iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 07/04/2026

The post-quantum cryptography timeline accelerating at the same time that mythos is creating mass CVEs is really threatening to alter my roadmaps

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 14/02/2026

Approximately 6 months ago agentic coding moved into the "not dogshit" category. That's enough for the industry to move on. The art of great coding will always have value, but not monetarily... Not anymore... At least not at scale. Thanks, I hate it.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/02/2026

Tell any of the scientists you know who have remained on the site everyone still calls Twitter, even though it's nothing like Twitter.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.

WaPo article excerpt including the sentence: “Democrats demanded new accountability measures for field agents, including requirements that agents wear body cameras and don't wear masks, and that agents get judicial warrants before entering people's homes.”

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 25/01/2026

My long ago ordered physical CD of Act 3 arrived today, and I immediately read the liner notes alongside listening to it. I've been listening to the complete album for awhile now, and based on audio alone I've been mourning Thomas Light. There's not been a good vibe in this story since 2005. 🧵1/2

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 10/12/2025

How is this not the onion?

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 02/10/2025

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 28/09/2025

I recently had to connect Azure DevOps to Pulumi Cloud via OIDC and wrote a brief guide for those who need to do the same in the future. www.zac.direct/post/2025/09...

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Azure DevOps and Pulumi Cloud

How to connect Azure DevOps Pipelines to Pulumi Cloud using OIDC

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 27/09/2025

2025... The actual year of Linux on the desktop.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16/09/2025

I do feel like part of the hatred extended toward Bluesky is a function of preferring to think that the alarm about the state of the country that’s common here is misguided or exaggerated. Dismissing the site as liberal doomers allows you to dismiss those concerns, too.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 05/09/2025

2 truths and a lie. --- I once brought prod down with a script that routed all traffic through a network that did not exist. I always turn in my compliance training 1st. My colleagues and I once met at a warehouse in the middle of the night to fix a prototype for a major held that weekend.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 06/08/2025

I've been using agent mode with Claude for a couple of weeks and I already feel myself getting lazy about actually reviewing it's work. This is despite egregious errors on the occasional prompt. Somebody get Frodo over here I need to talk to him about this.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 17/07/2025

I've not had a lot of time for side projects and blog posts so just keeping things really simple. I love building stuff in the cloud with @pulumi.com. That is all.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 30/05/2025

Pretty sweet to see the source for a publicly funded project that is dedicated to helping you fund the public. You actually can file with this repo's release.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 22/04/2025

I really love simple, but effective innovations like this.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 16/04/2025

I'm speaking at #PulumiUP 2025! 🚀Join us for a virtual event packed with real-world platform engineering / #DevOps stories, expert discussions, and technical demos. Excited to share #cloud and #platformengineering stories! Join us for expert sessions, live demos, IaC, and #CloudSecurity lessons.

Zachary Cook bio card for speaking about Pulumi and Platform Engineering at PulumiUP 2025. Tuesday, May 6th, 9AM ET / 4PM PT / 2 PM (UTC +1)

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 10/03/2025

I made a brand new site and have found that dealing with SEO sucks. Vote for me if you're local and like what I'm going for. Link to my "don't be a jerk platform" if you're not... but like what I'm going for. www.zac.direct/post/2025/03...

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Democracy Candidate

Democracy Candidate is an open source project intended to help platform anybody that isn't a jerk.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 08/02/2025

Had a tough week at work. Not as hard as many others so not really complaining, but I found a silver lining in an open box deal for a PS5 nearby. Still having a tough week... Still not as hard as others. www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/02... #HugOps

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PSN Down as PS5, PS4 Players Can't Log In or Play Online

PSNope

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 22/01/2025

I really would love to see the protocol succeed. Eager to see how the public-interest foundation efforts go, and wishing them the absolute best.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 06/01/2025

I started an open-source platform for posting candidate profiles to give interested voters a search result for their local races. Additionally, and absolutely relevant. I am running for school board in my Chicago suburb. www.democracycandidate.us/candidates/z...

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Zachary Cook for Lake Park High School Board 108

Zachary Cook for member of the Board of Education for Lake Park High School District 108 in Roselle, IL

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 31/12/2024

Any support for a friend of mine going through a tough time is really appreciated. #mutualaid

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 30/12/2024

I wanted to resurrect my tech blog, but my last post was about the early days of COVID-19. It didn't seem right to ignore that and write about infrastructure-as-code, so I segued with a retro. www.zac.direct/2024/12/covi...

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COVID Retrospective

A recap of what the heck has happened the last four years.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

Arguably the first survival horror game: Project Firestart for Commodore 64 from Dynamix and Electronic Arts. (1989) I've gushed about Firestart in a few places, most recently in SCANLINES, but yeah. Fixed camera angles? Disaster logs? Limited resources? Cinematic horror? It was all here.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 26/12/2024

Turns out I can still get excited to play Tetris on Christmas 😂

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 24/12/2024

Merry Christmas to everyone looking for an obscure AF alt rock anthem to add to your holiday playlist. This one is my absolute favorite. youtu.be/MzW8WSeIL6Y

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Mellowdrone - Fall On Your Knees [CD] Glassblower EP

YouTube video by Mike Gonzalez

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 24/12/2024

I love what I do, and that means my 9-5 generally fulfills me enough to do almost anything else. Generally, Q4 leaves enough off time to find some OSS to contribute to or convince myself this is the year I actually update my blog. This year my personal site needed some attention. 🧵

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 10/01/2023

I've recommended LastPass for ages, but the logmein acquisition didn't do them any favors and it seems they've gone private again just in time to not have the funds to pay out inevitable class actions. x.com/LastPass/status/1598047380305…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 02/01/2023

I hope you find something in 2023 that makes you as happy as a bison ear makes these mutts.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 05/11/2022

This has more merit than most of these posts. A little surprised at how many people think supporting billions of users in realtime is as easy as a weekend of coding and a big k8s cluster. Anyways, see y'all on untitled document! x.com/annevclark/status/15883411633…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 21/10/2022

I feel like this is the last product of a saga that started with a Cap'n Crunch whistle. x.com/doctorow/status/1583143915607…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 19/10/2022

That's really good! I guess it's time to see what's still open downtown. x.com/chetdorn/status/1582457548484…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 22/09/2022

NyQuil Chicken round 5 is upon us. This time, it's agricultural. x.com/RVAwonk/status/15727617670417…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 15/09/2022

Can confirm, this is me. Although I have not avoided large gatherings when numbers/vax vs mutations allowed. It's not magic... t.co/X1g2o6xASL

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 10/09/2022

Russia is the second best military in the whole Ukraine. x.com/SpencerGuard/status/156862303…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 06/08/2022

I'm a music video star now. I'll try to enjoy all 15 of these minutes! x.com/wearepetneeds/status/15554794…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 01/03/2022

Hopefully it never comes back. They should be funding their own propaganda, and it's sad to learn it was platformed and even monetized by Google at all. x.com/AuroraIntel/status/1498577896…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 04/04/2020

Dad, is this virus thing over? No, not yet I'm afraid. But Mom says it's the weekend, and every day is the weekend now.

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 29/02/2020

Every newborn related thing is sold with frustration free packaging because the audience is exhausted new parents that can't remember their own names. Meanwhile... This app... 🤣 x.com/gillianmsmith/status/12334212…

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Zachary Cook @zac.direct · 22/01/2020

"So-and-so screwed that up!" It's not the people. It's your process. Fix your process.

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