Andrew Godwin / is on Nostr

Django/Python developer, speaker, pilot, and misplaced Brit. Main developer of @takahe. Day job: Principal Engineer at Astronomer.io. 🏳️‍🌈🐉

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2024-06-21 20:26:39

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@npub1pfe…e2dm I have updated one word of the phrasing to remove that problem!

2024-06-05 18:57:17

On my flight home, and I have written a somewhat emotional blog post about my time at EMF and how it recharges me in a way almost nothing else does: "An Electromagnetic Force" https://aeracode.org/2024/06/05/emf-2024/
#emfcamp #emf2024

2024-04-06 00:48:00

Well it turned out I arrived into Boston just as an overheight truck tried to enter a tunnel it really didn't fit in, so I got to enjoy the environs of the airport around an hour longer than I was expecting. I have successfully escaped, though, and am on my way to try a highly rated burger place!

2024-03-18 23:41:24

If anyone who follows me is interested, I am hiring operations/SRE-type people for my team at work - happy to chat about the job, my team, the company and the culture if you drop me a note either here or at my work email (andrewg at lambdal.com): https://boards.greenhouse.io/lambda/jobs/5922125003

2024-03-14 06:27:57

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@npub1pfe…e2dm I'll take a look, but I've not had a lot of luck with software from other events so far (tends to be very specific)!

2024-03-14 06:03:10

Trying to find good task dispatch/inventory/location software for EMF is tricky; we fall somewhere in between "trade contractor" and "emergency response" in terms of what we need, and pricing never works out well for "we have 100 users but only for a week every two years".
If you know of anything relatively cheap or free that might fit the bill, feel free to let me know; I really, really want to avoid writing something custom.

2024-01-22 19:12:26

New job means it's time to set up all my Gmail filters once again, read a lot of HR onboarding, get access to umpteen new systems, and take detailed notes on the onboarding process to improve it for the next person.
(My actual first week was last week at an in-person offsite, which is an intense but useful way to start a new job)

2023-11-19 09:37:29

I would never have guessed that Vegas would have been one of the best races of the #F1 season. Wild.

2023-11-16 19:58:08

I could write a long essay about the nature of translucent consumer electronics being one that encourages exploration, of treating the things that we use as constructed items that can be understood and repaired rather than mere black boxes, encouraging the next generation of engineers and technicians to gain a passion for knowing how things work...
But honestly, they also just look good. Look at this thing!
https://cdn.masto.host/fediaeracodeorg/media_attachments/files/111/421/750/368/790/127/original/7cd695100b4d2265.jpg

2023-10-04 21:27:45

Three hours of surgery later and I now have more bone in my jaw than I went in with! A few months' wait for the graft to take and then it'll be time for implants finally.

2023-08-24 09:33:54

In Melbourne for my overnight layover and the CBD seems to have changed quite a bit since I was last here in 2017. Still had to get the bloody SkyBus though, and my myki has apparently long since expired.

2023-08-11 00:04:29

The "Hashicorp stopping open-source work" story makes me feel a lot of things, but my current takeaway is - what open-source software further down the stack are THEY relying on to run a commercial business? Because I bet with this new model they're not planning to pass some of the extra revenue down to those projects.

2023-08-02 00:14:25

Final stop of the trip is just outside Rawlins, Wyoming, in a rather lovely little river valley. A thunderstorm is rumbling overhead - we'll see if I get rain!
https://cdn.masto.host/fediaeracodeorg/media_attachments/files/110/816/658/700/044/134/original/687c46135fbc0242.jpg

2023-07-29 20:17:09

I think the wooden logos for the North Bay Python #nbpy barn turned out really well!
https://cdn.masto.host/fediaeracodeorg/media_attachments/files/110/798/738/528/248/371/original/d56fb2293fc3618c.jpg

2023-07-20 18:29:04

It's now just over a week until @npub1psw…rzww begins - a lovely conference that I'm helping out with - and if you're in the Bay Area you should come!
We have some fantastic speakers, a great location that's easy to drive to but also a lovely farm, lunch on-site, and more: https://2023.northbaypython.org/
It's harder to advertise a conference these days too, what with Twitter going the way it has, so any boosting or telling your friends/colleagues would be appreciated!

2023-07-05 16:08:07

Realising that I probably need to change the Takahē state machine from using a "last time this was attempted" to a "when you should next attempt this" column is... annoying.