wouldn’t start”
“The tapes wouldn’t start”
October 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“It wasn’t always DNS.”
“It wasn’t always DNS.”
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
I feel like democrat funder email lists are like copies of albums on tape back in the 80s and 90s - gradually the quality gets fuzzier as copies of copies of copies are made, until it ends up that I get addressed, from some random person running in North Dakota, as “Dear Mr Robert Mikklehorn”
October 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I feel like democrat funder email lists are like copies of albums on tape back in the 80s and 90s - gradually the quality gets fuzzier as copies of copies of copies are made, until it ends up that I get addressed, from some random person running in North Dakota, as “Dear Mr Robert Mikklehorn”
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The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.
Turns out San Francisco is a heck of a nice place to visit in September.
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Turns out San Francisco is a heck of a nice place to visit in September.
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I use AWS a ton but Lambda still astounds me. Throw some code in a function, send 1m requests as fast as you can.
It ate up all available file descriptors on my little t3 box and still ran 18k RPS with a p99 of 0.3479s. Not many services can go from 0 to 18k RPS instantaneously with this p99.
It ate up all available file descriptors on my little t3 box and still ran 18k RPS with a p99 of 0.3479s. Not many services can go from 0 to 18k RPS instantaneously with this p99.
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I use AWS a ton but Lambda still astounds me. Throw some code in a function, send 1m requests as fast as you can.
It ate up all available file descriptors on my little t3 box and still ran 18k RPS with a p99 of 0.3479s. Not many services can go from 0 to 18k RPS instantaneously with this p99.
It ate up all available file descriptors on my little t3 box and still ran 18k RPS with a p99 of 0.3479s. Not many services can go from 0 to 18k RPS instantaneously with this p99.
I know I’m late to this, but Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is a brilliant film.
September 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I know I’m late to this, but Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is a brilliant film.
For some people early September means back to school, or fantasy football season. For Sara and I it’s … START OF 2025 / 26 THEATRE SEASON!
We started tonight with “Art” on Broadway, a revival of a French play which was a big hit in the UK and US in the 90s.
It was .. OK. A bit dated.
Onwards!
We started tonight with “Art” on Broadway, a revival of a French play which was a big hit in the UK and US in the 90s.
It was .. OK. A bit dated.
Onwards!
September 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
For some people early September means back to school, or fantasy football season. For Sara and I it’s … START OF 2025 / 26 THEATRE SEASON!
We started tonight with “Art” on Broadway, a revival of a French play which was a big hit in the UK and US in the 90s.
It was .. OK. A bit dated.
Onwards!
We started tonight with “Art” on Broadway, a revival of a French play which was a big hit in the UK and US in the 90s.
It was .. OK. A bit dated.
Onwards!
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just casually enjoying the evident warmth and respect between these two humans, who just made a banger together
“To be clear, all the good ideas in this track are Sofia’s"
"I always admire the light and the beautiful shine Dan"
The song "Unidos" is dedicated to trans women in Latin America🏳️⚧️
“To be clear, all the good ideas in this track are Sofia’s"
"I always admire the light and the beautiful shine Dan"
The song "Unidos" is dedicated to trans women in Latin America🏳️⚧️
Sofia Kourtesis Announces Volver EP, Enlists Daphni for New Song
“All the good ideas in this track are Sofia’s,” Dan Snaith notes of “Unidos”
pitchfork.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
just casually enjoying the evident warmth and respect between these two humans, who just made a banger together
“To be clear, all the good ideas in this track are Sofia’s"
"I always admire the light and the beautiful shine Dan"
The song "Unidos" is dedicated to trans women in Latin America🏳️⚧️
“To be clear, all the good ideas in this track are Sofia’s"
"I always admire the light and the beautiful shine Dan"
The song "Unidos" is dedicated to trans women in Latin America🏳️⚧️
An American politician saying that they don’t want any more campaign money. This is a first! :)
Looking forward to voting for this guy (again) in two months’ time.
Looking forward to voting for this guy (again) in two months’ time.
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
September 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
An American politician saying that they don’t want any more campaign money. This is a first! :)
Looking forward to voting for this guy (again) in two months’ time.
Looking forward to voting for this guy (again) in two months’ time.
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People need to understand that the folks running these companies are culturally diseased from tech bro culture and American narcissism. Poor judgement, no sense of public responsibility, no emotional intelligence. They are 10 year olds running a ketamine-laced lemonade stand.
August 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
People need to understand that the folks running these companies are culturally diseased from tech bro culture and American narcissism. Poor judgement, no sense of public responsibility, no emotional intelligence. They are 10 year olds running a ketamine-laced lemonade stand.
I'm impressed with how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's team are presenting his platform. Clear at a top level, and each bullet point then has a detailed doc behind it. I wish all campaigns were this open. I'm biased since I like his policies, but still, I'm impressed.
Zohran for NYC
Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers.
www.zohranfornyc.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm impressed with how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's team are presenting his platform. Clear at a top level, and each bullet point then has a detailed doc behind it. I wish all campaigns were this open. I'm biased since I like his policies, but still, I'm impressed.
Turns out that PC Richard (an old school, NYC-based, electronics and appliance store chain) (a) is still in fact open on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn and (b) will sell you a Blu-ray player.
Why I made use of these facts is a long and boring story for another day.
Why I made use of these facts is a long and boring story for another day.
August 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Turns out that PC Richard (an old school, NYC-based, electronics and appliance store chain) (a) is still in fact open on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn and (b) will sell you a Blu-ray player.
Why I made use of these facts is a long and boring story for another day.
Why I made use of these facts is a long and boring story for another day.
Since @quinnypig.com was enthusiastic about the new #AWS #Lambda GitHub Action I'm here to burst his bubble and explain why it doesn't really help - blog.symphonia.io/posts/2025-0...
August 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Since @quinnypig.com was enthusiastic about the new #AWS #Lambda GitHub Action I'm here to burst his bubble and explain why it doesn't really help - blog.symphonia.io/posts/2025-0...
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Reese Reese
Witherspoon. Withoutherspoon
Witherspoon. Withoutherspoon
August 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reese Reese
Witherspoon. Withoutherspoon
Witherspoon. Withoutherspoon