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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 11/04/2026

Ya! My kiddo just signed up for #uoregon today! I'm so excited for him!

Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 12/02/2026

I had forgotten how much I enjoyed watching Andy Rooney until @sfotony.bsky.social brought him up today. Now I've spent a bunch of time watching old YouTube videos of him. One of the good ones I've come across so far that I can still totally relate to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDvs...

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Rooney's Kitchen Gadgets

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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Making things is hard, making things people like is harder, if you make things I'm glad you're out there doing it.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/01/2026

Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...

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How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 10/01/2026

How many @microsoft.com engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? None, they just opened the Windows. 🤣😜 (shamelessly stolen #dadjoke from work slack joke channel)

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 08/01/2026

This is just my opinion but ...

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 02/01/2026

On Mon Jan 5th, 2026 11am PT I'll be talking about #ArgoCD (from @argoproj.bsky.social ); specifically #ApplicationSets advanced use-cases you might find interesting & some other tips & tricks. It'll be on #ArgoUnpacked with @todaywasawesome.com & Revital Barletz. www.youtube.com/live/-_BYXCX...

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What does GitOps at Adobe look like behind the scenes with Argo CD? | Argo Unpacked Ep. #19

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 16/12/2025

Do I know anyone who works at #Slack? If so, can they make an awesome new feature that let's me merge channels to reduce the friggin sprawl I'm dealing with for the duplicate topic channels I keep getting added to? That would be so incredible!

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 29/11/2025

I got a new kitten today!!! I'm so excited! He's 5 months old and was named Spirit. I like the name so I think we'll keep it but we'll see what my kid says when he gets home. 💖😁😹

A photo of a young gray and white kitten being petted while sitting on a black computer chair.

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Alexander Reelsen @spinscale.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Two KubeCons, One Conference: While Everyone Demos AI Agents, Engineers Are Fighting With Syslogs I think this is one of the reason I have not been at many conferences, but rather to barcamps in the last years - you hear the status quo.

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Two KubeCons, One Conference: While Everyone Demos AI Agents, Engineers Are Fighting With Syslogs

KubeCon North America 2025 was actually two different events happening simultaneously in the same building. The first KubeCon lived on the exhibit floor. Every third booth featured some variation of…

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 11/11/2025

Haha, I hear ya. I hear rumors of rumors even in the single small chat I'm in. lol

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 11/11/2025

There's also a few unofficial Signal channels floating around depending on who you know

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Argo Project @argoproj.io · 10/11/2025

@todaywasawesome is kicking off #ArgoCon 2025 in Atlanta! We’re starting strong with an incredible fact: 66% of Kubernetes users are already using Argo projects 💙 — a true testament to the power, adoption, and community behind Argo CD, Workflows, Rollouts, and Events. 👇

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The guy at the end of Bruno’s leash @davidgs.com · 10/11/2025

I’m here at the Red Hat booth at #openaiday at #kubeconna and they made Bruno his own badge!

A very handsome black and tan Rottweiler service dog sitting down, wearing a KubeCon NA conference badge that says “Bruno Simmons”. He’s being a very good boy!

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 10/11/2025

I've been off social media for a while now for a mental break, but I'm back this week to watch the #kubecon feeds. Still avoiding the main feed though. Geez I wish I was in Atlanta with everyone! FOMO is real

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 11/09/2025

That's sucks, sorry to hear that. Good luck with her recovery.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 10/09/2025

Is it just me or is it now cheaper to pay for cable than for all the streaming services?!? The back of napkin math isn't looking so nice...

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 10/09/2025

Love this: "Apple could, rather than creating golden bribes for child sexual predators, actually send a message to its users explaining that it would like to continue providing value to its customers, and ask those customers for help making that case to their elected officials"

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 09/09/2025

I so wish I could be there for this. It looks like it'll be a great event. #fomo

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 08/09/2025

I can't believe looking Hispanic or speaking Spanish is now evidence of a crime. That's next level racist bullshit! On the flip side, does that mean we can start arresting the ultra rich on suspicion of embezzlement & other crimes just because they are rich? That's what that ruling implies, right?

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This is useful btw!

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

So weird how no one invented "looking busy at work despite not being busy" until recently. You'd think someone would've come up with that before now, but no, it's a new trend, with a name that is definitely real and commonly used.

Forbes article:
Clock Botching’: Why It’s Trending And 4 Signs To Spot It At Work
By Bryan Robinson, Ph.D.,Contributor. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance.

Sep 03, 2025, 06:00am EDT

What's causing the new trend known as "clock botching"—when employees are clocked in but not engaged with their work. What are the signs? And what strategies can business leaders use to help disengaged employees?

There’s a new workplace trend on the rise called “clock botching,” when employees look busy, but aren’t actually producing meaningful results. Unlike presenteeism, where sick employees still show up, “clock botching” manifests in employees stretching small tasks into entire afternoons and keeping their calendars full while disengaging emotionally from their work. The trend has led to employee under performance and productivity and a dip in the company’s bottom line. But why is “clock botching” trending? And what can companies do about it?

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 07/09/2025

I BBQ'd burgers for lunch today and I did it _without pain_!!! I'm so happy right now. 🥳

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 07/09/2025

The Argo team has to consider that type of scenario with these disclosures and not assume everyone is following best practices. Hell, if everyone followed best practices so many CVEs would be a much lower severity due to defense in depth

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 07/09/2025

That's all it should be but you never know what someone is doing. What if someone is running some HR/finance system deployment on the same Argo CD as something else & stores credentials to that system in their git repo because it's private? They shouldn't do that but we all know people do it anyway.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 07/09/2025

Not really. There are companies that provide multi-tenant Argo CD services. Even within the same company there can be very strict requirements on access to code repos between teams for security or other reasons.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 07/09/2025

IDK, normally I'd agree with you, but this is a multi-tenancy thing. This is the equivalent of some read only GitHub token being able to access your private GitHub repo. That would be considered a 10, right?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

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Josh Gee @jgee.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

This is a beautiful way to think about it

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 05/09/2025

Spent my video game hour today playing the Anno 117: Pax Romana demo. It was only an hour so I don't have much of an opinion yet but for whatever reason even though that style game is my jam, I just can't figure out the money making mechanics on it & I always go broke. 😢

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 05/09/2025

This is just ridiculous. This kind of pay package is just farcical and an insult to the company employees. No one deserves or needs this sort of compensation package. You could end world hunger for this kind of money. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Tesla offers Elon Musk a trillion-dollar pay package | Elon Musk | The Guardian

CEO will have to increase the value of his electric car company from just over $1tn to $8.5tn over 10 years.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 05/09/2025

I got to say, I've been really happy with bearable.app. It's really helped me understand & track my mood/pain the last 2-3 months. Even though I'm on the mend physically I think I'm going to keep using it for mood tracking. The insights/correlations have been really useful.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 04/09/2025

Isn't that, you know, like, illegal?!?

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 04/09/2025

Oh wow! @scottlynch78.bsky.social is on bsky. I loved The Lies of Locke Lamora! And its sequels of course but The Lies has a special place in my heart.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 04/09/2025

Yeah, totally. I'm not seriously complaining, it's more a "silly rabbit, tricks are for kids" sort of complaint.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 04/09/2025

Anecdotally, I think I see a lot of LLM generated code interally that is _implementing_ existing libraries/SDKs or makes their functions more generic for the way we tend to use them so fewer generic parameters are needed.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 04/09/2025

Stupid client failed to post properly I guess. It error messaged and then crashed. Lol.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 04/09/2025

Do we have metrics on how often LLMs generate similar blocks of code across the industry? Most software being developed isn't unique, and it seems we'd be better served by new frameworks, and higher level abstractions. But then we're back to the discovery problem, something LLMs seem to help with.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 04/09/2025

That seems generous... I would expect something more like $2 off a subscription if I renew for a year.

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 04/09/2025

Dear streaming services, "no ads" also means no friggin pre rolls advertising your own shows. Those are still annoying ads that I'm paying you not to see...

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Ouch SCOTUS

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

All kidding about this nonsense answer aside: The regime is asserting the power to murder without trial a boat full of people suspected of drug trafficking, who easily could have been intercepted and arrested instead. That is unconscionable and horrifying even assuming everyone aboard was guilty.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We can now upload our own GIFs and they animate!!! Finally!!

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Mike Tougeron @touge.me · 03/09/2025

Giving @openvibe.social a try to keep active on both @bsky.app and @hachyderm I'm not sure I fully like the feel of the feed UI but that might just be because I'm not used to it yet. I do like the way you can cross-post tag someone. That's pretty cool.

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Josh Berkus @fuzzychef.org · 02/09/2025

Hey, Bay Area software geek friends: next week is #KCD #SF Bay at the Computer History Museum. I'll be demo'ing bootc, and there are lots of other great talks. Registration is still open; use FRIENDS25 for 25% off. tickets.kcdsfbayarea.com #kubernetes #containers

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KCD San Francisco Bay Area | CNCF

In-person Event - Join us for the inaugural KCD SF Bay Area event, the ultimate gathering for cloud native enthusiasts! This full-day even...

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K8sContributors @kubernetes.dev · 02/09/2025

Using multi-cluster environments in production? SIG #Multicluster is building a multi-cluster management and monitoring tool. You can contribute and have your pain points addressed by filling out the form yourself/sharing it with others who have relevant experience: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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User feedback Survey: Building Multi cluster Management and Monitoring tool.

Thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey! The Kubernetes SIG Multi cluster UX Working Group is conducting a survey to gather insights from users, operators, and developers on how…

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