Dave Hall 🌻
@skwashd.wtf
Once won second prize in a beauty contest.
Independent consultant into software engineering leadership, ProactiveOps, serverless, python, DevOps and AWS.
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Independent consultant into software engineering leadership, ProactiveOps, serverless, python, DevOps and AWS.
Views not endorsed by family/friends/clients/pets.
I was cleaning up some old files. I found this gem. I created it back in June 2021 when Big Mail kept promising that a release was just around the corner. I looked them up. 3.5 years later, they're still promising.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I was cleaning up some old files. I found this gem. I created it back in June 2021 when Big Mail kept promising that a release was just around the corner. I looked them up. 3.5 years later, they're still promising.
It’s pretty easy to pick the social media teams copying and pasting their tweets here. Can you spot the issue in this one?
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It’s pretty easy to pick the social media teams copying and pasting their tweets here. Can you spot the issue in this one?
I’m not a millionaire tech bro, so I could be completely wrong on this, but hear me out. Sending your lawyers after your community doesn’t feel like a winning strategy. www.404media.co/automattic-a...
Automattic Inc. Claims It Owns the Word 'Automatic'
Automattic, the company that owns Wordpress.com, is asking Automatic.CSS to rebrand.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m not a millionaire tech bro, so I could be completely wrong on this, but hear me out. Sending your lawyers after your community doesn’t feel like a winning strategy. www.404media.co/automattic-a...
Reposted by Dave Hall 🌻
Tired of manually converting Python projects from "requirements.txt" to modern "pyproject.toml" to use with "uv"?
I built a tool that does it in one command.
dev.to/danilop/mode...
#Python #DevTools #DevEx #OpenSource #UV
I built a tool that does it in one command.
dev.to/danilop/mode...
#Python #DevTools #DevEx #OpenSource #UV
Modernizing Python Projects: Converting requirements.txt to uv in One Command
When cloning Python projects that I want to test or use for a demo, I often find out that the...
dev.to
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Tired of manually converting Python projects from "requirements.txt" to modern "pyproject.toml" to use with "uv"?
I built a tool that does it in one command.
dev.to/danilop/mode...
#Python #DevTools #DevEx #OpenSource #UV
I built a tool that does it in one command.
dev.to/danilop/mode...
#Python #DevTools #DevEx #OpenSource #UV
This was Mount Gambier’s Banksy moment, but the council can’t see it.
A 19-year-old woman appears in court via telephone accused of damaging Mount Gambier's Cast in Blue sculpture, which has drawn criticism for its cost and appearance.
Woman in court for putting googly eyes on controversial 'Blue Blob' sculpture
A 19-year-old woman appears in court via telephone accused of damaging Mount Gambier's Cast in Blue sculpture, which has drawn criticism for its cost and appearance.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This was Mount Gambier’s Banksy moment, but the council can’t see it.
Australia Post, maybe try sending it to Fyshwick next.
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Australia Post, maybe try sending it to Fyshwick next.
I hear engineers complaining about Kubernetes being a tangled mess of YAML files. I don’t know what they mean. I just experienced the pure joy that is using terraform to deploy Apache Airflow with a helm chart where I overwrote the default auth class with inline python in a heredoc block. #devops
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I hear engineers complaining about Kubernetes being a tangled mess of YAML files. I don’t know what they mean. I just experienced the pure joy that is using terraform to deploy Apache Airflow with a helm chart where I overwrote the default auth class with inline python in a heredoc block. #devops
A few years ago Qantas completely screwed me. I bought fuckqantas.com and redirected it to social media search results of people expressing their frustration. I feel like now is a good time to do something more with it. What do you suggest?
Bluesky
fuckqantas.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
A few years ago Qantas completely screwed me. I bought fuckqantas.com and redirected it to social media search results of people expressing their frustration. I feel like now is a good time to do something more with it. What do you suggest?
Want to learn about the AWS RDS Data API? Check out my Deep Dive at www.proactiveops.io/archive/aws-...
AWS RDS Data API Deep Dive 🤿
Exploring how to use the AWS RDS Data API to run SQL queries on Amazon Aurora databases over HTTPS.
www.proactiveops.io
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Want to learn about the AWS RDS Data API? Check out my Deep Dive at www.proactiveops.io/archive/aws-...
“I’ll be eating shit off the biggest spoon you’ve ever seen. Nobody’s seen someone eat like this. It’s amazing. People are saying I can’t believe he ate so much shit. You just watch. I’ll be eating so much shit.”
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“I’ll be eating shit off the biggest spoon you’ve ever seen. Nobody’s seen someone eat like this. It’s amazing. People are saying I can’t believe he ate so much shit. You just watch. I’ll be eating so much shit.”
TIO complaints had 8 week delays about 6 months ago. Now it’s 11 weeks for a human to look at it. No wonder telcos DGAF anymore.
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
TIO complaints had 8 week delays about 6 months ago. Now it’s 11 weeks for a human to look at it. No wonder telcos DGAF anymore.
Building LEGO is like working on a car. There’s always a few bits left over at the end. Just put them in a container in case you need them one day.
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Building LEGO is like working on a car. There’s always a few bits left over at the end. Just put them in a container in case you need them one day.
AFL Grand Final entertainment has come a long way since Meatloaf’s 2011 “performance” youtu.be/4oLD1PQWZRU
Snoop Dogg LIGHTS UP 2025 Toyota AFL Grand Final (Full Performance)
YouTube video by AFL
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
AFL Grand Final entertainment has come a long way since Meatloaf’s 2011 “performance” youtu.be/4oLD1PQWZRU
Is it just me or does it sound like Cloudflare new business model is running the toll booths of the internet? blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-2...
Cloudflare’s 2025 Annual Founders’ Letter
Cloudflare launched 15 years ago this week. We like to celebrate our birthday by launching new products that give back to the Internet, which will do a lot of this week. But on this occasion we've als...
blog.cloudflare.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Is it just me or does it sound like Cloudflare new business model is running the toll booths of the internet? blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-2...
In Canberra the labour market is so tight data centre operators are employing kangaroos to protect their facilities at night.
September 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In Canberra the labour market is so tight data centre operators are employing kangaroos to protect their facilities at night.
For all the racists protesting immigration across the country today, if you don’t like it, leave!
August 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
For all the racists protesting immigration across the country today, if you don’t like it, leave!
I hopped on the bus. It was packed with high school kids. One of them in a priority (elderly/disabled/pregnant/etc) seats got up and offered me his seat.
I’m not that old!
I declined but the kid didn’t sit back down. For the next few stops he kept looking at me awkwardly. #getOffMyLawn
I’m not that old!
I declined but the kid didn’t sit back down. For the next few stops he kept looking at me awkwardly. #getOffMyLawn
August 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I hopped on the bus. It was packed with high school kids. One of them in a priority (elderly/disabled/pregnant/etc) seats got up and offered me his seat.
I’m not that old!
I declined but the kid didn’t sit back down. For the next few stops he kept looking at me awkwardly. #getOffMyLawn
I’m not that old!
I declined but the kid didn’t sit back down. For the next few stops he kept looking at me awkwardly. #getOffMyLawn
Not something to brag about AWS.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand), (Malaysia), and Europe (Spain).
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand, Malaysia) and Europe (Spain). This service simplifies app deployment by handling provisioning, scaling, and monitoring automatically.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand, Malaysia) and Europe (Spain). This service simplifies app deployment by handling provisioning, scaling, and monitoring automatically.
August 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Not something to brag about AWS.
Today will be a busy day for @simonwillison.net. I look forward to reading all of his analysis after I get some sleep.
August 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today will be a busy day for @simonwillison.net. I look forward to reading all of his analysis after I get some sleep.
Dear AWS, now please do the same for EventBridge and Step Functions.
Amazon SQS increases maximum message payload size to 1 MiB
Amazon SQS increased max message payload from 256 KiB to 1 MiB for standard and FIFO queues. This enables larger data exchange for AI, IoT, and app integration without splitting messages. AWS Lambda also updated to support 1 MiB payloads.
Amazon SQS increased max message payload from 256 KiB to 1 MiB for standard and FIFO queues. This enables larger data exchange for AI, IoT, and app integration without splitting messages. AWS Lambda also updated to support 1 MiB payloads.
August 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Dear AWS, now please do the same for EventBridge and Step Functions.
Covid killed customer service
August 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Covid killed customer service
This video confirms that Ferðamálastofa should sponsor @olafurw.com as a tourism ambassador. He sells Iceland like no one else can. www.youtube.com/shorts/5aeE5...
Important Icelandic Places #comedy #iceland #nordic #language
YouTube video by Ólafur Waage
www.youtube.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This video confirms that Ferðamálastofa should sponsor @olafurw.com as a tourism ambassador. He sells Iceland like no one else can. www.youtube.com/shorts/5aeE5...
14 for me too. I transited at a further 5 airports on the list, but I’m not counting them.
August 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
14 for me too. I transited at a further 5 airports on the list, but I’m not counting them.
The report fails to mention the error rate for humans.
Generative AI models have recommended insecure source code for 45% of tasks.
According to Veracode, Java code failed security checks the most, with a 72% failure rate.
The Veracode study analyzed outputs from more than 100 LLMs released over the past three years.
www.veracode.com/blog/genai-c...
According to Veracode, Java code failed security checks the most, with a 72% failure rate.
The Veracode study analyzed outputs from more than 100 LLMs released over the past three years.
www.veracode.com/blog/genai-c...
July 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The report fails to mention the error rate for humans.