My November 2025! It was a busy one, with trips to Atlanta, San Francisco, and NYC. Found time for friends, 3D printing, and a parade!

You don’t have to live in firefighting mode. 🔥 Hear from @Dynatrace.com’s @jeffblankenburg.com & Sean O'Dell as they explore how observability is evolving — and how it can actually empower developers instead of slowing them down. 📺 Watch now → bit.ly/FrictionToFl...

📣 TODAY! 📣 Are you tired of context switching, alert fatigue, and digging through logs?? This free webinar is for you. Join @Dynatrace.com's @jeffblankenburg.com with TNS's @ChrisPirillo.bsky.social to unpack how modern observability can get developers back to building.

This is the kind of partnerships we need more of in the world. Mountain Dew flavored gummy worms, and gummy worm flavored Mountain Dew

Forgot to to share this with the busy weekend! My October 2025! Marching bands, work travel, and so many friends. So thankful heading into November.

Time to head out for GitHub Universe! Should be an awesome week. #githubuniverse

Too many tools dictate what they think developers want, rather than giving them what they actually need. Thanks to @dynatrace.com

Does anyone know where I can find a board game to play?

My June 2025. Can’t get enough time with friends, golf, or kittens!

Do I know anyone local that has a 3D printer? I’d love to make a bunch of these for my sports card collection. Happy to pay you for the time and materials. makerworld.com/en/models/10...

Today is perfect. Not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket.

What a time to be alive! My April included attending The Masters, a Paul Skenes bobblehead game, and watching my son’s percussion group take 12th place in the world! #stillTenDaysLeft

Planning and executing a “super bowl” for some football game that’s on tomorrow is hard work.

Did you know that if you want more angle from your @apple Magic Trackpad, it will instinctively swell the battery to accommodate you?

LHR ✈️ JFK ✈️ CMH

Thanks to @chrisdemars.net and @jeffblankenburg.com, it was a great workshop!

I frequently wonder what the world would be like if we could all identify the thing we are the best at, and do a job that matches that skill. Not the thing you *like doing the most*, but the thing you’re most talented at. What would yours be?

In case you missed it, here’s the keynote from Deploy 2025. I’m so excited about where this company (@digitalocean) is headed! #dodeploy #digitalocean

CMH ✈️ JFK ✈️ LHR #ndclondon

Speak at Stir Trek - submit today! sessionize.com/stir-trek-20...

AUS ✈️ ATL ✈️ CMH

If you’re watching the College Football Championship game on anything but ESPN News, you’re missing out. - No broadcasters - Live crowd noise - More marching band - Madden camera angle It’s the best way to watch football.

CMH ✈️ DTW ✈️ AUS #deploy

🏖️ Make sure to catch our workshop at @codemash.bsky.social next week. It'll be a good time! // @jeffblankenburg.com #CodeMash #DeveloperCommunity

I just spent an hour recording a 30 second video, but not for the reason you’d think. An old webcam was connected to my machine, and it died, making the PC beep every second as repeatedly tried to connect. Big thanks to Sarah Dutkiewicz for helping me diagnose the beep!!

4 months into my tenure at DigitalOcean, and I've already fooled them into thinking I'm a keynoter! (There's a virtual option if you want to watch from home.) Really looking forward to sharing the future of DO with you.

They have started broadcasting college football games on ESPNews without any announcers. Can’t get over how much calmer and relaxing it is to watch without people trying to fill the air every second.

My December 2024. So many friends and family! I truly have been so lucky to know so many amazing people.

It’s been 10 years. Time for a new backpack. #oono #thenorthface

Merry Christmas!

My good friend @ajot.me recently joined me @digitalocean.com, and he's already creating wonderful things. Today, he launched Day #1 of the "12 Days of DigitalOcean." Please take a read and let him know what you think! www.digitalocean.com/community/tu...

This is pretty cool. @wearedevelopers.bsky.social #wearedevelopers

My percussion-obsessed son has joined Matrix Performing Arts, an indoor drum corps. He will be performing with their Open Ensemble on bass drum. They have a unique “calendar” fundraiser to help with the costs of instruments & travel. Please consider donating to this great group!

SEA ✈️ DTW ✈️ CMH

Doing an escape room with my team at @digitalocean.com tonight. Expecting to learn a great deal about my teammates in this problem-solving tinder box.

You certainly hear about things like a LAMP, MERN, and JAM stacks in software development. Is there something like DOTS? DigitalOcean (platform) Okta (auth) Twilio (comms) Stripe (e-commerce) I'd love to find starter kits for these kinds of stacks without doing the plumbing for each one.

CMH ✈️ SEA

On June 14th, I applied for a role at @yahoo.bsky.social. “Head of Games” seemed like something I’d enjoy AND be good at. 176 days later, they just thanked me for applying, but they’ll be going in a different direction. So glad to be finishing my 4th month at @digitalocean.com!

LAS ✈️ DFW #commityourcode

My November 2024! Auburn, NYC, and so many friends & family!

CMH ✈️ DTW ✈️ LAS Thanks to delays, I will be sitting in Detroit for 4 hours. This will be my third trip to Vegas since mid-September.

Wicked deserves every ounce of hype it’s getting. Amazing.

If you’re ever feeling sad, remember that you can buy a whole cake for $6.

I'm hosting a happy hour at AWS re:Invent this year. Will you be there? Wanna meet up? It might not surprise you that it's happening at a place called Alexxa's.

I'm a 5. How about you?

There's a @digitalocean meetup tonight in NYC. I'll be there. Come join us!

This city is ugly.

Literally everyone on this subway is listening to their own individual device at full volume. Is this the future?