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Patrick Hubbard

@ferventgeek.com
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Automation & AIOps pragmatist, pilot, reluctant tech marketeur. Currently ScienceLogic, fmr SolarWinds, Sun, AA ✈️, opinionated but not like Go.

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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 14/01/2026
Some of the Fluent 2 icon updates have freshy-fun feelz.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 22/12/2025
Tell me again that CSS is not programming.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 21/11/2025
Exactly. youtube.com/shorts/CfKb9...
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Westminster chime test on old school contactor relays #bells #electrician #electrical #carillon #fyp
YouTube video by Ding Dong it’s the bell guy
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 06/10/2025
Answer: Because that’s what it does. I’ll miss my Fitbit soon, me thinks. www.bgr.com/1984436/why-...
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Google Discontinued Its Nest Brand - Here's Why - BGR
Google Nest is essentially discontinued, and smart home users will begin hearing less and less about it. We'll explain what you need to know.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 01/10/2025
6 of 8 neighbors in my cul-de-sac dumped Spectrum for gFiber in the *first 4 days* it went live. There are dozens of contractor cars swarming the surrounding neighborhoods. It's an incumbent churn bloodbath unlike any infrastructure adoption I've ever seen.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 22/09/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-lg...
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We Have AI Now
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 18/09/2025
Running your Unifi Controller app under portainer.io on a Raspberry Pi makes upgrades a three-click affair. With linuxserver/unifi-network-application:latest as your image, click "Recreate" on the container menu, check the "Re-pull image" option on the confirm dialog, and that's it. Done in 30 secs.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 15/09/2025
GPT 5.0 today?
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/09/2025
The enshittification of search marches on. Check my EV for a loose gas cap, Roger.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 06/09/2025
Well that was a nice little Lancer (B-1) Austin flyover. GE F101 quartet, no reheat. www.reddit.com/r/Austin/com...
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 05/09/2025
AI enshittification may break the attention stranglehold of media, social and otherwise. They can’t help themselves destroy their own platforms following dreams of empty desks. That, or AI knows we need to go outside.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 10/08/2025
Google Fiber watch, day 3,752. Bootstrappy neighbor identifying missing box work to complete the conduit. After this they blow the fiber down the conduits.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 17/07/2025
Cloudflare's global, hourlong DNS outage Monday was a reminder to use a completely different provider for your secondary. blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1...
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 17/07/2025
Doctor’s waiting room hack? The least comfortable looking seat also gets the least traffic.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 10/07/2025
P. Terry’s in Austin is sending today’s profits to Texas flood relief. And there’s a line around the block. Great to see- thanks everyone helping in whatever way you can. www.statesman.com/story/entert...
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P. Terry's, Kerbey Lane to donate 100% of Thursday profits to Texas flood relief. See list
Central Texas continues to reel from the devastating impact of recent floods. In these challenging times, the spirit of Austin shines through as …
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/07/2025
Blaming GPT conditioning: I just used an em dash in a text message.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 03/07/2025
FTA: "Building God is an expensive and exhausting business" gizmodo.com/openai-repor...
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OpenAI Reportedly Shuts Down for a Week as Zuck Poaches Its Top Talent
An employee's public lament over poached colleagues and a company-wide shutdown reveal a difficult truth: the human cost of building AI is reaching a breaking point.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 01/07/2025
Blackberry's last device was in 2018? Hmh. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBe...
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BlackBerry Key2 - Wikipedia
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 20/06/2025
Point of sale has irrupted
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/06/2025
When AI builds your plane. What even is this?
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 02/06/2025
TLDR; AI-train drones to recognize targets, pack them in custom, remote-opening containers, drive flatbeds 4500km, park near targets, click run back home. Defense is about to get interesting. (link, state media, purported pics) united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Inside Ukraine's AI-Drone Strike That Cost Russia $7 Billion and a Third of Its Bomber Jets
Ukraine's SBU conducted a sophisticated operation against Russian airbases, targeting strategic bombers from over 4,500 km away using AI-driven drones.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 30/05/2025
youtu.be/HX17XuGszB4?...
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Despite His Lack of Degree Does Adam Savage Consider Himself a Scientist and Engineer?
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 13/05/2025
Late-stage Austinism.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 06/05/2025
Near stationary line, blowing up in Gonzales, likely delighting the meteorology geeks in Aggieland
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 03/05/2025
ITOps classic: false alert in a maintenance window. 😂
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 15/04/2025
I'm incredibly proud of my ScienceLogic teammates today as we're again named a leader in AIOps in the Forrester Wave. If you've been involved in AR/PR you know how special it is to rank ahead of larger vendors with well-known, strong offerings. Congratulations to the whole ScienceLogic team. 🎉
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ScienceLogic Named a Leader in AIOps Platform Report
ScienceLogic named a leader in The Forrester Wave: AIOps Platforms, Q2 2025.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 08/04/2025
Interesting #homelab issue today. 1) My 11 yo #Synology DS1515+ hard died, but I popped the drives in the same order into a DS923+ and it came right up because, Synology is awesome. 💯 but.. 2) #Unifi wouldn't hand out a DHCP lease because its US8 switch needed a power cycle.. what? 🤔
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 07/04/2025
And lo! It has come to pass. Real insider Austin merch, and a symbol of taste to other veterans. Also a sign of your Austin driver Stockholm syndrome.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 21/03/2025
Ooh.. Weekend LLM R&D fun! Data janitorial, the unsung hero of grewt outcomes. github.com/microsoft/ma...
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GitHub - microsoft/markitdown: Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.
Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. - microsoft/markitdown
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 21/03/2025
Friday cometh. open.spotify.com/track/6rhq7b...
open.spotify.com
First Step in the Wrong Direction
Achilles Wheel · Thirteen Hours · Song · 2012
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 20/03/2025
How’s your day? Here’s a pic of my laptop assistant in case you’re looking for something similarly agentic.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 18/03/2025
How many years does it take for something to become a tradition? Ex: First day of Spring Break == Rodeo Austin. Perfect weather helps. 🎡🎢🍬🐂🥤
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 10/03/2025
Aussie surfers punch sharks, Aussie pilots make greasers in hurricanes. No worries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mBa...
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INSANE Landing! QANTAS Dash 8 Battles Extreme Winds from CYCLONE ALFRED @ BNE 🌪️✈️
YouTube video by Julia Flights
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/03/2025
Trek hits a special wavelength. m.youtube.com/watch?si=hsH...
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My INSANE 40 foot Starship Enterprise model!
YouTube video by Mr Trek
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/03/2025
Well that's a handy @github.com repo. Rust port scan at 3,000/sec, w/ compiled bins for all. github.com/bee-san/Rust...
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GitHub - bee-san/RustScan: 🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖
🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖. Contribute to bee-san/RustScan development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 07/03/2025
App containerization on @raspberrypi.com keeps on winning. Upgraded: @docker.com, @portainer.io, @mongodb.bsky.social, UniFi Network App, @nodered.org, and the OS on the 8gb 4 in <30 mins, paying attention only as needed. Huzz friggin' ah!
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 07/03/2025
slate.com/business/202...
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They’re Sprouting Up in Every Rich Neighborhood in America—Including Mine. I Had to Know Where They Came From.
My quest to understand the 5,600-square-foot architectural curiosity that appeared next door.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 05/03/2025
Once again, AI is us. The article mentions something I’ve been doing to “calm” GPT without knowing it. When it wanders into a tone I don’t like around problem/solution content, I sooth it with positivism and reassurance until it’s more sunny.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 28/02/2025
Every time AT&T sends email pushing “giga” in my central metro neighborhood: 🤣🤣🤣
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 28/02/2025
If you haven’t tried a breakfast taco in a boat, you’re missing out. #austin
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 27/02/2025
The average CPU temp of my daily driver. It's what you get when you multiply six by nine.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 25/02/2025
Me: "I really do need to finish migrating to gmail." Yahoo's new UX: "Here's your sign."
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 20/02/2025
TIL that Chrome's tab UI performance (click events, closing tabs etc.) degrades when the Windows Download folder is packed. If Chrome is slow, try cleaning up your downloads.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 16/02/2025
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
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The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 13/02/2025
Literally chatting with my wife this morning about canceling the Starlink backup $$ for WAN2, and Spectrum is here to remind us to keep paying Elmo if we want to work.
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 10/02/2025
Is 10¢ rounding too much? As long as they’re taking unusable coins out of circulation, finish the job?
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 07/02/2025
It's a good Friday on Teams. Have a great weekend, butterfly friends. 🏖️
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 04/02/2025
Squeeee. The new @evilmopacatx.bsky.social logo merch is here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 31/01/2025
Nice update from Juan Browne (blancolirio). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3gD...
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Potomac Mid Air UPDATE 1/30/25
YouTube video by blancolirio
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Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 30/01/2025
<Sigh> Still, maybe pause the life lessons for a spell?
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