Amara Graham
@missamarakay.bsky.social
Developer Advocate at Kestra.io | Holo Taco obsessed 💅
Bless the users taking my in-product survey. You the real ones.
February 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Bless the users taking my in-product survey. You the real ones.
You can read with your eyes, ears, and get this... your hands if it's in braille. It all counts.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but listening to an audio book absolutely counts as “reading” a book.
In fact, I’d argue that listening to an author read their own work aloud is an exceptionally magical and even holy experience.
I love it so much. Especially as my eyesight gets worse.
In fact, I’d argue that listening to an author read their own work aloud is an exceptionally magical and even holy experience.
I love it so much. Especially as my eyesight gets worse.
February 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
You can read with your eyes, ears, and get this... your hands if it's in braille. It all counts.
Why redesign when you can just DELETE
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Why redesign when you can just DELETE
Happy Birthday to me, internet! Send me your fave recipes. Or maybe something you tried recently. I'm not picky.
a cartoon character is sitting at a table with a spoon in his mouth
Alt: Kirby, a cartoon character, is sitting at a table with a spoon in his mouth
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Happy Birthday to me, internet! Send me your fave recipes. Or maybe something you tried recently. I'm not picky.
So GitHub won't load... that's neat.
February 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
So GitHub won't load... that's neat.
The search experience in Finder on Mac and Outlook are both competing for last, but in slightly different ways. Outlook returns nothing but Finder returns everything.
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The search experience in Finder on Mac and Outlook are both competing for last, but in slightly different ways. Outlook returns nothing but Finder returns everything.
Happy Friday, let's close it out with a blog ✨
dev.to/missamarakay...
dev.to/missamarakay...
Wrapping up my first Kestra flow
Refactored and refined my way to closing our my first workflow! With learnings for you!
dev.to
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Happy Friday, let's close it out with a blog ✨
dev.to/missamarakay...
dev.to/missamarakay...
Every time someone tells me I "used too many gifs" in a personal blog all I hear is Ilya saying "bol'she bol'she bol'she" and yes I am so close to taking that next step and putting a Heated Rivalry gif in a blog.
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Every time someone tells me I "used too many gifs" in a personal blog all I hear is Ilya saying "bol'she bol'she bol'she" and yes I am so close to taking that next step and putting a Heated Rivalry gif in a blog.
Redis for VS Code extension is so so so nice.
February 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Redis for VS Code extension is so so so nice.
Coffee was better today, v thankful
Made a horrible coffee today but I'm not a quitter so here I am drinking it.
February 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Coffee was better today, v thankful
First post on @coderlegion.bsky.social. Anyone else over there?
Contributing to Kestra - Where to start and pointers to get there
I recently did a [webinar][1] where I talked with two Kestra contributors about their contribution experience. While our discussion was mostly centered around plugins, this reminded me we have multipl...
coderlegion.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
First post on @coderlegion.bsky.social. Anyone else over there?
Made a horrible coffee today but I'm not a quitter so here I am drinking it.
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Made a horrible coffee today but I'm not a quitter so here I am drinking it.
Second time I've ordered cold brew instead of nitro cold brew and now I get to deal with ice... booooooooo.
January 28, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Second time I've ordered cold brew instead of nitro cold brew and now I get to deal with ice... booooooooo.
Where are we finding CFPs? I'm looking for conferences in North America.
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Where are we finding CFPs? I'm looking for conferences in North America.
The switch from management back to IC was definitely what I needed in this era of my life.
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The switch from management back to IC was definitely what I needed in this era of my life.
Tips and tricks for your @kestra.io flows! dev.to/missamarakay...
Tips and tricks for your Kestra flows
Build your best Kestra workflow by following practical tips.
dev.to
January 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Tips and tricks for your @kestra.io flows! dev.to/missamarakay...
"Ostentatious" feels like it's making a comeback and maybe I live under a rock but I'm lost on why.
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
"Ostentatious" feels like it's making a comeback and maybe I live under a rock but I'm lost on why.
`{{ now() | dateAdd(-5, 'DAYS') | date(\"yyyy-MM-dd'T'07:00:00-06:00\") }}`
☝️ That's my favorite expression I've made in Kestra so far. Like it's a little chaotic, but still readable.
☝️ That's my favorite expression I've made in Kestra so far. Like it's a little chaotic, but still readable.
January 20, 2026 at 3:09 PM
`{{ now() | dateAdd(-5, 'DAYS') | date(\"yyyy-MM-dd'T'07:00:00-06:00\") }}`
☝️ That's my favorite expression I've made in Kestra so far. Like it's a little chaotic, but still readable.
☝️ That's my favorite expression I've made in Kestra so far. Like it's a little chaotic, but still readable.
I know this API I was working with didn't rate limit me and just send back casual 403... because that would be rude.
January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I know this API I was working with didn't rate limit me and just send back casual 403... because that would be rude.
How do I teach my fingers it is .yaml not .yml?
January 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
How do I teach my fingers it is .yaml not .yml?
Leave it to me to make more-complex-than-necessary first examples! But the adventure continues and I'm learning a ton. Join me and let me know what you are building with @kestra.io!
dev.to/missamarakay...
dev.to/missamarakay...
More adventures in building a first flow with Kestra.io
We left off on our adventure a bit stuck in the mud with the Google Calendar API.
dev.to
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Leave it to me to make more-complex-than-necessary first examples! But the adventure continues and I'm learning a ton. Join me and let me know what you are building with @kestra.io!
dev.to/missamarakay...
dev.to/missamarakay...
I'm so close to just posting my near weekly blogposts as my weekly recaps for work.
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I'm so close to just posting my near weekly blogposts as my weekly recaps for work.
Time to update! 🚀
🚀 Kestra 1.2 is live!
📦 Assets (EE)
🧩 Templated Blueprints (EE)
📂 Namespace file versioning
🔁 Concurrent triggers
✅ Checks
🎨 UI redesign
☁️ AWS & Azure Marketplace
🧩 Many new plugins
Release post in comments👇
📦 Assets (EE)
🧩 Templated Blueprints (EE)
📂 Namespace file versioning
🔁 Concurrent triggers
✅ Checks
🎨 UI redesign
☁️ AWS & Azure Marketplace
🧩 Many new plugins
Release post in comments👇
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Time to update! 🚀
I've been really stuck on this idea that no one actually knows what orchestration is. Do you know what orchestration is? Is this too marketing/buzzwordy?
January 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I've been really stuck on this idea that no one actually knows what orchestration is. Do you know what orchestration is? Is this too marketing/buzzwordy?
One thing about me is, if you ask me to format a date or a number, I'm asking Google to do it for me or find a service that can. You want me to handwrite ISO 8601? Pass. RFC 3339? Also pass.
January 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM
One thing about me is, if you ask me to format a date or a number, I'm asking Google to do it for me or find a service that can. You want me to handwrite ISO 8601? Pass. RFC 3339? Also pass.