Matt Davis
da5is.com
Matt Davis
@da5is.com
Currently
- (6y): Azure Technical Specialist at Microsoft (Infra, Dev, and Security)
Previously
- (2y) OpenStack, Kubernetes Team Lead,
- (1y) Secure Mobile Middleware Architect
- (15y) Datacenter Ops and Management
My favorite time of year… Open Enrollment where it feels like I’m one checkbox mistake away from dying in a gutter.
November 15, 2024 at 3:34 PM
In retrospect, maybe naming my kid Eicar wasn’t a great idea…
November 14, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The follow back UI when you have several people follow you in a short period of time is really bad.
November 11, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Reposted by Matt Davis
Finally got around to doing the thing.
November 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
KMFDM 40th Anniversary concert in Chicago!
November 2, 2024 at 12:10 AM
It’s the first of the month. Time to meticulously review the prior month, the next month, set up my notebook, and then chuck all of that work at the first slight inconvenience or bad day.
November 1, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I’ve seen a few options - what are people using as a browser addon to send the current page into a local LLM (running in ollama as an example)?
October 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Sitting in the University of Illinois Student Union for a few hours while the teen competes in a DRR competition. Any suggestions on games to play? Considering buying UFO50, but also have BG3 (still can't get into it) and Spiderman...
October 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Catching up on Rings of Power Season 2. Episode 7 was terrible. Easily the most unbelievable episode of TV I’ve watched in recent memory. From decisions, to character reactions, to physics. Just, awful.
October 26, 2024 at 3:48 PM
I’ve been looking for a way to flexibly lock down iOS app usage to limit checking work after hours. Dense Discovery (newsletter) just highlighted this one and, at first glance, it checks all the boxes and has no subscription at all. apps.apple.com/app/id644365...
‎BB - Screen Time & App Blocker
‎Apps like social media use powerful psychological tricks to make you unable to stay away from them for too long. Burnout Buddy blocks these apps when you don't want to use them to help you break free...
apps.apple.com
October 21, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Factorio update has released… it’s rekindling my desire to create an add on that MQTT enables the factory so I can write dashboards for it and alert on idle times…
October 21, 2024 at 9:53 PM
While I don’t count it as art, as I was reading book 4 of the Old Man’s War series by @scalzi.com, I couldn’t visualize one of the alien races (and up until it was described as a cross between a spider and a giraffe, had a mental image of a droid from Phantom Menace for some reason.
February 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
If you’re old enough to enjoy that half time show, you should probably bend over to the front and touch your toes.

At our age, we need to stretch more.

Drink a glass of water while you’re at it. #superbowl
February 12, 2024 at 1:43 AM
This second half is going to come down to which team can score more points.
February 12, 2024 at 1:21 AM
What impact does curfew have? I assume a few of these players will need to head to bed shortly; it’s a school night.
February 12, 2024 at 1:19 AM
So is twisters a remake or a sequel or just another example of Hollywood running out of ideas?
February 12, 2024 at 12:41 AM
I don’t get the whole “trailer for a trailer that’s posted online.” Either show the trailer or just release it online.
February 12, 2024 at 12:37 AM