Sometimes there’s a piano here. Not my lucky day.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101632085640865293

@joeyh nope nope nope

(But maybe would be less wrong if said about some piece marked “leggiero”)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101587643171204856

OH: That code's got deprecooties.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101581506192145439

@jer_ delicious, no doubt. I appreciated my easy access to Roos while it lasted. In a few months I’ll have a great walkable coffeeshop again.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101573950238476282

@jer_ correct. What’s today’s?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101573933123985455

@lattera pkgsrc

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101558601518326799

Current status: build-testing the latest ikiwiki (https://ikiwiki.info) and its many dependencies on CentOS, Debian, Devuan, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Tribblix, Ubuntu, Void. #pkgsrc

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101552133294954075

Hey New York, get ready for "Strangle Your Legacy Code", as seen on my #CodingTour! The exercise centers on #MobProgramming, #LegacyCode, and #TDD. RSVP for February's #XP & #Agile Meetup: https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-nyc-february/

And limited availability for new clients: https://latentagility.com

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101523400579325746

What I'm Doing Now: https://schmonz.com/now

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101495063715036648

Slides for “Run Your Own Email Server!” from #DevOpsDaysNYC, including coupon for the @AgileIn3Minutes book: https://schmonz.com/2019/01/25/devopsdays-nyc-run-your-own-email-server

(And thanks @dhh for the timely quote!)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101479320494776983

Next time you think

“Let’s add a dependency on X.”

try saying instead

“Let’s agree that someday our application will break because of X.”

What might change for you?

#XP #DevOps #RiskManagement

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101461771236858054

When we’re responsible for production, it can be hard to find room to learn. That’s why I run my own email server. I own all the decisions, take more risks, and have learned lots. And so can you.

NYC, this Thursday: https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-devopsdays/

#DevOpsDays #DevOps #pkgsrc #qmail

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101457525823646732

Bootstrapping #pkgsrc on #pinebook. Just playing around before installing #NetBSD.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101445521906514865

Put on Hamelin playing Balakirev’s piano-only arrangement of the Romanza from Chopin No. 1. Taavi asked me to pick him up and dance. My new permanent corporeal form is: puddle.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101410647263636294

@liw@social.nasqueron.org eek. What changed?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101409296119057925

Arrived in the mail from T’s grandparents. My first thought: “Since when do kids’ books talk about email protocols?” Might have my head a little too far up that problem space. #pop #smtp #neither

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101405752254701500

Current flavor: Taavi, marching around the house, returning to the dining room followed by his 3- and 6-year old cousins with an enormous triumphant grin.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101401036757693341

Not much time left! Register for #DevOpsDays NYC and hear why you easily could (and maybe should) run your own email server.

https://t.co/TyAY9rTQET for details

https://t.co/i3AlopHj4o for diversity tickets

#DevOps #pkgsrc

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101399259735640706

New on latentagility.com: "Amitai has the gift of bridging technical skills with insights into people collaboration and systemic issues." https://latentagility.com/testimonial/thorsten

Want some of this for your NY-metro org in Q1 or Q2? Get in touch.

(Thanks @thbrunzendorf for your kind words)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101392743056112864

I've shipped quite a few improvements for #qmail users in the 2018Q4 release of #pkgsrc, the practical cross-platform Unix package manager. In one sentence:

It's probably easy for you to run qmail now.

With more sentences and a demo: https://schmonz.com/2019/01/07/2018q4-qmail-updates-in-pkgsrc/

#DevOps

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101376758027309008

I use a Mac, but don't particularly care for launchd. So I installed pkgtools/rc.d-boot and sysutils/daemontools-run from #pkgsrc and converted my custom launchd items from XML to tiny shell scripts. Nice.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101370935260479603

@sehnsucht@bsd.network It probably works for unencrypted connections, but I found a pretty good bug in my STARTTLS implementation that has to get fixed before blacklistd(8) support can be useful in typical configs. Cool that you’re watching 🙂

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101353771755867702

Join us at DevOpsDays NYC later this month! Early bird price expires today. I’ll tell you in 5 minutes how and why to run your own email server. Come tell me things, too. https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-devopsdays/ #devops #nyc #agile #xp

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101353722185000478

A little late saying so, but Hanukkah went pretty well. #schumann #medtner #pianosheetmusic #piano

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101325400831731903

Do you use #pkgsrc on non-#NetBSD? Do you _not_ run #qmail?

Great! Please update to pkgsrc-current and test two packages for me: https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2018/12/17/msg027809.html

(NetBSD and/or qmail users, happy to hear your results too.)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101258597528243912

If you can listen past the crackling audio, you'll hear a fine conversation with Faye Thompson, Esther Derby, and Ryan Ripley on what people — ourselves included — need to reflect and change our behavior. https://schmonz.com/talk/20181210-agile-for-humans/ #Agile #Scrum #Retrospectives #Coaching #Facilitation

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101224138697195814

[Please share widely!]

Could your NY-area company gain more from developing software? I have some Q1 and Q2 availability.

My consulting, #coaching, and training look like this: https://latentagility.com/services

People say this: https://latentagility.com

#Dev #XP #TDD #Agile #Scrum

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101144493638748571

@cwebber https://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrelounge.org%2Fatom-feed.xml gives some clues, I would think.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101133063823488644

RFC 3207 says an SMTP server must reset all state after STARTTLS. One way to be very sure — architecture permitting — would be to kill and restart the server.

This was quite easy to implement in the latest acceptutils: https://marc.info/?l=qmail&m=154308059931375&w=2

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101132891889995343

The bug in my SMTP proxy is being triggered by emails from my mom. How did I not manage to expect this?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101112021122083115

For me, #Coderetreat is about three things:

1. Play
2. Gratitude
3. Community

More on this and other reflections from co-facilitating #GDCR18 in New York: https://schmonz.com/2018/11/18/brooklyn-november-2018-global-day-of-coderetreat/

#TDD #PairWithMe #XP #Agile #Scrum

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101093381226810966

This Saturday is Global Day of #Coderetreat 2018! I'll be doing #gdcr18 from Brooklyn. See you there? https://schmonz.com/talk/2018-gdcr

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101066691888084602

Still my favorite angle.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101044177823454266

Today's update to my SMTP AUTH implementation for #qmail now also provides TLS for message submission and incoming deliveries, without patching! More: https://marc.info/?l=qmail&m=154171120706990&w=2

As always, if you use #pkgsrc, just get the latest qmail and qmail-run. 🙂

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101038564934019610

@liw@social.nasqueron.org relevant to my current activities. Thanks for this.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101025441743796043

See what I'm up against? https://twitter.com/msilpala/status/1058184614706143233

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100999265387297570

I mostly avoid gigs that require travel. But if the amount of travel is very small, and the friends I’m gigging with are very good... gotta head to bed. Early flight.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100993605173237151

At (and wearing a bit of) the playground.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100980410696213574

Thanks, fellow NYers, for coming to tonight's #MobProgramming Workshop!

Slides, references, and a sweet deal on the https://agilein3minut.es book: https://schmonz.com/2018/10/25/nyc-mob-programming-workshop/

I'm an indie tech coach. Can I be of service? https://latentagility.com

#NYCLean #CTOSchool #TDD #Dev #Python

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100959598054188279

I've shipped my SMTP AUTH implementation for #qmail. It's designed to avoid patch conflicts, add new user-controlled features, and perhaps offer desirable
security properties. More: https://marc.info/?l=qmail&m=154048252009339&w=2

If you use #pkgsrc, just update to the latest qmail and qmail-run. 🙂

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100957124810105032

Getting to be bedtime here. Please, have my favorite pianist’s left-hand-only arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1. https://youtu.be/v37vL_xnCmQ

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100948460120489851

Today’s walk.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100941124301747794

After saying something like “light” and having it turned on.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100913245123613577

@cyetain well?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100877024366209383

New York people! Two weeks from today, a very special joint meetup of #CTO School and NYC #Lean/#Kanban:

"#MobProgramming for Non-Programmers"

As seen on my recent European #CodingTour!

Take this chance. Come play. Details: https://schmonz.com/talk/2018-nyc-october/

#Agile #Coaching #TDD #XP

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100877023821224311

Sometime overnight, https://agilein3minut.es had its 50,000th download. I started it with various goals, wishes, and imaginings, many of which have come to pass, but none of which involved a number anywhere close to this wide.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100842742136873800

I still seem to have a résumé. So now it's updated to mention #CodingTour: https://schmonz.com/resume

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100820733410950323

LOL if your package manager can't:

- Install from binaries
- Build from source
- Hide undeclared dependencies from builds
- Use another compiler
- Intercept all calls to cc, ld, libtool, etc. (https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/joerg/eurobsdcon2009/wrapper.html)
- Run as root or non-root
- Run on a different OS
- Provide quarterly stable releases
- Offer nearly 20,000 packages

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100804495874184449

Your periodic reminder that

- You depend, every day, in dev and in prod, on software that behaves differently from version to version
- Homebrew doesn’t work on Linux, apt-get doesn’t work on Mac, not all computers are x86
- Your time is valuable
- #pkgsrc exists

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/100804495109270713