Ned
@nedinthecloud.com
Tech educator, runner, podcaster, music fan, 🌮 devourer
HashiCorp Ambassador and Microsoft MVP
Find my things: https://nedinthecloud.com
HashiCorp Ambassador and Microsoft MVP
Find my things: https://nedinthecloud.com
Lil' Wayne
Wayne & Garth
Garth Brooks
Make it happen internet
Wayne & Garth
Garth Brooks
Make it happen internet
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Lil' Wayne
Wayne & Garth
Garth Brooks
Make it happen internet
Wayne & Garth
Garth Brooks
Make it happen internet
Don't sleep on early 90s metal y'all music.youtube.com/watch?v=bv8o...
Thousand Lakes
YouTube video by Amorphis - Topic
music.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Don't sleep on early 90s metal y'all music.youtube.com/watch?v=bv8o...
That moment when you confuse Wolf Alice and Chelsea Wolfe and wish they did a mashup.
August 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
That moment when you confuse Wolf Alice and Chelsea Wolfe and wish they did a mashup.
Did I work a Carly Rae Jepsen reference into ad copy today? Yes, yes I did. It was the loveliest time.
August 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Did I work a Carly Rae Jepsen reference into ad copy today? Yes, yes I did. It was the loveliest time.
It's a GloRilla kind of morning.
August 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's a GloRilla kind of morning.
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Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
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I’ve been a little quiet lately... on purpose. Here’s why the quiet season matters ashley.dev/posts/the-qu...
Ashley Willis
I didn’t mean for this to be a quiet season. It wasn’t planned, it wasn’t marked on my calendar, and it certainly wasn’t framed in my mind as a stretch of inten...
ashley.dev
August 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I’ve been a little quiet lately... on purpose. Here’s why the quiet season matters ashley.dev/posts/the-qu...
Friends don't let friends do math while running.
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Friends don't let friends do math while running.
Year 6 of being a #HashiCorp Ambassador and I've got the shirts to prove it!
July 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Year 6 of being a #HashiCorp Ambassador and I've got the shirts to prove it!
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if you DON'T feel more productive using AI to write code, can you say why? what kind of tasks have you tried asking it to do? what's tripped you up?
gathering data for a video
gathering data for a video
July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
if you DON'T feel more productive using AI to write code, can you say why? what kind of tasks have you tried asking it to do? what's tripped you up?
gathering data for a video
gathering data for a video
However you think a new media will fundamentally change the world, you're probably wrong. It will be much weirder, I assure you.
AI will change things dramatically, and no one has any idea how.
AI will change things dramatically, and no one has any idea how.
July 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
However you think a new media will fundamentally change the world, you're probably wrong. It will be much weirder, I assure you.
AI will change things dramatically, and no one has any idea how.
AI will change things dramatically, and no one has any idea how.
Got a cool tech blog with no ads, no pop-ups, and no AI slop? Let me know! awesometechblogs.net
Awesome Tech Blogs by Ned
awesometechblogs.net
July 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Got a cool tech blog with no ads, no pop-ups, and no AI slop? Let me know! awesometechblogs.net
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The people call and I answer.
Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim.
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim.
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
Are developers slowed down by AI? Evaluating an RCT (?) and what it tells us about developer productivity
Seven different people texted or otherwise messaged me about this study which claims to measure “the impact of early-2025 AI on experience open-source developer productivity.”
You know, when I decide...
www.fightforthehuman.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The people call and I answer.
Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim.
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim.
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
Didn't expect being swarmed by insects this fine Sunday morning. The orange/red is me running away quickly, swatting at the bugs with my hat.
July 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Didn't expect being swarmed by insects this fine Sunday morning. The orange/red is me running away quickly, swatting at the bugs with my hat.
If you think you should put an icon on my desktop, don't. I never want this. No one ever wants this.
July 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If you think you should put an icon on my desktop, don't. I never want this. No one ever wants this.
I had queso dip and chips last night. It was delicious 😋.
June 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I had queso dip and chips last night. It was delicious 😋.
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This is beautiful. This is art. Btw, this filmmaker has been arrested by LAPD for filming an ICE kidnapping. More info in the comments.
June 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is beautiful. This is art. Btw, this filmmaker has been arrested by LAPD for filming an ICE kidnapping. More info in the comments.
Can't spell malice without ICE.
June 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Can't spell malice without ICE.
Everything is scented and I hate it.
June 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Everything is scented and I hate it.
GoGo Penguin - Forgive the Damages (feat. Daudi Matsiko)
YouTube video by GoGoPenguinVEVO
youtube.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Too many folks to recommend! Just a few here @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social @hazelweakly.me @kymidd.bsky.social @virtualized6ix.wtf
There is not a better, supportive audience in tech. Apply.
speaking of @monktoberfest.com content, we've got a ton of incredible proposals as usual, but we're still looking for better diversity amongst our speakers.
if you're from a group under-represented in tech, and have thought about talking, do apply within.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
if you're from a group under-represented in tech, and have thought about talking, do apply within.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Too many folks to recommend! Just a few here @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social @hazelweakly.me @kymidd.bsky.social @virtualized6ix.wtf
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I was just thinking about this topic this morning. I am *outstandingly* useless and incompetent at, like, the vast majority of things a human can do.
Hearing? Hah! Executive function? Nope. Detail work? Absolutely not. Functioning without daily medication? Pffh.
I’d be dead anywhen but now
Hearing? Hah! Executive function? Nope. Detail work? Absolutely not. Functioning without daily medication? Pffh.
I’d be dead anywhen but now
Wouldn’t surprise me if many in the audience have ever asked “why’s everyone disabled now?”
Ongoing mass-disabling pandemic aside — bc this Q’s been asked for all of time —
The answer is also that we disabled ppl are living longer. Humans have gotten better at research, science, healthcare.
Ongoing mass-disabling pandemic aside — bc this Q’s been asked for all of time —
The answer is also that we disabled ppl are living longer. Humans have gotten better at research, science, healthcare.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably.
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
June 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I was just thinking about this topic this morning. I am *outstandingly* useless and incompetent at, like, the vast majority of things a human can do.
Hearing? Hah! Executive function? Nope. Detail work? Absolutely not. Functioning without daily medication? Pffh.
I’d be dead anywhen but now
Hearing? Hah! Executive function? Nope. Detail work? Absolutely not. Functioning without daily medication? Pffh.
I’d be dead anywhen but now
One way I use AI is for inspiration. I ask AI to write something for me, and then it's so terrible that I am *inspired* to rewrite the whole thing out of spite.
Never underestimate the power of spite-driven writing.
Never underestimate the power of spite-driven writing.
June 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
One way I use AI is for inspiration. I ask AI to write something for me, and then it's so terrible that I am *inspired* to rewrite the whole thing out of spite.
Never underestimate the power of spite-driven writing.
Never underestimate the power of spite-driven writing.
If anyone wants to say hi at AWS re:Inforce I'll be chilling at the 300 level just above badge check-in. #reinforce
June 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If anyone wants to say hi at AWS re:Inforce I'll be chilling at the 300 level just above badge check-in. #reinforce
Join me in 5 minutes for a #HashiCorp Vault AMA! I'll be covering the Associate and Pro certifications and answering questions about anything you want (Vault-related) www.youtube.com/watch?v=waxW...
HashiCorp Vault AMA
YouTube video by Ned in the Cloud
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Join me in 5 minutes for a #HashiCorp Vault AMA! I'll be covering the Associate and Pro certifications and answering questions about anything you want (Vault-related) www.youtube.com/watch?v=waxW...