Stephen Jurnack
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Stephen Jurnack
@stephen-jurnack.bsky.social
VT Resident since 2015 - Software Engineer / Tech Lead :: Capital-E Enterprise Distributed High-Throughput, all the buzzwords #Java - Woodworking hobbyist

"Putty and paint a woodworker make"
"While the Plane is in Flight"
Yesterday: Held my friend's baby and she almost fell asleep on my chest

Today: Spectacular sunrise and a hawk in my backyard.

Life's been good to me so far
September 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Off all next week - wrapping random stuff up, making sure the contractors are in a good spot for next week, and then I'm OUT. Need this break!
November 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A week of spinning wheels - sometimes you really need to step back and evaluate if you're totally overthinking a solution. A lesson often taught!
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
No greater feeling than having a squeaky appliance, and instead of getting frustrated or throwing WD-40 at it, busting out an allen wrench, tightening one or two bolts, and BAM smooth and silent!
November 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Definitely could have used one more day over the weekend! I also definitely could have managed my time better...
November 18, 2024 at 2:43 PM
#woodshopweekends cutting board for a Christmas gift.
November 16, 2024 at 4:57 PM
We millennials got way too worked up over early social media - people posting food pics was the best and we said it was cringe, bad job by us!

So it's time to bring it back. Tonight was beef stew and lordy did it come out fantastic!
November 16, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Feature flagging is really really cool, but it does introduce more fragmentation into your system - now there's another moving piece to check, another place for things to go wrong.

Its an awesome tool, and I highly encourage using it - just make sure its well documented!
November 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Recap for today: Do not attempt to autowire static fields! If you find this, correct it - and then wonder how it didn't throw a NullPointerException already.
November 14, 2024 at 8:18 PM
One of my resolutions is to post more - not poast (there's a big distinction there), but to share more stuff about my life to try finding other folks with similar interests. This is how the social internet was first envisioned. Post about work, projects, hobbies - just share!
November 14, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Today at work :: More activation of our major release. The crazy effort we've put in gives me confidence to keep on activating.

Lesson: Put your nonprod code under prod strain when you can - that's the best test!
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM