Mike Coutermarsh
@mscccc.com
Elected by the JavaScript community as “most hated ruby on rails micro influencer of 2022”
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Like how frequent travelers have stickers on their Rimowa, my little red cabinet documents my nerdy life
March 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Like how frequent travelers have stickers on their Rimowa, my little red cabinet documents my nerdy life
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Based on price, performance, and (ahem) reliability, I’m really puzzled as to who’d pick Aurora over PlanetScale. Am I missing something obvious?
⚡ Introducing PlanetScale Metal ⚡
- Blazing fast NVMe drives
- Unlimited IOPS
- Drastic reductions in latency
- And best price:performance ratio of any database available in AWS or GCP
- Blazing fast NVMe drives
- Unlimited IOPS
- Drastic reductions in latency
- And best price:performance ratio of any database available in AWS or GCP
March 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Based on price, performance, and (ahem) reliability, I’m really puzzled as to who’d pick Aurora over PlanetScale. Am I missing something obvious?
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The team that writes the code needs to deploy it and be on-call for it. Full stop. Any other setup is going to lead to resentment, unfixed or slow to fix issues.
But what about SRE? You aren't Google, so don't copy what they do. They had a specific problem to solve which you don't have.
But what about SRE? You aren't Google, so don't copy what they do. They had a specific problem to solve which you don't have.
November 24, 2024 at 8:03 PM
The team that writes the code needs to deploy it and be on-call for it. Full stop. Any other setup is going to lead to resentment, unfixed or slow to fix issues.
But what about SRE? You aren't Google, so don't copy what they do. They had a specific problem to solve which you don't have.
But what about SRE? You aren't Google, so don't copy what they do. They had a specific problem to solve which you don't have.
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The old way: migrating our largest MySQL table takes 70-80 days and can contribute to occasional latency spikes.
The new way on PlanetScale: migrating our largest MySQL table takes less than a week and Just Works.
The new way on PlanetScale: migrating our largest MySQL table takes less than a week and Just Works.
November 20, 2024 at 11:57 AM
The old way: migrating our largest MySQL table takes 70-80 days and can contribute to occasional latency spikes.
The new way on PlanetScale: migrating our largest MySQL table takes less than a week and Just Works.
The new way on PlanetScale: migrating our largest MySQL table takes less than a week and Just Works.
Most of you trying to use vim
Every room is an escape room if you are dumb enough.
November 13, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Most of you trying to use vim
This app is a much better place to talk to everyone about my groin
November 13, 2024 at 9:24 PM
This app is a much better place to talk to everyone about my groin
My 2025 resolution is to have the strongest groin muscles in Philly.
So that I stop straining them
So that I stop straining them
November 13, 2024 at 6:20 PM
My 2025 resolution is to have the strongest groin muscles in Philly.
So that I stop straining them
So that I stop straining them
In my Pennsylvania neighborhood I’ve seen cute little old people walking around knocking doors for Kamala everyday for past 4 days
November 5, 2024 at 8:58 PM
In my Pennsylvania neighborhood I’ve seen cute little old people walking around knocking doors for Kamala everyday for past 4 days
Are we having fun yet?
- sent from Pennsylvania
- sent from Pennsylvania
November 5, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Are we having fun yet?
- sent from Pennsylvania
- sent from Pennsylvania
Is the other site down?
June 17, 2023 at 4:10 PM
Is the other site down?
I think this problem goes away with time. No longer happens to me.
Flex
Flex
June 15, 2023 at 1:49 AM
I think this problem goes away with time. No longer happens to me.
Flex
Flex
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inviting a devrel should be a permaban offense
April 28, 2023 at 4:57 PM
inviting a devrel should be a permaban offense
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as a member of the professional-managerial class it personally offends me how much more active this place is during work hours
April 29, 2023 at 5:59 PM
as a member of the professional-managerial class it personally offends me how much more active this place is during work hours
Ran first 10k this morning. :metal: :metal:
I’ll be on couch until Tuesday at least
I’ll be on couch until Tuesday at least
June 4, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Ran first 10k this morning. :metal: :metal:
I’ll be on couch until Tuesday at least
I’ll be on couch until Tuesday at least
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Our new database overview page was the most fun I’ve had working on a UI in a while. It features a infrastructure diagram that scales in complexity with your setup.
https://planetscale.com/blog/our-new-database-overview-page
https://planetscale.com/blog/our-new-database-overview-page
May 31, 2023 at 5:54 PM
Our new database overview page was the most fun I’ve had working on a UI in a while. It features a infrastructure diagram that scales in complexity with your setup.
https://planetscale.com/blog/our-new-database-overview-page
https://planetscale.com/blog/our-new-database-overview-page
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Databases: not something you can do in a weekend. This was a fun collabo with @notfelineit.bsky.social, @iheanyi.bsky.social, and @jasonlong.me.
Pulling back the curtain: the new database overview page
Learn about the latest updates we made to our database overview page: load balancers, shards, and more.
planetscale.com
May 31, 2023 at 5:58 PM
Databases: not something you can do in a weekend. This was a fun collabo with @notfelineit.bsky.social, @iheanyi.bsky.social, and @jasonlong.me.
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Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly has *so* many gems
May 31, 2023 at 12:17 AM
Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly has *so* many gems
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Maybe I'm extremely grug brained here, but I don't really want to manage software development with anything else than simple GitHub issues and labels.
May 31, 2023 at 7:12 AM
Maybe I'm extremely grug brained here, but I don't really want to manage software development with anything else than simple GitHub issues and labels.
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Remembering GitHub's Office, a Monument to Tech Culture
https://www.wired.com/story/github-tech-values/
https://www.wired.com/story/github-tech-values/
May 29, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Remembering GitHub's Office, a Monument to Tech Culture
https://www.wired.com/story/github-tech-values/
https://www.wired.com/story/github-tech-values/
Feels like copilot got an upgrade this week. Is writing correct code much more often!
May 27, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Feels like copilot got an upgrade this week. Is writing correct code much more often!
There’s a DJ called “mirin brah”
he makes hype remixes for body builders to use in their flex videos. Now that’s a niche
he makes hype remixes for body builders to use in their flex videos. Now that’s a niche
May 24, 2023 at 3:49 PM
There’s a DJ called “mirin brah”
he makes hype remixes for body builders to use in their flex videos. Now that’s a niche
he makes hype remixes for body builders to use in their flex videos. Now that’s a niche
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