@chronicallyjd.bsky.social talks with Greg Dostatni (DBA) about the real-world challenges teams face on @amazonwebservice.bsky.social including potential vendor lock-in, rising costs, managed Postgres trade-offs, and why exit strategy matters. Watch and listen at youtu.be/niVN47ZX4lI #Postgres

Not much but it's home

Now this is Thanksgiving dinner

NEW: Ep. 11 of T3D Sessions is live! Eugene Dubinin (Senior Developer, Command Prompt) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to share how they reduced web registration spam from ~200/day to just 10–15 using smart layered defenses. Watch now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=az-X... #SpamPrevention

Cython deep dive: Python syntax meets C performance. CommandPrompt's Valerii Herman demos real-world speedups in our latest MTAR Presents: T3D Session with host @chronicallyjd.bsky.social 10 minutes. Live code comparison. Worth your time. youtu.be/IOp_X4iM-SU?... #Python

NEW: Ep. 10 of T3D Sessions is live! Andrew Sullivan (President, Anvil Walrus Den Holdings, Inc.) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to talk about why the open web is under threat. Watch nowat www.youtube.com/watch?v=qegx...

NEW: Ep. 9 of T3D Sessions is live! Hunter O’Brien (Jr. SysAdmin / Jr. DBA, @cmdpromptinc) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to discuss why generic monitoring falls short — and how to make it truly useful for PostgreSQL. Watch at: youtu.be/ZZNu6Wgrjao?...

Blockchain ≠ Crypto. Smart contracts? 1994. @nytimes classifieds? Part of early blockchain. Listen in to @chronicallyjd.bsky.social as he chats w/ Blockchain & Open Source Leader @silona.bsky.social on "10 Things You Didn’t Know About Blockchain" www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDY... #Blockchain

NEW: Ep. 7 of More Than A Refresh: T3D Sessions is live! Ildefonso Camargo (CIO @cmdpromptinc.bsky.social) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to unpack why “the cloud will handle it” is a dangerous myth for PostgreSQL users. Watch now at: youtu.be/FhSrf2TiNhY?...

NEW: Ep. 5 of T3D Sessions is live! Alan Chavez (CTO, Torta Studios) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to talk about growth engineering. Why retention > acquisition, and how data-driven activation metrics predict long-term success. Watch now youtu.be/1aOHzicOs1g #OpenSource #PostgreSQL

One step closer to being self sufficient. we also got lucky and found out that the cabin is R24 in the celing. It is hard to consider a more meaningful life than having to be intentional for every decision. Yes, sometimes we are exhausted but at least it feels like it has meaning.

In an earlier post about moving to Montana I mentioned the 300.00/mo electric bill in WA and how my Montana bill is zero. I would be remiss if I didn't mention that yes, we had to invest in solar but we did so in an intentional way.

NEW: Ep. 3 of T3D Sessions is live! Dr. Aaron N. Cutshall (SQLRV, LLC.) joins @chronicallyjd.bsky.social to talk set-based processing, why it matters, and how it boosts PostgreSQL performance. Watch now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfU6... #PostgreSQL #Database #Performance #OpenSource #T3D

NEW: Ep. 2 of T3D Sessions is live! Victor Olex, CEO of SlashDB, joins MTAR Host JD (@chronicallyjd.bsky.social) to talk RESTful APIs, Postgres, and what’s new in SlashDB v2.0. Watch now 👉 youtu.be/n_bCYQOYTH8 #PostgreSQL #OpenSource #APIs #T3D #SlashDB

Morning

Well now...

CNN once again caught lying, this time it cost them. nypost.com/2025/01/17/m...

How to simultaneously love and hate that you are no longer the boss. This is the first time I have worn company swag, ever.

The United States borrows 62,000 dollars a second.

This is #pork, not #beef. This is why, if you can, you never buy from the supermarket

Liberty first A nation of laws, not fears youtu.be/ApiXNv9eiXA?...

20 seconds less and they would have been perfect.

3 of 4 zones production ready

That pie was made from pumpkins. The pumpkins were grown in our yard.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

For those in constant victimhood, I give you Oscar bin Laden

Today was a good day, in preparation for our upcoming #nomad and #leadership trip, I wired up 3 of yhe 4 zones in Intrepidus for new LED lights.

Sometimes, the simple things in life are the best hoorah