Ancient Scholar, Level 80 Paladin, Finder of Lost Children.
I am between jobs and looking - remote only. 11+ years AWS admin and security, python programming and automation. I build things. If your AWS is out of control - costs spiraling, security woes, deployment issues - I can help. Give me 6 months and I will save you far more than I cost.
| Pronouns | He/him/his |
| Hat size | Enormous |
| Main | Paladin |
| Signal | Biggles.66 |
| Location | Southern California |
| Mood | usually grumpy |
GitHub Codespaces provides a free web-based development environment backed by a Linux container... and it turns out it also includes a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable that provides free API access to the GitHub Models collection of LLMs
... here it's running my LLM CLI utility https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/13/codespaces-llm/
Linux Mint 22.2 beta release is out, with fingerprint login, libadwaita theming, Wayland tweaks, updated apps and more!
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/linux-mint-22-2-beta-whats-new
Last week: "Oh no, GitHub's CEO says embrace AI or leave the profession."
This week: "Oh no, GitHub's CEO is leaving."
Next week, "Oh no, GitHub..."
Let's channel this angst into a more productive alternative: https://join.codeberg.org/
Time to discuss self-hosted alternatives to GitHub! First, has anyone simply put a bare git repo on a server somewhere, pushed via SSH, and called it a day? https://idiomdrottning.org/hosting-git-repos Do you really need more than a remote to push to and pull from, for your personal projects? If you've tried this, what obstacles did you encounter and what features did you miss? #GiveUpGitHub #SelfHosting #git #SSH #BareRepos
I think this shows how @linuxfoundation is not necessarily on our side.
Simon Willison
omg! ubuntu
Colin
Ross A. Baker
Scott Francis
zep.p8
mhoye
nixCraft 🐧
daniel:// stenberg://
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