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

    One man's personal account of his town outwitting an unwanted rally. Just a few miles down the road from here. https://thelongestway.com/2017/04/08/i-dont-like-the-antifa/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5574505

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

    @dthompson I often have a similar feeling about pkgsrc -- as though it's harder to see precisely because it solves some problems so generically. And sometimes I wish I weren't so heavily invested in it so that I could more easily hop on the functional package management train.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5543968

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

    "🎵Regrets, I don't know what they are and can't count, and wouldn't know how to mention them anyway…🎶"
    https://octodon.social/media/ginVY8rhIrP6nOxNdnE


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5508122

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

    A year ago today: https://theschleiers.com/wedding


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5480413

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

    Implementing #TLS in 2017:

    - Do what 3rd-party scanners claim is wise
    - Discover interop problems by e.g. losing mail
    - Run moar scanz?


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5398158

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

    https://octodon.social/media/uIZ1e3lDVoRWWmkWuaI


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5359967

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

    Month 2 for Taavi: http://photos.theschleiers.com/taavi/month2/ https://octodon.social/media/BwIsvApUj0AoaPaf5oE


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5303301

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

    @craigmaloney I really enjoyed my time at Pillar. If they're in commute range for you, take a look.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5286112

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

    Dude. You seriously haven't posted the new pictures yet?
    https://octodon.social/media/_pb42mnwOvFGsXy2JDk


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5265281

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

    What I've been doing lately, programming-wise: https://schmonz.com/qmail


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5213188

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

    What I'm doing now: https://schmonz.com/now https://octodon.social/media/wEXpGWeHc4BPxVeZXHM


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5211156

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

    Join me and the Toronto Agile Community online for "Behavior-Driven Development for Everyone", in 2 weeks!

    More info + register: https://schmonz.com/talk/2017-tac/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5110973

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

    From the Schmarchives: an entire 3-against-8 conclusion from the mind of #Medtner and the hands of yours truly. http://d19bhbirxx14bg.cloudfront.net/medtner-38-8-schlair.mp3


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5059175

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

    @cwebber also works for writing, editing, tricky coding


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/5001630

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

    Pleasantly surprised to encounter this appreciation of Medtner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WG-pxBXWfA

    And then to hear myself playing in the background!


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4971017

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

    @craigmaloney nice! I used to go to the CHC in A2 when I was consulting in the area.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4937768

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

    @craigmaloney if you're geographically where I think you are (near Semibug?) I can point you to some people I used to work with around there who love pairing and C and occasionally volunteer for stuff outside work hours


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4935087

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

    Tried putting on the cadenza from Rach 3 for Taavi, who promptly spit up all the milk ever. That's my kid. I can barely handle it either.


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4929839

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

    echo השליירים.com >> /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts

    echo השליירים.com:schmonz-schleier >> /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains

    $ ln -s ~schmonz/.qmail-schleier-amitai ~schmonz/.qmail-schleier-אמיתי

    /etc/rc.d/qmail restart

    👍🇮🇱


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4817430

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

    I asked Taavi if my code needed more work. His gnomic response: https://octodon.social/media/UgLChOxxe1V-QPFBDlM


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4719436

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

    Want to SMTP-reject messages by multiple criteria with #qmail without patch conflicts? Behold the rejectutils patch: https://schmonz.com/qmail/rejectutils/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4715392

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

    Current status: applying Wallas's "incubation" to some or other evidently difficult problem. https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/08/28/the-art-of-thought-graham-wallas-stages/ https://octodon.social/media/ViPBET2AGF5pG2AmP44


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4613183

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

    Want to build #qmail as non-root, sans hardcoded IDs, to a staging area? Binary packages? Here's the destdir patch: https://schmonz.com/qmail/destdir/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4568468

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

    Me: sometimes, on the internet, a squirrel turns dramatically to the camera

    Taavi: you mean like this?

    Me: not bad, considering https://octodon.social/media/c2G0AYCHqj3GtOLLijc


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4557743

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

    Thickening up nicely. https://octodon.social/media/n42lPZsyVT22Ipx8pUY


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4475900

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

    Taavi is disappointed in me, or you, or whatever. https://octodon.social/media/AH-l-heouT7a-TOvdTU


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4336258

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

    Week 4 in Taavi, including meeting cousins and an epic face-making sequence: http://photos.theschleiers.com/taavi/week4/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/4196948

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

    Two bum WebDAV servers.
    One good one.
    Two reverse proxies.
    The return of an old nemesis.

    Also, baby photos.

    https://schmonz.com/2017/06/29/how-to-share-photos/ #taavi


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/3962142

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

    For Father's Day I got this crab impersonator. Fuzzy, slightly used, variety of unconvincing crab facial expressions. 14/10 would do again. https://octodon.social/media/jeBAug3c-ZX7hslANYU


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/3433074

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

    @wrongroot תודה!


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/3223328

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

    @craigmaloney thank you 🙂


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/3223296

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

    Taavi, here's world. World, here's Taavi: https://schmonz.com/2017/06/14/taavi-lua-schleier/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/3211679

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

    Not half bad. https://octodon.social/media/7FqCx3Rijcw9PVHJRok


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/3062776

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

    Trout special tonight. Comes with stuff. How specific you wanna be? https://octodon.social/media/6rFr9eSdZCyL97gR2p8


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2829376

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

    On the latest #agilein3minutes, Lanette Creamer asks: When "Agile" implies action, why is there still so much talk? https://agilein3minut.es/36


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2660778

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

    @craigmaloney oof. also trains and fire sirens (I live close to both)


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2639405

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

    My noisy neighbors do not seem to appreciate the impact of their jabby jocularity on my need to record podcast intro/outro. #agilein3minutes


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2639116

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

    Tonight's relaxation exercise: a little #refactoring in #Python that may help me solve a problem. https://github.com/schmonz/pkgsrc-pymsgauth/commit/46bb0909c8e73cfd5cb6c7023c0f05b3dffcfe33


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2638871

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

    "If the conference doesn't have a Code of Conduct, some of the folks we could've learned the most from aren’t here." https://schmonz.com/2017/05/24/codes-of-conduct-in-3-minutes/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2441416

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

    Do you get listened to? Then you have currency.

    Here's a cheap investment you can make: https://schmonz.com/2017/05/24/codes-of-conduct-in-3-minutes/

    #agile #xp #tdd #bdd #coc


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2408181

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

    Announcing the QMAILREMOTE patch, for configurably wrapping qmail-remote(8) (e.g., for DKIM signing): https://schmonz.com/2017/05/22/qmail-outbound-dkim/ #qmail #really


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2322571

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

    "#TDD & #MobProgramming for Non-Programmers" goes #Twitch!

    Watch us solve FizzBuzz together: https://schmonz.com/talk/20170519-agileuprising-tdd-mob/

    #XP #Agile #Dev


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2215542

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

    0. Free time
    1. Trainer
    2. Hot sun
    3. Hills
    4. Water
    5. Dog
    6. Porch
    7. This status update
    8. Nothing whatsoever
    9. ...?
    10. Profit!


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/2141036

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

    As a software development coach, my job is not primarily to help you code or ship.

    My job is primarily to love you.

    A pretty good gig. 🙂

    https://schmonz.com/talk/20170508-agile-for-humans/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/1827637

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

    @pavsaund her name's Diane and she'll be speaking on Empathy Mapping. Tell her I sent you!


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/1663772

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

    @pavsaund someday! Talking to an NDC Oslo speaker right now 🙂


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/1663062

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

    If you came to "The Best Team Anywhere", your experience went into these slides -- thank you! https://schmonz.com/2017/05/05/aab-2017-best-team-anywhere/ #aab17


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/1662230

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

    Hey #basd2017, our "Care and Feeding of T-Shaped People" slides —or, should I say, YOUR slides — are up! https://schmonz.com/2017/05/01/big-apple-scrum-day-2017/


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/1469194

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

    Agile Coach Camp 2017, so far: https://schmonz.com/2017/04/29/agile-coach-camp-2017/ #accus #agile #coaching #xp #tdd


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/1380104

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

    We already improvise every day! Developing our existing improv skills can pay off at work. https://schmonz.com/talk/20170424-agile-for-humans/ #agile #improv #coaching


    original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/1113814

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