Kevin Scaldeferri

Providing you with micro-narcissism since 2008

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

Introduced https://t.co/DnW1Sqz4zT to a whole team of engineers who never saw it before, so I’m feeling pretty good about my architect thought-leadership right now.

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

accurate

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

Spoiler alert: at the end of Fight Club, the reformed "snowflakes" literally burn capitalism to the ground.

[Senior Oops Engineer @ReinH]

I would simply accrue a balance sheet of well defined and understood technical debt which I pay down in measured, strategic ways

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

We’re like “every git commit must be code reviewed and linked to a JIRA ticket”, but everyone is fine making major decisions based on a spreadsheet where no one ever checked the formulas or knows where any of the numbers came from

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

When the wildfire team asks you to post "some prevention messaging" because it's going to be a hot, dry weekend

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

It's fascinating how COVID disrupted social norms in ways you wouldn't have expected. 1/4-1/3 of the dogs we encounter on walks in Portland are unleashed these days, a number that's been steadily increasing over the last 3 years.

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

@pdxubrew "Tropical" is yellow flavored

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

People: we need to be more transparent about how we work

Also people: we need to create at least 5 non-overlapping private Slack channels for every project

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

@adeena I think I'd have to ask what sort of things they generally read first.

[Nathan Marz @nathanmarz]

Your tests and monitoring are more important than the code implementing your product. In distributed systems this is multiplied by 1000x.

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

@FortGeorgeBeer @Beervana @beercruncher @CraftBeerBrew Put it in a taxidermied squirrel and we’ll talk

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

@Beervana @beercruncher @CraftBeerBrew NA beers that aren’t terrible

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

During Dry January, is it socially acceptable to roll into a meeting with an NA beer?

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

@beercruncher @iansberg what's the connection to COVID?

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

true story

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

@xcbsmith @garethgreenaway When my dad died he had over a year of time off banked and a stack of "awards" for not using it. Strange to think that employers used to give out "perfect attendance" certificates.

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[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

@djspinmonkey The test involves dipping a spoon in the (200+ degree) liquid, then running your finger through the liquid on the spoon and seeing how it reacts.

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

I was this many years old when I learned what "thick enough to coat the back of a spoon" means, and that is some serious kitchen-hands shit. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have feeling back in my fingertip.

[Kevin Scaldeferri @kscaldef]

@taylor_atx Every systems that's like "I know you are trying to quit the program but you did it wrong". And, yes, I'm looking at you, Python.