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I don’t know what it is. But I like it
March 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Truthpaste :: new Manchester Indie Pop band
https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/truthpaste/1793805265
Truthpaste on Apple Music
Listen to music by Truthpaste on Apple Music.
music.apple.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And another mention for Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com
Platform Engineering.

www.oreilly.com/library/view...

(I promise we're not getting sponsored by @oreilly.bsky.social , guests just keep recommending books published by them by coincidence, because they really valued it)
Platform Engineering
Until recently, infrastructure was the backbone of organizations operating software they developed in-house. But now that cloud vendors run the computers, companies can finally bring the benefits of a...
www.oreilly.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A Tour of Go, Dave had a very strong recommendation for this:
go.dev/tour/welcome/1

Release It! by Michael Nygard
It's a bunch of tales of failure of IT systems and their root causes
pragprog.com/titles/mnee2...
A Tour of Go
go.dev
March 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
One from the archives of @swardley.bsky.social from 2009:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqL...
Simon Wardley, "Cloud Computing - Why IT Matters" - OSCON 09
YouTube video by O'Reilly
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Very cool. How long did it take to do?
March 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What kind of bees make milk?

Boo-bees
March 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Yeah I also struggle a little bit to find the same amount of content that keeps me engaged in Reddit. I come here for a different style of content, a bit faster, a bit more of an interesting human behind each post whereas Reddit is meant to feel more anonymous to me. Don’t always find as much here
March 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Yeah I really enjoyed this book, recommend it all the time
March 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM