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Steve Hipwell

@steve.hipwell.xyz
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Generalist with strong opinions, loosely held.

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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 15/05/2026
Credit where credit is due, the private preview GitHub Code Coverage is looking pretty good.
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 29/04/2026
Dependency cooldown is a no-brainer RIGHT? In reality it's a big mess of game theory and second order effects yet to be fully explored.
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 26/04/2026
​The managed decay of GitHub Actions is giving off strong Internet Explorer vibes. #embraceextendextinguish
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 19/04/2026
We should replace Terraform/OpenTofu with a tool that embraces "drift" and manages click ops as a first class pattern, instead of pretending it never happens. IaC tools should treat unmanaged changes like Jujitsu (jj) treats conflicts, tracking but not blocking. #platformengineering #iac
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 08/04/2026
Just because it's not showing up at www.githubstatus.com doesn't mean @github.com aren't having an outage.
githubstatus.com
GitHub Status
Welcome to GitHub's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.
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Justin Garrison @justingarrison.com · 01/04/2026
A picture is worth 99.9 words. How's that @github.com migration from bare metal to Azure going? via Alex on Mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadge...
A graph showing Github outages since Microsoft purchased them
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 07/04/2026
I'd love to listen to an Oxide & Friends episode on this set of posts... @bcantrill.bsky.social @ahl.bsky.social isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-micros...
isolveproblems.substack.com
How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars
Inside the complacency and decisions that eroded trust in Azure—from a former Azure Core engineer.
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 22/03/2026
Back in Amsterdam for KubeCon, I don't remember the massive queue at passport control last time!?
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 19/02/2026
Day off; no GitHub, no Slack. Still ended up on Cloudflare buying a domain for my @bsky.app handle and configuring DNS.
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 09/02/2026
It's pretty ironic that @github.com, one of the big AI boosters, has become significantly less reliable while extolling the benefits and value of AI! If AI was so transformative wouldn't we expect GitHub to exemplify this!?
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 02/02/2026
The reports of the death of SaaS are greatly exaggerated; but I'm expecting seismic shifts in pricing...
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 07/01/2026
Is anyone else finding GitHub unusable recently? Last week every click needed to be repeated. This week the PR interface is completely unusable with any quantity of changes (description and files views). #reactnoreact
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 17/12/2025
New years prediction; the charge for self-hosted @github.com actions runners will be the biggest step forward in security posture for 2026! #githubactions #security
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 16/12/2025
This is the best @fafo.fm episode for a while, really enjoyed the storytelling format.
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 17/11/2025
Well this is horrifying @github.com! Maybe make Copilot support secure development practices rather than allow it to arbitrarily bypass checks!? github.blog/changelog/20...
github.blog
Configure Copilot coding agent as a bypass actor for rulesets - GitHub Changelog
Rulesets allow you to control how different actors can interact with a repository. You can use rulesets to enforce rules like: Only allow commits from email addresses that match a…
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 12/11/2025
Gradually working my way through the Oxide and Friends back catalogue and every time I think I've gone far enough I realise the content is still relevant and fresh!
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 20/10/2025
On the train to Edinburgh for @kcduk.bsky.social and the train WiFi is clearly showing solidarity with us-east-1!
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 23/09/2025
Turned off Adaptive Battery in Android 16 due to missing notifications and have much more battery left at the end of the day! 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 18/08/2025
Candidate for best news headline of the year, I did actually laugh out loud. Bravo @theregister.com!
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 22/07/2025
Maybe @github.com could provide an ergonomic way to escape actions variables instead of requiring that all user input pollutes the environment!? github.blog/security/vul...
github.blog
How to catch GitHub Actions workflow injections before attackers do
Strengthen your repositories against actions workflow injections — one of the most common vulnerabilities.
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 21/06/2025
What's with the emerging trend of OSS projects dropping stable releases!? Sounds like a rug-pull tactic that doesn't belong in a foundation like the @cncf.io!?
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 25/05/2025
I know I'm late to the game, but this is such a great visualization (and explanation) of game theory. Thanks HN! ncase.me/trust/
ncase.me
The Evolution of Trust
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
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Kubernetes @kubernetes.io · 23/04/2025
Kubernetes v1.33: Octarine-
kubernetes.io
Kubernetes v1.33: Octarine
Editors: Agustina Barbetta, Aakanksha Bhende, Udi Hofesh, Ryota Sawada, Sneha Yadav Similar to previous releases, the release of Kubernetes v1.33 introduces new stable, beta, and alpha features. The consistent...
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 04/04/2025
I'm going to call it early; my top session of #KubeCon was "Container Runtimes... on Lockdown: The Hidden Costs of Multi-tenant Workloads"! Take a bow @denhamparry.bsky.social & Caleb Woodbine. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇿
Container Runtimes... on Lockdown: The Hidden Costs of Multi-tenant Workloads
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 01/04/2025
Up early and on the train to London for @cncf.io #kubecon.
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Steve Hipwell @steve.hipwell.xyz · 17/12/2024
Just booked my early bird KubeCon EU 2025 ticket.
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