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I do linux and cloud native things at microsoft (azure). 20-year Silicon Valley veteran now mostly in Berlin and Seattle. “A delightful blend of concise tech jargon peppered with lyrical humor and unexpected punchlines.” - blueskyroast.com
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submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

One of the most exciting announcements from @microsoft.com #Build2025 was the new #PostgreSQL extension for #VScode, a fantastic new UI for managing your PG databases locally or in the cloud. See the attached examples, and more here: github.com/Microsoft/vs...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

me today be like

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

When the Cass Review came out last year, the NYT rushed to cover it complete with post notifications. After reviews in Germany and Utah came out supporting gender affirming care for trans youth, dead silence. You can be just as biased in what you don't cover as what you do.

submitted 7 days ago • 37 comments

The Windows Subsystem for Linux Is Now Open Source by Frederic Lardinois #Azure thenewstack.io/the-windows-...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The red means I love you… with @microsoft.com at #RedHatSummit

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

While “yay for democracy and protecting rights!”, also: the noun phrase “Democratic AGs” should absolutely make your skin crawl. There should be no political affiliation in the prosecutorial function of a nation’s justice system. I will never get used to this, nor the idea of elections for judges.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

About to do my favorite thing in the US…

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

A choice between hotel-lobby-Starbucks and a 10 minute walk to Blue Bottle… hm, it’s not exactly a hard decision.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

A bit jealous of my kids as they come of age and become politically engaged. They haven’t been around long enough yet to have their heroes deeply disappoint them.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Just starting to hear about Gen Alpha as being the generation cohort that follows Gen Z. But surely they should be Gen AI?

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Yesterday was a first in decades of flying: last-minute go-around at BER due to a fox on the runway. The Flemish FA was flummoxed because she couldn’t remember the word for fox in French - stammeringly announcing “il y a un petit animaux sur la route”.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Every year I’d send my mother greetings on the international Mother’s Day (which was the correct day for where I lived, either US or Germany) and she would remind me that I’m late because in the UK it’s the fourth Sunday of Lent. This year for the first time I miss being able to have that argument.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

I love what Brussels Airlines has done with their planes… flying in Rackham today!

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Apparently French regulations don’t allow pure EVs, so even Teslas need to fill up with gas from time to time.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

TIL that “tint” controls on televisions is a US phenomenon, required to fix phase sync errors that can occur due to how color is encoded in the NTSC standard. The PAL and SECAM standards used elsewhere in the world fixed those problems so did not need the ability to adjust for tint. #IYKYK

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Still the best car ever

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

This is not the way to get me to start journaling, Mr. Apple.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

So many billionaires in tech for whom $23 million would be pocket change... would be great if one of them stepped up to keep Sesame Street et al going!

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

In this post from 10 years ago today, @microsoft.com shared how it embraced #Linux. Today, Linux is more important than ever, and is central to our Azure business, running >65% of customer workloads. Proud to have been part of that journey for the last four years. www.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

One for my German-speaking friends :-) Gerade erschienen: RICHTIG ANDERS, ANDERS RICHTIG Ich emfehle dieses Buch von ganzem Herzen! Dass ein Kapitel von meinem Sohn handelt und das Buch ein Vorschlag meiner Frau an ihre Freundin war, ist völlig daneben. www.hanser-literaturverlage.de/buch/richtig...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment