Tory McKeag
@torymckeag.bsky.social
Software developer for the power grid. Drums, metal and other food for the soul.
Contributor at https://trolie.energy when I can.
Contributor at https://trolie.energy when I can.
Thank you this is really good. I never thought much about the effectiveness of women's groups in tech, so the perspective is appreciated.
I always believed my best path to being an ally is to champion anyone not being heard or considered in general spaces. Sounds like your article agrees?
I always believed my best path to being an ally is to champion anyone not being heard or considered in general spaces. Sounds like your article agrees?
July 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thank you this is really good. I never thought much about the effectiveness of women's groups in tech, so the perspective is appreciated.
I always believed my best path to being an ally is to champion anyone not being heard or considered in general spaces. Sounds like your article agrees?
I always believed my best path to being an ally is to champion anyone not being heard or considered in general spaces. Sounds like your article agrees?
Being a parent sure changes your perspective on this doesn't it? I lost a few friends deployed to Iraq when I was younger. However, I had all the feelings this weekend and had to call my mom to rant about how people are going to lose their fucking kids.
June 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Being a parent sure changes your perspective on this doesn't it? I lost a few friends deployed to Iraq when I was younger. However, I had all the feelings this weekend and had to call my mom to rant about how people are going to lose their fucking kids.
I've worked on projects where we had 4 9s expectations, but the customer had a team of 3-5 people doing the infrastructure and monitoring, and we were given about three weeks in the project plan to work on availability. I really wish more people understood what these numbers cost
May 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I've worked on projects where we had 4 9s expectations, but the customer had a team of 3-5 people doing the infrastructure and monitoring, and we were given about three weeks in the project plan to work on availability. I really wish more people understood what these numbers cost
"Building software is a team sport" is the great truth. I was just on a flight and sat next to a recruiter. She's worried about AI taking her job. That may happen, but not for companies that are smart. Some companies that try that are going to FAFO.
May 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"Building software is a team sport" is the great truth. I was just on a flight and sat next to a recruiter. She's worried about AI taking her job. That may happen, but not for companies that are smart. Some companies that try that are going to FAFO.
This post is stupid enough to make me laugh. Thank you Jerry.
April 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This post is stupid enough to make me laugh. Thank you Jerry.
Oh. My. God. These guys really aren't listening to anybody who knows what they're doing.
March 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Oh. My. God. These guys really aren't listening to anybody who knows what they're doing.
Audio engineering really forced this lesson on me. You don't have to be able to recreate the math behind a compressor or EQ. However, if you don't understand at a high level what the tools are doing, your chance of success is pretty bad.
March 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Audio engineering really forced this lesson on me. You don't have to be able to recreate the math behind a compressor or EQ. However, if you don't understand at a high level what the tools are doing, your chance of success is pretty bad.
Broken PostgreSQL replication, which of course didn't get noticed until the poor PV filled up with sad, sad WAL files.
Honestly, it did have the fortunate effect of educating a lot of people, including me on said replication, and making a nice investment in observability on the subject.
Honestly, it did have the fortunate effect of educating a lot of people, including me on said replication, and making a nice investment in observability on the subject.
March 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Broken PostgreSQL replication, which of course didn't get noticed until the poor PV filled up with sad, sad WAL files.
Honestly, it did have the fortunate effect of educating a lot of people, including me on said replication, and making a nice investment in observability on the subject.
Honestly, it did have the fortunate effect of educating a lot of people, including me on said replication, and making a nice investment in observability on the subject.
It will be the most social media ever socialed! Way better than IBM. You'll be glad to pay $10000 per-core for your socials, pays for itself as long as you never upgrade a server. Rights reserved to jack up annual maintenance fees without notice.
March 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It will be the most social media ever socialed! Way better than IBM. You'll be glad to pay $10000 per-core for your socials, pays for itself as long as you never upgrade a server. Rights reserved to jack up annual maintenance fees without notice.
I can't count how many times I have forgotten and relearned that bad connections, usually cables or jacks, are the source of 95% of all audio problems
March 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I can't count how many times I have forgotten and relearned that bad connections, usually cables or jacks, are the source of 95% of all audio problems