Tyler Hillery
@tylerhillery.com
Data & Storage Engineer @Supabase.
Creator of pypacktrends.com
Co-organizer of madisonsystems.xyz
Peeling back the layers of abstraction.
Learn more about me: tylerhillery.com
Creator of pypacktrends.com
Co-organizer of madisonsystems.xyz
Peeling back the layers of abstraction.
Learn more about me: tylerhillery.com
This weekend's rabbit hole was so fun I had to write about it. I went from cheap mini PCs on eBay to learning how Chick-fil-A and Home Depot run Kubernetes inside their stores.
tylerhillery.com/blog/running...
tylerhillery.com/blog/running...
February 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This weekend's rabbit hole was so fun I had to write about it. I went from cheap mini PCs on eBay to learning how Chick-fil-A and Home Depot run Kubernetes inside their stores.
tylerhillery.com/blog/running...
tylerhillery.com/blog/running...
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> tailscale is the secure way to connect all your computers!
> i've used tailscale to connect my molty to all my computers and internal services and gave it all my keys
oh no, not like that
> i've used tailscale to connect my molty to all my computers and internal services and gave it all my keys
oh no, not like that
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM
> tailscale is the secure way to connect all your computers!
> i've used tailscale to connect my molty to all my computers and internal services and gave it all my keys
oh no, not like that
> i've used tailscale to connect my molty to all my computers and internal services and gave it all my keys
oh no, not like that
Using Quarto for my blog was one of the best decisions ever made. Just found out today it has native support for mermaid diagrams
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Using Quarto for my blog was one of the best decisions ever made. Just found out today it has native support for mermaid diagrams
Shelving just came in, the mini rack is complete!
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Shelving just came in, the mini rack is complete!
One of the advantages of building data centers in Wisconsin is that cooling can be handled simply by opening a window for about eight months of the year.
www.wpr.org/news/4-wisco...
www.wpr.org/news/4-wisco...
January 30, 2026 at 3:05 PM
One of the advantages of building data centers in Wisconsin is that cooling can be handled simply by opening a window for about eight months of the year.
www.wpr.org/news/4-wisco...
www.wpr.org/news/4-wisco...
Love the work @schier.co is doing with @yaak.app, happy to support him!
January 27, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Love the work @schier.co is doing with @yaak.app, happy to support him!
Wrote my first link blog (inspired by @simonwillison.net) reacting to @swizec.com's "The future of software engineering is SRE"
tylerhillery.com/blog/link-bl...
tylerhillery.com/blog/link-bl...
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Wrote my first link blog (inspired by @simonwillison.net) reacting to @swizec.com's "The future of software engineering is SRE"
tylerhillery.com/blog/link-bl...
tylerhillery.com/blog/link-bl...
Nice dogfooding example on how Elastic was able to use Elastic to debug an Azure networking issue
www.elastic.co/observabilit...
www.elastic.co/observabilit...
Debugging Azure Networking for Elastic Cloud Serverless — Elastic Observability Labs
Learn how Elastic SREs uncovered and resolved unexpected packet loss in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), impacting Elastic Cloud Serverless performance.
www.elastic.co
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Nice dogfooding example on how Elastic was able to use Elastic to debug an Azure networking issue
www.elastic.co/observabilit...
www.elastic.co/observabilit...
New Tyler Tries is out! This time I wrote about my experience developing my first chrome web extension
Read Here: tylerhillery.com/blog/tyler-t...
Read Here: tylerhillery.com/blog/tyler-t...
January 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
New Tyler Tries is out! This time I wrote about my experience developing my first chrome web extension
Read Here: tylerhillery.com/blog/tyler-t...
Read Here: tylerhillery.com/blog/tyler-t...
My mini rack is coming together, just waiting on shelving!
January 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My mini rack is coming together, just waiting on shelving!
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One of the nice things about my new job is that I can share the cool things I'm working on since it's mostly public
Updating nixpkgs can be stressful, so I've been working on automating dependency diff reports that highlight major version bumps in our PostgreSQL builds
github.com/supabase/pos...
Updating nixpkgs can be stressful, so I've been working on automating dependency diff reports that highlight major version bumps in our PostgreSQL builds
github.com/supabase/pos...
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM
One of the nice things about my new job is that I can share the cool things I'm working on since it's mostly public
Updating nixpkgs can be stressful, so I've been working on automating dependency diff reports that highlight major version bumps in our PostgreSQL builds
github.com/supabase/pos...
Updating nixpkgs can be stressful, so I've been working on automating dependency diff reports that highlight major version bumps in our PostgreSQL builds
github.com/supabase/pos...
Haleakalā sunrise was amazing
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Haleakalā sunrise was amazing
Can’t wait to show off my new homelab setup on r/homelab
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Can’t wait to show off my new homelab setup on r/homelab
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Potentially my best YouTube video ever... www.youtube.com/watch?v=recw...
Behind is Here
YouTube video by code_report
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Potentially my best YouTube video ever... www.youtube.com/watch?v=recw...
Would you look at that, new ClickBench #1 is a project from the other two co-organizers of Madison Systems 👀
Probably a sign for you to subscribe to our luma calendar for upcoming events!
luma.com/madisonsystems
Probably a sign for you to subscribe to our luma calendar for upcoming events!
luma.com/madisonsystems
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Would you look at that, new ClickBench #1 is a project from the other two co-organizers of Madison Systems 👀
Probably a sign for you to subscribe to our luma calendar for upcoming events!
luma.com/madisonsystems
Probably a sign for you to subscribe to our luma calendar for upcoming events!
luma.com/madisonsystems
Reposted by Tyler Hillery
It's our last episode of the year -- so @ahl.bsky.social and I will be engaging in our @changelog.com-inspired annual tradition of reviewing the year of episodes. Join us at 5p Pacific -- and bring your own favorite moments!
discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...
discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...
Join the Oxide Computer Company & Friends Discord Server!
The Oxide Computer Company and friends; home of the Oxide and Friends podcast. | 4617 members
discord.gg
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's our last episode of the year -- so @ahl.bsky.social and I will be engaging in our @changelog.com-inspired annual tradition of reviewing the year of episodes. Join us at 5p Pacific -- and bring your own favorite moments!
discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...
discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...
My favorite software I have adopted this year
- atuin (atuin.sh)
- mise (mise.jdx.dev)
- readwise reader (readwise.io/read)
- delta (github.com/dandavison/d...)
- atuin (atuin.sh)
- mise (mise.jdx.dev)
- readwise reader (readwise.io/read)
- delta (github.com/dandavison/d...)
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My favorite software I have adopted this year
- atuin (atuin.sh)
- mise (mise.jdx.dev)
- readwise reader (readwise.io/read)
- delta (github.com/dandavison/d...)
- atuin (atuin.sh)
- mise (mise.jdx.dev)
- readwise reader (readwise.io/read)
- delta (github.com/dandavison/d...)
So proud of my wife taking 5th at the NPC National Championships bodybuilding competition ♥️
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So proud of my wife taking 5th at the NPC National Championships bodybuilding competition ♥️
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A new #Jepsen report: we demonstrate data loss and persistent split-brain in the NATS streaming system, in response to simulated power failures/OS crashes.
https://jepsen.io/analyses/nats-2.12.1
https://jepsen.io/analyses/nats-2.12.1
Jepsen: NATS 2.12.1
jepsen.io
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A new #Jepsen report: we demonstrate data loss and persistent split-brain in the NATS streaming system, in response to simulated power failures/OS crashes.
https://jepsen.io/analyses/nats-2.12.1
https://jepsen.io/analyses/nats-2.12.1
Da Bears still suck
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Da Bears still suck
The talk was great! The recording will be on YouTube within the next couple of weeks
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The talk was great! The recording will be on YouTube within the next couple of weeks
So stoked for the first ever Madison Systems talk today
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So stoked for the first ever Madison Systems talk today
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Mitchell is the creator of the github.com/mosure/bevy_... render-pipeline plugin for Bevy, and he’ll dive into real-time radiance-field rendering, GPU data layouts, kernels, profiling, and more.
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Mitchell is the creator of the github.com/mosure/bevy_... render-pipeline plugin for Bevy, and he’ll dive into real-time radiance-field rendering, GPU data layouts, kernels, profiling, and more.
Reminder this talk is happening this Saturday, you're not going to want to miss out!
Our first Madison Systems talk is scheduled! Mitchell Mosure is presenting on Bevy Gaussian Splatting.
Register Here: luma.com/u7p9tvsz
Register Here: luma.com/u7p9tvsz
Bevy Gaussian Splatting · Luma
Join us for a talk by Mitchell Mosure, a Rust, ML, and graphics engineer's perspective on next-generation render pipelines.
Mitchell is the creator of the…
luma.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reminder this talk is happening this Saturday, you're not going to want to miss out!