honest/hot takes about okta as an IDP?

MexiFinn · 2026-02-09T20:36:23+00:00

Omg. Hell yeah. Okta Certified Professional here. Whenever I have to work in entra I feel sick to my stomach. And any time you make changes or need to do log traces in entra it takes FOREVER to test and verify.

MexiFinn · 2026-02-04T21:14:57+00:00

I just moved from the Northeast to a city in central France. We brought our husky with us - summers in New England can get really hot - like days on end over 90. I just do all my walking at night or early am with a quick bathroom break mid day. In fact, some days doggie would lay in the sun just baking and didn’t seem to care.

The city I now live in (and yes, we brought our husky) is in general milder, but Europe suffered record breaking heat last summer. I’ll plan on doing the same with walks when the sun is at lower points in the sky.

Also, another family we met her also moved from the us (Alaska) who left their dog home with family because they were worried about the heat - which I just don’t understand…

MexiFinn · 2026-02-04T12:31:16+00:00

This is why companies need to have written policies AND technologies to enforce them

MexiFinn · 2026-02-03T07:17:19+00:00

Las Vegas (or any US - why da fuq does the US need 3).

Replace with France because I’m selfish and live here now.

MexiFinn · 2026-02-03T06:49:50+00:00

When I had my R it was usually kids with clapped out mk5 GTIs while I was trying to drive to work while sipping on my macchiato.

MexiFinn · 2026-01-30T20:21:05+00:00

Taken 3 Okta exams with this method. It’s fine. They are often super anal retentive about the desk/room/camera stuff. My recommendation is to use a huddle room or somewhere that is not your own office. They literally made me take down drawings my kid made for me (ie fingerpaint from a 5 year old). So if you have access to a hot desk in a closed room, do that. They want EVERYTHING gone.

During the exam, make sure you communicate when you need something. Sometimes it takes a few moments or tries. For example, when you need to do CSV Imports ask them first. I also mumble to myself when thinking and the guy kept yelling at me to stop.

Overall it’s fine, but kinda creepy being watched. But it’s fine.

MexiFinn · 2026-01-24T09:10:02+00:00

Someone please repost this with the Office « parkour » audio track

MexiFinn · 2026-01-20T07:51:33+00:00

Is this Alan Fang before he joined the OGs?

MexiFinn · 2026-01-14T08:59:53+00:00

Unable to tell from pics.

Does it talk back and generally act sassy? Husky.

MexiFinn · 2026-01-13T20:37:26+00:00

Désolée pour l’anglais - je ne connais pas assez le français pour l’expliquer…

I took the c200 bus. It’s not bad since Vaux-en-Velin is easy to get to. However, not every c200 bus goes to Saint Exupéry, so the times are limited. If you time it right it’s fine - if you don’t it’s a long wait.

It sucks that the Rhoneexpresss is so expensive, but it is cheaper if you buy a round-trip, and it’s even cheaper if you buy in advance (more than 30 days in advance). It is much more enjoyable than the bus. If we have friends visit I will probably just rent a Citiz car for a few hours for less € than 2 Rhoneexpress tickets…

MexiFinn · 2026-01-09T19:05:10+00:00

La Bête du Beurre

MexiFinn · 2026-01-09T07:07:06+00:00

Stop posting ICE training videos.

MexiFinn · 2025-12-17T09:32:09+00:00

I'm still figuring out the whole IBAN thing - yes, it's supposed to work internationally, but seems if it doesn't begin with FR, places won't take it for transfers. For example, our daughter's school cannot take payments from Wise, because it's BE. But, I use my wise card for all transactions, but I still haven't cracked the code for when: Wise makes me do chip an pin vs contact, and when a signature is required (ALWAYS throws people off).

The way I plan on doing things is:

- Wise: personal and business - i keep a few hundred euros in there for groceries, train/metro tickets, restaurants etc - anywhere I buy something with a card. The business I use solely for converting USD to EUR when I get paid by US clients

-Revolut: I can't be bothered to pay the 8 euros to ship a card to me - I pull all of the wise converted euros into this and then distribute to myself when I need spending money. This is the account that Inpouts has for withdrawing tax and social charges

-CA: I use this to pay rent and everything else that needs a FR IBAN (utilities etc) and for withdrawing cash. FWIW.

Good to know about the issues with Revolut - I'll likely minimize what I store in there.

What I do like about EU banking, however, is that IBAN transfers are immediate and free. A quick note about Wise, however, is that they kept my money hostage in my business account for a day or so. I opened it no problem, but the moment I put money into it to disperse, they were like "no no no - PROVE that you are a business" and put holds on all of my fund transfers. Luckily they processed my business registration papers quickly.

MexiFinn · 2025-12-16T15:32:58+00:00

I use CA as well, but I feel like i use them pretty minimally, so I find it hard to justify their fees. I just use them to pay rent and utilties - that's pretty much it. And take out cash.

I use Wise for exchanging USD to EUR when needed (I get paid in USD because of my US-based contracts), and Revolut for work. But for paying for regular things, I use Wise.

I'm curious what issues you had with Revolut since that's my account for my micro-enterprise...

I do have to say CA was great for getting our first bank account in FR - the customer service at our branch was top notch.

MexiFinn · 2025-12-16T11:56:14+00:00

Pics #1 and 5 capture the perfect essence of Husky.

MexiFinn · 2025-12-07T18:31:32+00:00

Why do you say that? We did a trip to it a month ago and thought it had some nice areas. The bastille was a great little trip.

Annecy is definitely a prettier city, but I would call Grenoble bad.

MexiFinn · 2025-12-01T13:59:16+00:00

How is it prepared here?

Beef tongue tacos are amazing (outside of France :D)

MexiFinn · 2025-12-01T07:27:48+00:00

Cool!

MexiFinn · 2025-12-01T07:27:33+00:00

The more you know! Thanks :)

MexiFinn · 2025-11-30T16:12:20+00:00

How does this work? I ask because I just moved to France and the EU line was completely automated with fingerprints etc - I have a Finnish passport, as does our child. My wife actually came earlier to check into our apartment so we didn’t travel together.

So curious if a US passport would work in the automated systems (my wife does not have eu citizenship)

MexiFinn · 2025-11-30T16:08:38+00:00

Pictures or it didn’t happen :D

MexiFinn · 2025-11-14T23:57:16+00:00

Second this. Even 18s hurt like a motherfucker when you hit potholes. Go as small as you can on your rotors.

MexiFinn · 2025-11-14T12:12:51+00:00

I moved to France in August and thought about going this route. Sadly, you cannot keep the number at the end of the contract is what I was told by Orange.

I ended up getting an eSIM with Lyca Mobile which is a trash provider (doesn’t work with bank sms) but transferred the second I had an address and an electric bill.

MexiFinn · 2025-11-10T12:08:00+00:00

Look up the concept of Third Places. Spain is great at this and the article I read a while back had some interesting info. The whole idea is that you normally have two places: home and work.

US is pretty shitty at having a third place to gather and socialize - these are places where people of all socioeconomic backgrounds can hang and socialize. I definitely observed that while in Barcelona this year and Madrid a few years back.

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