I meant to write a hopeful blog post: AI quietly brought back Google's 20% time. Writing it forced me to be honest. The scarce thing isn't hours now, it's attention ("brain fry" is real), and the optimism I felt isn't on offer to everyone. So who actually benefits? joe.dev/posts/new-20...

the gutting of the EPA is one of the worst crimes that this Administration has done, after the gutting of USAID. fellow xooglers in corpeng will remember the pains we went to, to ensure both that ATL had enough fuel to last the duration of an outage *and ran no longer* to avoid execs being jailed.

This is going to be such a disaster. If they are pitching the IPO this hard… Or maybe it’ll become load bearing bullshit. I hate it here.

Celebrating our trans elders - the trailblazers of previous generations who persevered, resisted, and existed so that we could continue towards a brighter tomorrow. 🩷🤍🩵 📺 Video credit: @trans.sisters.united on IG

Almost a teenager! (Cool at @kaslin.rocks!)

I’m thinking it is a carabiner with some Subaru keys? (Lifted from Reddit. Not sure original source)

I’m in one of those things that buys stocks directly on my behalf and try to track the index. There are some tax strategies that come into play. (Direct Indexing) One bonus is you can customize it. I don’t own TSLA, for example. Just today told them to not do SpaceX at all.

New blog post! I've been digging into thinking about the right patterns to use AI coding agents and where and how they are useful. The split between R&D is something I've been working with for a while but it really becomes apparent when we are working with agents. joe.dev/posts/resear...

In honor of the @standard.site support now in @bsky.app I’m reposting this so you can see the cool flair associated with the preview card. joe.dev/posts/thinki...

Amazing shirt. Hope it heals fast, senator!

How about this explanation… even for folks doing reasonably well in this strange economy, they can see the worst people in the world just raking in money in the ugliest of ways, and they know they’ll never be able to compete with that, and that their money will be worth less and less over time.

When I started my latest job at Stacklok I had a lot of learning and catching up to do. One thing that annoyed and confused me is that we all seem to have a different idea of what an AI "agent" is. Here is my thinking on one way to break this down. joe.dev/posts/nine-k...

oh man! I really want to attend but I have things that I can't miss that day. If you are at all interested in @atproto.com and in Seattle you should make time for this!

A new post on why I started up a new blog and some of the mechanics around it. I already covered some of that with bsky posts but figured I'd pull it together. Mostly wrote this for LinkedIn. joe.dev/posts/thinki...

I'm not going to lie, I need more help like this from Joe. I need people who believe everyone should be treated with respect and be granted the rights that all are created equal to DONATE today at www.BH4C.win. I need the resources to get my name out and defeat #MGPisGOP.

I regret nothing

This is such a wonderful dedication to @krisnova.net in @whitneylee.com talk at #CloudNativeDaysRomania 💙

Now that I have a shiny new blog, I want to post something I put up on LinkedIn recently. This is a better way to publish vs. that dystopian address book. It has been 10 years since I kicked off SPIFFE. Thank you to the folks that made it actually happen. joe.dev/posts/10-yea...

I'm not voting for a candidate that wants fascism for trans kids, but safety for me. Don't try to sell me that you're worried about rising fascism, if you think there's enough of a safety margin to throw away the 5% to 10% of anti-fascist votes that you will lose by backing an anti-trans candidate.

Showed this to a friend of mine. She says: “Haha that is Chase, we know him from around town”

I'm playing around with bringing up a new blog! It'll be at joe.dev. I'm publishing via hugo and using @sequoia.pub to publish it to standard.site. No real content yet but here is my example post: joe.dev/posts/hello-.... Still configuring things so suggestions welcome!

"Everything simple is false. Everything which is complex is unusable." -- Paul Valéry Just ran across this quote and I love it.

Thank you so much for the support! With help like this it allows me to reach more voters. Together we will save this seat with a real Democrat!

I will never vote for a bill that targets vulnerable communities like the Trans community or that threatens to defund schools.

8 Dems voted for this. One of those was Perez in WA-03. She is up for reelection. I just donated the max ($3500) to her primary challenger, Brent Hennrich. Here is his site if you want to learn about him and join me: brenthennrich.com “With friends like these…”

So, come to find out, it is possible to create a reparations program after all.

This is a gut punch. I had enormous respect for Soma and enjoyed my interactions with him. My condolences to his family and colleagues.

Tech content: This morning I'm digging into Transaction Tokens. I'm still a noob here so learning on the fly. I've seen similar patterns inside of big companies but haven't studied the evolving standards.

Since I have a job here I'm tempted to post more technical content here. This would probably be stuff that is infra and AI systems focused. I worry that it'll be overwhelming to some. But I miss the old Twitter where I had that technical community. Thoughts?

When you watch action movies you always wonder how the villains build their evil lair. The secret submarine base with big tanks of who knows what that is all very menacing. Anywho, about that ballroom….

If a Croque Madame talked to another Croque Madame about anything other than a Croque Monsieur Would they have passed the Béchamel test?

Cash bail sucks. “Innocent until proven guilty”? If you are rich you get out of jail. If you are poor you don’t. And probably lose your job, your car, your housing.

Just told the 17yo “Same bat time. Same bat channel” and she looked at me like I was crazy.

Gotta be honest. It is really cool to see SPIFFE catching on. It’s been a long journey but it is great when people get it.

This just breaks my heart. I want give them all a hug. (If they want one)

Now that I have a real job (oh yeah, I got a job) I have to pay more attention to LinkedIn. I hate it. It is just creepy. Everyone is so toxically positive and upbeat. So fake. I can confidently say that it is the worst address book ever.

Beautiful evening for a ball game.

Pick your champion. I’m going with Italian Beef.

I just put in a donation through my DAF (not with any of these 3) and we’ll see if they put it through.

Having a little treat after work. Some Malört served in its traditional glass: a urine specimen jar.

Who could fight @h.olysh.it in such an awesome sweater?

I can’t stop thinking about this. As someone who regularly takes a ferry, you do NOT cut the line. I love that this man fucked around and found out, in a world where there is not nearly enough ‘finding out’ for people like this.

Just published on FOSS Force: Beda and McLuckie Reunited and Securing AI at Stacklok fossforce.com/2026/04/beda...

One of the greatest headlines ever made

Where will AI be impactful?

We had a great discussion and I’m excited the episode is being released! Check it out.

Usually when there’s this much disagreement about whether a strait is open or closed, they’re about six months from getting divorced.

When Heptio was acquired by VMware we had to give up our downtown Seattle office. We had just gotten a new light up sign for the reception and no one wanted it so it has been sitting in my garage for the past 8 years. I have space now so just hung it up and it is magnificent.

Social engineering is just prompt injection for humans.

Replace Lenna with Taters