Will Norris
@willnorris.com
Engineering at @tailscale.com. Previously open source at Twitter and Google. Dad to two. Husband to one. Friend to all.
Elsewhere at https://willnorris.com/
Elsewhere at https://willnorris.com/
heh, cool. Apparently today is the 25th anniversary of earning my Eagle Scout rank. I still believe in the program for my two boys, even if I'm deeply disappointed in how BSA has handled a lot of things in recent years.
August 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
heh, cool. Apparently today is the 25th anniversary of earning my Eagle Scout rank. I still believe in the program for my two boys, even if I'm deeply disappointed in how BSA has handled a lot of things in recent years.
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When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.
It matters. I care.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.
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Brian Wilson has died. The UK and BBC made this tribute a few years ago youtu.be/XqLTe8h0-jo?...
God Only Knows - BBC Music
YouTube video by BBC Music
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June 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Brian Wilson has died. The UK and BBC made this tribute a few years ago youtu.be/XqLTe8h0-jo?...
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it's almost seven minutes long, but every American should watch this. as the historian Rick Perlstein said on Twitter:
"Watch Sen. Murphy show how every administration official should be grilled, every time. Like you're creating a record for future criminal trials."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwZW...
"Watch Sen. Murphy show how every administration official should be grilled, every time. Like you're creating a record for future criminal trials."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwZW...
Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
www.youtube.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
it's almost seven minutes long, but every American should watch this. as the historian Rick Perlstein said on Twitter:
"Watch Sen. Murphy show how every administration official should be grilled, every time. Like you're creating a record for future criminal trials."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwZW...
"Watch Sen. Murphy show how every administration official should be grilled, every time. Like you're creating a record for future criminal trials."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwZW...
This is absolutely the right take. AGPL and SSPL were written with wildly different (and in many ways, completely contradictory) motivations.
“They set out to craft a license that followed in the AGPL’s footsteps by not applying reciprocal provisions to software hosted in a network fashion, but dramatically expanding the scope of these protections beyond the boundaries of the protected software itself and into adjacent software.”
Nah.
Nah.
some thoughts on what Redis, the AGPL, the SSPL and CNCF v Synadia all mean for open source
redmonk.com/sogrady/2025...
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May 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This is absolutely the right take. AGPL and SSPL were written with wildly different (and in many ways, completely contradictory) motivations.
I've been a very happy Fastmail customer for years, but come on... International Email Day? You can't just go make up holidays for a blog post...
Oh, it's actually a thing? Ray Tomlinson's birthday. He would have been 84. Well thanks Ray for all the messages.
nationaltoday.com/national-ema...
Oh, it's actually a thing? Ray Tomlinson's birthday. He would have been 84. Well thanks Ray for all the messages.
nationaltoday.com/national-ema...
April 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I've been a very happy Fastmail customer for years, but come on... International Email Day? You can't just go make up holidays for a blog post...
Oh, it's actually a thing? Ray Tomlinson's birthday. He would have been 84. Well thanks Ray for all the messages.
nationaltoday.com/national-ema...
Oh, it's actually a thing? Ray Tomlinson's birthday. He would have been 84. Well thanks Ray for all the messages.
nationaltoday.com/national-ema...
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If you’re changing the definition of human rights, it means you plan on violating people’s human rights.
April 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If you’re changing the definition of human rights, it means you plan on violating people’s human rights.
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A functioning democracy needs consistent principles—and the courage to stand up for them, even when it’s hard and requires sacrifice!
BARACK OBAMA:
“It’s up to all of us to fix this!”
#standup
BARACK OBAMA:
“It’s up to all of us to fix this!”
#standup
April 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A functioning democracy needs consistent principles—and the courage to stand up for them, even when it’s hard and requires sacrifice!
BARACK OBAMA:
“It’s up to all of us to fix this!”
#standup
BARACK OBAMA:
“It’s up to all of us to fix this!”
#standup
Such an amazingly clear explanation of how it seems we got here. Well, just the most recent tariff calculation that is. How we got *waves hands* HERE is a whole other, very sad story.
I wrote a bunch of words trying to explain how economically incomprehensible the tariff stuff is. It explains how a 5th grader understands basic econ better than Trump and his economic advisors.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
Trump Declares A Trade War On Uninhabited Islands, US Military, And Economic Logic
There’s a fundamental problem with Donald Trump’s new trade policy: it fails a test that actual 5th graders can pass. I know this because I tried explaining his “Liberation Day…
www.techdirt.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Such an amazingly clear explanation of how it seems we got here. Well, just the most recent tariff calculation that is. How we got *waves hands* HERE is a whole other, very sad story.
Forgot to share here... Happy 10th Birthday (yesterday) to @caddy.bsky.social. Thanks @mholt.bsky.social for publishing it as open source and leading this project for the last decade!
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caddy.community/t/thanks-for...
Thanks for 10 years of Caddy! 🥳
Ten years ago today, on 2015-01-13, @matt published an early prototype of a little web server he’d been thinking about and working on: Early prototype; initial commit · caddyserver/caddy@4497a16 · Git...
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January 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Forgot to share here... Happy 10th Birthday (yesterday) to @caddy.bsky.social. Thanks @mholt.bsky.social for publishing it as open source and leading this project for the last decade!
caddy.community/t/thanks-for...
caddy.community/t/thanks-for...
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I've been a Linux nerd for over 20 years.
Still, TIL
🤯
Still, TIL
🤯
September 22, 2024 at 10:16 AM
I've been a Linux nerd for over 20 years.
Still, TIL
🤯
Still, TIL
🤯
Hey Lego, I will serious pay extra if you would pack the box with extra material so my kids can't shake the package and ruin their Christmas surprise. Legos make such a distinct sound!
December 14, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Hey Lego, I will serious pay extra if you would pack the box with extra material so my kids can't shake the package and ruin their Christmas surprise. Legos make such a distinct sound!
My brother is part of a non-profit that has a 3yr presidential rotation.
Year 1 you observe as the "next president", Year 2 your serve as president and make the decisions, Year 3 you advise as the "last president".
Does this model have a name?
Year 1 you observe as the "next president", Year 2 your serve as president and make the decisions, Year 3 you advise as the "last president".
Does this model have a name?
May 26, 2023 at 10:32 PM
My brother is part of a non-profit that has a 3yr presidential rotation.
Year 1 you observe as the "next president", Year 2 your serve as president and make the decisions, Year 3 you advise as the "last president".
Does this model have a name?
Year 1 you observe as the "next president", Year 2 your serve as president and make the decisions, Year 3 you advise as the "last president".
Does this model have a name?
