Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 5hYou know when you're at the North American hotel breakfast buffet staring down those runny eggs? Instead get your protein in the form of a "Swanson Taco": fill a pancake with bacon and fold it in half like a taco. Follow me for more travel tips 😎 010
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Don’t listen to her! Use discount code JOSH20 and show me your love ❤️ 100
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I love how optimistic AI-notetakers are about consensus being found by the end of a meeting 010
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 06/09/2026New model dropped which means it’s time for another few weeks of telling people “Yes it’s cool. No it’s not fucking AGI” 010
Reposted by Josh LeeMapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂) 982101622400
Reposted by Josh LeeMapQuest @mapquest.com · 30/08/2026Hey, Questies. #GulfofMexico and #LakeOntario are available here. iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/mapqu... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... No printer required.apps.apple.comMapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps App - App StoreDownload MapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps by MapQuest Holdings LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like MapQuest… 911356431
Reposted by Josh LeeMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words. 568197973682
Reposted by Josh LeeFelicitas Pojtinger @felicitas.pojtinger.com · 13/08/2026The strangest side effect of LLMs so far has just been, IMHO, that there is no longer a need to find consensus on a lot of technical decisions 161
Reposted by Josh LeeEmily Bache @emilybache.com · 13/08/2026I missed this post when I was on vacation, so highlighting it now. @icooper.bsky.social is being very thoughtful about what development with AI looks like when you care about code quality and a maintaining a shared 'theory' for long term success. ian-cooper.writeas.com/coding-agent...ian-cooper.writeas.comCoding Agents: Driving In GearsThe Value of Understanding Code In an agentic engineering world, what is the value of the code? We set the agent a goal, provide the req... 162
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I find it ironic that LLMs (which are stateless) are pushing me to think of more of my services as pets (rather than cattle) again... 000
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Ventoy has obviated the bit in my bio about thumb drives. 030
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 02/08/2026When it comes to "where do we run our AI" - we don't need more "internet sandboxes" like the social media platforms of yore, and harnesses are great but cheap and disposable. What should we focus on? Building auditable, durable systems of record with federated JIT access. 210
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This is so freaking cool: slach.github.io/CHSimCity/ (made by one of my incredibly talented coworkers) #clickhouseslach.github.ioCHSimCity · How ClickHouse Works, in 3DAn explorable 3D cluster that shows how ClickHouse actually works — parts, the primary index, skip indexes, the read pool, merges, TTL, Distributed and ReplicatedMergeTree, all running live in your br... 000
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Maybe I'm just a #database / #obsidian nerd, but I think The New Way is inboxes & indexes - not folders (Mind you - a folder is a type of index, and has a place - but nested folders is where dragons live) 000
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 19/07/2026“Vibe coding” means too many things. I propose that we use it for code gen by non-programmers, and bring back “pair programming”, now for “agent + developer sharing a console” This is also distinct from automated/agentic codegen. 040
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 14/07/2026How can one worry about AI slop when there are delicious pierogi to eat? 010
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Whenever I do “platform engineering” in my homelab, it is understood to be overkill, done for the thrill of it 221
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Does anybody else disqualify potential dating app matches because they reveal bad opsec in their profile? 100
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I’m finding that the more organized I am, the more useful my AI Agents are. Structure for the chaos 110
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Whenever I hear “espresso” I just think about the SNL sketch because that was where I first heard the song 😅 000
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Dear Google, please just stop this madness. Reign in your icon designers. 000
Reposted by Josh LeeAdriana Villela 🇨🇦 🇧🇷 @adrianamvillela.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Oh, who dis? The Adriana and @joshleecreates.bsky.social dynamic duo is headed to Copenhagen, Denmark in the fall to speak at @cloudnativedenmark.dk. Expect flair, fun, and great memes. Our talk will be awesome.🖖 031
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Is Jira turing-complete? 😅 seriot.ch/computation/...seriot.chJira IS Turing-Complete 000
Reposted by Josh LeeNick Taylor @nickyt.online · 22/05/2026Great talk from @adrianamvillela.bsky.social and @joshleecreates.bsky.social on @opentelemetry.io at KCD Czech & Slovak - Prague! #otel #011y #observability 183
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 01/05/2026That first NYC BEC (Bacon Egg and Cheese) after a month abroad really hits 120
Reposted by Josh LeeGeeking Out Podcast @geekingoutpod.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Mark your calendars for Geeking Out LIVE! Join host @adrianamvillela.bsky.social as she talks to @cassidoo.co, @elchefe.me, Jeff Blankenburg, and @joshleecreates.bsky.social, about how the vibe coding paradigm shift has affected them. When: May 11 at 12:00 ET Join: buff.ly/30MrQRp 064
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This Tuesday I share a vision for the future of observability - something that's been brewing for more than two years now. #OpenTelemetry in, SQL out, unlimited scale. Powered by #ClickHouse and #Apache #Iceberg qrco.de/bgieqE 010
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Do you ever put already complete items on your to-do list just so you can cross them off? 000
Reposted by Josh LeeDr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA 344362907568
Reposted by Josh LeeJustin Garrison @justingarrison.com · 03/04/2026Wrote down the specs and notes for the new cluster in a backpack. This one turned out much better than v1. justingarrison.com/blog/2026-04...justingarrison.comKubernetes Carrier V2New and improved mobile Kubernetes cluster 2133
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 03/04/2026A long long time ago (i.e. before GPT 3.5) there was a startup that would give you a personality profile based on your public social media posts. Mine? "Josh thrives on carefully controlled chaos" - and damn if that wasn't spot on. 220
Reposted by Josh LeeJen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 03/04/2026How old were you when you realized you can middle click the refresh button in the browser and it will duplicate the page in another tab? 22637
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 03/04/2026That feeling when you check something off of your to-do list thats been staring you down for *months* 🤗 000
Reposted by Josh LeeAdriana Villela 🇨🇦 🇧🇷 @adrianamvillela.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Decided to write my #KubeCon EU recap while it was still fresh in my mind instead of sleeping on the plane ride home. Good thing tomorrow is Saturday! KubeCon EU has been a whirlwind week, to say the least. I loved hanging out with friends old and new. medium.com/dzerolabs/ku...medium.comKubeCon EU 2026 RetrospectiveFinding my people amidst a chaotic but fun week 182
Reposted by Josh LeeAdriana Villela 🇨🇦 🇧🇷 @adrianamvillela.bsky.social · 22/03/2026It’s #KubeCon Day -1, starting things off with Maintainer Summit! Thanks to everyone who came out to see @reesesbytes.bsky.social, @joshleecreates.bsky.social, and me speak about building #OpenTelemetry community through the End User SIG! Thanks @didiviking.bsky.social for the talk pics! 0111
Reposted by Josh LeeAdriana Villela 🇨🇦 🇧🇷 @adrianamvillela.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Kicking off #KubeCon week with @rejekts.io! @joshleecreates.bsky.social and I were back on stage together, delivering our #OpenTelemetry vendor neutrality talk. As always, Rejekts was awesome. So nice to see old friends and to meet new ones!! 092
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 21/03/2026@cstgzn.bsky.social is taking us through fine tuning Kubernetes performance 👀 @rejekts.io 220
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Rejekts rejekts rejekts! The coffee is good too, thanks Miro! 010
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 21/03/2026It’s Rejekts day! I’ve only been once before but it’s become my favorite park of the week. At 5PM @adrianamvillela.bsky.social and I present on Vendor Neutrality with OpenTelemetry - and share a bit of our vision for the future. 040
Reposted by Josh LeeJustin Garrison @justingarrison.com · 21/03/2026If you’re new to Bluesky here’s a Kubecon starter pack I made go.bsky.app/RCerxDE 0228
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I'm too lazy to ask an AI how tf I turn off the AI rewriting suggestions in gmail. Dear god if emails start always sounding like an LLM, well: 🚀 The takeaway is: Josh will lose his shit. 000
Reposted by Josh Leekat cosgrove @kat.lol · 19/03/2026I'm very lucky that @minimus.io considers the work I do for Kubernetes to be part of my job. That isn't true for most maintainers. Projects are failing or suffering attacks because of a lack of contributors from companies built on top of them, and that's *everyone's* problem. dev.to/katcosgrove/...dev.toWhen Projects Fail: Why Companies Should Treat Open Source as InfrastructureMaintaining an open source project is hard. It requires managing a group of people who are largely... 610820
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I think @justingarrison.com tried to mix k3s with Talos 142
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Well this is fun: joshing.youjoshing.youWe're Not Joshing You - The premier web directory for humans named JoshThe premier web directory for humans named Josh. Currently tracking 139 Josh sites. 010
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 17/03/2026One thing I kind of miss from the 2020-2022 era: signing into work zooms with your name still (accidentally) set to your Dungeons & Dragons character. 010
Reposted by Josh LeeAdrian Brudaru @datateam.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Prototyping data pipelines in @duckdb.org is great until you need to ship them to production. On Mar 16, Elvis Kahoro & @joshleecreates.bsky.social from Altinity will show how to move a DuckDB pipeline to @clickhouse.com using dlt, fully defined as Python code. Thread ↓ 121
Josh Lee @joshleecreates.bsky.social · 10/03/2026@zeroshade.columnar.tech The ASF had our selfie this whole time! 011