Michael Collins
@ookb.bsky.social
Formerly @ook on twitter
@ook@hachyderm.io on Mastodon
Lurking here
Work: Principal SDE at AWS (Computers and stuff)
Non work: family, bikes, music, ski, coffee, dogs
@ook@hachyderm.io on Mastodon
Lurking here
Work: Principal SDE at AWS (Computers and stuff)
Non work: family, bikes, music, ski, coffee, dogs
www.noidea.dog#/staff/ is Tanya’s website for the book
No Idea Blog
Software reliability, leadership for senior engineers, conference speaking and other random tech topics.
www.noidea.dog
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
www.noidea.dog#/staff/ is Tanya’s website for the book
The Staff Engineers Path by @whereistanya.bsky.social is a good book which covers a lot of this
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Staff Engineers Path by @whereistanya.bsky.social is a good book which covers a lot of this
Snark aside, I have been to Time Out Markets in a few other cities and they are pretty great.
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Snark aside, I have been to Time Out Markets in a few other cities and they are pretty great.
Burned by this once, never again!
September 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Burned by this once, never again!
I just found out about @bccla.bsky.social through bccla.org/2025/09/reve... - I have donated and will send real letters this weekend. Multiculturalism is special. I fondly remember being told “you can call Canada home, we are multicultural” by a stranger at a party a year after I moved here!
Reverse Kneecap Travel Ban - BC Civil Liberties Association
BCCLA condemns the Liberal government’s unfounded, biased, and authoritarian decision to bar Irish-language rap group Kneecap from Canada, preventing them from performing their scheduled shows in Octo...
bccla.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I just found out about @bccla.bsky.social through bccla.org/2025/09/reve... - I have donated and will send real letters this weekend. Multiculturalism is special. I fondly remember being told “you can call Canada home, we are multicultural” by a stranger at a party a year after I moved here!
Also gutted for my 15 year old and wife and friends who wouldn’t/couldn’t go to the show last year and were really looking forward to the gig!
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Also gutted for my 15 year old and wife and friends who wouldn’t/couldn’t go to the show last year and were really looking forward to the gig!
I went to see them in a dive venue in Vancouver in March last year, it was an amazing show and there were no terrorist incidents afterwards! I can take or leave their recorded music but they are making some serious statements under the messing. I’m disappointed in Canada today!
September 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I went to see them in a dive venue in Vancouver in March last year, it was an amazing show and there were no terrorist incidents afterwards! I can take or leave their recorded music but they are making some serious statements under the messing. I’m disappointed in Canada today!
Imagine if we also did not use Slack, Teams etc at work …
September 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine if we also did not use Slack, Teams etc at work …
I had a super long layover in Munich in early November last year, I took the train into the city and visited NSDOKU, a museum on the grounds of a former political party. Definitely no reason to do so just days before a large election last year …
September 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I had a super long layover in Munich in early November last year, I took the train into the city and visited NSDOKU, a museum on the grounds of a former political party. Definitely no reason to do so just days before a large election last year …
Hooray for late stage capitalism and creating shareholder value!
September 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hooray for late stage capitalism and creating shareholder value!
As an example, long ago working on backend services for video games … the only way to justify reliability and availability work beyond what was needed to survive launches was micro-transactions becoming a thing; they introduced a direct link between downtime and lost revenue!
September 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
As an example, long ago working on backend services for video games … the only way to justify reliability and availability work beyond what was needed to survive launches was micro-transactions becoming a thing; they introduced a direct link between downtime and lost revenue!
The same neglect of maintenance and tech debt in favour of new features and products also happens for internal non foss work at all large corporations, to varying degrees. At least in my experience having worked on various types of infrastructure for over two decades.
September 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The same neglect of maintenance and tech debt in favour of new features and products also happens for internal non foss work at all large corporations, to varying degrees. At least in my experience having worked on various types of infrastructure for over two decades.
bsky.app/profile/did:... this feed is only posts, no reposts - it’s not configurable, but works well
August 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
bsky.app/profile/did:... this feed is only posts, no reposts - it’s not configurable, but works well
As an aside, I love the “‘ole movie factory”; I haven’t heard it before but it very much reminds me of friends who work for a fruit company or saying I work for a bookshop.
August 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
As an aside, I love the “‘ole movie factory”; I haven’t heard it before but it very much reminds me of friends who work for a fruit company or saying I work for a bookshop.
Irréversible at the IFC was the first date I went on with my now wife
June 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Irréversible at the IFC was the first date I went on with my now wife
There are definitely dogs I have pet pets at 1000 times, but I worry I may not have pet 1000 unique dogs
June 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
There are definitely dogs I have pet pets at 1000 times, but I worry I may not have pet 1000 unique dogs
At least I imagine it is, I don’t think I have ever had a breakfast roll
June 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
At least I imagine it is, I don’t think I have ever had a breakfast roll
A key ingredient for breakfast rolls
June 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A key ingredient for breakfast rolls
I guess it’s a monument to what you and the others built decades ago. Your foresight, bravery, vision etc ultimately led to a community which has stood the test of time and now is verifiable source reference material for the Wikipedia article on breakfast rolls.
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I guess it’s a monument to what you and the others built decades ago. Your foresight, bravery, vision etc ultimately led to a community which has stood the test of time and now is verifiable source reference material for the Wikipedia article on breakfast rolls.