Brian Michel

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Show threadBrian MichelOct 8
The eventual idea is that it functions similarly to the autoscaler where it’s just another container you’re running in your cluster to help you keep deployments up and running
Brian MichelOct 8

Thought the Mastodon crowd would like this too, a simple job reconciler for Nomad, called Compass. https://github.com/brianmichel/nomad-compass

Video: https://x.com/brianmichel/status/1975765673629336037

GitHub - brianmichel/nomad-compass: A simple job reconciler for Nomad

A simple job reconciler for Nomad. Contribute to brianmichel/nomad-compass development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Brian MichelJun 8, 2025
Been working on a Nomad task driver for macOS virtualization (currently using Tart, but could easily swap it out) https://share.cleanshot.com/S5VmP3fk
macOS-nomad-driver-tart

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Brian MichelMay 25, 2025
I’ve written a little web app in Elixir and I gotta say that I really miss types :( maybe I haven’t written enough Elixir to feel comfortable, but I just hate the idea that I can write runtime errors in 2025. I love the OTP concepts, and guess I could use Gleam, but I just feel pulled into the direction or Rust
Brian MichelApr 23, 2025
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Brian MichelFeb 9, 2025
Really enjoyed this old post from Joe Armstrong https://elixirforum.com/t/learning-elixir-frst-impressions-plz-dont-kill-me/16424/52
Learning Elixir, frst impressions ( plz don't kill me ! )

The good thing about Elixir (and Erlang) lies in the concurrency - it’s all about creating parallel process and sending messages - and this (as Alan Kay has pointed out on numerous occasions) is the essence of OO programming. OO programming is all about objects. Objects are things that respond to messages (or should be) - to get an object to do something you send it a message - how it does it is totally irrelevant - think of objects as black boxes, to get them to do something you send them a ...

Elixir Programming Language Forum
Brian MichelFeb 6, 2025
Bummed that elixir is still pretty niche, golang is a 0 aura language
Brian MichelJan 4, 2025
Cabel SasserJan 4, 2025

• If you work at Apple, can you really keep working there in good conscience after Tim Cook’s $1M payola to Trump?
• Or do you just tell yourself it’s not your problem, and just the cost of doing business in America? Which, maybe it is?
• But… is it? Or is it the cost of running a business as big as Apple is… with a president as self-serving as Trump?
• Should a business even *be* as big as Apple?
• How much did Tim Cook donate to Biden’s inaugural fund?

I’m left with lots of questions.

Brian MichelDec 21, 2024
Is Nomad just the hipster Kubernetes?
Brian MichelDec 10, 2024
Reading the Willow announcement and it’s kind of melting my brain https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip

Our new quantum chip demonstrates error correction and performance that paves the way to a useful, large-scale quantum computer.

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