Matthew Hodgkins

❤️er of Platform Engineering, SRE, K8s, Golang, Observability. Aussie living in the Netherlands. SRE at @StackOverflow

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

A guide for parents on using @home_assistant to build a dynamic dashboard that gamifies the school morning routine, turning chores into a fun race to unlock a daily fact (and giving you some peace in the morning ☕)

https://t.co/Te5LlPBH67

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

Why "big-reveal" architecture pitches stall—and how Staff+ engineers can apply the Japanese practice of Nemawashi to quietly build consensus and ship transformational change.

https://t.co/XLXDuq0ljC

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

@lbovet I just discovered https://t.co/qYzbRpr43r.. Been YAML engineering for years and have never heard of it until today. Awesome tool! Thanks

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

@joshduffney @argoproj Hey there!! Yep, kids are older so I have more free time to write things :)

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

Argo Workflows - Proven Patterns from Production

https://t.co/uW1GYbOWxc

Proven patterns and best practices for implementing Argo Workflows in production. Covers some pitfalls, lessons learned, and actionable tips for folks running or designing workflows. @argoproj #blog

[Prashanth Chandrasekar @pchandrasekar]

Today we officially launch the next stage of community and AI here at @StackOverflow: OverflowAI! Just shared the exciting news on the @WeAreDevs keynote stage. If you missed it, watch highlights of our announcements and visit https://t.co/ExIqpFQR0c.

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

If you have a @The_Pi_Hole / @AdGuard or other DNS based ad-blocker, and you are unable to use Spotify Connect or ChromeCast correctly, check that "https://t.co/OTkzCq6R2Z" is not being blocked. Thanks to @SpotifyCares for helping get to the bottom of the issue 👍💪

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

@pietdaniel @googlefi That’s any internet or data in Sydney in general :p every time I go home I notice how crappy connectivity is in Aus

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

@PS5VoorraadNL I get an error on checkout “Controleer de itemlimiet voor een of meer items in je winkelwagentje en of je een geldig factureringsadres en leveringsadres hebt ingevoerd.”

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

2/ OLEDs run a pixel refresh when in standby, and when you turn them off this prevents this from happening. I have a Sony, but here’s a video warning against it with an LG OLED: https://t.co/X4TA596EY2 After leaving it on stand by over night everything was back to normal!

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

1/ In an effort to reduce power usage, I added a smart plug on my entertainment center which was turning my OLED tv off in the night. I found out that this is a big no-no! Shadow marks started appearing on the TV screen 😱.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Companies and regions that pay for oncall, versus ones that don't.

Seeing any interesting patterns so far?

(Feel free to share oncall compensation details over DMs - I'll publish all aggregated results & rates)

[Florian Roth ⚡️ @cyb3rops]

#Log4Shell

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Why do large companies do planning once, max twice a year?

Because doing a proper and non-rushed top-down-meets-bottoms-up planning typically takes 2.5 months from the start, in an company with several organizations, each orgs having many teams:

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

How hot is the market for software engineers? Hotter than I've ever seen. Here's proof.

Dozens of companies have taken an extreme measure: increasing compensation out-of-cycle, during the year, because they see *so* much attrition.

Data on this (thanks for everyone sharing 🙌)

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

@tcelvisdk @HashiCorp @ansible @Microsoft 😬 I sort of never got around to that part …

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

🏭 Building a Golden Image Pipeline - Part 1 - Concepts

https://t.co/3VNATFsHCQ

A new series of posts on creating a golden image pipeline (base images) for your infrastructure. Covering @HashiCorp Packer, @ansible and @Microsoft Windows

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

Once again Barbados PM Mia Mottley has been the one who has delivered the speech the world needed. May she be heard, may we rise. Take 8 minutes to listen to the whole thing. Share the lines that grabbed you most. #COP26

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

@Intrepidity I had the same 💪

[Matthew Hodgkins @matthodge]

Isn't having multiple regions meant to stop this type of outage? #azure

[Thomas Limoncelli 7k @yesthattom]

1/3 Docker's license changes are perfectly reasonable. However it is disingenuous that they repeat the $5/month price over and over in connection to "professional use in larger companies". $5/month requires each dev to purchase it on their own credit card which is