So excited to have been a part of #cdCon 2025! Vote here to get us across the line as the Best #devops Event of the Year: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DevOps-Dozen-2025 https://cd.foundation/blog/2025/11/11/cdcon-devops-dozen-finalist/

I was grateful to be asked to give two talks at #developerweek around #devex. Below are the slides for the second talk on some ways to champion DevEx in your organization. https://speaking.jmeiss.me/W53Ay1/from-devex-disaster-to-delight-how-to-champion-a-devex-revolution-in-your-organization

Thank you to those who were part of the packed room for my "Why #devex matters" talk at #developerweek. I had a great time reminiscing with you on where we've come, and where we can go in creating a good #developerexperience. Here are the slides […]

After 30 years in tech, my experience has been that efforts to abstract away toil tend to simplify it into something that "easily" replaces X thing, which becomes the new hotness, and we lose sight of why that toil existed to begin with. Then the new hotness becomes the new toil. Rinse. Repeat.

Companies who force their employees to reset their passwords every X number of days actively contribute to insecure systems and supply chain.

#developerweek is a week from now (Feb 11-13) in Santa Clara, and I'll be speaking on championing a #devex revolution in your org (sched.co/1tDk7). And as a speaker I have free event OPEN Passes with access to all Keynotes, OPEN Talks and to the Expo: link.devnetwork.com/ycJYze4U Join me!

I have a good friend who is back on the job market, and they're looking for their next remote role. They have a long, successful history in #opensource, #community, Events Mgmt, Technical Prog Mgmt, and #devrel & Advocacy.... Would appreciate reposts and replies with opportunities.

An advantage to letting you 16yo drive you is you get to take pictures of the sunset.

Yes, it's great to watch a #manutd match when they're winning, but it's also great to watch a match when they have intention and structure.

Empress has a new gin varietal - Cucumber Lemon Gin - that is _really_ good https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/gin/empress-1908-cucumber-lemon-gin/p/2126250125

First snow of the season 😑

Be like Biscuit and stay warm

Want to be part of the team that will help craft the #cdCon 2025 Program at #OSSummit North America 2025? Check out the blog post and join me! https://social.lfx.dev/@CDeliveryFdn/113550247113804470

So I think I'm "happy" enough with my rebuild of the old Heroku Ebook project from Python to Javascript (neither of which I am remotely _comfortable_ with, but ChatGPT did help me narrow down areas I needed help) to release it. Now only supports 🦋 and 🐘 - Fuck 🆇 […]

A friend of mine is on the board of a great animal shelter in northern England, and they need some help to continue to keep their doors open or else they may need to close after nearly 40 years. I would appreciate you taking a look. https://gofund.me/46ad1a86

Well, this is as good a time as any to announce I brought back my old Twitter ebook bot (because I know _everyone_ was anxiously waiting, also known as @vtimd. It takes all of my past Tweets, mixes in Mastodon toots & Bluesky posts, throws them through a Markov chain, and posts. Chaos […]

Thank you to those who joined my "Demystifying ‘DevEx’, and why it matters" talk at #ConnectTech - here are my slides: https://speaking.jmeiss.me/1ClEj0/demystifying-devex-and-why-it-matters

any React Native performance experts willing to lend a hand? i’ve been debugging feed scrolling perf on low-end Android for the past week but couldn’t make meaningful improvements. it’s very choppy on Galaxy A12, especially when scrolling past videos (but not exclusively). any help is appreciated!

Thank you to #devfestkc for having me, and as mentioned in my talk, here are the slides for "Developer Experience is central to DevOps success" https://speaking.jmeiss.me/qDTLau/developer-experience-is-central-to-devops-success

Good start to the morning at Crows Coffee before I head over to #devfestkc

My youngest (only kid actively at home now) is on a school trip, and I let him drive to the airport at 415a. I took these cool pics of the fog over the Kansas City, Kansas rail yards as we drove past.

We're about to see every wannabe bootlicker, who held out because they didn't think they could get away with doing what it would take to get in his good graces, hop on the train to the abyss and benefit as much as they can over the next 4 years like all the others did with no real consequences.

I'll be presenting at #gdg #devfestkc this coming Saturday, Nov 9, on the role that #devex plays in the success of #devops activities and principles in your organization. Check out the schedule and grab your ticket at: https://devfestkc.com/

Today's "Random musing from Jeremy": I hate dentists. A lot. I'd much rather use TravisCI or Bitbucket. Or Jira. In other news... I'm getting a root canal now.

The phrase, "well, that's the way we've always done it" makes my skin crawl, and I've heard it entirely too much lately

I voted today in early voting.

The last two episodes (and really the entire season) of #agathaallalong were so fucking good! I think I'm going to have to watch them all again. #nospoilers

Well fine, #wtforecast... I'll go outside and work

If you're not doing this to your mini candy bars from Halloween (putting them in the freezer), whatever are you doing?

Here we are in 2024 and companies still think having music automatically play when you open their web page is a good idea.

I only got 2 Whoppers (a sub-par Malteasers) in the 3-Whopper package for Halloween candy. 3/10 dissatisfied.

Things could always be worse... ¯⁠\⁠(⁠◉⁠‿⁠◉⁠)⁠/⁠¯

OH: The real body count is how many people's therapists know about you

Post a song that every time you hear it you experience it like you did the first time. I'll go first: Disturbed's cover of "The Sound of Silence." Never fails to move me to tears. https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4?si=ywC5ls6IdOPCtKSw

Yes, a Tequila Tonic _IS_ a delicious compliment to "one of those fucking days". Thank you for asking.

Let's go! #android15 !! #googlepixel

Thank you to all those who attended my "Streamlining #devex" talk at Agile + DevOpsDays Des Moines! I appreciate the interactions and feedback, and hope you were able to capture some takeaways to help you and your team(s)! As promised, here are the slides […]

Yes, it was me up at 5:30a this morning deciding to redo half of my talk that I give in a few hours. Thank you for asking! How are you?

#SlowHorses is hands down one of the best shows on streaming _or_ TV. It's so good, and they're producing seasons at an awesome clip. They're already done with Season 4, which had a trailer for Season 5 at the finale.

PSA: 2 mimosas do in fact fit into 1 to go coffee cup

No, I did not just stuff my face with a fucking chicken Big Mac before my stupid 11:15 p.m. flight. Why the fuck would you ask me that? And yes, it was delicious.

Any of my Microsoft friends at the Redmond campus today (Wednesday)? I'm here with my company who is a big partner for an off-site, but would love to say hi!

It is such an American thing to have to pay 10 times as much for healthcare from my employer than I did 5 years ago, to get far less coverage and benefits in return

Never fails.... A company has an area that's vibrant and generating pipeline, and then they lay them off... Ruining all the goodwill and share of voice... To then have to hire back those roles a year later... And it will take twice as long to win back the hearts and minds.

OH: It's not a win if you were never gonna lose

Kicking off #monktoberfest 2024, the "conference that began as a joke", is @sogrady

Nice sunset while out on the harbour last night with the #monktoberfest cruise. Looking forward to a great first day.

Sparkling sake. 💙

Timeline cleanser, and reminder...