Stack Overflow gets a bit of a boost today, because ChatGPT is down. They are also currently hosting their annual moderator elections. In years past, a couple-dozen people would run for moderator...now there's just 6. The slow death of SO will be studied for years.

I 100% endorse this statement.

The designated hitter. Make pitchers have to bat again. Want Ohtani to hit even after he’s done pitching? Fine; he can field a position.

Nobody talks about how successful John is in “Silicon Valley.” Everyone else continually crashes & burns. They win for fleeting moments, only to lose it all again & again. But John? He has a cushy job in a data center making $200k/year with steady employment & great benefits. 🤷‍♂️

That was such a great series for Milwaukee!

Ten gun facts that destroy the statist narrative. Which one hurts their narrative the worst? Starting with Fact 10:

When I buy MLB TV, I should get the following: 1. ALL regular season baseball games for ALL teams 2. The Home Run Derby 3. The All Star Game 4. ALL playoff games As it stands, paying around $200/year gets me a subset of #1, and that's it. Does that seem right?

Dear AWS, How many times do I have to upgrade my EKS cluster so that you stop with the popups detailing how long my version will be supported for?

Catching up with some of my old buds to play some (2007) Strat-O-Matic, and ran across Marco Scutaro !

I often go to the Bay Area for work. It’s not uncommon to see people wearing full-on ski jackets when it’s 55F outside. That being said, as someone from Minnesota, it’s also hilarious.

Carlos Correa to… …the Milwaukee Brewers, perhaps? 😁

I simply do not understand the hate for American Family Field.

In 1991, Hensley Meulens played 96 games for the NY Yankees, & put up -2.4 WAR while slashing.222/.276/.319. No matter how bad he did, the Yankees just kept sending him up there. I’m reminded of this because of how the Milwaukee Brewers keep starting Anthony Seigler at 3rd.

Jim Lovell was a personal hero of mine. He was larger than life. If you haven’t read it already, his book “Apollo 13” is a masterpiece.

Dealing with Hyundai USA Customer Care over a dead (12v) battery in my Ioniq 5 has been an extremely slow and painful experience. They’ve been asking me for additional information for 2 months now, and still can’t give me a straight answer on whether or not I’ll be reimbursed.

Come see what’s “Brewing” in Milwaukee!

I will be presenting "Cassandra backups made easy with Medusa and Kubernetes" as part of the @Cassandra track at Community over Code North America 2025; in Minneapolis, MN September 11-14, 2025. Schedule & info: communityovercode.org #CommunityOverCode #TheASF #ApacheCassandra

What does Stack Overflow even do anymore? I still check it daily. But all I see is that my favorite tags do not have any new questions, and my 10-year-old answers are getting randomly downvoted. 🤷‍♂️

Starting in 2 minutes! linkedin.com/posts/aaronplo…

bsky.app/profile/cassan… Aaron Ploetz presenting on backups made easy with Medusa and Kubernetes