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Gerard Braad
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My opinions are my own. They do not reflect those of my employer.

[
 #Hardware | #OpenSource | #RetroTech
 {
 𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨, MegaDrive, MiSTer
 }
 | Principal Software Engineer
 & Manager, Software Engineering working on DevTools
 | Opinions are my own!
]
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 • #electronics
 • FPGA
 • micro:bit #RasPi #Arduino
 • RC models (#Tamiya #WLToys)
 • #retro computers consoles
 • #RetroGaming
 • 𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨 #Amiga
 • #Sega #MegaDrive
 • #emulation #MiSTer
 • #Linux and programming
 • #Fedora #Debian
 • Containers
 • #javascript #python
 • Golang #dotNet
Gerard Braad
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... not getting any better soon.
June 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Quattro!
June 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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My son drew these from a single pack of #mtgbloomburrow; Innkeeper's Talent... normal and foiled!

#mtg #magicthegathering
April 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Deal a lot with systemd, so wrote a VSCode extension to observe the state of services.

https://github.com/gbraad-vscode/vscode-systemd-manager

It is at a very early devel; it shows all units and their state, you can start/stop/restart and see status. I […]

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March 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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buff.ly
February 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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February 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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#opensource on #kickstarter ?

Wrong incentive model ...
January 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Finally got around to running #systemd on #github Codespaces

https://github.com/gbraad-devenv/fedora-systemd/

Here using #fedora and my personalized developer images. But I added a summary that shows it is two commands that are essential:

```
"overrideCommand": false,
""privileged": true
``` […]
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January 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The kids love these pack

#magicthegathering
January 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Hackfest in a "Space"

Codespaces connecting to a private Forgejo instance that runs using GitHub Actions.

- https://github.com/gbraad-homelab/personal-forgejo
- http://https://github.com/gbraad-devenv/fedora-golang
January 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.

Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
January 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
When you read "Elon Musk Cheating Accusations" you immediately think of adultery

... although this is about him playing with Path of Exile 2 character but didn't understand the levels, ignoring high-value items and performing awkward inventory actions. In short, he had someone else "grind" for him.
January 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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This was a quality standard deck back in the day

#LilianaHereticalHealer #mtg #MagicTheGathering
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM