Amitai Schleier

@schmonz@schmonz.com

Force multiplier.
Outcome improver.
Decision sharer.
Developer, leader, coach.
https://agilein3minut.es podcaster.
Musician.
Bad poet (award-winning).
Joined: Apr 05, 2017 (@octodon.social)
SelfHosted: Mar 30, 2025
Pronouns: he/they
Podcast: ✔ https://agilein3minut.es
Consultancy: ✔ https://latentagility.com
More: ✔ https://schmonz.com
Keyoxide: aspe:keyoxide.org:PAC6KHICU3QSHQZVPJCZFS7KIA
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[?]Amitai Schleier »
@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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[?]Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 »
@deborahh@cosocial.ca

@schmonz I vouch for Amitai! 👍

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    @MightyBigCar that’s a very reasonable reading. I’ve tried to address that in the web page where these graphs might appear, which I’d better just link to already: https://schmonz.com/qmail/acceptutils


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99247397382118612

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    @MightyBigCar ha! Indeed. Left is old, right is new hotness. In context, they’ll each appear in a naked section of the page with more details.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99246993259530737

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    We sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" (with harmony!) to Taavi, bib on, awaiting his first taste of mixed apple-banana. On "braaaave", as if on cue, he joined in with his loudest shriek. He got what he wanted, but not until we eventually stopped laughing.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99246787424388405

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    I believe “after” is better, and these before-and-after diagrams are intended to help you agree. Are they succeeding? What might help more? https://octodon.social/media/gB9mPczQad9rQbK6-ok https://octodon.social/media/S-81mM_N1LCxe7ORy1U


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99246590359616634

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Thanks to this very thoughtful Christmukkah gift from my in-laws, Taavi just heard my favorite Medtner sonata for the first time.

    You can hear me playing it in recital here: https://schmonz.com/2007/12/06/medtner-sonata-reminiscenza-op-38-no-1/

    Merry Christmukkah!
    https://octodon.social/media/4G_Ow3hPjIa4EDT0XUw


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99236611585827820

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    This afternoon, I put Taavi down for a change. He said “dada.” I said “dada?” He laughed.

    This evening, Taavi started making long sequences of ba-ga-da sounds. And crawled one body length, then turned around and crawled back.

    We are in good trouble.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99197746973510204

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Nach Hamburg über Hannover!


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99150212877590536

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Taavi needed help to nap. Playing Brahms Op. 10 No. 4 calmed him, but that’s it. That’s my son. I can’t fall asleep to great music either.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99140518321461781

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Six months. Sassy.
    https://octodon.social/media/-Pu3WwIe9dSYgvlPIGY


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99132428624881223

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Today’s supermoon marks the sixth lunar month of our super Taavi Lua, who is hard at work on talking and crawling.
    https://octodon.social/media/8uYkAzQ3aHHqrbnd8fE


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99113580402975920

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Taavi’s face is not a square, but he can produce a decent approximation.
    https://octodon.social/media/dMkaO_GlARBSJhpMrHU


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99094999627221956

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Taavi with his Nana.
    https://octodon.social/media/MLyp8Wx9b7ibTVVvTks


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99090226951034843

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    New favorite thing: put my ear to Taavi’s chest. He gets to grab my beard and hair; I get approximately this view, plus a derpy grin.
    https://octodon.social/media/iZUMoA3ZNNopW9Rf2o0


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/99069236747180774

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Taavi’s first conscious experience of a Residence Inn. Perks of his previous visits: stay free, check out late, recall warm fuzzy memories.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/98983039252352505

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Today: appreciation, pairing, Taavi floor time, nap, first swim lesson, family walk in town, dog walk in neighborhood, baby nap on shoulder.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/98926135780483349

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Soon this apparatus will be less useful for sitting and more useful as a temporary jail with a crinkly-sounding thing. https://octodon.social/media/B3CNVs5m4unxGC9XcJ0


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/98907572337660291

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Alternate caption: “Zaphod Babybrooks”


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/7357359

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    A 4-month old grows artistically in Brooklyn.
    https://octodon.social/media/zz0Fpwt2-sUopyVk0qY


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/7356986

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Daily averages over 45 days:

    - 25 lines of C
    - 1/45th email sent via my SMTP AUTH code

    Seems small, but a few minutes ago it was 0 🙂


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/7192615

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Well this was a satisfying commit: https://github.com/schmonz/qmail/commit/8d12a5c276628c1f80981402c0350b2e2330e32d


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/7151630

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Ophelia, bereft, died "incapable of her own distress." May we be capable of ours. Try Medtner's "Ophelia's Song": https://schmonz.com/2007/02/12/medtner-skazka-in-f-minor-ophelias-song-op-14-no-1/20070209-medtner-skazka-f-minor-14-1.mp3


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/7143281

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Out and about, pokin’ around Hoboken.
    https://octodon.social/media/Xa5p0UUZsr5QQEdTxKY


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/7116135

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    I'll be spending Yom Kippur writing tests for code I just wrote and thinking about who I've wronged.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/7039759

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Taavi has entered the squawking phase, as babies traditionally do, to summon birds and (if at all possible) dinosaurs.

    [audio elided]


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/7012658

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    My SMTP proxy now has all the behaviors I want. When they're controlled by a config file, it'll be time to ship. https://gist.github.com/schmonz/6d8da539a5a43e99d5ad5810cde05b22#file-qmail-fixsmtpio-c


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6982988

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Strange: sporting events include the national anthem, of course they do, and we have a hard time listening to folks who that doesn’t thrill.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6869522

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    The smaller my time-slices get, the more I can’t afford to defer #refactoring. Unpaid debt charges interest on every little slice of time.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6860442

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    What I'm doing now: family, travel, code, maybe lining up a job. https://schmonz.com/now


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6689312

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Next: parse requests a little, pick an SMTP verb to intercept, respond directly.

    Nextnext: intercept the verb iff told to by a config file.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6659867

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Progress: C SMTP proxy reliably logs all I/O, dies when client or server dies, does not interfere at all (yet!). https://gist.github.com/schmonz/6d8da539a5a43e99d5ad5810cde05b22#file-qmail-fixsmtpio-c


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6657564

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    "A near-perfect BSD project: #pkgsrc. I put it up there with OpenSSH and mandoc… significant value to other OSes."

    https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/vbsdcon-2017-dexter/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6566475

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    @craigmaloney what sounds like the most fun right now? That's the one you'll get the most out of right now.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6553724

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Staying up "late" (™) writing man pages for software that might exist soon. As one does.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6531549

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Someone sent me this bespoke t-shirt. But who? #cottonmystery
    https://octodon.social/media/hQVlv6qkOBHYgC8BSbU


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6372737

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    I'm making good progress on several small new #C programs to extend my #SMTP service without modifying #qmail. https://schmonz.com/qmail/authutils #wip


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6212369

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Behold, I hath learned stuff about pipes and select()! This SMTP proxy does what I want. Now to translate to DJB C: https://gist.github.com/schmonz/6d8da539a5a43e99d5ad5810cde05b22


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6153139

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    I don't know how I'd define the threshold, but if too many people take too many of my ideas too seriously, I start wondering what I've done.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/6094320

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    ​
    https://octodon.social/media/Ap0tSQdyPBv-d7lhCW8


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5850680

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    After drawing a picture, I may be close to having a program run itself as the child of some other program and proxy all of its I/O.

    _May_.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5795344

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    A boy and his Opa:
    https://octodon.social/media/FCDkMHiiqTgoUz6mon0


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5749403

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    @slp@mstdn.io sounds like it'd be a step backward from your current functionality. But maybe worth seeing how it works? pkgsrc/mail/qmail-run makes it as easy as rc.d to play with (and then uninstall).


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5743421

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    @slp@mstdn.io Cool. Postfix, I presume? I'm working (slowly) toward getting qmail to do DKIM and other post-1998 stuff in reasonably elegant ways: https://schmonz.com/qmail


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5743206

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    What I learned from #agile2017, despite not having been there, and a brief happy personal update: https://schmonz.com/talk/20170821-agile-for-humans/ #agileforhumans


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5743112

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Today's programming recipe:

    1. Start with found code that does more than I need
    2. Simmer, reducing slowly
    3. Just what I need — tasty!


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5708824

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Not sure how I managed to have listened to Mompou's Cançons i Danses for so many years and never got my own hands into them. Until now.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5694996

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Month 3 (so far) in Taavi: http://fotos.dieschleier.de/taavi/month3


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5685896

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    @craigmaloney related: https://twitter.com/schmonz/status/795439932416360448


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5632898

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    @craigmaloney wakka wakka wakka!


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5632840

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    What's #BDD look like? We'd have to do it together. But once #3Amigos agree on examples, what's #Cucumber look like? https://schmonz.com/2017/08/17/torontoagile-august-2017-bdd-for-everyone/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5604828

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    A baby and his Bubbe. https://octodon.social/media/H8X_0WNRoItgTtuzxqE


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5593757

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