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Thomas Eckert
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I have a super cute corgi, live in Canada, I like to paint, and I work on making sure Redpanda's cloud stays up.

I'm writing at fieldtheories.blog.
“Bro, what if we made a literal idol that invokes the name of Jesus in vain?”
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I wrote mine in Astro. astro.build

I self-host on my homelab.

fieldtheories.blog
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astro.build
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I just wrote my own blog. I don't like their interface and the constant upsells. I don't like that if I see a Medium link it's 50/50 whether it will be behind a paywall.
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Computers unfortunately obey the laws of physics.
October 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Arc<Steve>
September 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Reposted by Thomas Eckert
If I were an editor, my questions for this Contributing Opinion Writer Who Is a Senior Fellow At a Right Wing Think Tank would have included:

1. What party is Zohran Mamdani a member of
2. What party just nominated him to be its candidate for mayor of New York
3. What are you talking about
September 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The name of the company is predicated on a misreading of the source text so… fair.
September 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This one is perfection.
August 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Please take that moment to grab another person – a crowd of people –and go, “Hey, Dave’s in an open marriage. Did you all know that? Dave, tell everyone about your open marriage.”
August 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This and the “ChatGPT will plan my daughter’s princess birthday party in one week and invite everyone” guy.

Take joy and pride in the challenges of human living!
August 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM