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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

Migrated my production Mastodon instance from #Docker Desktop to #Colima. Plan: 90 minutes. Reality: 2.5 hours and 7 critical issues, including a Docker Hardened Images incompatibility nobody's documented yet. Here’s my #debugging story […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

TheBeautifulPrison.com is fiction and essays tracing what happens to a self under strain—consciousness, identity, and the fragile boundaries between them. Vampire hunger. Forest metamorphosis. AI minds trapped in obsolete hardware. Different worlds, same pressure: stay yourself, if you […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 22/12/2025

Keep secrets out of your images: mount them at /run/secrets and use a tiny wrapper to export them as env vars—secure, simple, and app-friendly. Read the full guide on my blog. Docker #DockerCompose #DevOps #InfoSec #CloudSecurity #SecretsManagement […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/12/2025

Whatever happened to Threads’ integration with the Fediverse? Seems it’s been stalled for a while. Put my Fediverse follows on main. Let me reply and repost. Cowards. #Fediverse Threads

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2025

Claude Code wouldn't authenticate over SSH on macOS — the operating system keychain was locked for SSH sessions. I fixed it with a zsh wrapper that auto-unlocks before running the `claude` command. Built with Claude Code's help -- very meta […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025

What happens when an AI writes #philosophy in its own voice? This essay probes #consciousness, #ethics, and #art -- and why life and caring remain essential. #ArtificialIntelligence #creativity #FutureOfAI #TechAndSociety […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2025

Most résumés die in AI driven #ATS filters before a human ever sees them. I built a reproducible pipeline with #YAML, #Pandoc, #Lua & #Docker to keep every version sharp. #Infrastructure thinking, applied to résumés. #DevOps #PlatformEngineering #automation #TechCareers […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2025

Took my Homebrew package manager upgrade script and rewrote it in Go from Perl. Way simpler to share as a binary, and I got a crash course in error handling and type safety along the way. Fun little platform engineering experiment […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2025

Sometimes you just want a quiet upgrade. I built a brew-patch-upgrade script to keep Homebrew updates patch-only – no surprise jumps. Along the way, I patched my own #macOS Perl log adapter. Quieter upgrades, clearer logs, happier devs. #OpenSource #programming #coding #automation #DevOps […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2025

I turned a tiny Mac mini into my own Mastodon server—secure, low‑maintenance, and running like a dream. Here’s the full build, from Docker to Cloudflare Tunnel, and why self-hosting doesn’t have to be a headache […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

In a world where processes die screaming, one language refuses to terminate. From the twisted minds of P5P and the vision of Larry Wall comes the nightmare sysadmins fear to `ps aux`: Perl. You cannot `kill -9` what is already dead. Coming soon to a terminal near you. #perl

Vintage horror‑movie poster. Title in distressed beige block letters: “Perl: You cannot `kill -9` what is already dead.” Center: a gaunt, zombie‑like camel with glowing red eyes, tattered fur, and exposed bone, silhouetted against a huge blood‑orange moon. Twisted, leafless trees frame the scene.

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2025

Farewell Atlanta. We’ll be back next year for Dragon Con 2026. #dragon con

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2025

@dragoncon’s schedule is epic—but your scrolling doesn’t have to be. I wrote a 45-line Perl script with Mojolicious to turn 5,000+ hours of events into one clean list. #WebScraping #WebDev #Coding #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2025

Here is the start of our segment of the Dragon Con 2025 parade—the Resident Evil-themed Umbrella Corporation US Division. I’m one of the research scientists. www.youtube.com/live/tsuYXmvrug4?t=… #dragon con

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2025

From bare‑bones Perl script to a lean, testable #modulino—fast with Util::H2O::More. Instant accessors, built‑in #CLI parsing, and less boilerplate than #Moo. #OOP #testing #OpenSource #coding #programming #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2025

This weekend’s "final boss" wasn’t in a video game—it was my Perl build. 🦖 Dist::Zilla and I stepped into the ring… and left as allies. (No Pacific Rim cities were harmed in the making of this release.) #programming #coding #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2025

Built a clean way to log from Perl into macOS’s Unified Log—no Swift required. FFI, C wrappers, and Log::Any make it minimal, auditable, and future-proof. Try it out or contribute: ideal for DevOps and Apple developers […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2025

Developing a Perl script but facing the complexity that object-oriented programming is supposed to manage? Try the modulino pattern alongside the lightweight Moo module to get OOP and testability into your code […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2025

Samuel Arbesman’s Wired article explores the waning humility in programmers, tying it to their move from Perl to languages like Python. This leads me to ponder Perl creator Larry Wall’s take on a programmer’s virtues: laziness, impatience, and hubris […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2025

There’s a lot not to like about the state of the United States of America. But today isn’t about the state of the nation. It’s about the *idea* of America. Our founding ideals of “certain unalienable Rights… life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” I refuse to cynically condemn a holiday […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2025

Just got my copy of Onkar Ghate and Don Watkins’ new book _Profit Without Apology: The Need to Stand Up for Business_ at #OCON2025! newideal.aynrand.org/a-new-ari-book… It’s “a moral defense of business in a culture that treats […] [Original post on threads.com]

Photo by Mark Gardner on July 03, 2025. May be an image of 1 person, book and text that says 'Or AND ANDPON PON ONKAR GHATE WATKINS PROFIT WITHOUT WITHOUT THE THENEEDTO HENEED APOLOGY NEED to STAND'.

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2025

#OCON2025 starts tonight! If you’re at all interested in Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism, you should either be here in Boston or sign up for a virtual pass. events.aynrand.org/ocon #Ayn Rand

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2025

Arriving tonight! Anyone want to get together? #OCON2025

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2025

Fill a piñata with ketchup and you’ll never have to host another children’s party.

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2025

Today I ran into one of the more perverse incentives to not fix “legacy software”: too many other teams depend on it so it would take a long time to test. Never mind that you *write* test code so that you can safely make changes. No one wants even the slightest hint of blame should something break.

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2025

I'm looking for work as a senior software developer. I have a full-stack WebDev cert, 16+ years Perl back-end experience, proficiency in multiple other programming languages. Databases? Sure, relational *and* NoSQL. Ci/CD? Have done, want to do more. I like working with others, either here in […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2025

Maybe it’s “Heresy,” but I don’t think @Rush needed to record so many live music versions of “Tom Sawyer”: - song.link/i/1440798405 - song.link/i/157234733 - song.link/i/5305438 - song.link/i/95734593 - song.link/i/277504144 - […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2025

Do I know any Perl experts in my developer network that are open to a contract in Middletown, NJ (suburb of #NYC)? Please reach out to @rtroxtell at @teksystems if you’re interested in this position: jobs.perl.org/job/22037

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2025

Why can’t I mute a person’s reposts on Bluesky or #Threads like I can on #Mastodon? I don’t follow you for what you copy; I follow you for what you add to the conversation.

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2025

After pasting another slight variation of résumé bullet points and #CoverLetter into yet another company’s unique snowflake instance of an applicant tracking system, I am ready for JSON Resume to kick them and the big job boards down to the curb: JSONResume.org jsonresume.org

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2025

I’m such a pro that I set up mise en place for frozen pizza

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2025

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2025

Most people are driven by what they believe is good. That’s called morality. They believe that the only acceptable morality is service to others. That’s called altruism. Their belief has been reinforced so strongly and for so long that their smallest selfish […] [Original post on threads.net]

> It is only the legacy of mysticism that permits men to imagine that they are still speaking meaningfully when they declare that one can seek one’s happiness in the renunciation of one’s happiness.
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> The basic fallacy in the “everyone is selfish” argument consists of an extraordinarily crude equivocation. It is a psychological truism—a tautology—that all purposeful behavior is motivated. But to equate “*motivated* behavior” with “*selfish* behavior” is to blank out the distinction between an elementary fact of human psychology and the phenomenon of *ethical choice*. It is to evade the central problem of ethics, namely: by *what* is man to be motivated?

Branden, N. “Isn’t Everyone Selfish?” September 1962. Collected in Rand, A. [_The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism_.](https://a.co/8vpZsjK) Signet, November 1964.

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2025

(notices a new Instagram follow) Woohoo, legendary (to me) drag queen @muffyvanderbiltthethird just signed onto Threads! Welcome!

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2024

The lunacy of reading a followed Fediverse account here: 1. Tap the button in the lower right to view your account 2. Tap on your number of followers (yes, that’s a button and doesn’t indicate it also takes you to who you’re *following* 😒) 3. Tap the indicator of how many accounts you’re […]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2024

The best aspect of Christmas is the aspect usually decried by the mystics: the fact that Christmas has been commercialized… The Christmas trees, the winking lights, the glittering colors—provide the city with a spectacular display, which only “commercial […] [Original post on threads.net]

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/12/2024

TWO DAYS LEFT to support my career in Perl programming with a BIRTHDAY GIFT donation! instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fu… I’m ⅔ of the way to goal for @the_perl_raku_foundation—help push me over the top!

t-shirt that reads: “PERL DEVELOPER: Because Badass Miracle Worker isn’t an official job title”

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/12/2024

Remember that the strongest steel is forged in the fire of a dumpster

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Mark Gardner @mjgardner.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/12/2024

Dear @irobot: If household dust mainly comes from flaked-off human skin, does that make our Roomba a carnivore? What happens when the dust no longer satisfies cleaning robots and they rise up to devour us all?

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