For the first time in quite a few years, I am not submitting an application to the #vExpert program for the coming year. To those who are applying: best of luck to you!

I'm pretty happy with Sublime Text as my editor, but I suffer from a bad case of tool curiosity. What are folks' thoughts on Zed? (Don't suggest VS Code, I've "been there, done that" and it's just too slow.)

I published the latest Technology Short Take to my site on Friday, but forgot to post about it! Oops! Anyway, here it is in case you're looking for some light reading! blog.scottlowe.org/2025/01/10/tec…

Exciting news: looks like we will break ground for the new house on our property tomorrow! (It has taken a lot longer than I expected to finally get to this point.)

Confirmed, we broke ground this morning. Our GC sent over some photos of them starting to grade the home site. Thrilled that we've taken the first step!

Wish me luck, I'll be spending a good portion of the day with Terraform. Hello, it's been a while...

Me RN trying to decipher this bespoke collection of Terraform modules held together with Bash scripts and undocumented AWS tag usage

Finding and fixing all the hard-coded instances of "0.0.0.0/0" is the #IaC version of Whack-a-Mole.

In this image, the cat is Terraform and the frog is my carefully-constructed set of modules. Alternately, the cat is Terraform and the frog is my hope that my configuration will actually work. The interpretation is up to you.

Hello, AUS.

It’s been a while since I posted an update on the new house. We’re very nearly done! Here’s a quick sneak peek at our front door. (Don’t mind the dirt, it’s actually been power-washed since this picture was taken.)

Finally done!

Me: A large black coffee please. “Barista”: Cream? Me: No thanks. Just a large black coffee. B: What size?

As Orwell wrote in 1984. “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth”

Go ahead, $CURRENT_BANK. Keep f'ing around with customer service and you'll find out what it takes to lose a customer of 15 years.

This morning I published Technology Short Take 189, the latest collection of links and articles for IT pros. Enjoy your weekend reading! blog.scottlowe.org/2025/10/31/tec…

I am so close to a working Pulumi program that will bootstrap a #Talos Linux cluster with Cilium. So close...

When you are deeply familiar with how a particular system/application works, it's hard to think like a new user. This is why it's so important to get feedback from new users, who look at the system/application with fresh eyes and without any preconceived notions.