@jeffreyfredrick.bsky.social
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About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages
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Recoding Troubleshooting Agile with @dsquirrel.bsky.social and @jeffreyfredrick.bsky.social live at @citcon.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Recoding Troubleshooting Agile with @dsquirrel.bsky.social and @jeffreyfredrick.bsky.social live at @citcon.bsky.social
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@jeffreyfredrick.bsky.social and Anton reviewing the agenda first thing on Saturday morning CITCON "London" aka Woking 2025.
September 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
@jeffreyfredrick.bsky.social and Anton reviewing the agenda first thing on Saturday morning CITCON "London" aka Woking 2025.
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🌍✈️ Test your geography skills!
I just launched Capitals & Countries — an interactive flashcard + quiz app to learn world capitals, flags, and country shapes.
Fun, simple, and free to try on iPhone & iPad 👉 apps.apple.com/us/app/capit...
I just launched Capitals & Countries — an interactive flashcard + quiz app to learn world capitals, flags, and country shapes.
Fun, simple, and free to try on iPhone & iPad 👉 apps.apple.com/us/app/capit...
Capitals & Countries
Country Capitals Flashcards makes learning world geography fun, interactive, and effective! Explore global capitals, country flags, and geographic outlines with beautifully designed flashcards and en...
apps.apple.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🌍✈️ Test your geography skills!
I just launched Capitals & Countries — an interactive flashcard + quiz app to learn world capitals, flags, and country shapes.
Fun, simple, and free to try on iPhone & iPad 👉 apps.apple.com/us/app/capit...
I just launched Capitals & Countries — an interactive flashcard + quiz app to learn world capitals, flags, and country shapes.
Fun, simple, and free to try on iPhone & iPad 👉 apps.apple.com/us/app/capit...
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It’s CITCON time! @citcon.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s CITCON time! @citcon.bsky.social
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CITCON Europe 2025 in "London" aka Woking is just over a week away. Join us on September 26th and 27th for a free open space conference on improving how we make and operate software. This is our 20th year and we're excited to see familiar faces as well as first timers: citconf.com/london2025/
Citcon - "London" aka Woking 2025
citconf.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
CITCON Europe 2025 in "London" aka Woking is just over a week away. Join us on September 26th and 27th for a free open space conference on improving how we make and operate software. This is our 20th year and we're excited to see familiar faces as well as first timers: citconf.com/london2025/
Will be great to attend the first CITCON ANZ since Perth in 2016. Can't believe it has been so long!
Looking forward to CITCON in Auckland, New Zealand on March 28 & 29, 2025. Join us! Registration open now.
citconf.com/auckland2025
citconf.com/auckland2025
Citcon - Auckland 2025
citconf.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Will be great to attend the first CITCON ANZ since Perth in 2016. Can't believe it has been so long!
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So excited to bring CITCON back to New Zealand with @jeffreyfredrick.bsky.social!
December 24, 2024 at 2:58 AM
So excited to bring CITCON back to New Zealand with @jeffreyfredrick.bsky.social!
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A friend moved from Toronto to NYC. He said that he'd see people in NYC who did impressive things, but when he met them, they seemed boring. His theory was, in T.O, you'd have to be a remarkable person to do these things. In NYC, a lot of the people doing Big Things are just
December 2, 2024 at 3:31 AM
A friend moved from Toronto to NYC. He said that he'd see people in NYC who did impressive things, but when he met them, they seemed boring. His theory was, in T.O, you'd have to be a remarkable person to do these things. In NYC, a lot of the people doing Big Things are just
At Trampoline Hall.
Feeling very old school Twitter vibes sharing that.
Feeling very old school Twitter vibes sharing that.
November 21, 2024 at 3:10 AM
At Trampoline Hall.
Feeling very old school Twitter vibes sharing that.
Feeling very old school Twitter vibes sharing that.
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modernity is wasted on the modern
November 19, 2024 at 12:42 PM
modernity is wasted on the modern
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It is so incredibly nice to have a social platform that values links again - a breath of fresh air in the poisoned ecosystem of the creator economy
November 18, 2024 at 11:47 PM
It is so incredibly nice to have a social platform that values links again - a breath of fresh air in the poisoned ecosystem of the creator economy
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His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and well set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and well set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
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A rose made of galaxies..
November 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
A rose made of galaxies..
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One man’s blocklist is another man’s starter pack.
November 17, 2024 at 2:21 PM
One man’s blocklist is another man’s starter pack.
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btw these large scary math symbols are just for-loops
November 17, 2024 at 6:39 PM
btw these large scary math symbols are just for-loops
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Maybe you want to check out my post: isburmistrov.substack.com/p/all-you-ne...
Wide events == observability 2.0
Wide events == observability 2.0
All you need is Wide Events, not “Metrics, Logs and Traces”
This quote from Charity Majors is probably the best summary of the current state of observability in the tech industry - a total, mass confusion.
open.substack.com
October 28, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Maybe you want to check out my post: isburmistrov.substack.com/p/all-you-ne...
Wide events == observability 2.0
Wide events == observability 2.0
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Hmmm. I think everyone with any interest should be a manager at least once. It teaches you so much about how to be a better IC.
I do think there's a path to switch back and forth (I did).
Canonical post from @mipsytipsy.bsky.social : charity.wtf/2019/01/04/e...
I do think there's a path to switch back and forth (I did).
Canonical post from @mipsytipsy.bsky.social : charity.wtf/2019/01/04/e...
Engineering Management: The Pendulum Or The Ladder
Last night I was out with a dear friend who has been an engineering manager for a year now, and by two drinks in I was rattling off a long list things I always say to newer engineering managers. Th…
charity.wtf
November 8, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Hmmm. I think everyone with any interest should be a manager at least once. It teaches you so much about how to be a better IC.
I do think there's a path to switch back and forth (I did).
Canonical post from @mipsytipsy.bsky.social : charity.wtf/2019/01/04/e...
I do think there's a path to switch back and forth (I did).
Canonical post from @mipsytipsy.bsky.social : charity.wtf/2019/01/04/e...
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A rationalist jazz rock band called Steely Man
November 10, 2024 at 7:10 PM
A rationalist jazz rock band called Steely Man
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Famously, Washington ordered the inoculation of his army against smallpox in 1776-1777, making it mandatory for all new recruits to be inoculated
Historians posit the “pox Americana” was one of the key factors in the defeat of the Continental Army’s invasion of Canada in 1775-1776
Historians posit the “pox Americana” was one of the key factors in the defeat of the Continental Army’s invasion of Canada in 1775-1776
Humanity has been so successful at vaccinating against preventable diseases that we often forget these viruses used to be *the* leading battlefield killer - and may be again.
November 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Famously, Washington ordered the inoculation of his army against smallpox in 1776-1777, making it mandatory for all new recruits to be inoculated
Historians posit the “pox Americana” was one of the key factors in the defeat of the Continental Army’s invasion of Canada in 1775-1776
Historians posit the “pox Americana” was one of the key factors in the defeat of the Continental Army’s invasion of Canada in 1775-1776
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I'm playing with some bus transit data in my spare time and this post on Visualizing MBTA Data from 2014 has given me lots of inspiration (HT @puntofisso.bsky.social)
Visualizing MBTA Data
An interactive exploration of ridership, congestion, and delay on Boston's subway system.
mbtaviz.github.io
November 9, 2024 at 11:47 AM
I'm playing with some bus transit data in my spare time and this post on Visualizing MBTA Data from 2014 has given me lots of inspiration (HT @puntofisso.bsky.social)