Joshua Zimmerman
@thejewberwocky.bsky.social
I don't even fucking know anymore. I guess I do tech when I'm employed, I'm Jewish and my body hates me.
As long as people think they're a duck, nobody is worried about what the goose will do.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As long as people think they're a duck, nobody is worried about what the goose will do.
We're blame aware now, not blameless. So, we're aware that all the blame for lack of refreshments lies with Paul.
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We're blame aware now, not blameless. So, we're aware that all the blame for lack of refreshments lies with Paul.
I'd normally agree with you, but I haven't seen his face since your birthday, so its not been giving me anything.
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'd normally agree with you, but I haven't seen his face since your birthday, so its not been giving me anything.
It also might in some cases be, "a person working at this company worked on this report on company time and getting their logo on as a sponsor is how they made that happen."
October 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It also might in some cases be, "a person working at this company worked on this report on company time and getting their logo on as a sponsor is how they made that happen."
Happy to share what I know in any less public place! The early and mid periods of the devops movement were organic and weird and there's a lot a lot of oral history and you're totally write that somebody should collate it at some point.
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Happy to share what I know in any less public place! The early and mid periods of the devops movement were organic and weird and there's a lot a lot of oral history and you're totally write that somebody should collate it at some point.
Especially for Cat coming newer to this, there's also the whole schism that happened between the DORA folks and the Puppet folks that then resulted in two State of Devops reports with different goals (which iirc happened before DORA was purchased by Google?)
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Especially for Cat coming newer to this, there's also the whole schism that happened between the DORA folks and the Puppet folks that then resulted in two State of Devops reports with different goals (which iirc happened before DORA was purchased by Google?)
We can do that when we've decided we're done reinventing release engineering.
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We can do that when we've decided we're done reinventing release engineering.
I feel like its not necessarily that we forgot the user, but that those of us that cared about and advocated for the user (yourself coming to mind) got drowned out by people who did not.
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I feel like its not necessarily that we forgot the user, but that those of us that cared about and advocated for the user (yourself coming to mind) got drowned out by people who did not.
The last 5-10 years of devops have just been people reinventing what was done in the prior 10 years of tech but without having an understanding for the actual underlying context or design decisions that were made, and still thinking that they know and have done better.
October 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The last 5-10 years of devops have just been people reinventing what was done in the prior 10 years of tech but without having an understanding for the actual underlying context or design decisions that were made, and still thinking that they know and have done better.
I AM REPURPOSING AND SYNTHESIZING NEW CONTENT INTO THE GENERAL TOPIC LIKE A GOOD DEVOP
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I AM REPURPOSING AND SYNTHESIZING NEW CONTENT INTO THE GENERAL TOPIC LIKE A GOOD DEVOP
MY NEXT CONFERENCE TALK WILL BE TITLED "DEVOPS ISN'T DEAD, I'M JUST SO TIRED OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU, YOU AREN'T LISTENING"
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
MY NEXT CONFERENCE TALK WILL BE TITLED "DEVOPS ISN'T DEAD, I'M JUST SO TIRED OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU, YOU AREN'T LISTENING"
SOME OF THEM THINKS IT MEANS CI INSTEAD OF TERRAFORM. WHICH IS EXTRA DISTRESSING TO ME SINCE CI PREDATES DEVOPS BY QUITE A BIT.
October 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
SOME OF THEM THINKS IT MEANS CI INSTEAD OF TERRAFORM. WHICH IS EXTRA DISTRESSING TO ME SINCE CI PREDATES DEVOPS BY QUITE A BIT.
Once there are fewer holes in the fence, you can also maybe put a lip on the exterior that will make it more difficult to climb over (depending on fence material).
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Once there are fewer holes in the fence, you can also maybe put a lip on the exterior that will make it more difficult to climb over (depending on fence material).
Yeah, I go back and forth on that. It often feels like if we dont use at least similar language, people will go out of their way to pretend its not at least a similar problem or has echoes of lessons of things we already know.
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Yeah, I go back and forth on that. It often feels like if we dont use at least similar language, people will go out of their way to pretend its not at least a similar problem or has echoes of lessons of things we already know.
"We've learned and acknowledged that we have a lack of understanding of Black history and that racism has been structurally built into our society and belief system, but that couldn't possibly also be the case for this other group that's been oppressed for ~2k years."
October 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"We've learned and acknowledged that we have a lack of understanding of Black history and that racism has been structurally built into our society and belief system, but that couldn't possibly also be the case for this other group that's been oppressed for ~2k years."
Yeah. Kinda frustrated with having bought my laptop from them now. Was really excited about the mission to make laptops more easily repairable and upgradable.
October 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Yeah. Kinda frustrated with having bought my laptop from them now. Was really excited about the mission to make laptops more easily repairable and upgradable.
Can't say I was a fan.
October 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Can't say I was a fan.
Alternatively, I like the idea of a tattoo of your headshot with you holding the diet coke can.
October 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Alternatively, I like the idea of a tattoo of your headshot with you holding the diet coke can.
Do you have a tattoo of a diet coke can on you yet?
October 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Do you have a tattoo of a diet coke can on you yet?
Them: But you can control how you feel about a situation.
Me: Sure, if I get a lobotomy.
Me: Sure, if I get a lobotomy.
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Them: But you can control how you feel about a situation.
Me: Sure, if I get a lobotomy.
Me: Sure, if I get a lobotomy.