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When you need to install something directly from PyPI, Python virtualenvs have been my go-to for over a decade.

In 2017, I led a series of workshops aimed at teaching beginners a better understanding of encryption, how the internet works, and their digital security.

I have not been able to walk since February 18, 2023.

It's been a long while since I last hosted a BSP, but 'tis the season.

I have a secret: risotto doesn't have to involve standing over a pot, stirring for 30 minutes.

This year has been a really unusual one for in-person events like conferences.

When I ran for the OSI board in early 2019, I set three goals for myself: Grow the OSI's membership, and build a more representative organization.

I typically use LibreOffice Impress for my talks, much to some folks' surprise.

Beef and broccoli is one of my favourite easy weeknight meals.

For whatever reason, Zoom distributes .debs that have a dependency on ibus. ibus is the "intelligent input bus" package and as far as I'm aware, might be used for emoji input in chat or something??

I really like beans.

At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019, I co-presented "Weighing a Cloud: Measuring Your Kubernetes Clusters" with Han Kang.

I review a lot of code.

I run the Debian Clojure Team, which means that occasionally folks volunteer to help out with Clojure packaging.

At PyCon US in 2019, I reprised my talk "The Black Magic of Python Wheels", originally presented at PyGotham 2018.

For the last three years I've been a regular contributor and core maintainer of auditwheel, a Python Packaging Authority (or "PyPA") tool used to build portable binary/extension wheels on Linux. auditwheel's "show" command allows developers to check if th…

At SREcon19 Americas, I gave a talk called "Operating within Normal Parameters: Monitoring Kubernetes".

The 2019 election for the Open Source Initiative Board of Directors is upon us, and I'm running for a seat on the board as an Individual Member.

I've been baking a lot of bread over the past year: about one loaf a week, give or take.

My roommate once told me that “[I] make the best hot chocolate [he's] ever tasted.”

This entry is cross-posted from the Software Freedom Conservancy's blog.

Daniel Compton hosted me on his Clojure podcast, The REPL, where I talked about Debian, packaging Leiningen, and the Clojure ecosystem in Debian.

At PyGotham in 2018, I gave a talk called "The Black Magic of Python Wheels".

Last weekend, six folks (one new contributor and five existing contributors) attended the bug squashing party I hosted in Brooklyn.

One of my goals when writing talks is to produce content with a long shelf life.

The time has come for NYC Debian folks to gather.

Many people have asked me about my Debian workflow.

At the inaugural ClojureSYNC in 2018, I gave a talk called "apt-get install leiningen: Bootstrapping the Clojure Ecosystem for Debian".

Having grown up on the internet long before the average connection speed made music streaming services viable, streaming has always struck me as wasteful.

This year, after being saddened about the state of the Javascript ecosystem in Debian, I decided to propose a talk to Brooklyn.js to help raise awareness of some of the problems and solutions, and encourage people to volunteer.

About a month ago, I put together a "1 like = 1 bad fact about email" thread on Twitter.

At AnsibleFest 2017, I gave a talk called "Infrastructure Testing with Molecule".

Saron Yitbarek of CodeNewbie hosted a friendly cryptoparty for beginners called "Protect Yo'Self!

Brian of Brooklyn.js had been bugging me to submit this talk ever since I gave a rather weak pitch for it in May?

A couple years ago I took my camera down with me for a tour of the UWaterloo steam tunnels.

At Open Source Bridge 2016, I gave a talk called Bringing OOP Best Practices to the World of Functional Programming.

At PyCon 2016, I gave a talk called Teaching Python: The Hard Parts.

Having now officially convocated, I feel comfortable posting what I wrote for my valedictory nomination.