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Lord Kage Lyall

@lordkage.bsky.social

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A wolf called Shadow Nerdy introvert, not straight, demisexual. Grey beard, grey muzzle. Lego, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, Babylon 5, Dune, Tech and Security. Currently reading: The Stormlight Archive and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

*barely controlled rage*

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Current Mood: Office Worker Smashes Monitor

ALT: Current Mood: Office Worker Smashes Monitor

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Can't sleep...

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Dog Having a Bad Dream While Sleeping

ALT: Dog Having a Bad Dream While Sleeping

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"If you aren't having gratuitous sex, then what are you having, Boo?" -- Marlon Jones, The Daily Show Best quote from a writer during an interview, ever!

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Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You know you have been working from home (alone) with your pet(s) when... 1) Your neighbor asks what Opera you keep singing 2) Your neighbor says your vocal range has improved greatly

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Muppets Rowlf and Friends Sing

ALT: Muppets Rowlf and Friends Sing

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You help one engineer one time in an incident with a random thing because you knew the answer... Then they will always reach out to you directly for *any* issue.

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Fozzie Bear's Classic Facepalm

ALT: Fozzie Bear's Classic Facepalm

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fantastic! I have the Sunday scaries on Saturday night. I'm blessed.

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Monday: Shovel to the Face

ALT: Monday: Shovel to the Face

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mood

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Fizgig Whining and Crying

ALT: Fizgig Whining and Crying

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Incident: OMG! We are having a very specific office networking issue, let's page out the *PRODUCTION APPLICATION* Traffic Team. Me: WT-actual-FUCK?! Incident: We know you are deal only with the app traffic, but... Me: Nope. No visibility. Have you reached out to IT? Incident: ... Me: Really?

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Me When I See My Class

ALT: Me When I See My Class

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Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.

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Fox Dives Headfirst into Snow

ALT: Fox Dives Headfirst into Snow

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Me to another coworker: So I am not smoking a ham and thinking it is Tri-tip...

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Me to a Coworker: Tuesday. The most hated day of the week, hence "Taco Tuesday," to make everyone like it better.

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Exactly!

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I forgot to add "Forced LLM use for everything." Calling this out because the LLM interfaces force hyper focus, don't time box (try not to let you time box), and cause extreme fatigue.

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A bit of clarification... The fact that I got a lunch yesterday was a rarity. I've pulled 10+ hour days all week with only one lunch, which was yesterday.

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ALT: Man Says Done

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Started my day at 0630. Ended my day at 1600. ~30 minute lunch. If my manager tells me to defend my calendar one more time, then I might be making an impromptu trip to the mid west... For either beers. Yup, let's go with beers.

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Gibbs Slaps Tony DiNozzo in NCIS

ALT: Gibbs Slaps Tony DiNozzo in NCIS

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

CEO: We don't look at token use only adoption. REALLY?! When why does the "metrics" board explicitly show that by team?!?! And we are being told to use at least $10/day of tokens and you are tracking the costs/usage.

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Willy Wonka: REALLY?

ALT: Willy Wonka: REALLY?

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Senior Leader: You can out source the coding, but the hooman needs to still do the thinking. [glazing over about the dangerous AI patterns causing issues] Really?! That is not the messages we are being told by all the bros.

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Please Disperse - Nothing to See Here

ALT: Please Disperse - Nothing to See Here

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One of my favorite concepts from The Phoenix Project is the invisible hand of incidents wiping your established timeline. However, most companies now have multiple invisible hands: - Incidents - "Major initiatives" - Security - Executive whiplash

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Tom's Multitasking Orchestra Meme

ALT: Tom's Multitasking Orchestra Meme

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Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

CEO: *handjob to LLM usage* 80% of code is written by the agentic agents, but we are aim to 90%. We will never make 100%, but we should aim for it. CEO: Lean into using all the authorized tools! Or you will be left behind! CEO: Be mindful of your token use! It cost money.

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Logan Roy Says Oh, Fuck Off

ALT: Logan Roy Says Oh, Fuck Off

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That has left me feeling empty and hopeless. And of course, I can fall asleep... Must be the anxiety of the 0830 meeting tomorrow.

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Homestar Runner: The System Is Down Rave

ALT: Homestar Runner: The System Is Down Rave

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

*clears throat* I fucking hate being OnCall at my company.

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Man flips desk in anger (Succession)

ALT: Man flips desk in anger (Succession)

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I don't want to go to bed... I want to keep working on my project! However, I am super sore from moving my office around and rewiring my desk. Ok, I do want to go to bed and read.

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Tired Dog Pulls Blanket into Crate for Sleep

ALT: Tired Dog Pulls Blanket into Crate for Sleep

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Want to say something about my feelings. Don't want to sound whiny. And Definitely don't want to sound like I'm looking for attention. Oops, failed on all counts.

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Christopher Walken as Frank Sheldon in The Outlaws

ALT: Christopher Walken as Frank Sheldon in The Outlaws

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is the future... layoffs when you try to unionize, force use of AI to increase profit margin that aren't shared with those actually doing the work....

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Phrases that just piss me off: "... our customers are dealing with an extreme labor shortage." "I would like to thank everyone who worked to make this a reality, spending long hours, often at nights and on the weekends."

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Wolverine's Iconic 'Go F*ck Yourself' to Logan

ALT: Wolverine's Iconic 'Go F*ck Yourself' to Logan

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Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I hate being called out like this...

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Manager: Don't be so pedantic with your language. Me: I'm not. I am specific. ... Manager: I want this outcome others to do. Me: [makes tickets] ... Manager: I don't like this language! It isn't specific enough. Me: 🤦‍♂️

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Man Slams Desk, Papers Fly

ALT: Man Slams Desk, Papers Fly

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm fucking done with today.

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ALT: Fuck This Shit

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How the fuck are you a staff engineer without understanding the difference between the fucking ticket and the fucking change request?!?!

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Moe's Annoyed Reaction

ALT: Moe's Annoyed Reaction

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

LLMs are built to be as verbose as possible bc we are charged by the token, which is roughly equivalent to a word. We are basically being told to use something that will drain our resources, our wallets, and our joy for the gains of the few. Yeah, I am in bit of a spicy mood today, fight me.

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Kyle Broflovski from South Park: Go Fuck Yourself!

ALT: Kyle Broflovski from South Park: Go Fuck Yourself!

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Oh, fuck off Amazon, when did you fucking purchase IMDB?

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Zach Galifianakis: From The Heart (Middle Finger)

ALT: Zach Galifianakis: From The Heart (Middle Finger)

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

LLM: 10+2+3+1+2+2+2+3 = 25 Me: Um, did you just make a Clue reference?

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ALT: Crash Clue

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"I say your civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became our civilization, which is of course what this is all about. Evolution, Morpheus, evolution."

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Agent Smith's Intense Stare

ALT: Agent Smith's Intense Stare

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The spoiled birthday princess got an extra special dinner... Totally not spoiled. ❤️

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Exciting dinner for one... 🤷‍♂️

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Mana turns 14 today. Totally not spoiled.

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My little Shadow would have been 14 today. 😭 It has been a hard 9 months on both Mana and me, but we are thriving with our new normal.

Selfie of Shadow and Kage.

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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Perfect Darling: Delicious Reaction

ALT: Perfect Darling: Delicious Reaction

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We are now getting closer to The Hunger Games. 🤬

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You don't have a fully functioning staging environment, and you are surprised when catastrophic bugs get released into production. The sheer amount of man hours you waste out weighs the costs of having a fully functioning staging environment.

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Gibbs Slaps Tony DiNozzo in NCIS

ALT: Gibbs Slaps Tony DiNozzo in NCIS

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The `,` is the word version of `()` in logic and math.

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Ron Swanson's Disapproving Look - Parks And Rec

ALT: Ron Swanson's Disapproving Look - Parks And Rec

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Well, poodles... That was a choice.

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Robocop vs. ED-209: Iconic Robot Encounter

ALT: Robocop vs. ED-209: Iconic Robot Encounter

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

You know you are in for a big adventure, when you find an old cypher text by Arne Saknussemm.

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Me to a coworker: My context is full, I am going to the couch.

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Closing Laptop: Done With Work

ALT: Closing Laptop: Done With Work

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

An exciting OnCall dinner with myself

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On linux based systems, "rebooting" shouldn't be default answer.

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Мда, устал

ALT: Мда, устал

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Corp IT vs My Sanity Corp IT for the win!

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Man flips desk in anger (Succession)

ALT: Man flips desk in anger (Succession)

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Yippee! Depression! I'm going to bed.

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Dog Ignores The World, Hides in Crate

ALT: Dog Ignores The World, Hides in Crate

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In a press release about leveraging AI over hoomans: "... to solve critical industry challenges like the major labor shortage ..." There is not a labor shortage. The situation exists because you don't want to pay a living wage. Or train people. Or actually care about people. You only want profit.

Lord Kage Lyall @lordkage.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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