Alex Balhatchet

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Reading, UK · Head of Engineering at CharlieHR · Magic: the Gathering player · 日本語を勉強してる
Using iOS shortcuts to try to get into the habit of using Bluesky and Mastodon more 😅
Duke University Libraries are canceling their subscription to Basecamp. Their post explaining the move is very good, and worth your time: https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/
Why We're Dropping Basecamp - Duke University Libraries Blogs

We at Duke University Libraries have decided to stop using the project management platform, Basecamp, to which we have subscribed for almost a decade. We came to this decision after weighing the level of its use in our organization, which is considerable, against the harms that we see perpetuated by the leadership of Basecamp’s parent … Continue reading Why We’re Dropping Basecamp →

Duke University Libraries Blogs

Someone showed me this today, and it's truly a work of art.

https://tomstu.art/the-dhh-problem

The DHH Problem

If you’re a Sidekiq and Heroku user, please speak up in this issue. Heroku needs to fix this security issue, we can’t allow insecure systems to linger for years without a fix.

https://github.com/heroku/roadmap/issues/148

Use a trusted CA for Redis certificate · Issue #148 · heroku/roadmap

Required Terms I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct I have read and accept the Salesforce Program Agreement What service(s) is this request for? Redis Tell us about what you're trying t...

GitHub
Today I shipped my 1,000th PR for the CharlieHR monolith 💙🚀 I joined in September 2017, so that’s 71 months with an average of ~14 PRs a month - not too shabby! My 1,000th PR was upgrading us to Rails 7.0.7.2 which went very smoothly 😊🛤️

Last Wednesday evening @nova had a climbing accident and died.

All of us that loved her are heart broken and stunned. She was an amazing person that lived out loud and built connection and community wherever she went. She will be horribly missed.

Hey #DevOps folks... The Phoenix Project is currently FREE! Tell your friends!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078Y98RG8