R Tyler Croy 🦀

Director of Engineering, free and open source developer, and generally tall guy

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2024-09-18 15:25:04

Always dig deeper into the error
https://brokenco.de/2024/09/18/always-dig-deeper.html

2024-09-17 16:17:50

Yes @npub1xkg…gph9 is correct, but I mean..also
any "World Liberty Financial" link is a scam.
The whole thing is a scam.
https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113153746577490632

2024-09-17 13:26:59

I saw a loud oversized diesel truck yesterday which had a bumper stick "Black Smoke Matters"
I'm still reeling at what a complete asshole that person must be.

2024-09-16 16:36:02

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@npub1sqv…rlp0 don't kink shame their GPU fetish

2024-09-14 19:13:55

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@npub1qfj…una2 no idea, sure would love a modern version

2024-09-14 16:05:42

My fold down Frigidaire (by General Motors) stove top needs some new bulbs!
I'm certain electric stovetops are more efficient these days, but nothing compares to this form factor!
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/113/136/756/493/180/969/original/24c3fd9b477de4e6.jpg

2024-09-11 01:06:53

I can't live by the ocean like @npub12lx…jvjy because the temptation to hurl my computer into the sea would be too great.

2024-09-11 00:17:53

what if we didn't and just said we did

2024-09-09 00:55:22

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@npub1zk9…cmvw the tag had not been pushed in two weeks, so I'm not sure if immutable tags will save you here 😆

2024-09-09 00:30:14

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It's a feature! https://github.com/aws/containers-roadmap/issues/2394

2024-09-09 00:25:37

what has two thumbs and just resolved a production outage because #aws ECS hallucinated an image digest that didn't exist in ECR.
😡

2024-09-06 20:30:20

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@npub1lv4…kzfk 🤔 https://www.aidslifecycle.org/news-events/
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/113/092/500/442/986/836/original/80f9f582f82e9f98.png

2024-09-06 20:23:45

If you use #deltalake for #python, you can now sponsor one of it's main contributors Ion!
https://github.com/ion-elgreco

2024-09-06 19:38:48

As you get older there a lot of things which _feel_ like accomplishments but really aren't.
like finishing a bottle of tums

2024-09-06 17:08:44

Between trucks and SUVs that have become giant vertical walls and painted on "protection"
One might he inclined to believe the goal of America traffic design is to "kill pedestrians and cyclists"
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/113/091/693/482/748/486/original/99755dd879cb905e.jpg

2024-09-06 13:57:52

Our Python wheel release process, which is built atop #rustlang is somehow fooked up because of a Perl module issue in a newer OpenSSL release
The bazaar is bizarre. 😒
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/113/090/951/324/266/921/original/43166c8ce6a32735.png

2024-08-29 19:41:53

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@npub1q7h…79d4 your discretion is admirable

2024-08-27 14:45:58

seeing more job postings from Crowdstrike
😆

2024-08-19 16:06:56

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@npub1kru…ydqf All custom built to order Reasonably priced IMO
"Starling servers start at around $3800 for a single-socket configuration with a 32-core Ampere CPU."

2024-08-17 03:25:12

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@npub1kru…ydqf I reached out, we'll see what I get back 🙃

2024-08-15 21:35:29

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@npub1aq2…4nfw are..are those product placements? 😕

2024-08-14 14:05:35

My 🇩🇪 family is in eastern Germany[0] and I find the East culturally fascinating.
Economically depressed, ethnically monochromatic, perpetually the victim, and somehow the most proud people.
I typically buy books examining the contradictions, two I'm looking recent reads I am looking forward to:
* Ungleich vereint ("Unequally united") - Steffen Man
* Aspekte des neuen Rechts-radikalismus ("Aspects of the new right-wing extremism") - Theodor W. Adorno.
[0] https://youtu.be/L2fzb7NPvdo

2024-08-13 21:03:46

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According to today's survey: 15% of plastic bollards have been flattened in this quarter mile stretch.
I'll let you guess how many would be flattened if the bollards were steel lile the ones they install in the middle of bike trails.

2024-08-13 18:26:01

tfw your builds are so bad that #Jenkins has lost count
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/956/113/365/801/279/original/c5409fb0d87c152a.png

2024-08-13 14:11:06

using bad closed source software for an open source community is going great.
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/955/111/132/797/334/original/02962d4f054d7bc4.png

2024-08-13 04:45:56

Confused by the output of your crashing #rustlang program?
Try setting RUST_BACKTRACE=1 so you can be even more confused! ✨

2024-08-12 15:58:34

Based on the construction of another facility, between two preexisting facilities, I assume that private equity has moved on from car washes to self-storage businesses.

2024-08-11 06:35:12

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I've got some couplers and additional flex hoses but none are the correct ration 😱

2024-08-11 05:49:30

it is a very annoying time of night to discover that the bumble-nugget that plumbed this kitchen used 3/8" for one supply line and 1/2" for the other.
😡

2024-08-10 21:58:15

I would like to meet the traffic engineer that thinks these provide any measure of safety for cyclists or pedestrians.
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/939/959/983/323/484/original/fe21ba289f3b66b9.jpg

2024-08-06 15:00:58

I think we have enough computers.

2024-08-05 18:32:27

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Coming back from a trip to 🇩🇪 to discover two more colleagues have disappeared to fight a war which has been intentionally prolonged by Republicans.
I'm mad as fuck.

2024-08-05 18:24:01

Of the talented Ukrainian engineers I had hired before the war started:
* 3 fled the country
* 3 remain in 🇺🇦
* 3 are now in the Army
Fuck Putin and the Republicans who do his bidding.

2024-07-25 13:56:04

Wir sind bei IC schon 30 Min verspa"tet.
Und jetzt gibt es eine Tu"r Sto"rung und wir sitzen plo"tzlich am Stinkhof und warten bis der Lokfuhrer das lo"st.
(trotzdem besser als Fernverkehr in den USA 🙃 )

2024-07-18 12:49:14

Ein typischen Tag mit der Bahn
ein paar Verspätungen
Anstiegschaos
alle ausser 4 WCs sind kaputt.
und es fährt nicht nach der Endestation.
🙃

2024-07-17 05:07:22

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This message brought to you by the three flattened plastic bollards the city put in, when converting a 40+ mph roadway shoulder Into an unmarked bike lane to try to connect my neighborhood to the nearest sidewalk
(We had asked for a crosswalk)

2024-07-17 04:56:29

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It seems that most American traffic engineers have never owned a bicycle, ridden a bicycle, or had children that many ride bicycles.
Easy question to pose to city officials: can a child, your child, safely get to school, park, or shop on a bike?
"Vision Zero" my ass.

2024-07-17 04:49:23

Bike helmets are a useful protective measure
One which probably saved me from a concussion a few weeks ago.
However!
What really protects cyclists is good multi-modal street design and de-emphasized car culture

2024-07-16 05:59:47

The incorporation of ad tech in Firefox is a good demonstration of centrist compromise.
A both sidesing of your rights and privacy.

2024-07-09 13:43:33

"It's so difficult to hire qualified people"
So tell me about your retention program and budget..
..
🦗

2024-07-07 16:33:37

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@npub1xla…nh8l remember irc

2024-07-07 16:26:51

why is it so hard to find new contributors?
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/746/138/612/620/572/original/6bf796b93a7ed5f7.png

2024-07-07 16:26:51

why is it so hard to find new contributors?
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/746/138/612/620/572/original/6bf796b93a7ed5f7.png

2024-07-06 18:05:24

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@npub12jk…uvhg Terraform was created in 2014. David "Malicious Open" McJannet became CEO in 2016.
I am not willing to grant anybody at HCP the benefit of the doubt on their motivations.

2024-07-06 16:41:44

Terraform is such a comically broken open source project, Opentofu at least opens the doors to community again.
There are terraform issues that have been open for *six years* where people have created reasonable requests, in many cases pull requests, and hundreds of comments later "we're evaluating this for our roadmap"

2024-07-04 01:49:17

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@npub13le…6saf what a great looking setup! Mazel tov!

2024-07-03 14:27:47

"8 Best Open Source..."
let's look at #1
"While it’s not a fully open source solution, it does offer a lot of features for free."
😒

2024-07-03 13:59:12

Finally found a use for Bookmarks in Mastodon!
Whenever I see something interesting on a mobile device that requires a follow up (more research, review, etc), I 🔖
Then whenever I'm back at a desktop, I can review those and pop the Toots of Import off the stack.

2024-07-02 16:52:17

Surely the cofounder of GitHub would want nothing to do with a sexist organization

2024-07-02 00:49:18

Leave some voicemails for your congress critters.
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Impeach them or expand the courts. Nothing less is acceptable

2024-07-02 00:18:15

President Biden took an oath to defend the Constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic.
A judiciary which usurps power in this way qualifies.
Expand the court or use the power of Commander-in-Chief

2024-07-01 15:04:44

How **anybody** in the US has any immunity from criminal prosecution while acting in an official capacity is insane.
Fascists seeding the ground for fascism

2024-06-30 16:26:15

After putting a lot of blocks in, some AI shitheads are crawling my services with a generic browser user agent.

2024-06-30 15:42:09

A little release engineering to start the day.
My #homelab is very .. cost effective, but having older machines means slower builds 🙍

2024-06-30 03:18:24

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@npub1w5s…sjnz looks spiffy, but I'm curious what draws you so much to CDE? just keen on a lovely Motif :)

2024-06-29 22:35:30

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@npub1sqv…rlp0 branching out from nerd humor? I'm lovin it

2024-06-29 19:17:35

in an effort to deprive PG&E of profit, I find myself rushing to do lots of energy intensive tasks while solar is plentiful
(see also https://brokenco.de/2021/07/25/cost-of-power.html)

2024-06-29 15:04:41

American corporate media is insane
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/700/513/168/456/478/original/798eb90c56d1038d.png

2024-06-29 14:18:00

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@npub129h…y2hs That looks like it's a still from a Wes Anderson movie

2024-06-29 14:15:17

i wonder at what point the conservative bourgeois press will realize that fascism is _not_ good for business 🤔

2024-06-28 23:10:32

Very Petaluma Onion Article 😆
#nbpy
https://www.theonion.com/ambitious-nature-center-squeezes-25-informational-placa-1851551248

2024-06-27 20:36:55

I don't need to watch the debates to know that I am never going to vote for a fascist.
🤷

2024-06-25 19:50:05

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@npub1eys…6x02 Thank you for being part of this exciting journey

2024-06-25 19:22:51

DataStax, a nearly 15 year old company founded around making money off of other's open source contributions (Apache Cassandra), has rebranded itself as "a generative AI data company"
Comical, but unlike "enterprise open source" at least we associate "generative AI" with capitalist plunder.

2024-06-25 16:26:06

My #homelab investment in Gitea, Minio, and Jenkins allowed me to do some *very* complex custom builds for a customer yesterday.
It's rare that I have to pull from both my Rust, infra, and releng experience all at once 🤯

2024-06-25 04:35:54

i have so many questions.
null_equals_null....
but also I have never seen `if` used like this in the match group stanza 😕
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/675/393/829/464/481/original/b496a5329ed25e89.png

2024-06-25 03:32:30

I use the Apache DataFusion library with some regularity and it's quite good, but this package is so massive that it is just brutal to compile or contribute to
😡

2024-06-24 18:04:17

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@npub1q7h…79d4 definitely. FDA guidelines clearly state that you must ruin it before serving. 😆

2024-06-24 18:02:10

I've been eating vegetarian for almost a decade, but I have been re-acclimating to meat since international travel can be challenging.
I forgot how uninspiring and boring beef can be.

2024-06-24 00:05:38

plantain% cargo clean
Removed 35543 files, 90.5GiB total
plantain%
this-is-fine.jpeg

2024-06-23 21:56:28

The rc.d/init system used by #FreeBSD and #Alpine allow a chain of script invocation to do the work.
This design would allow for more testable binaries or other scripting languages, which aren't as runs-with-scissors dangerous as (ba)sh.
While bash scripts don't _typically_ delete your trusted data, I've seen empty variable expansion pwn a number of people running all types of scripts.
rc.d/init can easily use something not named for what you do to your head after using it.
Why don't we?

2024-06-21 18:56:16

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@npub1z64…sxul our thoughts and prayers are with you in this challenging time

2024-06-20 21:13:18

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alternative headline "Nearly half of Dell’s workforce perilously close to realizing the point of unions"

2024-06-20 21:11:40

*starts singing "Solidarity Forever"*
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112650677342124993

2024-06-20 20:42:37

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@npub166j…vns0 are rucks delicious? i've never tried them before.
why do you need special plates to eat them?

2024-06-20 20:04:22

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Also if you're in California, learn more about NEM 3.0 which went into effect last year.
(e.g. https://understandsolar.com/net-energy-metering-3-0/)
File that under "yet another way in which CPUC screws consumers and progress)

2024-06-20 20:02:42

Commercial EV chargers are a great example of how capitalism won't get us there..
If a gas car costs ~$0.17/mile, (CA, including gas taxes).
Generally in California a "retail" kWh costs around $0.44, much cheaper for solar during the day.
For a current Nissan Leaf, any charger's kWh price above $0.60 makes it _more_ expensive than gasoline.
I have seen some chargers pushing $1.50-$3.00 per kWh which is, in rural areas literally highway robbery.
Capitalism will not get us there.

2024-06-17 21:06:22

Bummed that @npub1ee4…flp3 doesn't work on my x200 (yet?).
Was curious to see how the design improved the experience/performance on an older laptop

2024-06-17 15:45:11

The #pointfire is bigger than yesterday, but it's not grown at a rate of speed that I would be overly concerned about in Sonoma county.
The 2017 fires that everybody's anxiety comes from grew this amount in an hour.
Annoying yes, but Calfire is managing this one well.
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/632/717/282/867/401/original/a85b74c9b1b2b7cf.png

2024-06-17 01:27:53

Firefox pwa on android apparently have no way to always open links in the normal browser rather than some busted web view

2024-06-16 20:14:04

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@npub18vx…0hal I look forward to the next shareholder meeting in November

2024-06-16 20:13:42

While I am working mostly one-handed as my wrist heals, I am really wishing I had an junior that I could mentor and pair with to keep progressing on all these Delta related projects.

2024-06-15 21:26:35

"The mission of KID is to create the world’s best “Responsive” AI device that taps into the imaginations of people, starting with children"
NOPE NOPE NOPE

2024-06-15 18:58:57

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Also seeing ads for "Amazon Automative"
How this company is allowed to continue existing in its current form is incredible

2024-06-15 18:47:14

hard pass
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/622/122/127/836/671/original/5b98ca1e3145b538.png

2024-06-15 17:33:00

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@npub1up6…5rqj maybe they laid-off the people who understand basic community management and AI said they should listen to the Kremlin

2024-06-14 23:19:24

it is kind of wild to me that Russia attacks an ally of ours every single day, and our politicians wring their hands, uncertain of the right course of action..
https://masto.ink/@knotfeed/112617513256042725
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/617/523/217/716/118/original/2f73ed0df8fb9807.png

2024-06-14 22:59:26

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Ending the week with a proper @npub1nl4…hs5m blue cast 😁
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/617/450/350/891/091/original/a3aa74a6272fde6f.jpg

2024-06-14 21:38:26

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@npub1eys…6x02 we did it!

2024-06-14 19:23:29

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@npub1npg…jmll I cannot see other replies that may have answered this already but cargo should support both of those being present at the same time for the dependency
https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/specifying-dependencies.html#local-paths-in-published-crates

2024-06-14 13:09:29

"Upload the final version of your presentation deck. The deck you upload as final must be the deck you plan to present at the event. Format should be .key or .pptx (no .pdf or links to slides)"
welp, i only have pdfs

2024-06-14 03:39:46

Some of those OpenAI engineers should be having that "are we the baddies?" discussion
https://mastodon.social/@verge/112612186605954285

2024-06-12 20:13:49

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I grabbed a quick speech to text page so that I could talk faster than I can type 🙃
https://stt.brokenco.de/
thanks to @npub10mr…vane

2024-06-12 20:01:46

I can only use one hand at the moment and let me sing you the Sorrows of my almost entirely keyboard based workflows

2024-06-11 19:33:42

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@npub1she…ukhk just supporting their fellow greys

2024-06-10 00:57:21

Here's a reminder that you should change your cabin air filter
https://storage.brokenco.de/hackytown-media/media_attachments/files/112/589/601/361/207/834/original/b5a3a21c8810a1de.jpg

2024-06-07 22:22:04

It's wild to me that the mastodon web app is the best multicolumn UX for Android tablets

2024-06-05 20:43:07

Next week is #dataaisummit in San Francisco, and I'll be... speaking a lot!
https://www.buoyantdata.com/blog/2024-06-04-data-and-ai-summit.html

2024-06-04 18:25:20

it's unfortunate that the choice this election is between an 80s era republican and a fascist convicted felon.
https://journa.host/@w7voa/112559746051534313

2024-06-03 15:09:08

I thought the Date/Time picker in Nextcloud was unhinged until I saw the Thunderbird event time selector 🤯

2024-06-03 03:41:22

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If you feel like supporting HIV/AIDS services here on the west coast, my pal Jordan is riding for this 🎊 10th 🎊 time.
I just helped bring him up to $4k, I would love to help him arrive in Southern California having met his $5k goal
https://giving.aidslifecycle.org/participant/simonson