Product at vanta.com focusing on privacy and data security. Formerly Vercel, GitHub, Microsoft. Maintainer of libgit2.org.https://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3m25dz6uor22cIt’s October 1 — the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act takes effect today! Do you know where the personal data lives in your organization? What tools are you using to track this and maintain records?01 Oct 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25dz6uor22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lwy7cxfmdk2bMy absolute favorite thing about gnarly, hard-to-fit thumbbreakers of a bike tire are when you finally get it on and realize they’re directional… in the other direction.22 Aug 2025 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwy7cxfmdk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lwdurwpibk2sSlightly diminish a band: My Weekend with the Thrill Kill Kult [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwdurwpibk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lvprbhntw22rPunk rock is DIY; it isn’t DAIY06 Aug 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvprbhntw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3ltk32b7hxc2wHappy flying ant day to those who celebrate.09 Jul 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltk32b7hxc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lrybhwsmyc2kDead sexy bottom bracket…19 Jun 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrybhwsmyc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lppayqpcds2iI’m in bicycle mechanic hell21 May 2025 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppayqpcds2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lo2fevilnc2yI am a smashburger convert. Thank you to @jason.energy for the semiregular social media prompts.30 Apr 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2fevilnc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3llahyc5c3s2nMe in the national security team group chat [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2025 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llahyc5c3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lkg4so5ib22sWhat’s an example of a developer tool with “great taste”? And why? What does that phrase mean to you?15 Mar 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkg4so5ib22shttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lkbwzd7zzk2vI’m sorry that I can’t make it this year, but you should. It was *outstanding* last year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2025 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbwzd7zzk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3ljkkfwv6tc2rLaissez les bons temps rouler!04 Mar 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkkfwv6tc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3ljck3amrac2iThe new tab page in Safari is … a decision. How does Apple break *mobile scrolling* - didn’t they invent it?01 Mar 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljck3amrac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lioxkhzz722yUpdate: she’s still at the shop trying to get out; poor girl… [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lioxkhzz722yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3licmo6adts2ePoor kid hasn’t figured out how to quit vi.16 Feb 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3licmo6adts2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lhvokmaijs24OSS maintainers: don’t sleep on your Copilot Pro subscription; I got mine through @libgit2.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvokmaijs24https://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lhr5mk6yhc2sNostalgia driven development; I finally got around to building my Cray Y-MP themed @raspberrypi.com case. Next step: Cray emulator and UNICOS install.09 Feb 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhr5mk6yhc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lgv6ta2nyk2oWho’s at #NDCLondon this week and wants to talk about security and privacy with AI models and generated code? Let me buy you a coffee. (DMs open.) ☕️29 Jan 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgv6ta2nyk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lgg7ob66l22cWhen you use generative AI to write code, do you know how much local state you send in context? Are you concerned about sending PII to the models? If so, do you do something about it?23 Jan 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgg7ob66l22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lfusj54kb22iCurious how you work with multiple projects in VS Code? When you work with multiple different projects, do you open one VS Code window for all of them, or separate windows for each project?16 Jan 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfusj54kb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3lfdlx7yqgk2kI want to see the bug reports that led to the need for this changelog entry. 😢 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdlx7yqgk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ethomson.bsky.social/post/3legu3lj7s22vI’m really excited about this release, and I intend for this to be the last v1.x. I plan for the next release to be v2.0, moving SHA256 support out of experimental phase and into the standard builds of the library itself. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Dec 2024 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:4acm63sfcqhftlrxsskefng7/app.bsky.feed.post/3legu3lj7s22v