iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 30/07/2025

They aren’t everywhere yet, but EV-focused independent shops do exist and are expanding! Electrified Garage in MA/FL, Wattworks in OR, there’s a bunch in CA, etc. There are companies building aftermarket components too to keep older EVs on the road.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 14/07/2025

I needed this advice a year and a half ago, it’s too late for me now

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

A piece of career advice I give people I mentor is to go where you are valued. It means it’s important to be in a role where you are respected, recognized and rewarded. Sometimes despite tenure, it’s better to leave and accelerate your career trajectory versus staying where you’ve been written off.

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Yan Cui @theburningmonk.com · 11/04/2025

Saying "coding is dead" is missing the point. Coding isn’t just about producing code, it’s also a way of thinking. It teaches us structure, systems thinking, abstractions and problem decomposition. If you don’t learn those skills, AI won’t make you productive, it’ll make you dependent.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 05/04/2025

I’ve been telling myself that my M1 Pro is fine for months now, as long as I pretend M4 doesn’t exist I’m fine 😂

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 05/04/2025

I can see how that’s a tougher spot. I’m at 38k on my 2021 Model 3 and we’ve been wanting a larger vehicle. Rivian actually gave me a much higher trade offer than I expected so it wasn’t an unreasonable move, but certainly not a “good” financial decision 😅

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 04/04/2025

I was considering a laptop upgrade but I also ordered a new vehicle this week before tariffs drive car prices up (and before my Tesla loses all of its trade-in value) so I probably shouldn’t spend any more right now 🫣

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 29/03/2025

Yup. The US Digital Service was formed from Big Tech SREs. Top level SREs really are elite level problem solvers and trouble makers of the highest order. Many are trans, queer, or at the very least, care about LGBTQIA people, and will end you if you talk disrespectfully about them.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 22/03/2025

International itinerary? If so then dropping the return leg may have tripped the Saturday stay rule depending on how long your initial round trip was en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturda...

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Saturday-night stay - Wikipedia

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 22/03/2025

My new house only has xfinity service and it makes me quite sad after years of having symmetrical gigabit fiber. The 1200/40 life is getting old 😠

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 08/03/2025

Now if we could just get @mbta.com to post over here!

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 07/03/2025

I’m a big fan of my Pro 2’s! I tried the AirPod 4’s with ANC and they were good, but the Pro 2’s are a tier above in terms of sound quality and ANC. Caveat here being that I’m fortunate to have ears that the Pro’s fit into well.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 26/02/2025

I love how all my AZ radio stations have barely changed their playlists in the last 9 years so I can relive that part of my high school years every time I come back to visit.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 23/02/2025

Someone clearly designed this on a monitor ~12 inches from their face and said “looks good, ship it”

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KHAN 可汗 🔜 Recalibrating @yungkhan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

...check up on yo strong friends...

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 30/01/2025

I’m tempted to say a few things about last night’s tragedy. But I won’t. And you shouldn’t, either. Let the NTSB do its job.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 25/01/2025

Heads up for anyone else who might panic about a whole bunch of AWS API calls triggering in different regions for services you don't use - check to see if it's just Resource Explorer doing its thing before letting your heart rate get too high.

Screenshot from the AWS billing console showing a number of entries for the AWS Glue service in many different regions that I don't use.

Screenshot from AWS CloudTrail showing Resource Explorer making read requests against a bunch of different services to discover resources.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 18/01/2025

I’m rehabbing my old @steampowered.com hardware beta machine and I’m in awe at every step. Hat tip to the folks at @valvesoftware.com who hand-built C14-C13 extensions to perfectly fit this custom case. There are so many little thoughtful touches in here that were hidden from all but 300 of us.

The receiver end of a C14 to C13 extension that was cut and reattached to an aftermarket connector. This was almost certainly done by hand because the strain relief isn’t fully engaged, and if they were built by machine it would be a fully molded part.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 30/12/2024

Because of a silly bug that they haven’t fixed since 18.0 🙃 Disabling Apple Intelligence altogether fixed it for me, but that delay was brutal until I figured that out especially for MFA notifications.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 27/12/2024

“Oh yeah I’m sure a train from San Jose to LA is a good option” …I guess I’ll fly

Amtrak booking screenshot showing the most direct train between San Jose and LA taking 10 hours and 45 minutes.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 23/12/2024

It’s not wheelie bins but DBS has some great bike camper build content youtu.be/iOQyLYYTE8w?...

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Building a Camper I can Tow with my Bike... Detailed Build

YouTube video by Drew Builds Stuff

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 21/12/2024

Interviewer: I see you left the company 5 years ago and are looking to come back, why is that? Previous CloudFormation product owner: UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 21/12/2024

We’ve already had it on CDG and AMS, but I’m stoked to see more of it for these routes. As much as I’ll avgeek over the 767, the neo is a far nicer ride as a passenger.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 20/12/2024

I keep coming back to aws.amazon.com/builders-lib.... @colmmacc.bsky.social is incredibly good at explaining complex subjects in a way that's not only easy to follow but (crucially) memorable. Whenever I think about constant work, my mind immediately starts at the coffee urn analogy.

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Reliability, constant work, and a good cup of coffee

Simplifying systems to deliver stability by avoiding scaling during times of stress.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 15/12/2024

This album unlocks my deepest levels of focus, it’s an absolute masterpiece

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 15/12/2024

I love how #AWSAmplify is so quick that the most time-consuming part in getting a site up is waiting for DNS propagation. Anyway rdbatch.dev finally isn’t just an empty handle anymore!

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Ryan Batchelder

Hi, I'm Ryan I'm a Cloud Technology Architect helping people build resilient systems on AWS. I'm also an unapologetic aviation geek ✈️...

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 14/12/2024

It turns out they say that, too!

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Teach Me AWS @teachmeaws.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

You may have heard the AWS Heroes mentioned across the keynote stages last week, who are they? What content can you watch? We have you covered www.teachmeaws.com/blakes-log/w...

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Teach Me AWS - Blake's Log - Bake's Take: Who are the AWS Heroes?

Some of you may have heard Dr Werner Vogels say 'listen to the heroes', but who are they?

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 14/12/2024

French train stations have nice little jingles before every PA announcement and I’m positive they’re all going to be stuck in my head for weeks after I’m home.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 13/12/2024

I’m with you on the coil springs being scary. I was looking into doing my own coilover swap until I got to the spring compressor part and nope’d my way right to the shop 😂

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 12/12/2024

Congrats to your brother on the job and also probably becoming among the most important people at the company right away! 😂

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 12/12/2024

Their regional separation patterns are fantastically good, but providing managed cross-region operation like this is also super nice from the customer perspective.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 10/12/2024

if steam libraries are incriminating evidence now, i would like to inform the general public that despite the amount of hours I have in Satisfactory, I am not in fact a factory engineer

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 10/12/2024

I’ve been to reinvent 4 times and I somehow don’t have a single photo of the giant logo in the Venetian…?

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 09/12/2024

Everyone complains about the AWS Console (myself included) but I genuinely find it to be the best of the big 3.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 07/12/2024

They can’t enter my personal GitHub’s chat 😉

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 07/12/2024

I was literally just thinking this last night… we need a term for that post-conference excitement to go build cool stuff.

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 05/12/2024

I used this post to show my wife where the Centurion Lounge is 😂

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 05/12/2024

@werner.social discussing the evolution of S3 being like moving customers into ever larger aircraft without them knowing is my kind of analogy ✈️ #awsreinvent

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Ryan Batchelder @rdbatch.dev · 05/12/2024