Rob
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Rob
@swollentongue.bsky.social
Data platform engineer by day, dad by night. I like to ride bikes and self host. #pdx
Fun fact, more people died from cars than the actual werewolf in American Werewolf in London. Cars are the real monster.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Beautiful day to climb Rocky Butte. Crazy that I just crossed 2200 logged miles for 2025. #pdx
October 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This discussion on social housing in Portland with @counciloravalos.bsky.social is really refreshing to hear. megaphone.link/CC8407991976
Can European-Style Housing Actually Fix Portland? Councilor Avalos Thinks So. by City Cast Portland
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September 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Imagine being some kid from Corvallis who just wanted college paid for and now you'll be spending Thanksgiving like this.
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sparks!
September 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
As a small platform team, we have found that abstraction and reusable artifacts create brittle architecture and increases the support surface area for our team. Our approach has been to create reusable infra and access patterns (mostly via iac) coupled with oss tooling/code examples.
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM