So it seems like this thing might have gotten a little more gravity to it?

We had a blast with #OpenSource #MaintainerMonth! Thank you @duaneobrien.bsky.social, Jessica Tegner, @filippo.abyssdomain.expert, Claire Moss, and our sponsors who made it possible. Read our recap and transparency report: https://www.opensourcestories.org/posts/2023/06/maintainer-month-2023-recap/

There’s a perfectly good pillow right there my dude…

@ellearmageddon.bsky.social I had a sudden realization today that I’ve been following your various exploits for like 12 years now. Life is weird.

I just came from at art show at my kid’s high school. There was a large amount of art dealing with the fear of being shot to death at school. So, that’s how we’re doing, folks.

I don’t mean to cause alarm but this is an emergency. There is a one hour video of red pandas eating crunchy snacks on the Oregon Zoo’s YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/UBcVbAFntQo

Hey remember when the front page of Kickstarter always listed a dude who thought he had a pretty good chance of getting The Kinks back together?

I love these.

The path from “This security thing is a worthy challenge!” to “Leave me alone to maintain my antique tractor and do not mention cursed calculators to me” was a lot shorter than I expected.

"A bootcamp grad had a hard time breaking into tech, but once she learned Java, it got her in the door to a fantastic job opportunity!" My new #Java course is now available on Frontend Masters https://frontendmasters.com/courses/java/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=learnjava

The crows have come to recognize my truck. They come squawking for peanuts when I come home. Every day, I get a little closer to my Final Form.

Because I have a weirdly different group of followers here than anywhere else (hi!) : I’m looking for a new role where I can take bigger risks, lead a diverse organization, write bigger checks for open source, and build partnerships. More at https://www.duaneobrien.com/i-am-ready-for-my-next-role/

I was going to play Invisible Sun but instead I’m going to drink cider and play pinball until I reboot.

Yes it’s really me. Hi friends.

I am going to use the hell out of the phrase "critical human infrastructure" (crediting Duane, of course) because we don't prioritize the humans in open source nearly enough.