Brian Bunke

Technical IT leader and automation enthusiast. Build, Measure, Learn, Share. ⚽🏀📊 Crushes on @mathemagical

[Ryan Russell @xryanrussellx]

Doubleheader @SoundersFC x @OLReign match day. March to the match with @brianbunke. #soundersmatchday

[0xDesigner @0xDesigner]

Probably the best thing you'll see today.

In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.

The results 🧵

1/22

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

@JeremiahOshan Any word on condensed match (10-15 min) offerings next year?

[NO LONGER HERE, FIND ME ON BLUESKY Justin Grote @JustinWGrote]

My #MSIgnite "Meet The Experts" drew quite the crowd thanks to @DonovanBrown's "pwsh > bash" proclamation. I went into more detail. Stuff that got audible excitement in next post...

[SwiftOnSecurity @SwiftOnSecurity]

This shit is fucking impossible for anybody to pull off correctly

[Kieran Snyder @KieranSnyder]

I have been managing people off and on for a long time now. Here are 10 open, vulnerable, painful mistakes I’ve made. Ouch. I’m sharing them so you don’t have to make them too. Thread >>

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

THREAD: The evolution of Pokémon cards through history, as generated by DALL·E 2

For starters, here’s what DALL·E 2 thinks 21st century Pokémon cards look like, using prompts like “A Pokémon card from 2001”

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

OKRs are fine as far as they go, but I *really* dislike the requirement that the KR must be a metric—something measurable. Time for my periodic list of quotes on measurement!

Goodhart's law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure". 1/6

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

Microsoft researchers found white-collar workers are adding a 9pm shift to their workday.

I wrote about why:

- your entire day is filled with online meetings
- flexible work empowers night owls
- more global teams
- WFH + parenting = "triple peak" day

https://t.co/QO8dwcwo8Y

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

My rule when I was coaching college kids: always leave my door open.

Athletes knew they could stop by, talk, sit and do homework, or just lounge around. And they did.

It was simple, but one of the most effective team bonding/culture things we did.

Why? Let's explore.

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

Video of Ukrainian father saying goodbye to his kids while he stays behind to fight.

Fuck war.
https://t.co/rvIzotI8pE

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

Relieved this guidance on deprecated Windows Update policies finally exists.
https://t.co/ROP8VOI3Lm

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

@JustinWGrote 😐

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

https://t.co/gzwWz3M1cX

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

✋😲🤚

[Seattle Sounders FC @SoundersFC]

LOOK. AT. THIS. HIT.

Take a bow, @jimmymedranda!!!

#PORvSEA | #CaptainRoldan

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

...but do you really think that'll be good enough for M̶a̶s̶t̶e̶r̶C̶h̶e̶f̶ ̶L̶e̶g̶e̶n̶d̶s̶ the Catalina Wine Mixer

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

@JustinWGrote @Steve_MSFT I'm an infrequent consumer these days, but it was slow enough yesterday morning that I bailed 🙁

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

Consumer Reports via @BplLibrary 👍

[MK @realcorndogjoe]

My husband just learned libraries aren’t just books and it’s blowing his mind. What are your favorite library services that people may not know about?

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

@mathemagical @RyKennedyE She meant it was almost the same but just missing that special something 🥲

[Brian Bunke @brianbunke]

Rhodys are the state flower of WA and I can vouch for every one of them being this size

[Dr. Clayton Forrester @DrClaytonForre1]

100 year old rhododendron and the woman who planted it.