Pat Allan

Community-focused web + Ruby developer, occasional events organiser. 🍦🥞🎶📚👨‍💻

Projects include:
• Staff Engineer at https://covidence.org
• Work/life balance for your calendars: https://calmcalendar.com
• Managed Sphinx for Heroku apps: https://flying-sphinx.com
• Buy albums to support musicians via your streaming habits: https://supportact.app

Previously:
• RubyConf AU 2015 and 2019: https://rubyconf.org.au
• Trampoline https://trampolineday.com

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2024-11-06 07:39:25

Welp…
Right now the despair is prevailing. Not quite sure how to move past these feelings, but I need to find a way. Tonight I guess I’ll lean into the sorrow.
And then: we all need to support trans folks, people of colour, women, migrants and those seeking asylum. Everywhere. Because when a fascist is in power in the US, it’s going to embolden fascists everywhere else too.

2024-11-06 07:39:25

2024-04-05 04:06:22

So we've got DHH regurgitating (and promoting) transphobic talking points this week, with a history of parroting harmful racist rubbish in the past.
Will we see any Rails Core team members speaking out against this? Any sponsors of RailsWorld? Any founding/board members of the Rails Foundation?
Or is it cowardly silence (or worse, agreement), just like in the past?

2023-05-14 05:59:19

Currently seeking recommendations for hardware to extend a wifi network through an older two-story house with brick walls. I understand Ubiquiti are at the fancier end of the spectrum - is that overkill, or worthwhile? Other things to consider?

2023-05-08 02:25:31

Today is my first day in a new job 🎉 - as a Staff Engineer at https://www.covidence.org. It's also a big step back into employment after about 15 years of primarily being a contractor. So I'm both excited and daunted, alongside a gamut of other emotions.