I've had an account on Bluesky since April 2023 but only have like 100 followers. I need more dopamine hits over there to pay more attention. Give me a follow if you like! bsky.app/profile/swiber…

Snooze until start time.

Me (on depression): I literally can't talk to anyone. I have no friends, anyway. I'm unlikeable. This is exhausting. Me (finally on working anti-depressants): How do I know so many people?! There's not enough time in the day to chat with everyone. This is exhausting.

Grizzled outlaw: Look what we got here, boys. Looks like the circus came to town. Me: Yeah, hi. I was just wondering if anyone liked the concept of a Jamaican bobsled team in 1993’s Cool Runnings with John Candy? I thought it was cool.

If you’re not watching Agatha All Along, you’re really missing out.

Bluesky’s kinda popping. If you’re over there, hmu. bsky.app/profile/swiber…

The twenty-first century is community through capitalism.

I’m excited about all these runtimes. And… Node.js is incredibly stable, battle-tested, and perfectly fine in many scenarios.

I spoke to a few Canadians last week who were shocked this is true in the US.

Another great thought piece by Rachel Stephens! Did “agentic AI” write this? I’m reminded of Bicentennial Man.

Gentle reminder that I am primarily posting on Bluesky now. 💙 bsky.app/profile/swiber…

Whoa!

I’ve have been part of the tech community for 28 years, since my childhood. I’ve been in the network API niche for nearly 15 years. It is consistently one of the best communities in tech. I would do anything for some of these people. 💜

Girls don’t enter trades like boys do because the working conditions almost guarantee a lifetime of sexual harassment and sexism, not because they’re too weak to learn carpentry.

published a new blog post: Zero Disk Architecture for Databases. This is a follow up to my previous post on Disaggregated Storage, and I share some notes on writing a database on top of S3. I've included links to existing databases that already use S3. S3 is compelling and

how is S3 designed for 99.999999999% (eleven nines) durability?

why Rust is the greatest programming language of all time, in one screenshot