Alexandros Bantis

Distributed systems engineer (Scala/Erlang) by day, Hacker Dad of amazing children and my partner Sunshine. If my dreams come true, I shall be true to my name.

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

I have gotten literally hundreds of these final calls, all because I bought a car from #HONDA @HondaSerramonte, Putting myself on a do not call list doesn't work. I truly regret buying a car there. What do I have to do to get these guys to stop harassing me?

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

Dealing with a bug in #Linux @Zoom client. It's failing at startup because it wants to connect to https://t.co/ckNmpNz5nJ and the DNS server is telling it that doesn't exist. The worst part is the tech support. So disappointing.

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

Smile, it's a brand new day

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

"... in Texas, simple version, we call that stealing. So that's what #nakedshortselling is ..."

https://t.co/juo5U0r6ep

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

If you code on the #JVM (in my case #scala) and deal with performance, you should definitely check out JFR

[Mission Bit @missionbit]

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[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

Just finished #Volunteering at @missionbit's https://t.co/u9KPIZ3Gb3. I feel recharged; just awesome.

If you've got a bit of free time, some #Engineering chops, and want to move the bar on #diversity, no better place to look!

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

@changhiskhan Don't burn those masks in the bonfire just yet, just a matter of time before the variants hop on a plane.

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

@noopkat Just moved back to #Linux for my work laptop, but I feel your pain

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

Got my second #COVID19 shot this morning at 9am, and like clockwork the symptoms started kicking in after lunch.

Is this going to be an annual ritual?

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

One takeaway: offering genuine "freedom and responsibility" to the people is the hardest path to follow, but how else can you lead?

[Casey Newton @CaseyNewton]

During Friday’s all-hands meeting, Basecamp’s head of strategy denied that white supremacy existed at the company.

30 minutes later, he had been suspended. This weekend, he resigned — leaving along with at least 20 others.

Here’s how Basecamp blew up:

https://t.co/LYpfDaessx

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

Call me crazy, but I'm getting my second covid shot 30 minutes before new (re-)hire orientation starts at @tubi #Engineering ... #cantwait

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

For me, one if the hardest parts of the interview process is that you can't toss out questions to the people (and values) higher up who'll have a big impact on the job.

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

My last day at Crunchbase, and bam, i got archived at 6pm sharp

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

@djspiewak @jsuereth I have a daughter ... I dream of a future where she is safe from predators.

[Daniel Spiewak @djspiewak]

Name and reputation within a community are a powerful and dangerous thing. They are an investment of community trust. The basest violation of that trust is to exploit it for your own selfish ends, regardless of how overtly or how directly you do so.

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

I think it usually starts with some company's marketing team, "______ made easy, all you need is our product and a weekend to get up and running ..."

[Roberto 'Frank' Franchini @robfrankie]

@forked_franz Usually it starts on a rainy Saturday night, after a couple of beers: "I can do that, all other people failed, but it's not so hard! Let me show them how to develop it the right way"

[Peter van Hardenberg @pvh]

Vaccine supply in the Bay Area is now solved. Pretty much every pharmacy in the Bay Area has same-day appointments. If you've been waiting: get out there!

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

My favorite thing about thinkpads is that the user experience of my fingers and eyeballs is front and center.

[deech @deech]

My favorite thing about Thinkpads is how they're laptops and not a way of life.

[Alexandros Bantis @ambantis]

I have 2 bios upgrade cron jobs that inevitably start up just before important meetings: they've been running for 8 and 5 years respectively.

[changhiskhan @changhiskhan]

My brain: "why did you start a bios upgrade just before an important meeting?! Are you h...oh...oh ok, happy holidays, carry on"