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Bryan Boreham

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Programmer. Has commits in gcc, emacs, Go, Kubernetes, Prometheus and other things.

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Dark brown bird of prey, wings up, has snatched a fish and is starting to fly off. Tail of the fish is dragging in the water.

Dark brown bird of prey, wings up, has snatched a fish and is starting to fly off. Tail of the fish is dragging in the water.

I love the power in this shot.

10.03.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Today I resigned from the Torment Nexus Project: it turns out, they want to *torment* people with it!

Also, this is about the *principle*, I have absolute respect for the people who design, oversight, implement, market and lobby for the Torment Nexus"

08.03.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Octagon (Egypt) - Wikipedia

Well actually en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oct...

06.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Open positions | Grafana Labs

Are you a fantastic engineer who wants to come and build Grafana Assistant and our other agentic tools with us? Ahh, well I’m glad I asked, because we’re hiring.

grafana.com/about/career...

(Or DM for questions)

23.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Today I realised that my main microphone was unplugged, and the PC was using some internal microphone inside the case.
Sorry to everyone who had crap sound on a call with me!

23.02.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Brown leather hardback book cover, title "Moby Mole", by "Helmann Kubeville".

Brown leather hardback book cover, title "Moby Mole", by "Helmann Kubeville".

19.02.2026 09:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Follow the tale of DevOps Director Ahab, unhinged by his pursuit of the last great mole to whack.

19.02.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Japan’s largest toilet maker is undervalued AI play, says activist investor Toto should invest more in its sideline in the chip supply chain, Palliser urges

Brilliant headline.
β€œJapan’s largest toilet maker is undervalued AI play”

www.ft.com/content/4252...

17.02.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

now that Git 2.53 is out, the Git data model @omarieclaire.bsky.social and I wrote is on the official Git website! git-scm.com/docs/gitdata...

14.02.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 244 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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Biden Grateful He’s Not Alive To See What Trump Doing To Country WILMINGTON, DEβ€”Expressing relief about his obliviousness to America’s unraveling, former President Joe Biden told reporters Thursday that he was grateful not to be alive to see what Trump was doing to...

Biden Grateful He’s Not Alive To See What Trump Doing To Country

14.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 1486 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 10

And two from @kakkoyun.me

fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

01.02.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I highlighted β€œUnderstanding Why Your CPU is Slow: Hardware Performance Insights with PerfGo” at 11am CET.

fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

01.02.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. Just turn up and join this weekend! fosdem.org/2026/
#openuk #fosdem #opensource

30.01.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I should be at FOSDEM from Saturday afternoon. Have to get off Shetland first πŸŒ¨οΈπŸ’¨

30.01.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
People march down a street at night, carrying fiery torches. Some in the foreground are dressed as Vikings with shiny helmets.

People march down a street at night, carrying fiery torches. Some in the foreground are dressed as Vikings with shiny helmets.

Night scene; about 900 people carrying burning torches surround a replica Viking longship.

Night scene; about 900 people carrying burning torches surround a replica Viking longship.

Night scene. A replica Viking longship ablaze, with people standing round.

Night scene. A replica Viking longship ablaze, with people standing round.

Night scene. Five people dressed as Vikings, one with large wings on his helmet, silhouetted against a blazing inferno.

Night scene. Five people dressed as Vikings, one with large wings on his helmet, silhouetted against a blazing inferno.

Later that night

28.01.2026 09:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That would certainly be an innovation.

27.01.2026 10:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
City street, with about 40 people dressed as Vikings in red cloaks and silver helmets.

City street, with about 40 people dressed as Vikings in red cloaks and silver helmets.

Replica Viking longship, mounted on a wheeled float on the street.

Replica Viking longship, mounted on a wheeled float on the street.

In Shetland for Up Helly Aa, where people dress up as Vikings and burn a longship.

27.01.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

21.01.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Due to current events:

19.01.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The hard things in computing:
* cache eviction
* naming things
* figuring out which of your paying customers is DOSing your service

19.01.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œWhat idiot wrote this?”

…

β€œOh, it was me.”

17.01.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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The last day to submit your #GrafanaCON talk is quickly approaching!

Tell us about your plugins, dashboards, best practices, or that one unexpected use case that delighted you.

Speakers get free entry to GrafanaCON and a speaker gathering. Apply: https://pretalx.com/grafanacon-2026/cfp

13.01.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CNCF 2026 Governing Board Developer Seat Election - Voter Opt In Form Please submit this form to opt into being a voter for the non-Kubernetes developer seat on the CNCF Governing Board. Only maintainers from non-Kubernetes Graduating and Incubating projects that submi...

πŸ—³οΈSpread the word! @cncf.io Graduated and Incubating maintainers need to fill in this form BY TUESDAY to vote for their rep on the Governing Board docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #opensource #cloudnative

09.01.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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There's less than 2 weeks left to submit your #GrafanaCON talk!

πŸ”—: https://pretalx.com/grafanacon-2026/cfp

Tell us about your plugins, dashboards, best practices, or that one unexpected use case that delighted you.

We welcome:
β€’ First-time speakers
β€’ Hands-on practitioners
β€’ OSS contributors

07.01.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honoured to have been included on the OpenUK list.

01.01.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I started listening to Ron Chernow’s Hamilton, but it doesn’t have any of the best songs in it.

29.12.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Grot vs Grinch - Grafana Assistant The epic holiday showdown!

😱 The Grinch is sabotaging Santa’s infrastructure!

Your mission: fix the chaos with the help of Grafana Assistant.

Play our new browser game where you tackle observability challenges inside Santa’s workshop to save Christmas β€” all while getting hands on with AI-powered #observabilityπŸ‘‡

16.12.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

There’s only a few hours in it, really.

11.12.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hacker News

This is hilarious. HT @ahmet.dev

Fake (Hacker) News! sw.vtom.net/hn35/news.html

10.12.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The ABCD framework for feedback This is a short and sweet way to get feedback on your work in a specific, helpful way!

For day 7 of #blogvent, I wrote about one of my favorite ways to ask for feedback on something I'm making!

cassidoo.co/post/abcd-fe...

08.12.2025 05:05 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1