Colin Bowern
@colinbowern.com
Creating happy deployers as SVP Product at @Octopus.com where we solve for Continuous Delivery at any scale.
Sponsor of Product Aotearoa - the NZ product community 🇳🇿
Expat 🇨🇦. Proud partner of RN/NP/MD wife. He/Him.
Sponsor of Product Aotearoa - the NZ product community 🇳🇿
Expat 🇨🇦. Proud partner of RN/NP/MD wife. He/Him.
I don’t think he knows this isn’t the flex he wants it to be. Investigate them all. The victims have shared enough to suggest this is a wide field of child abusers.
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I don’t think he knows this isn’t the flex he wants it to be. Investigate them all. The victims have shared enough to suggest this is a wide field of child abusers.
No, I don’t want to do prompt engineering to get your AI support chat bot to do what i need it to do.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
No, I don’t want to do prompt engineering to get your AI support chat bot to do what i need it to do.
Are you a platform engineer at #ArgoCon? Stop by ballroom 2-3 to see our latest @octopus.com capabilities for templates and policies that work across Argo CD, Kubernetes, and more!
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Are you a platform engineer at #ArgoCon? Stop by ballroom 2-3 to see our latest @octopus.com capabilities for templates and policies that work across Argo CD, Kubernetes, and more!
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Make sure to find a road trip buddy.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Make sure to find a road trip buddy.
We already have one stuck at DFW. I believe there is talk of a roadie.
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We already have one stuck at DFW. I believe there is talk of a roadie.
Already exists on Deezer with Music Quizes
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Already exists on Deezer with Music Quizes
In NZ, I have many places I can vote. I can also vote outside of my home area. It takes minutes usually.
Paper ballot, not too sophisticated. It just works (with the hard work the election commission folks put in.) and we get a weird orange thing to remind us it is voting season.
Paper ballot, not too sophisticated. It just works (with the hard work the election commission folks put in.) and we get a weird orange thing to remind us it is voting season.
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In NZ, I have many places I can vote. I can also vote outside of my home area. It takes minutes usually.
Paper ballot, not too sophisticated. It just works (with the hard work the election commission folks put in.) and we get a weird orange thing to remind us it is voting season.
Paper ballot, not too sophisticated. It just works (with the hard work the election commission folks put in.) and we get a weird orange thing to remind us it is voting season.
Status update just had a suggestion using Traffic Manager, but the doc link they offered isn't accessible.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Status update just had a suggestion using Traffic Manager, but the doc link they offered isn't accessible.
It should come with a health label at minimum.
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It should come with a health label at minimum.
I went searching on Letterboxd to add it to my watch list as I find recommendations tend to be better than algorithms. There are several films of that title. Do you have a release year or director or plot hint so I can select the right one?
September 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I went searching on Letterboxd to add it to my watch list as I find recommendations tend to be better than algorithms. There are several films of that title. Do you have a release year or director or plot hint so I can select the right one?
Here’s the LLM (Large Lamb Moment) I came across driving the Forgotten Highway in New Zealand a few years back.
September 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here’s the LLM (Large Lamb Moment) I came across driving the Forgotten Highway in New Zealand a few years back.
Debugging pup’s poop issues and she started prednisone. Had to cut the dose in half four days in because it’s making her jumpy and incontinent. She won’t sit still for cuddles anymore. 🥺
The next step is a surgical procedure to take biopsy’s if this doesn’t help.
The next step is a surgical procedure to take biopsy’s if this doesn’t help.
September 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Debugging pup’s poop issues and she started prednisone. Had to cut the dose in half four days in because it’s making her jumpy and incontinent. She won’t sit still for cuddles anymore. 🥺
The next step is a surgical procedure to take biopsy’s if this doesn’t help.
The next step is a surgical procedure to take biopsy’s if this doesn’t help.
If you see this, QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood!
September 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
If you see this, QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood!
Nice to be in a country that hasn't given up on vaccinations.
September 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Nice to be in a country that hasn't given up on vaccinations.
Is Apple really planning to ship this keyboard visual layout?! iPadOS 26 Public Beta 6.
September 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Is Apple really planning to ship this keyboard visual layout?! iPadOS 26 Public Beta 6.
Xbox Kinect finds a new life as a bag scanner.
August 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Xbox Kinect finds a new life as a bag scanner.
Taco festival? Yes please!
August 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Taco festival? Yes please!
My sub buns didn’t get bigger on second rise. I think putting a tea towel over top might have been a bad idea.
August 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
My sub buns didn’t get bigger on second rise. I think putting a tea towel over top might have been a bad idea.
Now that we have AI, can we get smell-o-vision?
This braised beef is smelling delicious!
This braised beef is smelling delicious!
August 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Now that we have AI, can we get smell-o-vision?
This braised beef is smelling delicious!
This braised beef is smelling delicious!
Cheaper than the dealer fix.
August 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Cheaper than the dealer fix.
It would be handy if laws required the open-sourcing of APIs or software when a company discontinued hosted services for a piece of hardware.
Yale / Assa Abloy will wipe out our entire neighborhood of door lock access via mobile app next year.
Yale / Assa Abloy will wipe out our entire neighborhood of door lock access via mobile app next year.
July 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It would be handy if laws required the open-sourcing of APIs or software when a company discontinued hosted services for a piece of hardware.
Yale / Assa Abloy will wipe out our entire neighborhood of door lock access via mobile app next year.
Yale / Assa Abloy will wipe out our entire neighborhood of door lock access via mobile app next year.
As long as I don’t need to shovel the driveway after moving half way around the world to escape that.
More unacceptable is the ad I can’t dismiss after paying to remove ads. 😆
More unacceptable is the ad I can’t dismiss after paying to remove ads. 😆
July 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As long as I don’t need to shovel the driveway after moving half way around the world to escape that.
More unacceptable is the ad I can’t dismiss after paying to remove ads. 😆
More unacceptable is the ad I can’t dismiss after paying to remove ads. 😆
This is how it works, right?
July 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is how it works, right?