Amitai Schleier

@schmonz@schmonz.com

Force multiplier.
Outcome improver.
Decision sharer.
Developer, leader, coach.
https://agilein3minut.es podcaster.
Musician.
Bad poet (award-winning).
JoinedApr 05, 2017 (@octodon.social)
SelfHostedMar 30, 2025
Pronounshe/they
Podcasthttps://agilein3minut.es
Consultancyhttps://latentagility.com
Morehttps://schmonz.com
Keyoxideaspe:keyoxide.org:PAC6KHICU3QSHQZVPJCZFS7KIA
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[?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
@schmonz@schmonz.com

Teammate on most recent team gave me this parting feedback: “I learned a ton, we got lots done, our team dynamics were awesome, and I’ve never felt this kind of team feeling before.”

If your business makes software, I might be good for your business.

https://schmonz.com/snac/schmonz/p/1750949585.435936

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[?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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In Berlin Monday. Not sure how much time I’ll have free — possibly none — but if you’ll be around, let me know.

Ted M. Young boosted

[?]Carina C. Zona [she, her] » 🔓
@cczona@hachyderm.io

I need to get a Deutsch grammar textbook written in English. Not a reference volume of terms to memorize, but something that explains what the grammatical rules are. I have 5 textbooks already and none explain anything. You're just supposed to soak up by osmosis things like word order. Which is not working for me.

Few online textbook listings seem to include example pages. So I need somewhere to browse and compare several DE-EN grammar textbooks in person. Is there a library or bookshop in Berlin that would be ideal for this? The VÖBB branches in my area only had a few fiction books in English, no language learning texts at all. Shakespeare & Sons also didn't pan out. What are better in person sources?

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    [?]Nathan Arthur [He/him] » 🔓
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    @cczona @schmonz maybe you could recommend a specific book or resource?

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      [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🔓
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      @narthur@hachyderm.io @cczona@hachyderm.io I wish! So far I’ve only found one-off “cheat sheets” that cover some aspect or aspects of what this resource should be. I’m sure it exists but haven’t found it yet.

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        [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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        Yes, it’s smart to invest in ratcheting down software maintenance costs over time. But as a sucker for congruence, I’m far more interested in hearing this kind of message from folks whose leadership skill level and style don’t incur such heavy costs of their own.

        [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
        @jaypatelani@bsd.network

        NetBSD turns 33 this Sunday! 🚩

        To celebrate 33 years of clean code, portability, and zero bloat, Challenging the rest of the fediverse to help hit this year's funding goals.

        Also do drop a screenshot of your uptime, uname -a, or a pic of the weirdest hardware you've got running NetBSD right now. (RockPro64 NPF routers or Pi's hooked up to retro CRTs highly encouraged).

        Throw some money at the developers keeping the real UNIX alive:

        netbsd.org/donations/

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          @RonJeffries@mastodon.social @schmonz@mastodon.social I lack the dance moves to reply properly

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            [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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            @ska@treehouse.systems @schmonz Thank you!

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              [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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              @iamleot@mastodon.sdf.org @schmonz Thank you!

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                After a much-needed break from work, I’m pleased to be back at it. In my new role I’ll get to:

                1. Make full use of my particular set of skills

                AND (this is a big and)

                2. Have their results be appreciated.

                Here’s what I’ll see when I occasionally go to the office.

                NYC skyline

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                Once I'd shown myself serious about piano, my parents bargain-hunted this 1923 Baldwin baby for a few grand. It whispered Debussy to our music-loving dog as he passed. It sang Medtner to my parents on their 50th. And for its own 100th it held out well enough for Daily and then Weekly Piano Miniatures. Tomorrow, a job well done, it goes to piano Valhalla. Thanks, old friend, for all the music.

                Its replacement: a 1968 Baldwin Model R Artist Series my parents found for an even better bargain. Thanks, new friend, for all the music to come.

                A couple ivories missing

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                [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                @ska@treehouse.systems @schmonz tray drôle

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                  [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                  @schmonz@schmonz.com

                  Always loved the 11” MacBook Air. For tray table usage, still undefeated.

                  MacBook Air 11” on a tray table

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                  [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                  [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                  @narthur@hachyderm.io it’s been over three months for me too, in the sense that McDonald’s has served over three hundred people. But also this is one of many times I’ve made the same mistake. Harder to get back on the horse than to stay on the horse. (Not sure how well this corresponds with actual horse situations.)

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                    [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                    @ska@treehouse.systems @navi@social.vlhl.dev I love it already, I’ve always loved it and now it actually exists, and I’ll love it more precisely and constructively soon

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                      [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                      @schmonz@schmonz.com

                      Even though I know to expect this, there’s always a Marc-André Hamelin moment that catches me out. Years ago, for instance, a pedaled downward gliss with every note enunciated, waves stacking so precisely as to sound electronic. Tonight’s moment was in the Etude-Tableau.

                      (& Medtner!)

                      Haydn, Zappa, Wolpe, Oswald, Medtner, Rachmaninoff

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                      [?]GeePawHill » 🌐
                      @GeePawHill@mastodon.social

                      The Leading Technical Change Seminar is *back*.

                      6 Attendees
                      4 2-hour Sessions
                      1 topic

                      Real Change In The Real World

                      April 6,7, 9 & 10, 1-3pm EST

                      LTC is a true seminar, led by me. Each attendee brings their own change challenges, and we tackle them all, as a group.

                      An alumnus writes: "A masterclass in leading without authority. Intensely practical and focused on outcomes, you leave with a toolkit that you can start applying immediately."

                      Grab your seat today!

                      geepawhill.org/courses/leading

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                      [?]NetBSD Foundation 🚩 » 🌐
                      @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org

                      The first release candidate of 11.0 is available! Get it here:

                      nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-da

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                      [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                      @schmonz@schmonz.com

                      We were not formally introduced, but my style of scratching passed muster. Being assigned the task of carrying the weight of a donkey’s head for a few minutes is a privilege.

                      Donkey face on my shoulder

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                      [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                      @alphy@tech.lgbt @glook@tech.lgbt Key ingredients: have a domain already hosting a website, run snac on localhost, have website reverse-proxy part of URL space to snac (if you want to reuse the top-level domain), probably a couple other important details. But no magic.

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                        [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                        @Brodyberg@mastodon.social @schmonz@mastodon.social Huzzah, back atcha!

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                          @afilina@phpc.social Not @notqmail@social.notqmail.org (but I really like doing it this way)

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                            [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                            @mason@partychickens.net @schmonz Been here a hundred times, never saw it like this until today.

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                              [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                              It was a good run. Well done on the transition. @notqmail@social.notqmail.org will miss you.

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                                [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                                @schmonz@schmonz.com

                                Today’s walk.

                                Wooden bench facing birds, trees, partly frozen river, bridge

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                                [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                                @BarneyDellar@mastodon.scot @ncdominie@mastodon.scot +1 also for Mint in the use case of replacing macOS on hardware orphaned by Apple. Skim my recent install on a super fiddly machine (https://schmonz.com/2025/11/12/small-macs/), ignore all of it, and laugh at how much easier your own install is. 🙂

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                                  [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                                  @schmonz@schmonz.com

                                  Live-upgraded MacPro1,1 NAS to OMV 8. Reboot failed. Of course I forgot something about 32-bit UEFI grub2.

                                  Booted 8’s ISO without any special grub flags. (On this box, whoa.) Easy repair.

                                  These were my final big questions. I now trust this system with my data. Blog post soon.

                                  Please reboot the system, they said

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                                  [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                                  Obligatory fastfetch

                                  Debian 13 etc

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                                    [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                                    @schmonz@schmonz.com

                                    Why yes, those hostnames are products from the Precious Roy Shopping Network, thank you so much for noticing my naming scheme!

                                    Last time I had a NAS it was “bottomless-pool” — perfect, no notes, would love to reuse it — but this 2006 Mac Pro has had its name for 20 years.

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                                      [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                                      @schmonz@schmonz.com

                                      Today’s hacking:

                                      1. Get fastfetch and all of its dependencies building on Mac OS 10.9

                                      2. Include pkgsrc in the package report

                                      fastfetch output

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                                        [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                                        @schmonz@schmonz.com

                                        It’s hard to fix something because it’s easy to break something else?

                                        That’s your clue: refactor first.

                                        (Special case of the general KFB wisdom “First make the change easy, then make the easy change.”)


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                                          [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                                          Macmini6,2

                                          fastfetch output

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                                            [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
                                            @schmonz@schmonz.com

                                            Periodic reminder: if you’re intrigued by a job posting touting , maybe it’s what it claims to be. I hope so. But maybe not.

                                            Hit up your network before applying. If you’re reading this, I’m in your network.

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                                              [?]nia » 🌐
                                              @washbear@mastodon.sdf.org

                                              I've updated my binary package repository for PowerPC Mac OS X. New and updated packages for curl, git, python 3.10, apache, nginx, openssh, rsync, yt-dlp, vim, zsh, tmux, and many more.

                                              netbsd.org/~nia/tigersrc/

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                                                [?]Amitai Schleier [he/they] » 🌐
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                                                If doesn’t believe neurospicy folks can strengthen a team, they’re simply wrong. Maybe they’ll learn.

                                                But if a supposed expert doesn’t grok this, such remarkably deep failure of understanding indicates ignorance AND profound obstinacy.

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                                                  @narthur@mastodon.social G(l)uten Appetit!

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