Matthew Miller / is on Nostr

Fedora Project Leader and Distinguished Engineer at Red Hat. Linux distro and free and open source software thought follower.

Open source means we are building better software that belongs to *everyone* — including _you_.

website: https://mattdm.org
pronouns: he/him/his
project: Fedora Project
employer: Red Hat

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2024-07-23 22:19:00

Wow! The all-important xkcd endorsement:
https://www.xkcd.com/2962/
https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/112/837/636/451/866/711/original/51932190bd3e81ab.png

2024-07-21 14:08:20

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It's basically the same problem of automatic rollback when applications aren't forward compatibile. What to do about any new data, schema migrations, etc? Juat drop them?

2024-07-18 21:01:29

Everyone has had the experience of, say, buying a refrigerator and then getting refrigerator ads everywhere for the next two weeks, right?
"Ah, this guy — clearly a refrigerator-buyer!"
https://mastodon.social/@adactio/112796751711521384

2024-06-30 20:10:20

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Meanwhile on LWN... https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/979524/f93c7f46307f3415/

2024-06-18 10:46:15

Dear Czech language:
I think the word "pozor" sounds far too cute to use for warning signs.
It says to me "Awww, you should pet it", not "Watch Out! Electrocution Hazard!"
Thanks!

2024-06-06 20:42:35

Red Hat is hiring a kernel engineer for RISC-V enablement and support. This will be highly Fedora-focused work.
https://redhat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jobs/job/Software-Engineer---RISC-V-Hardware-Enablement_R-038565
Note that the job is out of the Waterford, Ireland office.
PS: if seriously interested, and if we're at least acquainted, contact me _before_ applying and I'll send you a referral link!
#fedora #risc_v #riscv #job #redhat #ireland

2024-04-16 04:05:43

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@aeva/112278430222922576
I know you're not supposed to use the alt text for humor or whimsy, but this one is actually far more descriptive than any literal explanation I can imagine.