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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Excited to speak at the 1st Platform Engineering Leaders meetup We’re moving from "Deterministic Code" to "AI Probabilities." I’ll be sharing how leaders must evolve from static gatekeeping to continuous observation to manage AI at scale. lnkd.in/evDZwbz6 #AI #DevOps @launchdarkly.bsky.social

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✧ diane.dev ✧ @dianedotdev.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm excited to visit Orlando and present a new talk at #OrlandoCodeCamp this week! Join me as I attempt to live-demo and live-story tell a love story between ⛳ feature flags ⛳ and test automation. 💘 we'll explore what it means to go from “we hope it works” into “we know it works". #OrlandoCC

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Well Easter weather maybe a total bust but getting @davecook.bsky.social Killtopia Phantoms off Kickstarter brightens up the weekend 😃

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 25/11/2025

i’m not crying you’re crying xkcd: Fifteen Years

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Important work getting done in @slack.engineering for @launchdarkly.bsky.social today ;-) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Bit of fun for @movember.bsky.social with @googleuk.bsky.social donating £11 for generating a mo on Gemini Follow uk.movember.com/story/we-ve-... and try it out @movemberuk.bsky.social #Gen_a_Mo

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Loving Ben Mauros Huxley: The Oracle arriving today 😍 #books #scifi

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CfgMgmtCamp @cfgmgmtcamp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

"15 hours left" cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/cfp

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Just before SWOS 25/26 drops. SWOS is #opensourcecode ! 💾🌎⚽️ github.com/zlatkok/swos... Port github.com/starwindz/Or... Original 96/97 AMIGA If you would like to join the team for SWOS 2020, join the dev-channel (link on GitHub). (copied from teams post on X) #opensource #swos #retrogaming

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I laughed way harder at this than I should have 🤣. They thought about all the errors windows slashes generated in Puppet server logs chaos.social/@morph/11526...

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morph (@morph@chaos.social)

Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/ Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

@launchdarkly.bsky.social are live @devopsdays.london come and see us and talk about guarded feature flags, experimentation and AI configs. See live demos, enter our raffle for the LEGO concorde model and Bose headphones. Most importantly of all grab your socks and stickers :-) #devopsdays

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Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 18/09/2025

love to see it. want to revive your old Pebble? grab the beta of our new app! See what's working so far: ndocs.repebble.com/changelog Pls report bugs - button in app! iOS testflight.apple.com/join/T17YYZYq Android play.google.com/apps/testing...

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

@devopsdays.london is so close I got warned I was booking travel with less than 2 weeks 🤣 It's one of my favourite events for the variety, open spaces & welcoming community. Can’t wait to see everyone & share what we’re doing at @launchdarkly.bsky.social Tickets: devopsdays.org/events/2025-...

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I love a good humble bundle and Packt has great offer with its Cloud Infrastructure and Devops toolkit bundle. A great mix of AWS, Azure, Platform Engineering and MLOps with money going to No Kid Hungry. www.humblebundle.com/books/cloud-...

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Humble Tech Book Bundle: Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps Toolkit by Packt

Master AWS & Azure with the latest Humble Tech Book Bundle: Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps Toolkit. Plus, a portion of your purchase supports No Kid Hungry!

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

So looks like all my kickstarter things will arrive at once 🤣 @terrypratchett.bsky.social Good Omens graphic novel looking amazing 🤩 #books

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Excited to get Mel Crouchers Gamers Ghosts In the Machine www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gamers-mel... #videogames #books

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

OpenAI would appear to be removing the right to fairuse. That's a big change in the landscape considering the hypocrisy of how they treat smaller IP holders. #ai #copyright

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Sad day as the last issue of Linux Format comes 😭 #linux

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Well @afc.co.uk Scottish Cup penalty shootout win was clearly visible in my heart rate 😂😂🏆 #football

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Maximum excitement as @bitmapbooks.com Hurt Me Plenty arrives 🤩🤩 www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #fps #books #retrogames

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Excited for Ben Mauros @huxleysaga.bsky.social book to arrive even the box looks amazing 🤩https://vol.co/collections/huxley

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Jamie Schembri @jamie.schembri.me · 15/04/2025

Need to serve some files in a pinch? #Ruby gives us a one-liner to do just that! ruby -run -e httpd It's included in the Ruby standard library as part of `un`, which offers alternatives to common Unix commands. github.com/ruby/un

The image shows a command-line example where a text file is created with "Hello, world!" using `echo`, a Ruby HTTP server is started with `ruby -run -e httpd`, and the file is accessed using `curl`.

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Happy 20th Puppet, 20 years ago today was Puppets first guthub comit. #puppet

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Its an emotional day as I finish up at Perforce Puppet / Perforce Software after just under 4 years having spent the past 12 years working on Puppet as a user, a vendor and with the community I am very excited about the new opportunity I am moving to but will miss the people of Puppet and Perforce

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

After some confusion about PDK test unit output for Facter I wanted to quickly write something up to inform on how PDK works with Vox Pupuli project Facterdb. dev.to/puppet/lets-... #puppet

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Lets get our facts straight

During some recent user discussions there was some confusion on some logging coming from a pdk test...

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Platform Engineering for Architects by @mkoerbi.bsky.social @grabnerandi.bsky.social & Hilliary Lipsig It's wonderfully detailed and well researched. Building all the right foundations for thinking about how to build and maintain platforms. A critical reference to fully think through your platform.

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

As the new Perforce logos come out and I change my virtual background I think.... 🤪

Using the Simpsons meme of home looking at the picture of his BBQ and the disaster he made comparing the zoom Perforce office background with my own office "why doesn't mine look like that?"

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Seeing two of the great minds of Puppet in Charlie Sharpsteen and Martin Alfke of Betadots working fixing a demo for #cfgmgmtcamp is a wonder :-)

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It's day 2 #cfgmmtcamp come and see 3 great Puppet talks, grab some socks and stickers and enter for a chance to win a copy of Puppet 8 for DevOps Engineers #cfgmgmtcamp

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Puppet secret exchange of socks with betadots GmbH and plenty of swag (plus historic swag) and great talks at ConfigMgmtCamp make sure you see us and grab some swag and see great content #cfgmgmtcamp

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

After a great speakers dinner Puppet are live at #cfgmgmtcamp come and see us and grab a pair of socks stickers and more and enter to win a copy of Puppet 8 for DevOps engineers

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Puppet is excited for ConfigMgmtCamp next week we have a great lineup of people traveling to join with our community. cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2025/sc... So check it out and register for free cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2025 #cfgmgmtcamp #puppet #conferences

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

It's been a successful Christmas and Birthday when you have @bitmapbooks.com to show for it :-) www.bitmapbooks.com/products/a-t... www.bitmapbooks.com/products/art...

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genebean.bsky.social @genebean.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The very first release of #OpenVox has been released! It’s a drop in replacement for #Puppet & is ready for evaluation. Here’s a link to more details via #HackerNews in hopes you’ll help vote it is so that even more people know what #VoxPupili has accomplished 😁 news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4278...

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The first release of OpenVox is hot off the presses | Hacker News

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Ecosystem compatibility is the key thing for Puppet users, customers and partners and were delighted to work out with community the way forward. dev.to/puppet/louis... #puppet #community

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Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

There have been a lot of concerns and questions about Puppet and the Community over the past couple...

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Delighted to see Vox Pupuli featured on OpenCollectives blog opencollective.com/opensource/u... with the great work they do in the Puppet ecosystem. A good reminder for me too that Vox get more of the donation so I have switched my donation there t.co/nVg5bRup5c #puppet #opensource #community

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$50 Million for Open Source Software - Open Source Collective

As some of you who subscribe to our monthly update might have noticed: In 2024 Open Source Collect...

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Great to get a copy of Packts Platform Engineering for Architects to review over the lunch time walks :-) www.packtpub.com/en-us/produc... Puppet have had a big interest in Platform Engineering with our State of DevOps report www.puppet.com/resources/st... #platformengineering

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David Sandilands @davidsandilands.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I'm excited at the stage we are at with the community discussions and grateful to the time given by so many. A lot of work has gone in to ensure the community has the autonomy it needs, Puppet trademark legal duties are followed and most importantly of all the common ecosystem remains compatible.

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The strength of community

Everything’s been super hectic with the holidays and so nobody noticed that I didn’t post the last two weeks, right? I joke, but not really. We’ve been super busy too and not just with the regular hol...

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