Principle Engineer @ GitHub. Parent, Cyclist, Percussionist. Caveat lector. he/him
Philadelphia, PA
Joined May 2007
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#BlackLivesMatter
We can’t say all lives matter until Black lives matter.
End police brutality. Fund education instead of police militarization. Hold murderers accountable for their crimes. – at Atlanta, GA
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Tiafoe vs. Raonic in Montreal produced one of the strangest debates you’ll ever see on a tennis court…
A bizarre double-bounce situation that almost never happens. 😭🎾
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COWORKER: we need to find the root cause asap
ME: *takes long drag* the root cause is that our processes are not robust enough to prevent a person from making this mistake
COWORKER: amy please not right now
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I’m hiring for the bounty team!
We're hiring a Product Security Engineer for our Bug Bounty team! Remote in the US. githubinc.jibeapply.com/jobs… ✨
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After a lovely summer off, I’m now looking for work. My preferences lean towards something in or adjacent to the infrastructure/operations/site reliability space. Open to both FTE and contract.
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An update on how GitHub will bring 2FA to millions of developers in 2023 as part of our work to ensure a more secure software supply chain: github.blog/2022-12-14-raisi…
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My first blog post at GitHub! We have been hard at work upgrading our encryption strategy to ActiveRecord::Encryption. Keep an eye out because next week we will detail how we migrated previously encrypted data to the new standard and how you can too!
Did you know that GitHub doesn’t just encrypt data at rest but also encrypts specific database columns? Read about our column encryption strategy and our decision to adopt the #Rails column encryption standard. github.blog/2022-10-26-why-a…
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I'll make a custom fancy emoji for anyone who sets up a recurring donation to an abortion fund
Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do!
I had no idea what kind of hell hole this site would turn into, though I met some great folks here, too.
#MyTwitterAnniversary
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If you have a company development budget to expense it, there are a lot of great talks you can watch from #StaffPlusNewYork, including one from me on starting a new role.
How do you start a new job as a Staff+ engineer? @cdwort answered this important question at #StaffPlusNewYork and you can watch the recording here: bit.ly/3vKtnLB
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Come work with me, folks!
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Super excited about this talk! Starting a new job at Staff+ can be intimidating... let's talk about ways to get you settled in!
Don’t miss @GitHub Staff Software Engineer @cdwort talk on how to effectively start off a new job at Staff-level.
Join us at #StaffPlusNewYork to discover strategies for coming up to speed technically and building networks with other ICs. bit.ly/3IUbhM2
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As a software developer, you may be called upon to perform some of these tasks in your career.
How well a CS degree prepares you for these tasks (and whether it even should prepare you for these) is left as an exercise to the reader.
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We're deprecating password support for Git operations to keep you more secure.
You can authenticate Git actions using:
🔒 SSH keys
🔒 Personal Access Tokens
🔒 OAuth Apps
🔒 Credential Manager
🔒 GH Desktop
🔒 GH CLI
🔒 Physical keys
Read more 👇
dev.to/github/how-to-never-t…
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We will conduct a brownout for Git operations using passwords WEDNESDAY, July 28, followed by removal of password support on August 13 as we move to require stronger token or SSH authentication. Share the news as we work together to secure collaboration! github.blog/2020-12-15-token…
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why do hiring managers ask about 5 year plans when most of them don't even know what they're doing next quarter?
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1/ For our 4th @TwitterSpaces authorization conversation we'll be chatting with @bryanaknight and @vroldanbet, Staff Engineers @github.
We'll discuss "Authorization @github": how @github thinks about authorization in its product and implements it across its systems.
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Last week I was in a thread where someone wondered about heat, human survivability/habitability, and climate change. I've done some technical work on this specific question, so, quick thread on basics, and what to worry about.
Key term to know: The "wet bulb" temperature.