Blake Carpenter
@blakecarpenter.dev
I do SRE and other tech stuff. I like tube amps and whisky.
If you figure out where I work, opinions are my own.
https://www.blakecarpenter.dev/
If you figure out where I work, opinions are my own.
https://www.blakecarpenter.dev/
Cambridge, covered in snow, ice and slush.
Morning pedestrians: "oh! Let me step aside so you have room to go! Have a nice day!"
After work pedestrians: "INTO THE SNOW YA FAHKIN DOUCHEBAG"
Morning pedestrians: "oh! Let me step aside so you have room to go! Have a nice day!"
After work pedestrians: "INTO THE SNOW YA FAHKIN DOUCHEBAG"
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Cambridge, covered in snow, ice and slush.
Morning pedestrians: "oh! Let me step aside so you have room to go! Have a nice day!"
After work pedestrians: "INTO THE SNOW YA FAHKIN DOUCHEBAG"
Morning pedestrians: "oh! Let me step aside so you have room to go! Have a nice day!"
After work pedestrians: "INTO THE SNOW YA FAHKIN DOUCHEBAG"
Decided to go back to Facebook with a new account/new algorithm. It showed me 4 posts about Trump and then permabanned me.
LinkedIn is running promoted ICE recruitment ads now. I'd say delete that but everyone is about to be unemployed (just don't take THAT job...)
At least BlueSky is chill.
LinkedIn is running promoted ICE recruitment ads now. I'd say delete that but everyone is about to be unemployed (just don't take THAT job...)
At least BlueSky is chill.
January 21, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Decided to go back to Facebook with a new account/new algorithm. It showed me 4 posts about Trump and then permabanned me.
LinkedIn is running promoted ICE recruitment ads now. I'd say delete that but everyone is about to be unemployed (just don't take THAT job...)
At least BlueSky is chill.
LinkedIn is running promoted ICE recruitment ads now. I'd say delete that but everyone is about to be unemployed (just don't take THAT job...)
At least BlueSky is chill.
Spun up a webpage to recruit people for the band we've started. Includes some clips. If you play bass or something less common (synth, viola, sax, whatever), we'd love to hear from you.
Join Our Band
Seeking musicians for a rock type thing.
joinourband.blakedrinks.beer
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Spun up a webpage to recruit people for the band we've started. Includes some clips. If you play bass or something less common (synth, viola, sax, whatever), we'd love to hear from you.
The MBTA is hiring DevOps engineers. As far as on-site office jobs in Boston go, "sorry I'm late, I took the T" probably means a high turnover in managers who are sick hearing that every day.
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The MBTA is hiring DevOps engineers. As far as on-site office jobs in Boston go, "sorry I'm late, I took the T" probably means a high turnover in managers who are sick hearing that every day.
Because I just have to monitor everything. www.blakecarpenter.dev/observabilit...
Observability for a Windows Gaming Handheld
Metrics and logs shipping on a Lenovo Legion Go, just because.
www.blakecarpenter.dev
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Because I just have to monitor everything. www.blakecarpenter.dev/observabilit...
Ah, November. This means I try to learn Rust again so that I can use it in the Advent of Code in December. After I give up on the Advent of Code around day 12, I start an actual project. Come January, I remember we don't use Rust at work and promptly forget it again.
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ah, November. This means I try to learn Rust again so that I can use it in the Advent of Code in December. After I give up on the Advent of Code around day 12, I start an actual project. Come January, I remember we don't use Rust at work and promptly forget it again.
Reposted by Blake Carpenter
Sam Altman has said any workers who are displaced by OpenAI will be given free transportation to the nearest culling facility where they will be summarily slaughtered and converted into a nutritious paste meant to be consumed by busy tech executives who don’t have time for regular meals.
October 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sam Altman has said any workers who are displaced by OpenAI will be given free transportation to the nearest culling facility where they will be summarily slaughtered and converted into a nutritious paste meant to be consumed by busy tech executives who don’t have time for regular meals.
Reposted by Blake Carpenter
I heard there's more Twitter people coming over here
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I heard there's more Twitter people coming over here
I saw Nextcloud was in EPEL on EL10 and was curious why I couldn't find any documentation about using it that way, as opposed to manually deploying the tarball. I messed with it a bit and decided to write it down. Tested on RHEL and AlmaLinux. www.blakecarpenter.dev/nextcloud-on...
Installing Nextcloud from EPEL on RHEL or Alma 10
The EPEL provided Nextcloud package can be easier to setup and maintain than the manual setup. Let’s try it.
www.blakecarpenter.dev
October 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I saw Nextcloud was in EPEL on EL10 and was curious why I couldn't find any documentation about using it that way, as opposed to manually deploying the tarball. I messed with it a bit and decided to write it down. Tested on RHEL and AlmaLinux. www.blakecarpenter.dev/nextcloud-on...
The marketing page for Lenovo's new handheld shows a guy playing at the bar and clearly I blacked out and attended their consumer test panel.
September 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The marketing page for Lenovo's new handheld shows a guy playing at the bar and clearly I blacked out and attended their consumer test panel.
Reposted by Blake Carpenter
Silksong was always a lie.
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Silksong was always a lie.
Seeking an instrument, maybe keyboards, viola, trumpet, or other things less common in a rock band, to play instrumental rock in Framingham. We can sit on the floor and drink cider while we rock.
September 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Seeking an instrument, maybe keyboards, viola, trumpet, or other things less common in a rock band, to play instrumental rock in Framingham. We can sit on the floor and drink cider while we rock.
Reposted by Blake Carpenter
I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
August 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
Excited to be off work at 5 so I can start building.
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Excited to be off work at 5 so I can start building.
I really don't want to reactivate Instagram, but the lack of chow-chow accounts on BlueSky has left a horrible hole in my life and my condo association won't let me adopt one.
More danger floofs please.
More danger floofs please.
August 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I really don't want to reactivate Instagram, but the lack of chow-chow accounts on BlueSky has left a horrible hole in my life and my condo association won't let me adopt one.
More danger floofs please.
More danger floofs please.
Urgent plea to every company with optional office work:
Toilet paper costs are at a record low since only 1/4 of your staff came back. Please upgrade from Scott to Charmin.
Toilet paper costs are at a record low since only 1/4 of your staff came back. Please upgrade from Scott to Charmin.
July 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Urgent plea to every company with optional office work:
Toilet paper costs are at a record low since only 1/4 of your staff came back. Please upgrade from Scott to Charmin.
Toilet paper costs are at a record low since only 1/4 of your staff came back. Please upgrade from Scott to Charmin.
Philadelphia: "America was born here! Here's where they signed the Declaration of Independence, here's Betsy Ross's house..."
Boston: "America was born here! WELCOME TO THE VIOLENCE TOUR!"
Boston: "America was born here! WELCOME TO THE VIOLENCE TOUR!"
July 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Philadelphia: "America was born here! Here's where they signed the Declaration of Independence, here's Betsy Ross's house..."
Boston: "America was born here! WELCOME TO THE VIOLENCE TOUR!"
Boston: "America was born here! WELCOME TO THE VIOLENCE TOUR!"
Oxxy Oxalate has retired from my kidney and made room for Stent Reznor to move in.
Nah, Oxxy Osbourne the Oxalate Baby is too good of a name to pass up. Although I believe we're extracting him next week. You could say Oxxy is having his final performance this weekend.
Unfortunately I had to scrap Oxalate Osbourne as I do not recognize Sabbath or his solo career as cock rock.
July 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Oxxy Oxalate has retired from my kidney and made room for Stent Reznor to move in.
I keep seeing news about how James Gunn's immigrant comment pissed off the right people and made them call it "woke." Because of this, none of them saw it, so no one is complaining about the core plot. Highlight: Guy flips over tanks with giant middle fingers.
July 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I keep seeing news about how James Gunn's immigrant comment pissed off the right people and made them call it "woke." Because of this, none of them saw it, so no one is complaining about the core plot. Highlight: Guy flips over tanks with giant middle fingers.
The new Superman has made me like comic book movies again.
July 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The new Superman has made me like comic book movies again.
To people complaining that the new Superman movie doesn't explain who the characters are, I have good news! There's something called a comic book shop. Go in, tell them you're new to DC, and they'll help you out.
July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
To people complaining that the new Superman movie doesn't explain who the characters are, I have good news! There's something called a comic book shop. Go in, tell them you're new to DC, and they'll help you out.
I already view AI as something for people either too lazy to read the manual or too cheap to hire an artist, but this Grok going full-Nazi scandal is really lending credence to the played out/hacky Skynet jokes.
July 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I already view AI as something for people either too lazy to read the manual or too cheap to hire an artist, but this Grok going full-Nazi scandal is really lending credence to the played out/hacky Skynet jokes.
Got the most metal Jesus flyer ever left on my car, twice. Cool, I get to keep one and send the other in.
July 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Got the most metal Jesus flyer ever left on my car, twice. Cool, I get to keep one and send the other in.
Frankensurfer is done once I add the strap buttons. Plays great now. Might upgrade the bridge too.
• Warmoth swamp ash body
• Warmoth 24.75" scale birdseye maple neck
• Stonewall Fat Jazzmaster Pickups
• Hipshot locking tuners
• 1M pots
• Kinda crappy adjustable Mustang bridge
• Warmoth swamp ash body
• Warmoth 24.75" scale birdseye maple neck
• Stonewall Fat Jazzmaster Pickups
• Hipshot locking tuners
• 1M pots
• Kinda crappy adjustable Mustang bridge
July 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Frankensurfer is done once I add the strap buttons. Plays great now. Might upgrade the bridge too.
• Warmoth swamp ash body
• Warmoth 24.75" scale birdseye maple neck
• Stonewall Fat Jazzmaster Pickups
• Hipshot locking tuners
• 1M pots
• Kinda crappy adjustable Mustang bridge
• Warmoth swamp ash body
• Warmoth 24.75" scale birdseye maple neck
• Stonewall Fat Jazzmaster Pickups
• Hipshot locking tuners
• 1M pots
• Kinda crappy adjustable Mustang bridge
I need cable to watch the hot dog eating contest? My ESPN+ subscription doesn't include it?
THE FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD NOT STAND FOR THIS!
THE FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD NOT STAND FOR THIS!
July 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I need cable to watch the hot dog eating contest? My ESPN+ subscription doesn't include it?
THE FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD NOT STAND FOR THIS!
THE FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD NOT STAND FOR THIS!