Matthew Broberg
@mbbroberg.fun
Director of product management, cloud platform engineering. Into systems of thought but mostly just care about people. Also into being a dad, jewish, yoga, cooking, open source, psychology & philosophy
Pumped to hear @nimbinatus.bsky.social’s thoughts on AI at the @augmentcode.com booth (1422) #kubecon
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pumped to hear @nimbinatus.bsky.social’s thoughts on AI at the @augmentcode.com booth (1422) #kubecon
@aparker.io hey I’d love to catch up — where are you hanging out today?
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@aparker.io hey I’d love to catch up — where are you hanging out today?
@rstephens.me great to see you (and your awesome @ashley.dev earrings) again 👋
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@rstephens.me great to see you (and your awesome @ashley.dev earrings) again 👋
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Hey @bryanl.dev! Call out to your talk from a couple of years ago talking about being inspired by rails. Keynote at #KubeCon from Joseph Sandoval from Adobe.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hey @bryanl.dev! Call out to your talk from a couple of years ago talking about being inspired by rails. Keynote at #KubeCon from Joseph Sandoval from Adobe.
Logged into #KubeCon with Sched and got some serious nostalgia. This will be 10 years since my first attendance (the little event at OSCON) and 9th Kube-adjacent event I've attended. Mind blowing.
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Logged into #KubeCon with Sched and got some serious nostalgia. This will be 10 years since my first attendance (the little event at OSCON) and 9th Kube-adjacent event I've attended. Mind blowing.
:: taps the microphone ::
Cool cool, this is still on. Hit me up if you'll be at #KubeCon! I miss my tribe and excited to see many of you.
Cool cool, this is still on. Hit me up if you'll be at #KubeCon! I miss my tribe and excited to see many of you.
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
:: taps the microphone ::
Cool cool, this is still on. Hit me up if you'll be at #KubeCon! I miss my tribe and excited to see many of you.
Cool cool, this is still on. Hit me up if you'll be at #KubeCon! I miss my tribe and excited to see many of you.
And just like that... I'm registered for KubeCon next week! I'll be freelancing, spending time at the @augmentcode.com booth (and you should too)!
There's still time to register and I'd love to see you there: register.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...
#KubeCon #CloudNativeCon
There's still time to register and I'd love to see you there: register.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...
#KubeCon #CloudNativeCon
Home - KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025
register.linuxfoundation.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
And just like that... I'm registered for KubeCon next week! I'll be freelancing, spending time at the @augmentcode.com booth (and you should too)!
There's still time to register and I'd love to see you there: register.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...
#KubeCon #CloudNativeCon
There's still time to register and I'd love to see you there: register.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...
#KubeCon #CloudNativeCon
Reposted by Matthew Broberg
Your brain is not a computer.
Your thoughts are not algorithmic.
Don’t let Silicon Valley limit your understanding of your own mind with inaccurate metaphors.
Your thoughts are not algorithmic.
Don’t let Silicon Valley limit your understanding of your own mind with inaccurate metaphors.
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Your brain is not a computer.
Your thoughts are not algorithmic.
Don’t let Silicon Valley limit your understanding of your own mind with inaccurate metaphors.
Your thoughts are not algorithmic.
Don’t let Silicon Valley limit your understanding of your own mind with inaccurate metaphors.
Reposted by Matthew Broberg
Hallucinations are a feature.
LLMs contribute probabilistic creativity.
Tools contribute deterministic certainty.
Agents combine these in a loop.
@adamhjk.me #o11yDay
LLMs contribute probabilistic creativity.
Tools contribute deterministic certainty.
Agents combine these in a loop.
@adamhjk.me #o11yDay
September 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hallucinations are a feature.
LLMs contribute probabilistic creativity.
Tools contribute deterministic certainty.
Agents combine these in a loop.
@adamhjk.me #o11yDay
LLMs contribute probabilistic creativity.
Tools contribute deterministic certainty.
Agents combine these in a loop.
@adamhjk.me #o11yDay
Reposted by Matthew Broberg
Putting all your controllers in one directory and your views in another
Is like putting the cortisone and hemorrhoid cream in the drawer with toothpaste because they're all tubes.
Is like putting the cortisone and hemorrhoid cream in the drawer with toothpaste because they're all tubes.
August 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Putting all your controllers in one directory and your views in another
Is like putting the cortisone and hemorrhoid cream in the drawer with toothpaste because they're all tubes.
Is like putting the cortisone and hemorrhoid cream in the drawer with toothpaste because they're all tubes.
It’s been a min since I contributed but it’s still been one of the most rewarding parts of my open source experience. #cncf contribcard.cncf.io/mbbroberg
CNCF ContribCard
Happy #cTENcf!
contribcard.cncf.io
August 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It’s been a min since I contributed but it’s still been one of the most rewarding parts of my open source experience. #cncf contribcard.cncf.io/mbbroberg
I found this so beautiful @charity.wtf. Thank you. charity.wtf/2025/07/09/t...
Thoughts on Motivation and My 40-Year Career
I’ve never published an essay quite like this. I’ve written about my life before, reams of stuff actually, because that’s how I process what I think, but never for public consumption. I’ve been pus…
charity.wtf
July 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I found this so beautiful @charity.wtf. Thank you. charity.wtf/2025/07/09/t...
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Cloudflare’s new “Pay per Crawl” lets sites charge AI bots for scraping, and it’ll block AI crawlers by default on new sites.
The current model is unsustainable and I expect the best content on the web to eventually be paywalled for both humans and bots besides a few large ad supported platforms.
The current model is unsustainable and I expect the best content on the web to eventually be paywalled for both humans and bots besides a few large ad supported platforms.
Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping | TechCrunch
Cloudflare is launching a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between publishers and AI companies.
techcrunch.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Cloudflare’s new “Pay per Crawl” lets sites charge AI bots for scraping, and it’ll block AI crawlers by default on new sites.
The current model is unsustainable and I expect the best content on the web to eventually be paywalled for both humans and bots besides a few large ad supported platforms.
The current model is unsustainable and I expect the best content on the web to eventually be paywalled for both humans and bots besides a few large ad supported platforms.
Reposted by Matthew Broberg
We anticipated this exactly:
"I've seen a lot of posts that say, oh my gosh, this paper shows that the brain's ability to form new connections is damaged. That is not at all what connectivity means, right?"
@analog-ashley.bsky.social: "No, no, no, no."
www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/epis...
"I've seen a lot of posts that say, oh my gosh, this paper shows that the brain's ability to form new connections is damaged. That is not at all what connectivity means, right?"
@analog-ashley.bsky.social: "No, no, no, no."
www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/epis...
You deserve better brain research - Change, Technically
SHOW NOTES:For an example of a consideration of learning with information searching, a paper by Saskia Giebl and co-authors explored students learning basic programming concepts aided with a search en...
www.changetechnically.fyi
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We anticipated this exactly:
"I've seen a lot of posts that say, oh my gosh, this paper shows that the brain's ability to form new connections is damaged. That is not at all what connectivity means, right?"
@analog-ashley.bsky.social: "No, no, no, no."
www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/epis...
"I've seen a lot of posts that say, oh my gosh, this paper shows that the brain's ability to form new connections is damaged. That is not at all what connectivity means, right?"
@analog-ashley.bsky.social: "No, no, no, no."
www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/epis...
I've been working through a series of posts on how Team Topologies connects to my approach to product thinking. I've got 11 and counting, so I organized them into a map of content here. I'd love to hear if any are helpful to others.
mbbroberg.fun/garden/team-...
mbbroberg.fun/garden/team-...
Team Topologies: Map of Content
Team Topologies Map of Content Team Topologies provides one of the clearest mental models I’ve found for organizing software teams and the systems they build.
mbbroberg.fun
June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I've been working through a series of posts on how Team Topologies connects to my approach to product thinking. I've got 11 and counting, so I organized them into a map of content here. I'd love to hear if any are helpful to others.
mbbroberg.fun/garden/team-...
mbbroberg.fun/garden/team-...
Reposted by Matthew Broberg
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This morning Minnesota woke up to news of a brutal act of violence targeting public servants. I am heartbroken to learn that our Speaker Melissa Hortman, Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses have been shot.
June 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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A tragic day in Minnesota, a terrifying example for us all
June 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A tragic day in Minnesota, a terrifying example for us all
Reposted by Matthew Broberg
In re: LRT, Minnesota is the opposite of a news desert - the Twin Cities has dozens of responsible news outlets staffed by incredibly professional journalists. They do not need your breathless, speculative assistance in covering this story. Post *local* coverage as it emerges, and ignore the noise.
June 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In re: LRT, Minnesota is the opposite of a news desert - the Twin Cities has dozens of responsible news outlets staffed by incredibly professional journalists. They do not need your breathless, speculative assistance in covering this story. Post *local* coverage as it emerges, and ignore the noise.
Reposted by Matthew Broberg
Nation, if you see pictures of people protesting in Minnesota today, know that it has turned into a vigil, and we are doing it very afraid.
June 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nation, if you see pictures of people protesting in Minnesota today, know that it has turned into a vigil, and we are doing it very afraid.
Just said "Conway's Law rules everything around me" and got smirks & head nods all around.
June 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Just said "Conway's Law rules everything around me" and got smirks & head nods all around.
Agents are the new coal
I'm trying on a new hot take and I like it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_...
I'm trying on a new hot take and I like it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_...
Jevons paradox - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Agents are the new coal
I'm trying on a new hot take and I like it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_...
I'm trying on a new hot take and I like it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_...
My toddler hit a phase of what feel like experimental nightly auto updates with no changelog
June 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My toddler hit a phase of what feel like experimental nightly auto updates with no changelog