he/him. #blacklivesmatter DevOps, SRE, LGBT (mostly B) Time management: https://www.tomontime.com Sysadmin: http://the-sysadmin-book.com SRE: http://the-cloud-book.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mjzoknvuok2kMy newest article on ACM/Queue: The Important Decisions Doc. Sometimes a simple solution solves a long list of problems: https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=380621021 Apr 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzoknvuok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mi4vonx7m22eIf Trump loves naming things after him, why aren’t we calling this “Trump War I” ?28 Mar 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4vonx7m22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mddccuqhvc2fI'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/891782/?referring_vol=2994062&rname=Thomas&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky&timeslot=574646226 Jan 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddccuqhvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3m7b4qdlcfc27Nerd romance novel breakup scene: A: Baby, I just can't quit you! B: Really? Have you tried ESC : q !05 Dec 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7b4qdlcfc27https://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3m5hx7gooj22hMe: I hate AI Him: all of it? Me: I hate the discourse Him: wanna talk about it? Me: NO!13 Nov 2025 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hx7gooj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3m3f6apnjo22fI'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Montclair Area” - sign up now to join me! https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/840423/?referring_vol=2994062&rname=Thomas&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky&timeslot=551233717 Oct 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3f6apnjo22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3lysxvobjdk2mThe secret to being on time is being early.14 Sep 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysxvobjdk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3lyj7yzafnk2tI guess a good guy with a gun didn’t get there in time??10 Sep 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyj7yzafnk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3lxuefjf33s2uBack to school? Developers at Stack Overflow have some advice for you! https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/09/02/back-to-school-developers-at-stack-overflow-have-some-advice-for-you/02 Sep 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuefjf33s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3luztfltjxk2sThis month I finished shutting down the last of Stack Overflow's datacenters. Here's some pics from the final days as we de-cabled, un-racked, and shipped everything off to the disposal company. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/16/the-great-unracking-saying-goodbye-to-the-servers-at-our-physical-datacenter/28 Jul 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3luztfltjxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3lsghboptak2t25 Jun 2025 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsghboptak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3ls7j2gpmxc2hDear Trump voters: You all told me that Harris would start WW3 (not based on facts, just Trump's gut), and that Trump would never start an armed conflict in the middle-east (I said he was lying about that too). He just started an armed conflict in the middle-east. Feeling buyers remorse at all?22 Jun 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7j2gpmxc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3ls7irsuwu22hDear Iran, When you plan your retaliation for last night's bombing please remember that NY and NJ overwhelmingly voted against Trump. Sincerely, Everyone22 Jun 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7irsuwu22h